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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6604b)
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§ 6604b. Testing of solid wastes prior to beneficial use on land or distribution and marketing
(a) The Secretary of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
Food and Markets and with the Commissioner of Health, shall adopt rules to establish
a testing program for all sewage sludge, or similar liquid wastes, prior to their
beneficial use on land or prior to distribution and marketing of those wastes in liquid
or solid form. The testing program shall establish a process for the determination
of minimum testing frequencies and specific parameters for which analysis must be
completed and shall detail procedures by which samples are collected, stored, and
tested.
(b) In establishing the process for the determination of test parameters and frequency,
the rules shall take into account the size and complexity of the facility, the nature
of the service area or collection system, including industrial contributions, the
frequency of sewage sludge use on the land, and any existing data that is pertinent
to the facility.
(c) Rules regarding the application of waste to fields shall take into consideration the
characteristics of the specific waste involved and shall calculate the heavy metal
or micronutrient soil holding capacity based on a pH of 5.5 for the soil type at the
application site, as appropriate.
(d) A person subject to this section shall make all analytical results derived from the
testing program provided for in this section available to the public upon request. (Added 1991, No. 157, § 1, eff. May 5, 1992; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)