Section 391.403 Application Buffer Area

Section 391

Section 391.403  Application

Buffer Area

a)         Sludge application with immediate incorporation or injection

shall not be done closer than 20 feet from any occupied dwelling or 10 feet

from the closest edge of traveled portions of a public road or outside roadway

fence lines.

b)         Sludge application with no immediate incorporation shall not

be done closer than 200 feet from any occupied dwelling or 20 feet from the

closet edge of traveled portions of a primary and secondary public roads or 10

feet from the closest edge of lesser utilized public roads or outside roadway

fence lines.

c)         Sludge application by ridge and furrow shall not be done

closer than 200 feet from any occupied dwelling or the closest edge of traveled

portions of a public road or outside roadway fence lines.

d)         Sludge shall not be applied on land which lies within 150 feet

from wells used to supply potable water or other potable water supplies and 200

feet from surface waters or intermittent streams; or within one-fourth of a

mile of any potable water supply wells located in consolidated bedrock such as

limestone or sinkhole areas unless a 50 foot depth of non-sandy or non-gravelly

unconsolidated material exists.

e)         Sludge shall not be applied or discharged to streams,

waterways which are grassed or otherwise, or those flood plains having a return

frequency more often than a 10 year frequency.

f)         Sludge application by low pressure spray irrigation systems

(less than 50 psi) shall not be done closer than 200 feet from any occupied

dwelling, closest edge of traveled portion of public road, surface waters,

waterways or floodplains as measured from the outer boundary of the spray

pattern. The wind velocity shall be less than 15 mph during spray irrigation

periods

ear frequency.

f)         Sludge application by low pressure spray irrigation systems

(less than 50 psi) shall not be done closer than 200 feet from any occupied

dwelling, closest edge of traveled portion of public road, surface waters,

waterways or floodplains as measured from the outer boundary of the spray

pattern. The wind velocity shall be less than 15 mph during spray irrigation

periods.

g)         Sludge application by high pressure spray irrigation systems (>50

psi) shall not be done closer than 1000 feet from any occupied dwelling,

closest edge of traveled portion of public road, surface waters, waterways or

floodplains as measured from the outer boundary of the spray pattern.  The wind

velocity shall be less than 15 mph during spray irrigation periods.