Bulk sewage sludge or sewage sludge sold or given away in a bag or other container must not be applied to the land if the concentration of any pollutant in the sewage sludge exceeds the ceiling concentration for the pollutant in subpart 4, item A.
If bulk sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site, either the cumulative loading rate for each pollutant must not exceed the cumulative pollutant loading rate for each pollutant in subpart 4, item B, or the bulk sewage sludge must be exceptional quality sewage sludge.
The conditions in items A and B apply to pollutant concentrations in bulk sewage sludge and sewage sludge sold or given away in a bag or other container.
If bulk sewage sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden, the concentration of each pollutant in the sewage sludge must not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in subpart 4, item C.
If sewage sludge is sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to the land, either:
the concentration of each pollutant in the sewage sludge must not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in subpart 4, item C; or
the product of the concentration of each pollutant in the sewage sludge and the annual whole sludge application rate for the sewage sludge must not cause the annual pollutant loading rate for the pollutant in subpart 4, item D, to be exceeded. The procedure used to determine the annual whole sludge application rate is outlined in part 7041.3100.
Pollutant concentrations and loading rates are given in items A to D.
Ceiling concentrations.
Pollutant | Ceiling Concentration (mg/kg)1 | |
Arsenic | 75 | |
Cadmium | 85 | |
Copper | 4300 | |
Lead | 840 | |
Mercury | 57 | |
Molybdenum | 75 | |
Nickel | 420 | |
Selenium | 100 | |
Zinc | 7500 |
1Dry weight basis
Cumulative pollutant loading rates.
Pollutant | Rate (kg/ha) | Rate (lbs/ac) | ||
Arsenic | 41 | 37 | ||
Cadmium | 39 | 35 | ||
Copper | 1500 | 1339 | ||
Lead | 300 | 268 | ||
Mercury | 17 | 15 | ||
Nickel | 420 | 375 | ||
Selenium | 100 | 89 | ||
Zinc | 2800 | 2500 |
Pollutant concentrations.
Pollutant | Monthly Average Concentrations (mg/kg)1 | |
Arsenic | 41 | |
Cadmium | 39 | |
Copper | 1500 | |
Lead | 300 | |
Mercury | 17 | |
Nickel | 420 | |
Selenium | 100 | |
Zinc | 2800 |
1On a dry weight basis, the arithmetic mean of all measurements taken during the month.
Annual pollutant loading rates per 365-day period.
Pollutant | Rate (kg/ha) | Rate (lb/ac) | ||
Arsenic | 2.0 | 1.8 | ||
Cadmium | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
Copper | 75.0 | 67.0 | ||
Lead | 15.0 | 13.0 | ||
Mercury | 0.85 | 0.76 | ||
Nickel | 21.0 | 19.0 | ||
Selenium | 5.0 | 4.5 | ||
Zinc | 140.0 | 125.0 |
MS s 116.07
21 SR 1642
October 27, 2003
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes