Section 391.405 Water Treatment Plant Sludge

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › CHAPTER II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY › Part 391 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR SLUDGE APPLICATION ON LAND › Section 391.405 Water Treatment Plant Sludge

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Section 391

Section 391.405 Water

Treatment Plant Sludge

a) Lime sludge shall be applied at rates calculated using soil

type, soil pH, and type of crops grown as determined using APPENDIX E.

b) Water treatment plant sludge, other than lime sludge, may be

land applied provided the applicant can demonstrate, through field testing on

plots of up to 1 acre in size, that the sludge applied will not have an adverse

impact on the land for agricultural purposes.

c) Water treatment plant sludge application projects must comply

with Section 391.301; 391.302; 391.402 (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (h), (j);

391.403; 391.404 (a), (b), (c), (f), (g); and 391.420.

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