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Title 12 - HEALTHAgency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHChapter 610 - SEWAGE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL REGULATIONSPart III - General Criteria and Methods for Conducting Site Evaluations
Article 2 - Sewage Handling and Septage Management
Section 12VAC5-610-580 - Septage management; general

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-610-580

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Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024
Section 12VAC5-610-580 - Septage management; general

Ultimate management of septage generally falls into one of two categories, landfilling or land spreading. Landfilling requires that the septage be stabilized and dewatered to increase solids content nearly fivefold to avoid leaching problems. Land spreading of both stabilized and unstabilized septage is permissible under controlled conditions for agricultural purposes. The preferred methods for septage disposal are disposal in an approved sewage treatment plant or stabilization and subsequent disposal by land application or landfilling in accordance with the Biosolids Use Regulations (12VAC5-585-10 et seq.).

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-610-580

Derived from VR355-34-02 § 3.14, eff. February 5, 1986; amended, eff. May 11, 1988; Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 2000.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-164 of the Code of Virginia.