Environmental Regulations and Technology: Control of Pathogens and VectorAttraction in Sewage Sludge (Including Domestic Septage) Under 40 CFR Part 503

摘要

The document descibes the federal requirements concerning pathogens in sewagesludge applied to land or placed on a surface disposal site, and it provides guidance concerning those requirements. Chapter 2 of the document discusses why pathogen control is necessary to protect public health and the environment, and Chapter 3 through 6 describe the current federal requirements under Subpart D of Part 503. Chapters 7 and 8 discuss sampling and analysis to meet the quantitative requirements of Part 503. Chapters 9 and 10 describe the sewage sludge treatment processes listed under Part 503. Chapter 11 discusses the kind of support EPA's Pathogen Equivalency Committee can provide to permitting authorities.