SF = Sewage sludge feed rate in metric tons per day (dry weight basis). elevation of the ground at the base of the stack when the difference is equal to or less than 65 meters. When the difference is greater than 65 meters, stack height is the creditable stack height determined in accordance with 40 CFR 51.100 (ii). (p) Total hydrocarbons means the organic compounds in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack measured using a flame ionization detection instrument referenced to propane. (q) Wet electrostatic precipitator is an air pollution control device that uses both electrical forces and water to remove pollutants in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack. (r) Wet scrubber is an air pollution control device that uses water to remove pollutants in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack. [58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42571, Aug. 4, 1999] (2) The dispersion factor (DF) in equation (4) shall be determined from an air dispersion model in accordance with 8503.43(e). (i) When the sewage sludge stack height is 65 meters or less, the actual sewage sludge incinerator stack height shall be used in the air dispersion model to determine the dispersion factor (DF) for equation (4). (ii) When the sewage sludge incinerator stack height exceeds 65 meters, the creditable stack height shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 51.100(ii) and the creditable stack height shall be used in the air dispersion model to determine the dispersion factor (DF) for equation (4). (3) The control efficiency (CE) for equation (4) shall be determined from a performance test of the sewage sludge incinerator in accordance with 8503.43(e). (d) Pollutant limit-arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and nickel. (1) The average daily concentration for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and nickel in sewage sludge fed to a sewage sludge incinerator each shall not exceed the concentration calculated using equation (5). 8 503.42 General requirements. No person shall fire sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator except in compliance with the requirements in this subpart. $ 503.43 Pollutant limits. (a) Firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator shall not violate the requirements in the National Emission Standard for Beryllium in subpart C of 40 CFR part 61. (b) Firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator shall not violate the requirements in the National Emission Standard for Mercury in subpart E of 40 CFR part 61. (c) Pollutant limit-lead. (1) The average daily concentration for lead in sewage sludge fed to a sewage sludge incinerator shall not exceed the concentration calculated using Equation (4). RSC x 86,400 C= Eq. (5) DF X(1 -CE) SF Where: C = Average daily concentration of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, or nickel in sewage sludge. CE = Sewage sludge incinerator control effi ciency for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, or nickel in hundredths. DF = Dispersion factor in micrograms per cubic meter per gram per second. RSC Risk specific concentration for ar senic, cadmium, chromium, or nickel in micrograms per cubic meter. SF = Sewage sludge feed rate in metric tons per day (dry weight basis). (2) The risk specific concentrations for arsenic, cadmium, and nickel used in equation (5) shall be obtained from Table 1 of 8503.43. 0.1 NAAQS x 86,400 C= Eq. (4) DF X(1 - CE) > SF Where: с Average daily concentration of lead in sewage sludge. NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard for lead in micrograms per cubic meter. DF = Dispersion factor in micrograms per cubic meter per gram per second. CE = Sewage sludge incinerator control effi ciency for lead in hundredths. 0.0085 RSC = Eq. (6) r Where: RSC-risk specific concentration for chro mium in micrograms per cubic meter used in equation (5). r=decimal fraction of the hexavalent chro mium concentration in the total chromium concentration measured in the exit gas from the sewage sludge incinerator stack in hundredths. (4) The dispersion factor (DF) in equation (5) shall be determined from an air dispersion model in accordance with $ 503.43(e). (i) When the sewage sludge incinerator stack height is equal to or less than 65 meters, the actual sewage sludge incinerator stack height shall be used in the air dispersion model to determine the dispersion factor (DF) for equation (5). (ii) When the sewage sludge incinerator stack height is greater than 65 meters, the creditable stack height shall be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 51.100(ii) and the creditable stack height shall be used in the air dispersion model to determine the dispersion factor (DF) for equation (5). (5) The control efficiency (CE) for equation (5) shall be determined from a performance test of the sewage sludge incinerator in accordance with $503.43(e). (e) Air dispersion modeling and performance testing. (1) The air dispersion model used to determine the dispersion factor in $ 503.43 (c)(2) and (d)(4) shall be appropriate for the geographical, physical, and population characteristics at the sewage sludge incinerator site. The performance test used to determine the control efficiencies in $503.43 (c)(3) and (d)(5) shall be appropriate for the type of sewage sludge incinerator. (2) For air dispersion modeling initiated after September 3, 1999, the modeling results shall be submitted to the permitting authority 30 days after completion of the modeling. In addition to the modeling results, the submission shall include a description of the air dispersion model and the values used for the model parameters. (3) The following procedures, at a minimum, shall apply in conducting performance tests to determine the control efficiencies in $ 503.43(c)(3) and (d)(5) after September 3, 1999: (i) The performance test shall be conducted under representative sewage sludge incinerator conditions at the highest expected sewage sludge feed rate within the design capacity of the sewage sludge incinerator. (ii) The permitting authority shall