The purpose of these rules is to protect public health and the environment by establishing requirements regarding the approval, permitting, siting, operation, record keeping, and closure of land application facilities; regulating septage management practices; requiring minimum sanitary practices for the treatment, storage, and land application of septage and other permitted wastes and authorizing regular inspections.

1. (1) This chapter contains the minimum standards for the land application of septage to non-public contact sites as set forth in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 503, entitled "Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge."
2. (2) In addition, this chapter also establishes minimum standards for sewage tank pumping and the treatment of grease, as defined in these rules, at septage land application sites.

Author: John-Paul O'Driscoll, Christie L. White and George B. Allison, Thad Pittman

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§22-2-2(6), 22-10-1 et seq., 22-20-5, 22-26-1, 22-26-2, 22-26-3.

History: Filed September 20, 1989. Repealed: Filed November 19, 1991. New Rule: Filed October 20, 1994; effective November 24, 1994. Repealed and New Rule: Published December 31, 2020; effective February 14, 2021.