7 Del. Admin. Code § 7103-117.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 4, October 1, 2024
Section 7103-117.0 - Project Development Report117.1 General Requirements. 117.1.1 A Project Development Report must be prepared. After this report is submitted for Department review, and accepted, it becomes the basis for the permit application. In any event, the applicant must demonstrate that the proposed facility, site or use will meet the regulatory objectives set forth in in these regulations and will not cause violations of State or Federal drinking water standards on an average annual basis or State water quality standards for streams.117.1.2 Upon receipt of a Project Development Report, the Department will schedule a public information meeting to inform interested citizens of the proposed utilization project. The Department may consider local zoning or other locally required meetings as sufficient for satisfying this requirement. After the Department has fixed the date, place and time for a public information meeting, the Department shall notify by certified mail owners and occupants of land contiguous to the site of the proposed facility or site and of the scheduled meeting. A copy of the Project Development Report will be available for review and discussion at the public meeting. The applicant for the permit shall also be present at the public meeting to present information on the proposed project.117.1.3 The Department will accept and consider all comments, concerns and suggestions received during the public meeting. If the concerns raised at the public meeting cannot be reasonably addressed, a permit will not be issued for the proposed project. 117.2 Project Development Reports for all proposed facilities, land application sites and sludge uses must provide a chemical analysis of the sludge to be produced or utilized which includes the following:117.2.1 Results of three chemical analyses of the sludge from each treatment facility or other source of sludge. The Department will waive this requirement for domestic septage that is land applied in accordance with the State's Septage Management Plan. Chemical analyses include: 117.2.1.1 Moisture content.117.2.1.2 Percent total nitrogen (moist and dried).117.2.1.3 Percent organic nitrogen (moist and dried).117.2.1.4 Ammonia and nitrate concentration (moist and dried).117.2.1.6 Percent volatile solids.117.2.1.8 The following, as reported on a dry weight basis: cyanide, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, lead, chromium, mercury, arsenic, molybdenum and selenium.117.2.1.9 Such other components or constituents which may be required by the Department, including but not limited to TOC, COD, FOG, and boron.117.2.2 Sludges are to be analyzed as a composite sample for the priority pollutants. If the organics are higher than the typical municipal sludge range in the U.S. (see Table 402-1) then the Department shall require the applicant to submit a detailed sludge analysis for those elevated organic constituents to assess their fate in a soil matrix.117.2.3 Sludges are to be analyzed as a composite sample using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). Any sludge that fails the TCLP test shall be deemed to be hazardous and will then be subject to regulations under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).117.2.4 For septage, a specific plan for obtaining representative samples may be required.117.2.5 No sludge or sludge product which exceeds the Ceiling Concentrations in Table 402.2 will be permitted for land application in the State. Sludge or sludge products which exceed the Pollutant Concentrations in Table 402.3 will not be permitted for marketing and distribution in the State. Application rates for any sludge may not exceed the values in Tables 402.4 and Table 402.5.117.2.6 The analyses shall be conducted on composite samples of the waste to be applied, and shall be reported in a tabular form that lists the range of the three samples. Each of the composite samples shall be taken at intervals of more than 30 days unless otherwise approved by the Department in writing. Sampling and analytical procedures shall be approved by the Department and be consistent with Section 1000 of these Regulations.7 Del. Admin. Code § 7103-117.0