[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR501.12]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 501--STATE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Development and Submission of State Programs
 
Sec. 501.12  Program description.

    Any State that seeks to administer a program under this part shall 
submit a description of the program it proposes to administer in lieu of 
the federal program under State law or under any interstate compact. The 
program description shall include:
    (a) A description in narrative form of the scope, structure, 
coverage and processes of the State program.
    (b) A description (including organization charts) of the 
organization and structure of the State agency or agencies which will 
have responsibility for administering the program. If more than one 
agency is responsible for administration of a program, the 
responsibilities of each agency, and their procedures for coordination 
must be set forth, and an agency must be designated as a ``lead agency'' 
(i.e., the ``State sludge management agency'') to facilitate 
communications between EPA and the State agencies having program 
responsibility. If the State proposes to administer a program of greater 
scope of coverage than is required by federal law, the information 
provided under this paragraph must indicate the resources dedicated to 
administering the federally required portion of the program. This 
description must include:
    (1) A description of the general duties and the total number of 
State agency staff carrying out the State program;
    (2) An itemization of the estimated costs of establishing and 
administering the program for the first two years after approval 
including cost of the personnel described in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, cost of administrative support, and cost of technical support, 
except where a State is seeking authorization for an established sewage 
sludge management program that has

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been in existence for a minimum of two years and is at least as 
stringent as the program for which the State is seeking authorization; 
and
    (3) An estimate of the sources and amounts of funding for the first 
two years after approval to meet the costs listed in paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section, except where a State is seeking authorization for an 
established sewage sludge management program that has been in existence 
for a minimum of two years and is at least as stringent as the program 
for which the State is seeking authorization.
    (c) A description of applicable State procedures, including 
permitting procedures, and any State administrative or judicial review 
procedures.
    (d) Copies of the permit, application, and reporting forms or a 
description of the procedures the State intends to employ for obtaining 
information needed to implement its permitting program.
    (e) A complete description of the State's compliance tracking and 
enforcement program (see 40 CFR 501.16 and 501.17).
    (f)(1) An inventory of all POTWs and other TWTDS that are subject to 
regulations promulgated pursuant to 40 CFR part 503 and subject to the 
State program, which includes:
    (i) Name, location, and ownership status (e.g., public, private, 
federal),
    (ii) Sludge use or disposal practice(s),
    (iii) Annual sludge production volume, and
    (iv) Permit numbers for permits containing sewage sludge 
requirements, if any, and;
    (v) Compliance status.
    (2) States may submit either:
    (i) Inventories which contain all of the information required by 
paragraph (f)(1) of this section; or
    (ii) A partial inventory with a detailed plan showing how the State 
will complete the required inventory within five years after approval of 
its sludge management program under this part.
    (g) In the case of Indian Tribes eligible under Sec. 501.24(b), if a 
State has been authorized by EPA to issue permits on the Federal Indian 
reservation in accordance with Sec. 501.13, a description of how 
responsibility for pending permit applications, existing permits, and 
supporting files will be transferred from the State to the eligible 
Indian Tribe. To the maximum extent practicable, this should include a 
Memorandum of Agreement negotiated between the State and the Indian 
Tribe addressing the arrangements for such transfer.

[54 FR 18786, May 2, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 67984, Dec. 22, 1993; 59 
FR 64346, Dec. 14, 1994; 63 FR 45124, Aug. 24, 1998]