The Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal Regulations

LAC 33 IX Subpart 3 Chapter 73 - Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids   

PLEASE NOTE: The Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal regulations, application for permit and reporting forms apply to sewage sludge pumped or removed (wasted) from a sanitary wastewater treatment facility, domestic septage, portable toilet waste (all collectively referred to in the regulations as “Sewage Sludge”) and grease that was pumped or removed from a food service facility and mixed with sewage sludge.

 Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Permit Applications Due

All Major Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Facilities (POTW and Privately-owned) should have received a letter from the Water Permits Division informing the owners/operators that, as per LAC 33:IX.7301.D.1.b.iv, a completed Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Permit Application must be submitted to LDEQ by June 1, 2009. 

During the 2008 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, SB 326 was passed by the Legislature, signed by the Governor, and was enacted into State Law as Act 56.  Act 56 becomes effective on July 1, 2009 and provides LDEQ with the authority to license sewage sludge haulers.

Therefore, for the 2009 licensing/registration of the sewage sludge haulers, the pumpers/haulers of sewage sludge will need to completely fill out and submit a “Sewage Sludge Hauler” Notification Form to LDEQ.

Sewage Sludge Hauler Notification Form       (revised 5/8/2009)

Approved Sewage Sludge Haulers as of November 18, 2009

Forms for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids:

Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Permit Application:

NOTE:  You must submit an “original” and two (2) “copies” of the Permit Application Form.  Additionally, if you have any material that is in color in the original, you must also furnish the same “colored” material for the two (2) copies.

• Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Application Forms,  and Instructions for electronic completion. for completing manually or by typewriter.

Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Reporting Forms:

• Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal Reporting Form for Disposal in a Permitted Landfill or Introduction into a Permitted Domestic Sewage Treatment Works,  and
• Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Reporting Form for Exceptional Quality Biosolids,  and 
• Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Reporting Form for Class B Biosolids,  and

• Sewage Sludge & Biosolids Use or Disposal Reporting Form for Receivers of Sewage Sludge from Outside Sources,  and

   

Other Useful Biosolids Internet Sites: 

• EPA Office of Water Sewage Sludge & Biosolids and CAFO Update
• Environmental Protection Agency Office of Wastewater Management - Biosolids Internet Site
• Recommended EPA Biosolids Resources
• Environmental Protection Agency Biosolids Technology Fact Sheets
  • Alkaline Stabilization
  • Belt Filter Press
  • Centrifuge Thickening and Dewatering
  • Land Application of Biosolids
  • Odor Control in Biosolids Management
  • Recessed-Plate Filter Press
  • In-Vessel Composting of Sewage Sludge
  • Use of Composting for Biosolids Management
  • Use of Incineration for Sewage Sludge Management
• Environmental Protection Agency Biosolids Publications
• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region VI Compliance Assurance and Enforcement - Water - South Central - Biosolids Internet Site
• LSU AgCenter - W. A. Callegari Environmental Center (Composting)
• US Composting Council
• National Biosolids Partnership Internet Site
• National Academy of Science - Biosolids Applied to the Land: Advancing Stanards and Practices
• National Academy of Science "Use of Reclaimed Water and Sludge in Food Crop Production" (1996)
• EPA's "Environmental Regulations and Technology - Controlling Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge
• Test Methods for the Examination of Composting and Compost (TMECC)
• Louisiana Agriculture:  Spring 1999, Volume 42, Number 2 - Beneficial Use Issue
• CDC Guidance for Controlling Potential Risks to Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids - July 2002

LDEQ Presentations Regarding Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Given At Various Seminars/Conventions/Workshops/Meetings and Other Materials That Can Be Utilized for Learning & Training Purposes

Questions or comments regarding sewage sludge and/or Biosolids can be directed to: