- (a) Waste/wastewater shall be evenly distributed over application sites at the rates specified in site management plans.
- (b) Land application of waste/wastewater shall not be undertaken when soil is saturated, frozen, covered with ice or snow, or when significant precipitation is reasonably anticipated in the next twenty-four (24) hours.
- (c) Waste/wastewater shall not be applied on slopes with a grade of more than fifteen percent (15%) or in any manner that will allow waste to enter waters of the state or to run onto adjacent property without the written consent of the affected adjacent property owner.
(d)
(1) Application of waste/wastewater shall not be made within:
- (A) One hundred feet (100’) of streams including intermittent streams, ponds, lakes, springs, sinkholes, rock outcrops, wells, and water supplies; or
- (B) Three hundred feet (300’) of extraordinary resource waters as defined by 8 CAR pt. 21.
- (2) Buffer distances for streams, ponds, and lakes shall be measured from the ordinary high water mark.
- (3) The Division of Environmental Quality may require additional buffer distances deemed necessary to protect the waters of the state.
(e)
- (1) Application of waste/wastewater shall not be made within fifty feet (50’) of property lines or five hundred feet (500’) of neighboring occupied buildings existing as of the date of the permit.
- (2) The restrictions regarding property lines or neighboring occupied buildings shall not apply if the adjoining property is also approved as a land application site under a permit issued by the division or if the adjoining property owner consents in writing.
- (f) Application of waste/wastewater shall not be made in areas where the land application of waste/wastewater is prohibited by Department of Health rules for the protection of public water supplies.