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Title 18 . Environmental Conservation
Chapter 60 . Administrative Enforcement
Section 500. Applicability

18 AAC 60.500. Applicability

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the requirements of 18 AAC 60.500 - 18 AAC 60.510 apply to any person who

(1) prepares biosolids for application to land;

(2) applies biosolids to land; and

(3) owns or operates land on which biosolids are applied.

(b) Land application of biosolids includes

(1) spraying or spreading of biosolids onto the land surface;

(2) injection of biosolids below the land surface; and

(3) incorporation of biosolids into the soil so that the biosolids can either condition the soil or fertilize crops or vegetation grown in the soil.

(c) The requirements of 18 AAC 60.500 - 18 AAC 60.510 do not apply to

(1) sewage solids disposed of in a sewage solids monofill under 18 AAC 60.470;

(2) sewage solids or biosolids disposed of in a facility permitted under 18 AAC 60.200 - 18 AAC 60.265;

(3) a process used to treat domestic sewage or biosolids before final use or disposal, except as provided in 40 C.F.R. 503.15, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 60.505;

(4) the selection of a biosolids use practice;

(5) the use of

(A) sewage solids generated at an industrial facility during the treatment of nondomestic wastewater, including sewage solids generated during the treatment of nondomestic wastewater combined with domestic sewage;

(B) sewage solids determined to be regulated hazardous waste;

(C) sewage solids with a concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) equal to or greater than 10 milligrams per kilogram of total solids (dry weight basis);

(D) ash generated during the firing of sewage solids in a solid waste processing facility;

(E) grit, including sand, gravel, cinders, or other materials with a high specific gravity, or screenings, including relatively large materials such as rags, generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works; and

(F) sludge generated during the treatment of surface water or groundwater used for drinking water.

History: Eff. 1/28/96, Register 137; am 7/11/99, Register 151

Authority: AS 44.46.020

AS 46.03.010

AS 46.03.020

AS 46.03.100

AS 46.03.110

AS 46.03.800

AS 46.03.810


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