1. (a) No person shall apply sewage sludge, including domestic septage, to the land except in accordance with the requirements in this subchapter.
2. (b) No person shall apply sewage sludge that does not meet the metal concentrations in §312.43(b)(3) of this title to land where any of the cumulative metal loading rates in §312.43(b)(2) of this title (relating to Metal Limits) have been reached.
3. (c) No person shall apply domestic septage to agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site during a 365 day period where the annual application rate in §312.43(c) of this title has been reached.
4. (d) The person who applies sewage sludge, including domestic septage, to the land shall obtain information needed to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
5. (e) If a treatment works provides bulk sewage sludge to a person who applies the bulk sewage sludge to the land, the treatment works shall provide the person who applies the bulk sewage sludge to the land notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
6. (f) If a treatment works provides bulk sewage sludge to a person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge for application to the land, the treatment works shall provide the person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge for application to the land notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
7. (g) The person who applies bulk sewage sludge to the land shall provide the owner or lease-holder of the land on which the bulk sewage sludge is applied notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
8. (h) If a treatment works provides sewage sludge to a person who prepares the sewage sludge for sale or give away in a bag or other container for application to the land, the treatment works shall provide the person who prepares the sewage sludge for sale or give away in a bag or other container for application to the land notice and information to comply with the requirements in this subchapter.
9. (i) The applicant shall determine the concentration of regulated metals in accordance with §312.12(a)(1)(E) of this title (relating to Registration of Land Application Activities) and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission that the proposed cumulative metal loading will result in a non-toxic condition or reduce the toxicity of the existing soil.

Source Note:The provisions of this §312.42 adopted to be effective October 13, 1995, 20 TexReg 7840.