Md. Code Regs. 26.04.06.40 - Agricultural Land - Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit
A.
The permittee shall generate a report containing the following information and
maintain all documents used to generate the report for a period of 5 years:
(1) The source, type, and quantity, including
documentation of sewage sludge received and applied on the agricultural
land;
(2) The dates of land
application of sewage sludge;
(3)
The number and size of the fields where sewage sludge was applied on
agricultural land;
(4) Cumulative
and annual constituent loading rates including plant-available nitrogen,
P2O5, and
K2O;
(5)
Descriptions of problems encountered and their solutions;
(6) Other related information regarding the
land application of sewage sludge as required by the applicable Sewage Sludge
Utilization Permit; and
(7) Other
information that may be requested by the Department.
B. The permittee shall submit to the
Department three completed copies of the report required by §A of this
regulation for each year the Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit is in effect. The
permittee shall submit to the Department the report on a form provided by the
Department and in accordance with a schedule established by the
Department.
C. Prior to land
application of sewage sludge on the permitted site, the permittee shall provide
the farmer and operator of the site where the sewage sludge is to be land
applied with a copy of the nutrient management plan for the site for the year
of application as required in Regulation .38D(13) of this chapter.
D. Within 30 days of land application of
sewage sludge, the permittee shall provide the farmer or operator and the legal
owner of the site where sewage sludge was applied with a copy of the report
required by §B of this regulation and a site-specific map with a minimum scale
of 1 inch = 200 feet showing the areal extent of the site and the exact acreage
where sewage sludge was applied.
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