be notified at least 30 days prior to any performance test so the permitting authority may have the opportunity to observe the test. The notice shall include a test protocol with incinerator operating conditions and a list of test methods to be used. (iii) Each performance test shall consist of three separate runs using the applicable test method. The control efficiency for a pollutant shall be the arithmetic mean of the control efficiencies for the pollutant from the three runs. (4) The pollutant limits in $503.43 (c) and (d) of this section shall be submitted to the permitting authority no later than 30 days after completion of the air dispersion modeling and performance test. (5) Significant changes in geographic or physical characteristics at the incinerator site or in incinerator operating conditions require new air dispersion modeling or performance testing to determine a new dispersion factor or a new control efficiency that will be used to calculate revised pollutant limits. [58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42572, Aug. 4, 1999) $503.44 Operational standard-total hydrocarbons. (a) The total hydrocarbons concentration in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator shall be corrected for zero percent moisture by multiplying the measured total hydrocarbons concentration by the correction factor calculated using equation (7). Correction factor 1 (percent moisture) Eq. (7) (1-X) Where: X=decimal fraction of the percent moisture in the sewage sludge incinerator exit gas in hundredths. (b) The total hydrocarbons concentration in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator shall be corrected to seven percent oxygen by multiplying the measured total hydrocarbons concentration by the correction factor calculated using equation (8). 8503.45 Management practices. (a)(1) An instrument that continuously measures and records the total hydrocarbons concentration in the sewage sludge incinerator stack exit gas shall be installed, calibrate operated, and maintained for a sewage sludge incinerator. (2) The total hydrocarbons instrument shall employ a flame ionization detector; shall have a heated sampling line maintained at a temperature of 150 degrees Celsius or higher at all times; and shall be calibrated at least once every 24-hour operating period using propane. (b) An instrument that continuously measures and records the oxygen concentration in the sewage sludge incinerator stack exit gas shall be installed, calibrated, operated, and maintained for a sewage sludge incinerator. (c) An instrument that continuously measures and records information used to determine the moisture content in the sewage sludge incinerator stack exit gas shall be installed, calibrated, operated, and maintained for a sewage sludge incinerator. (d) An instrument that continuously measures and records combustion temperatures shall be installed, calibrated, operated, and maintained for a sewage sludge incinerator. (e) Operation of a sewage sludge incinerator shall not cause the operating combustion temperature for the sewage sludge incinerator to exceed the performance test combustion temperature by more than 20 percent. (f) An air pollution control device shall be appropriate for the type of sewage sludge incinerator and the operating parameters for the air pollution control device shall be adequate to indicate proper performance of the air pollution control device. For sewage sludge incinerators subject to the requirements in subpart 0 of 40 CFR part 60, operation of the air pollution control device shall not violate the requirements for the air pollution control device in subpart 0 of 40 CFR part 60. For all other sewage sludge incinerators, operation of the air pollution control device shall not cause a significant exceedance of the average value = Correction factor 14 (oxygen) Eq.(8) (21-Y) Where: Y=Percent oxygen concentration in the sew age sludge incinerator stack exit gas (dry volume/dry volume). (c) The monthly average concentration for total hydrocarbons in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack, corrected for zero percent moisture using the correction factor from equation (7) and to seven percent oxygen using the correction factor from equation (8), shall not exceed 100 parts per million on a volumetric basis when measured using the instrument required by $ 503.45(a). for the air pollution control device op- $ 503.46 Frequency of monitoring. (a) Sewage sludge. (1) The frequency of (d)(5). monitoring for beryllium shall be as (g) Sewage sludge shall not be fired required in subpart C of 40 CFR part 61, in a sewage sludge incinerator if it is and for mercury as required in subpart likely to adversely affect a threatened E of 40 CFR part 61. or endangered species listed under sec- (2) The frequency of monitoring for tion 4 of the Endangered Species Act or arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and its designated critical habitat. nickel in sewage sludge fed to a sewage (h) The instruments required in sludge incinerator shall be the fre$503.45(a)d) shall be appropriate for quency in Table 1 of 8 503.46. the type of sewage sludge incinerator. [58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42573, Aug. 4, 1999) TABLE 1 OF $ 503.46—FREQUENCY OF MONITORING—INCINERATION Amount of sewage sludge' (metric tons per 365 day period) Frequency Greater than zero but less than 290 Once per year. Equal to or greater than 290 but less than 1,500 Once per quarter (four times per year). Equal to or greater than 1,500 but less than 15,000 Once per 60 days (six times per year). Equal to or greater than 15,000 Once per month (12 times per year). Amount of sewage sludge fired in a sewage sludge incinerator (dry weight basis). (3) After the sewage sludge has been monitored for two years at the frequency in Table 1 of $ 503.46, the permitting authority may reduce the frequency of monitoring for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and nickel. (b) Total hydrocarbons, orygen concentration, information to determine moisture content, and combustion temperatures. The total hydrocarbons concentration and oxygen concentration in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack, the information used to measure moisture content in the exit gas, and the combustion temperatures for the sewage sludge incinerator shall be monitored continuously. (c) Air pollution control device operating parameters. For sewage sludge incinerators subject to the requirements in subpart 0 of 40 CFR part 60, the frequency of monitoring for the appropriate air pollution control device operating parameters shall be the frequency of monitoring in subpart 0 of 40 CFR part 60. For all other sewage sludge incinerators, the appropriate air pollution control device operating parameters shall be at least daily. