INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE USE OR
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE (BIOSOLIDS) IN
LOUISIANA (ELECTRONIC VERSION)
(READ ENTIRE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY)
NOTE:
Portions of this Permit Application can be filled out directly from a computer.
Embedded “Macros” will allow you to make selections and also activate links to other
Sections of the application. However, if you intend to utilize a computer to enter
information, the embedded “Macros” must be “enabled”. If you are unable to enter
requested information or make selections or if the links do not work, you will have to
perform the following:
1. Click “Tools” on your MSWord Toolbar.
2. Click on “Options”.
3. Click on the “Security” Tab.
4. Click on “Macro Security” box (usually at the bottom right of the “Security”
window.).
5. Set the security to “Medium”.
6. Close this Document.
7. Reopen this Document and click on “Enable Macros” in the box that pops up
when the Document opens on your computer.
A. Who Should Apply
1. Any person who compost, treats, or prepares sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge,
including but not limited to Publicly Owned Treatment Works, Privately Owned Sanitary Wastewater
Treatment Facilities, and Commercial Preparers (includes the dewatering and solidification of sewage
sludge);
2. Any person who applies sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge to the land;
3. Any person who prepares sewage sludge, including dewatering and solidification, that is disposed in a
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill;
4. The owner/operator of a sewage sludge incinerator; and,
5. The owner/operator of a surface disposal site.
B. Where to Submit and Number of Copies
If you or your company fits any of the “Who Should Apply” in “A. above, you will need to completely fill out this application
and submit one (1) “original” and two (2) ‘copies” to the following address:
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Environmental Services
Water & Waste Permits Division
P.O. Box 4313
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313
NOTE: If the “original” contains any colored or color-coded maps, schematics, drawings, etc., the two “copies” shall
also be provided with the colored or color-coded maps, schematics, drawings, etc.
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C. Definitions
Beneficial Use - using sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge or domestic septage for the purpose of soil
conditioning or crop or vegetative fertilization in a manner that does not pose adverse effects upon human health and the
environment or cause any deterioration of land surfaces, soils, surface waters, or groundwater.
Commercial Preparer or Land Applier of Sewage Sludge - any person who prepares or land applies sewage sludge or a
material derived from sewage sludge for monetary profit or other financial consideration and either the person is not the
generator of the sewage sludge or the sewage sludge was obtained from a facility or facilities not owned by or associated
with the person.
Exceptional Quality - sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge that meets the ceiling concentrations in
Table 1 of LAC 33:IX.6903.D, the pollutant concentrations in Table 3 of LAC 33:IX.6903.D, the pathogen requirements
in LAC 33:IX.6909.C.1, one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in LAC 33:IX.6909.D.2.a-h, and the
concentration of PCBs of less than 10 mg/kg of total solids (dry weight).
Grease - a material either liquid or solid, composed primarily of fat, oil, or grease from animal or vegetable sources. The
terms fats oils and grease, oil and grease and oil and grease substances shall all be included within this definition.
Land Application - the beneficial use of sewage sludge, a material derived from sewage sludge, or domestic septage by
either spraying or spreading onto the land surface, injection below the land surface, or incorporation into the soil.
Non-exceptional Quality – sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge that lacks one or more of the criteria
needed to meet Exceptional Quality.
Owner or Operator of a Sewage Sludge Incinerator – the owner or person who fires sewage sludge in an incinerator.
Person Who Prepares Sewage Sludge— the person who generates sewage sludge during the treatment of domestic sewage
in a treatment works, the person who treats sewage sludge, or the person who derives a material from sewage sludge.
Private Land Applier – the person who land applies sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge for private
benefit purposes and the land application is not for monetary profit or other financial consideration and either the person
did not generate or prepare the sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge or the facility or facilities where
the sewage sludge or a material derived from sewage sludge was obtained is not owned by or associated with the private
land applier.
Privately Owned Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Facility (POSWTF) – a privately owned treatment works that is utilized to
treat sanitary wastewater and is not a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW).
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) - a treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Clean Water Act, that is
owned by a state or municipality [as defined by Section 502(4) of the Clean Water Act]. This includes any devices and
systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature. It includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW; and the municipality
[as defined by Section 502(4) of the Clean Water Act] that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the
discharges from such a treatment works.
Qualified Ground Water Scientist - an individual with a baccalaureate or post-graduate degree in the natural sciences or
engineering who has sufficient training and experience in ground-water hydrology, subsurface geology, and/or related
fields, as may be demonstrated by state registration, professional certification, or completion of accredited university
programs, to make sound professional judgments regarding ground-water monitoring, pollutant fate and transport, and
corrective action.
