Environmental regulations and technology: control of pathogens and vector attraction in sewage sludge (including domestic septage) under 40 CFR part 503 / this guidance was prepared by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Office of Science Planning and Regulatory Evaluation, Center for Environmental Research Information ; Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Sludge Risk Assessment Branch.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Center for Environmental Research Information (U.S.), issuing body.

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Sludge Risk Assessment Branch, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vector-pathogen relationships--United States.

Vector-pathogen relationships.

Sewage sludge as fertilizer--Law and legislation--United States.

Sewage sludge as fertilizer.

Soil science--United States.

Soil science.

Environmental law--United States.

Environmental law.

Sewage sludge.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 152 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Control of pathogens and vector attraction in sewage sludge (including domestic septage) under 40 CFR Part 503

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, OH : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Office of Science Planning and Regulatory Evaluation, Center for Environmental Research Information ; Washington, DC : Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Sludge Risk Assessment Branch, 1992.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This publication provides basic information about pathogens and describes why pathogen control is required to protect public health and the environment, and discusses the current federal requirements under Subpart D and Part 503. It reviews the different PFRP and PSRP processes and discusses vector attraction reduction issues. It goes on to summarize sampling and analysis protocols used to meet the quantitative requirements of Part 503 and outlines the process for applying for equivalency and discusses the kind of support EPA's Pathogen Equivalency Committee can provide to permitting authorities. This work lists general references and additional resources related to biosolids use; specific references related to particular topics are also included at the end of each chapter and lists EPA and state sewage sludge coordinators, and Appendix B contains Subpart D of the Part 503 regulation.

Contents:

Introduction

Protection of public health and the environment from sewage sludge pathogens

Overview of part 503 subpart D requirements, their applicability, and related requirements

Class A pathogen requirements

Class B pathogen requirements and requirements for domestic septage applied to agricultural land, a forest, or a reclamation site

Requirements for reducing vector attraction

Meeting the quantitative requirements of the regulation

Sampling procedures and analytical methods

Processes to significantly reduce pathogens (PSRPS)

Processes to further reduce pathogens (PFRPS)

Role of EPA's pathogen equivalency committee in providing guidance under part 503

References

Appendix A: EPA regional and state sludge coordinators and map of EPA regions

Appendix B: Subpart D of the part 503 regulation

Appendix C: Determination of volatile solids reduction by digestion

Appendix D: Guidance on three vector attraction reduction tests

Appendix E: Determination of residence time for anaerobic and aerobic digestion

Appendix F: Sample preparation for fecal coliform tests and salmonella sp. analysis

Appendix G: Kenner and Clark (1974) analytical method for salmonella sp. bacteria

Appendix H: Method for the recovery and assay of enteroviruses from sewage sludge

Appendix I: Analytical method for viable helminth ova.

Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

"December 1992."

Includes bibliographical references.

"EPA/625/R-92/013."

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2013.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (EPA, viewed Dec. 7, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Environmental regulations and technology.

OCLC:

826326669

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