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2040-0157) (58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42573, Aug. 4, 1999) 8 503.47 Recordkeeping. (a) The person who fires sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator shall develop the information in $ 503.47(b) through $ 503.47(n) and shall retain that information for five years. (b) The concentration of lead, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and nickel in the sewage sludge fed to the sewage sludge incinerator. (C) The total hydrocarbons concentrations in the exit gas from the sewage sludge incinerator stack. (d) Information that indicates the requirements in the National Emission Standard for beryllium in subpart C of 40 CFR part 61 are met. (e) Information that indicates the requirements in the National Emission Standard for mercury in subpart E of 40 CFR part 61 are met. (f) The operating combustion temperatures for the sewage sludge incinerator. (g) Values for the air pollution control device operating parameters. (h) The oxygen concentration and information used to measure moisture content in the exit gas from the sewage sludge incinerator stack. (i) The sewage sludge feed rate. (j) The stack height for the sewage sludge incinerator. (k) The dispersion factor for the site where the sewage sludge incinerator is located. (1) The control efficiency for lead, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and nickel for each sewage sludge incinerator. (m) The risk specific concentration for chromium calculated using equation (6), if applicable. (n) A calibration and maintenance log for the instruments used to measure the total hydrocarbons concentration and oxygen concentration in the exit gas from the sewage sludge incinerator stack, the information needed to determine moisture content in the exit gas, and the combustion temperatures. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2040-0157) (58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42573, Aug. 4, 1999) Where: kilograms per hectare per 365 day period. C=Pollutant concentration in milligrams, per kilogram of total solids (dry weight basis). AWSAR=Annual whole sludge application rate in metric tons per hectare per 365 day period (dry weight basis). 0.001=A conversion factor. To determine the AWSAR, equation (1) is rearranged into equation (2): APLR AWSAR = C<0.001 The procedure used to determine the AWSAR for a sewage sludge is presented below. PROCEDURE 1. Analyze a sample of the sewage sludge to determine the concentration for each of the pollutants listed in Table 4 of $503.13 in the sewage sludge. 2. Using the pollutant concentrations from Step 1 and the APLRs from Table 4 of $503.13, calculate an AWSAR for each pollutant using equation (2) above. 3. The AWSAR for the sewage sludge is the lowest AWSAR calculated in Step 2. 8 503.48 Reporting. Class I sludge management facilities, POTWs (as defined in 40 CFR 501.2) with a design flow rate equal to or greater than one million gallons per day, and POTWs that serve a population of 10,000 people or greater shall submit the information in $503.47(b) through $503.47(h) to the permitting authority on February 19 of each year. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2010-0157) APPENDIX B TO PART 503-PATHOGEN TREATMENT PROCESSES APPENDIX A TO PART 503—PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE ANNUAL WHOLE Section 503.13(a)(4)(ii) requires that the product of the concentration for each pollutant listed in Table 4 of $503.13 in sewage sludge sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to the land and the annual whole sludge application rate (AWSAR) for the sewage sludge not cause the annual pollutant loading rate for the pollutant in Table 4 of 8503.13 to be exceeded. This appendix contains the procedure used to determine the AWSAR for a sewage sludge that does not cause the annual pollutant loading rates in Table 4 of $503.13 to be exceeded. The relationship between the annual pollutant loading rate (APLR) for a pollutant and the annual whole sludge application rate (AWSAR) for la sewage sludge is shown in equation (1). A. Processes To Significantly Reduce Pathogens (PSRP) 1. Aerobic digestion-Sewage sludge is agitated with air or oxygen to maintain aerobic conditions for a specific mean cell residence time at a specific temperature. Values for the mean cell residence time and temperature shall be between 40 days at 20 degrees Celsius and 60 days at 15 degrees Celsius. 2. Air drying-Sewage sludge is dried on sand beds or on paved or unpaved basins. The sewage sludge dries for a minimum of three months. During two of the three months, the ambient average daily temperature is above zero degrees Celsius. 3. Anaerobic digestion-Sewage sludge is treated in the absence of air for a specific mean cell residence time at a specific temperature. Values for the mean cell residence time and temperature shall be between 15 days at 35 to 55 degrees Celsius and 60 days at 20 degrees Celsius. 4. Composting--Using either the withinvessel, static aerated pile, or windrow composting methods, the temperature of the sewage sludge is raised to 40 degrees Celsius or higher and remains at 40 degrees Celsius or higher for five days. For four hours during the five days, the temperature in the compost pile exceeds 55 degrees Celsius. 5. Lime stabilization-Sufficient lime is added to the sewage sludge to raise the pH of |