403-503-removal_credit

403/503 TOXIC POLLUTANT REMOVAL CREDITS ALLOWED FOR
LAND APPLICATION AND DISPOSAL IN BIOSOLIDS

The Part 503 Sludge Use and Disposal guideline is only part of EPA's dangerous Sludge Disposal program.
EPA's policy allows extreme levels of hazardous waste to be disposed of without public involvement,

Removal Credit for Toxic Pollutants --0000-- granted under Part 403 allows the sludge/biosolids to be
inexpensively disposed of as a fertilizer under Part 503. The Corporations and Municipalities are
transferring the liability to farmers, home owners and their neighbors -- as well as the health effects.

Combined toxic pollutant level Tables from Part 503 where levels were give in milligrams and Part 403
where the levels were give in grams in a Table which indicate the numbers were milligrams.

Part 503 Sludge Use and Disposal	Appendix G to Part 403—Pollutants Eligible for a Removal Credit
Allowed Disposal levels authorized for Corporation Removal Credits	II. Additional Pollutants Eligible for disposal Removal Credit not addressed in Part 503

Hazardous Toxic Pollutant	Land Application	Surface Disposal /wo/ liner	Hazardous Toxic Pollutant	Land Application	Surface Disposal /wo/ liner	Surfaced Disposal /w/ Liner
Arsenic	75	73				100,000
Beryllium
Cadmium	85	--100,000--			--100,000--	100,000
Chromium	--100,000--	600		--100,000--		100,000
Copper	4,300	--46,000--			--46,000--	100
Lead	840	--100,000--			--100,000--	100,000
Mercury	57	--100,000--			--100,000--	100,000
Molybdenum	75	--40---			--40--	40
Nickel.	420	420				100,000
Selenium	100	--4.8--			--4.8--	4.8
Zinc.	7,500	--4,500--			--4,500--	4,500
			Aldrin/Dieldrin (Total)	2.7
			Benzene	16,000	140	3,400
			Benzo(a)pyrene		100,000	100,000
			Bis(2-ethylhexyl)pht halate		100,000	100,000
			Chlordane	86	100,000	100,000
			DDD, DDE, DDT (Total)	1.2	2,000	2,000
			2,4 Dichlorophenoxy-ac etic acid		7	7
			Fluoride	730
			Heptachlor	7.4
			Hexachlorobenzene	29
			Hexachlorobutadien e	600
			Iron	78,000
			Lindane	84	28,000	28,000
			Malathion		0.63	0.63
			N-Nitrosodimethylam ine.	2.1	0.088	0.088

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Pentachlorophenol	30
Phenol		82	82
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	4.6	<50	<50
Toxaphene	10	26,000	26,000
Trichloroethylene	10,000	9,500	10,000

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