Section Env-Wq 810.04 - Land Application and Management Restrictions for Other Than Class A BiosolidsQC sludge that is not class A biosolids shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(a) Subject to (b), below, water treatment sludge shall be land applied only as a mineral component in a mixture of sludge or other organic residuals;(b) Unmixed water treatment residuals shall not be applied to agricultural land unless allowed by a permit obtained pursuant to this chapter;(c) The following QC sludge shall be land applied only at a site permitted pursuant to Env-Wq 806:(1) Any QC sludge that contains class B biosolids;(2) Any QC sludge used for reclamation that is applied at rates exceeding 1,500 pounds of nitrogen per acre or that does not have a carbon-to-nitrogen ratio between 30:1 and 40:1; and(3) Short paper fiber; and(d) For short paper fiber not used for reclamation, land application rates shall not increase soil organic matter by more than 2% in any year. An annual application rate of 35 dry tons of short paper fiber per acre or less shall be presumed to meet this requirement.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 810.04
Adopted by Volume XXXVI Number 01, Filed January 7, 2016, Proposed by #10998, Effective 1/1/2016, Expires 1/1/2026.