Ohio EPA Biosolids Program

• The 2012 Annual Sludge Report Forms are available - see the Forms tab

• Class B Beneficial Use Site Forms

• 2012 Annual Sewage Sludge Report Form (Form 4229)

• Sludge Dioxin, Dibenzofuran and Coplanar PCB Worksheet

• Individual NPDES Permit Application Forms

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2009

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2008

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2007

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2006

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2005

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2004

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2003

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2002

Compliance Assistance Tools

• Example of Treatment Works NANI

• Example of Beneficial User (Land Applier) NANI

• Fecal Coliform Geometric Mean Calculation Spreadsheet [Excel 50K]

  • Instructions for Using the Fecal Coliform Geometric Mean Calculation Spreadsheet

• Agronomic Rate Calculation Spreadsheet [Excel 55K]

  • Instructions for Using the Agronomic Rate Calculation Spreadsheet

• Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate Calculation Spreadsheet [Excel 54K]

  • Instructions for Using the Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate Calculation Spreadsheet

• CPLR Worksheet [Excel 40K]

Other Documents

• Estimating Plant Available Nitrogen in Biosolids

• Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Alfalfa.
  The Ohio State University Extension Bulletin E-2567

• Manual of Ohio EPA Sludge Program Field Sampling Methods And Quality Assurance Practices.

• Permit Guidance 11: NPDES Monitoring and Reporting for Sewage Sludge

• Phosphorus Index (P Index) Risk Assessment Procedure (ODA OAC 901:10-2-14 App E Table 1)

Rules and Regulations

• Ohio Sewage Sludge Rules

• The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Local Health Districts (LHD), and Ohio EPA regulate domestic septage disposal in the state of Ohio. The fact sheet Domestic Septage Disposal in Ohio is intended to provide stakeholders and regulators an overview of applicable regulatory authority in Ohio. The goal is to achieve regulatory compliance and clarify regulatory oversight for land application of domestic septage in Ohio.

• Federal Sludge Regulations - 40 CFR 503

Related Sites

• The U.S. EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory has updated Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge (aka the "White House Document"), so named because it has a picture of the White House lawn being fertilized with exceptional quality biosolids. This guidance manual provides information on meeting the pathogen reduction and vector attraction reduction requirements of Ohio's sewage sludge rules, Chapter 3745-40 of the Ohio Administrative Code.

• U.S. EPA Biosolids page 

• U.S. EPA NPDES Compliance Inspection Manual page