[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR503.27]

[Page 837-838]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 503_STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart C_Surface Disposal
 
Sec. 503.27  Recordkeeping.

    (a) When sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an 
active sewage sludge unit:
    (1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years.
    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of Sec. 
503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 1 
of Sec. 503.23 are met.
    (ii) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the pathogen requirements in (insert 
Sec. 503.32(a), Sec. 503.32(b)(2), Sec. 503.32(b)(3), or Sec. 
503.32(b)(4) when one of those requirements is met) and the vector 
attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of the vector attraction 
reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) if one of 
those requirements is met) was prepared under my direction and 
supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (iii) A description of how the pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32 
(a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4) are met when one of those requirements is 
met.
    (iv) A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met when one of 
those requirements is met.
    (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site, shall develop 
the following information and shall retain that information for five 
years.
    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of Sec. 
503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 2 
of Sec. 503.23 are met or when site-specific pollutant limits in Sec. 
503.23(b) are met.
    (ii) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practices in Sec. 
503.24 and the vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of 
the requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(9) through Sec. 503.33(b)(11) if 
one of those requirements is met) was prepared under my direction and 
supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (iii) A description of how the management practices in Sec. 503.24 
are met.
    (iv) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(9) through (b)(11) are met if one of 
those requirements is met.
    (b) When domestic septage is placed on a surface disposal site:
    (1) If the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33(b)(12) are met, the person who places the domestic septage on the 
surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall 
retain the information for five years:
    (i) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(12) was prepared under my direction and 
supervision in

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accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel 
properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are 
significant penalties for false certification including the possibility 
of fine and imprisonment.

    (ii) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(12) are met.
    (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site shall develop 
the following information and shall retain that information for five 
years:
    (i) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practices in Sec. 
503.24 and the vector attraction reduction requirements in (insert Sec. 
503.33(b)(9) through Sec. 503.33(b)(11) if one of those requirements is 
met) was prepared under my direction and supervision in accordance with 
the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather 
and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are significant 
penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine or 
imprisonment.

    (ii) A description of how the management practices in Sec. 503.24 
are met.
    (iii) A description how the vector attraction reduction requirements 
in Sec. 503.33(b)(9) through Sec. 503.33(b)(11) are met if one of 
those requirements is met.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2040-0157)

[58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42571, Aug. 4, 1999]