Surface Disposal - the use or disposal of sewage sludge that does not meet the criteria of land application as defined in this
Subsection. This may include, but is not limited to, ponds, lagoons, sewage sludge only landfills (monofills), or landfarms.
To Store, or Storage of Sewage Sludge - the temporary placement of sewage sludge on land.
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To Treat, or Treatment of, Sewage Sludge—the preparation of sewage sludge for final use or disposal. This includes, but is
not limited to, blending, mixing, composting, thickening, stabilization, and dewatering & solidification of sewage sludge.
This does not include storage of sewage sludge.
D. Explanation of How to Utilize and Complete the Application
I. Information can be entered directly from a computer for parts of this application and other parts
will require the attachment of material that may or may not be generated directly off of the
computer (i.e. maps, schematics, drawings, soil descriptions, laboratory analysis, etc.).
II. The application contains sections that will require you to furnish information in blank spaces,
make a selection from a “Drop-down Box” or from a “List”. The application also contains “Yes”
or “No” selections, selections that will lead you to another section of the application, and “Tables”
to be filled out. Examples follow:
Example 1: Information requested by submittal of responses in “blank” spaces Applicant Name:
Job or Position Title:
Mailing Address:
Enter Post Office Box Number or Street Address
Enter Name of City
Example 2: Selection of your state or province will be through a “Drop-Down” Menu Select State/Province: Alabama - Louisiana
You will have to click on the appropriate “State/Province” box Æ
Then, click on the appropriate state to make your selection Æ
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Example 3: Selection from a list of choices Some list will require you to “Select all that applies”…
Type of sewage sludge that will be handled at this facility (Select all that applies):
Sludge from POTW or POSWTF
Domestic Septage
Portable Toilet Waste
…and some will limit you to “Select only one”
Select from the following choices, the treatment level for Pollutants (Select only one):
Tables 1 & 2 of LAC 33:IX.6903.D
Tables 1 & 3 of LAC 33:IX.6903.D
Tables 1 & 4 of LAC 33:IX.6903.D
Example 4: “
Yes or
No” Selection boxes -
Does the facility meet the following buffer zones in (b).i and (b).ii?
i. 1,200 feet from any aircraft’s approach or departure airspace or Air Operations Area as defined in LAC 6901.I; or
the distance called for by the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration’s airport
design requirements for a facility that prepare or compost only sewage sludge or blend, mix, or compost sewage
sludge and have only woodchips or yard waste (e.g., leaves, lawn clippings, or branches) as feed stock or
supplements
Yes
No
ii. 5,000 feet from any airport property boundary (including any aircraft’s approach or departure airspace or Air
Operations Area) if the airport does not sell Jet-A fuel and serves only piston-powered aircrafts; or 10,000 feet
from any airport property boundary (including any aircraft’s approach or departure airspace or Air Operations
Area) if the airport sells Jet-A fuel and serves turbine-powered aircrafts or sells Jet-A fuel and is designed to
serve turbine-powered and/or piston-powered aircrafts for a facility that blend, mix, or compost sewage sludge
that include food or other municipal solid waste as feed stock or supplements
Yes
No
Example 5: “ Yes or
No” Selection boxes with additional questions or a requirement
to submit additional material/information (usually as an “APPENDIX”) Is the Facility located 200 feet from a property line?
Yes
No Æ Provide a copy of the notarized affidavit, of the adjoining landowners and occupants waiving the 200-foot
buffer zone that was entered in the mortgage and conveyance records of the parish for the adjoining
landowner's property as APPENDIX SITE & OP – WAIVER PLB.
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Example 6: Selection and the subsequent requirement to “Double-Click” on a “LINK” to
another section of the application in order to continue the application process.
There exist two types –
One type allows you to chose from a list of options; then instructs you to
“Double-Click” on a “LINK”to continue the application process…
Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Double-Click on SPECIFIC_FACILITY_INFO to continue the application process.
Privately Owned Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Facility
(Includes Private and Commercial Businesses and Industrial or Petro-Chemical Facilities that treat
their sanitary wastewater separate from any process wastewater.)
Double-Click on SPECIFIC_FACILITY_INFO to continue the application process.
Commercial Preparer of Sewage Sludge (Includes a solidification/dewatering facility)
Double-Click on SPECIFIC_FACILITY_INFO to continue the application process.
…the other requires you to determine if your facility meets a certain
criteria. If so, then you are instructed to “STOP” filling out the section
you are presently in and “Double-Click” on a “LINK” to another section of the
application in order to continue the application process.
