Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
State Water Control Board
 
chapter
Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) Permit Regulation [9 VAC 25 ‑ 32]
Action Amendment of Regulations Pertaining to Biosolids After Transfer from the Department of Health
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 7/31/2008
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7/31/08  4:08 pm
Commenter: Mary Carwile / Commonwealth Coalition

Recommended changes to Biosolid Regulations
 
         Listed below are recommendations from citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia to be      
         considered for the changes to the current regulations on Biosolids.

 

 

          1.  Chemical Analysis for the EPA Priority Pollutants as well as for the
               Biological Toxinsincluding and not limited tendotoxins, fecal coliform, etc.
2.  Five (5) mile buffer from habitat.
 
3.  Once sign is posted, citizens have fifteen business days before biosolids applications begin.
 
4.  All signs posted should be the same perimeters as the re-zoning notice signs (4 x  8), and information on sign is visible from a distance of at least 20 ft. They must be placed vertically to the roadway, straight up and down with no slant.
 
5.  All signs must have the name and phone number of the agency  or company that has the authority to lift, modify or abate any and all biosolids applications.
 
6.  Make regulation that there must be proof of receipt for notification to citizens adjacent to land applications and to those citizens within 1,000 ft of the land to be applied.
 
7.  Biosolids applications can only be delivered and applied during business daylight hours.
 
8.  Any damage to infrastructure or spillage caused by biosolids truck traffic should be paid by the haulers, spreaders and the recipients of the said treated sewag sludge and not the taxpayer.
 
9.  All land applications of biosolids must be recorded on each land deed. (impact on family)
 
10. Monies placed in escrow by both land owners and sludge companies to ensure financial responsibility with direct proportion to the acreage to be applied.
 
11. Penalties imposed immediately upon violations. (License revoked, suspended, etc., impound truck or trucks, pull permit, etc.).
 
12. Cleanup of roadways, etc. should be removed and deposited back on the truck or on the designated field ready for application.
 
13. Testing of soil semi-annually to ensure proper pH and that heavy metals remain bound in soil.
 
14. Field storage of biosolids should be covered at all times and stored no longer than 20 days.
 
15. Field testing of all biosolids not applied within twenty-four hours for pH, and biological pathogens including fecal coliform.
 
16. When land applied, biosolids should be immediately incorporated into the soil.
 
17. When storing biosolids, retesting should be done based on the fact that no one is dealing with the original contaminants or pathogens any more. It  should be considered a completely new source in itself. The retesting requirements should be the same as the regulations for biosolids before land   applied. 
 
CommentID: 1959