Ohio EPA Biosolids Program
 

New Issues

• A second version of draft rule revisions is available for review and comment.
  The comment deadline is 5:00 p.m. on May 22, 2009.

Forms

• 2009 Annual Sewage Sludge Report Form (Form 4229)
• Sludge Dioxin, Dibenzofuran and Coplanar PCB Worksheet
• Individual NPDES Permit Application Forms

Rules and Regulations

• 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 [PDF 37K) 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 [PDF 113K]
• Ohio Sewage Sludge Rules
• DSW Policy 0100.028 [PDF 484k]: Ohio's Sewage Sludge Rules: Chapter 3745-40 of the Ohio Administrative Code - August 23, 2002

Sewage Sludge Use & Disposal Reports

• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2006 [PDF 38K]
• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2005 [PDF 38K]
• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2004 [PDF 38K]
• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2003 [PDF 38K]
• Sewage Sludge Use or Disposal in Ohio - Calendar Year 2002 [PDF 302K]

Land Application to Authorized Sites

• Sewage Sludge Site Authorization Packet [PDF 33K]
• Estimating Plant Available Nitrogen in Biosolids
• Tri-State Fertilizer Recommendations for Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Alfalfa.
  The Ohio State University Extension Bulletin E-2567

Other Documents

• Manual of Ohio EPA Sludge Program Field Sampling Methods And Quality Assurance Practices.
  04/08/2009 [PDF 79K]
• Permit Guidance 11: NPDES Monitoring and Reporting for Sewage Sludge [PDF 85K]

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: http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/biosolids/index.htm
• U.S. EPA NPDES Compliance Inspection Manual page:
  http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/monitoring/cwa/inspections/
  npdesinspect/npdesmanual.html

Additional Information

For additional information on the Ohio EPA Sewage Sludge Management Program, contact:

Jacob Howdyshell, Central Office, (614) 644-2018, jacob.howdyshell@epa.state.oh.us
Andy Gall, Northwest District Office, (419) 373-3003, andrew.gall@epa.state.oh.us
Chris Moody, Northeast District Office, (330) 963-1118, chris.moody@epa.state.oh.us

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