STOP If Grease Trap Waste is handled and mixed with sewage sludge at this facility, STOP
filling out this section and Double-Click on Æ GREASE_TRAP_WASTE to continue the
application process.
Example 7: Selection with a NOTE 1 attached to it. This “NOTE” will direct you to a set of
instructions that will require you to submit additional information (usually as
an “APPENDIX”) and/or direct you to a certain Item within the Section you
are presently working in. It is very important that you read and follow the
requirements of the “NOTE”. You must submit all the information requested
and follow the instructions given by the “NOTE” or your application will be
deemed incomplete.
Class B – Alternative 3 (See LAC 33:IX.6909.C.2.d)
NOTE 1
NOTE 1
If Exceptional Quality - Alternative 6 or Class B - Alternative 3 is selected:
(1) Provide a copy of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Pathogen Equivalency Committee
Approval as APPENDIX SPECIFIC FACILITY INFO – EPA/PEC
(2) Provide a detailed description of the treatment process as APPENDIX SPECIFIC FACILITY
INFO – EPA/PEC/BTP (Include maps, diagrams and schematics that are necessary to fully
describe the location and flow of the treatment process.)
(3) Skip to Item “p.” below to continue the application process.
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Example 8: Tables to be filled out. Laboratory analysis will be required on the sewage
sludge and any material that will be added, blended, or mixed with the sewage
sludge. The results must be reported in a “table” format with any additional
information requested in the “table”. Additionally, all sampling and analysis
must be performed at a lab that has been approved and certified by the
Department of Environmental Quality or your application will be deemed
“unacceptable” and “incomplete” (See additional information regarding
Laboratory Accreditation in “G. Laboratory Accreditation/Certifications
Requirements”, below.).
INDICATE THE
TYPE OF SEWAGE
SLUDGE
POLLUTANT
CONCENTRATION
(mg/kg dry weight)
ANALYTICAL
METHOD
DETECTION
LEVEL FOR
ANALYSIS
ARSENIC
CADMIUM
CHROMIUM
COPPER
LEAD
MERCURY
MOLYBDENUM
NICKEL
SELENIUM
ZINC
III. You must furnish all the information requested in each Section until you either are directed to
“Jump” to another Section or you get to the “End” of a Section that will be indicated by the
following wording Æ END “GENERAL INFORMATION” SECTION .
CAUTION: You should be instructed to “Jump” to another Section of the application prior to
landing on the wording. If you have not jumped to another Section prior to
getting to the above wording, you will need to back track and determine where
you need to “jump” to another Section.
The “complete” end of the application is achieved when you reach the wording below:
END OF PERMIT APPLICATION
The above symbols and wording will be on the “Certification and Signatory” page. You and
the person who filled out your application (if performed by someone other than yourself) will
have to “carefully” and “completely” read the “Certification Statement” and sign and date the
application (See I. Signatures below for further information regarding “signatures”.).
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E. Proper Labeling & Placement of Appendices
Appendices must be tabbed and “properly” labeled with the name indicated in the permit
application and sub-tabbed and further labeled with the “sub-name” indicated in the permit
application.
As an example, the Appendix indicated as “APPENDIX SITE & OP – WAIVER PLB” in the
application must be tabbed and first labeled as “APPENDIX SITE & OP”; then, it is to be further
labeled and “sub-named” as “WAIVER PLB”.
The appendix and all of its requested contents must be placed immediately after the Section for
which it is being requested. In this example, “APPENDIX SITE & OP – WAIVER PLB” with its
contents must be placed immediately following the Section entitled “SITTING AND
OPERATION”.
F. Air Quality Permit Application Submittal for the Owners/Operators of a Sewage Sludge
Incinerator
In addition to submittal of the information requested in this “Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal”
permit application, owners/operators of a sewage sludge incinerator must complete and submit
with this application, the “Title V Permit Application Form and Emissions Inventory Questions”.
The “Title V Permit Application Form and Emissions Inventory Questions” and pertinent
information regarding this form can be accessed by clicking on one of the Internet Sites below:
Title V Air Quality Permit Forms --> http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/Air.htm
then scroll down to and click on “Title V Permit Application Form and Emissions Inventory
Questions (zip format)”
OR simply click on http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/permits/air/titlev5.zip
Form.
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in order to access the
G. Laboratory Accreditation/Certifications Requirements
Laboratory procedures and analyses performed by commercial laboratories shall be conducted in
accordance with the requirements set forth under LAC 33:I.Subpart 3, Chapters 49-55.
Laboratory data generated by commercial laboratories that are not accredited under LAC
33:I.Subpart 3, Chapters 47-57, will not be accepted by the department. Retesting of analysis will
be required by an accredited commercial laboratory.
