- A. Except for owners or operators of on-site sewage disposal systems as defined in COMAR 26.04.02.02B(27), each sewage sludge generator shall submit to the Department a complete and accurate generator’s report on a form provided by the Department.
- B. A sewage sludge generator whose wastewater treatment plant is located out-of-State shall submit to the Department a generator's report for that portion of the generator's sewage sludge that is utilized in the State as a condition for reauthorizing the utilization of that generator's sewage sludge in Maryland under a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit.
C. The sewage sludge generator shall maintain records of the destination and final utilization of the sewage sludge leaving that generator’s wastewater treatment plant. At a minimum, the records shall include the following:
- (1) The date the sewage sludge leaves that generator’s wastewater treatment plant;
- (2) The amount of sewage sludge leaving that generator’s wastewater treatment plant;
- (3) The sewage sludge utilization method; and
- (4) The county and site where the bulk sewage sludge is being utilized.
- D. The sewage sludge generator shall submit to the Department the generator’s report in accordance with a schedule established by the Department.
- E. A responsible municipal official, the generator’s wastewater treatment plant owner, or other responsible official as stipulated on the generator’s report form shall sign the sewage sludge generator’s report.
- F. The sewage sludge generator shall provide the sewage sludge utilizer with an annual certification as required in Regulation .06E(2) of this chapter.
- G. The sewage sludge generator shall inform the sewage sludge utilizer of any changes to the sewage sludge treatment process at the generator’s wastewater treatment plant that requires the Department’s authorization.
- H. Failure to submit the required generator’s report may constitute grounds for revocation or modification of any Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval previously issued by the Department for that generator’s sewage sludge, and denial of any new, modification, or renewal application for a Sewage Sludge Utilization Permit, authorization, or approval to be issued by the Department for that generator’s sewage sludge.
Authority: Environment Article, Title 1, Subtitle 6, and Title 9, Subtitle 2, Part III, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: August 4, 1976 (3:16 Md. R. 852)
Regulations .01—.06 amended effective August 3, 1981 (8:15 Md. R. 1307)
Chapter, Uses and Methods of Collection, Handling, Burning, Storage, Transportation, Processing or Distribution of Sewage Sludge, Processed Sludge, or Any Other Product Containing These Materials, repealed effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2399)
Annotation: COMAR 10.17.10 cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 84-005 (January 31, 1984)
Regulations .01—.14, Sewage Sludge Management, adopted effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2399)
Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.17.10 to COMAR 26.04.06
Regulation .01 amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulation .02B amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulation .03A amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulation .04C amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulation .09 amended effective December 11, 1989 (16:24 Md. R. 2621)
Regulation .09A amended effective April 25, 1994 (21:8 Md. R. 675); August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1391); May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 859)
Regulation .13A amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulation .13E amended effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837); September 27, 1993 (20:19 Md. R. 1472)
Regulation .13F adopted effective December 11, 1989 (16:24 Md. R. 2621)
Regulation .15 adopted effective December 10, 1990 (17:24 Md. R. 2837)
Regulations .01—.15 repealed and new Regulations .01—.75 adopted effective May 26, 2014 (41:10 Md. R. 562)