33 USC 1345 - Disposal or use of sewage sludge

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 28, 2024

§ 1345.

Disposal or use of sewage sludge

(a)

Permit

(b)

Issuance of permit; regulations

(c)

State permit program

(d)

Regulations

(1)

Regulations

The Administrator, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and other interested persons, shall develop and publish, within one year after December 27, 1977, and from time to time thereafter, regulations providing guidelines for the disposal of sludge and the utilization of sludge for various purposes. Such regulations shall—

(A)

identify uses for sludge, including disposal;

(B)

specify factors to be taken into account in determining the measures and practices applicable to each such use or disposal (including publication of information on costs);

(C)

identify concentrations of pollutants which interfere with each such use or disposal.

The Administrator is authorized to revise any regulation issued under this subsection.

(2)

Identification and regulation of toxic pollutants

(A)

On basis of available information

(i)

Proposed regulations

(ii)

Final regulations

(B)

Others

(i)

Proposed regulations

(ii)

Final regulations

(C)

Review

(D)

Minimum standards; compliance date

(3)

Alternative standards

(4)

Conditions on permits

(5)

Limitation on statutory construction

(e)

Manner of sludge disposal

(f)

Implementation of regulations

(1)

Through section 1342 permits

(2)

Through other permits

(g)

Studies and projects

(1)

Grant program; information gathering

(2)

Authorization of appropriations

(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title IV, § 405, as added Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 884; amended Pub. L. 95–217, §§ 54(d), 68, Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1591, 1606; Pub. L. 100–4, title IV, § 406(a)–(c), (f), Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 71, 72, 74.)

cite as: 33 USC 1345