In the case where effluent testing was completed by an unaccredited laboratory, and where
retesting is not possible (i.e. data reported on DMRs for prior month's sampling), the data
generated will be considered invalid.
Regulations on the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program and a list of labs that have
applied for accreditation are available on the department website located at Æ
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/laboratory/
Questions concerning the program may be directed to:
Laboratory Services Division
1209 Leesville Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Email: mailto:deqlaboratory@LA.GOV
Phone: 225.219.9800
FAX: 225.219.9898
H. Map Requirements and where to get them
Appropriate maps can be obtained from local government agencies such as DOTD or the
Office of Public Works. Maps can also be obtained online at http://map.deq.state.la.us/ or
http://www.topozone.com/ . Private map companies can also supply you with these maps.
If you cannot locate a map through these sources you can contact the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development at:
1201 Capitol Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
(225) 379-1107
mailto:maps@dotd.louisiana.gov
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Maps and Soils Information can be
accessed at Æ http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
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I. Signatures
The following requirements shall apply to the signatory page in this application:
Signatories to permit applications and reports
A.
B.
All permit applications shall be signed as follows:
1.
For a corporation - by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this Section responsible corporate officer
means:
(a) A president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or
any other person who performs similar policy- or decision-making functions for the corporation, or
(b) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities employing more than 250 persons
or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority
to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
2.
For a partnership or sole proprietorship - by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively; or
3.
For a municipality, parish, State, Federal or other public agency - either a principal executive officer or ranking elected
official. For the purposes of this Section a principal executive officer of a Federal agency includes:
(a) The chief executive officer of the agency, or
(b) A senior executive officer having responsibility for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the
agency (e.g., Regional Administrator of EPA).
All reports required by permits, and other information requested by the state administrative authority shall be signed by a
person described in A, or by a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative only
if:
1.
The authorization is made in writing by a person described in LAC 33:IX.2503.A.
2.
The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the
regulated facility or activity, such as a position of plant manager, operator of a well or well field, superintendent,
position of equivalent responsibility, or an individual or position having overall responsibility for environmental
matters for the company. (A duly authorized representative may thus be either a named individual or any individual
occupying a named position); and
3.
The written authorization is submitted to the state administrative authority.
C.
Changes to authorization. If an authorization under B is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has
responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of LAC 33:IX.2503.B
must be submitted to the state administrative authority prior to or together with any reports, information, or applications to be
signed by an authorized representative.
D.
Any person signing any document under A or B shall make the following certification:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or
supervision in accordance with the system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and
evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system
or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for
submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
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J. Other Submittal Information
To prevent any unnecessary delay in the processing of your application, please take a moment and
check to be certain that the following items have been addressed and enclosed:
1. ALL questions and requested information have been answered.
2. ALL required maps, drawings, lab analysis, and other reports are enclosed.
3. If your facility is an oxidation pond, aerated lagoon, or a constructed wetland system, a copy of the
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals approval letter for the plans and specifications of this
treatment facility must be supplied.
4. The appropriate person has signed the signatory page.
5. Submittal of two copies and the original (Colored-coded maps, schematics, designs, aerial
photographs must be provided for the original and also the two copies) to the following address:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Office of Environmental Services – Water & Wastes Permits Division
Post Office Box 4313
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313
PHONE#: (225) 219-3050
ANY APPLICATION THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL
BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE. APPLICATION PROCESSING WILL NOT PROCEED UNTIL ALL
REQUESTED INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
NOTE: UPON RECEIPT AND SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION BY THE WATER &
WASTE PERMITS DIVISION, YOU MAY BE REQUESTED TO FURNISH ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF THE PERMIT.
K. Where the regulations can be obtained
Please be aware that on September 1, 2005 and Emergency Rule was signed and placed into
effect that essentially transferred the regulating and permitting of the Use or Disposal of
Sewage Sludge from the Solid Waste Regulations (LAC 33:VII) to Chapter 69 of LAC
33:IX.
The following Internet sites should get you to the location to access the proper new
regulations regarding the use or disposal of sewage sludge:
(1) Emergency RuleÆ http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/planning/regs/pdf/OS066E.pdf
(2) Water Regulations or LAC 33:IX Æ
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/planning/regs/title33/33v09.doc (Go to Chapter 69)
OR
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/planning/regs/title33/33v09.pdf (Go to Chapter 69)
You will have to combine the two to get the entire new set of regulations and updates.
To Begin Filling Out the Application, Double-Click Here Æ GENERAL_INFORMATION
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