Action | Amendment of Regulations Pertaining to Biosolids After Transfer from the Department of Health |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/31/2008 |
As a member of Virginia Citizens for Protection from Sewage Sludge, i recommend the following:
2. Five (5) mile buffer from habitat.3. Once sign is posted, citizens have fifteen business days before biosolidsapplications begin.4. All signs posted should be the same perimeters as the re-zoning notice signs (4 x8), and information on sign is visible from a distance of at least 20 ft. They mustbe placed vertically to the roadway, straight up and down with no slant.5. All signs must have the name and phone number of the agency or companythat has the authority to lift, modify or abate any and all biosolids applications.6. Make regulation that you must have proof of receipt for notification to citizensadjacent to land applications and to those citizens within 1,000 ft of the land tobe applied.7. Biosolids applications can only be delivered and applied during businessdaylight hours.8. Any damage to infrastructure or spillage caused by biosolids truck traffic shouldbe paid by the haulers, spreaders and the recipients of the said treated sewagesludge and not the taxpayer.9. All land applications of biosolids must be recorded on each land deed. (impacton family)10. Monies placed in escrow by both land owners and sludge companies to ensurefinancial responsibility with direct proportion to the acreage to be applied.11. Penalties imposed immediately upon violations. (License revoked, suspended,etc., impound truck or trucks, pull permit, etc.).12. Cleanup of roadways, etc. should be removed and deposited back on the truck oron the designated field ready for application.13. Testing of soil semi-annually to ensure proper pH and that heavy metals remainbound in soil.14. Field storage of biosolids should be covered at all times and stored no longer than20 days.15. Field testing of all biosolids not applied within twenty-four hours for pH, andbiological pathogens including fecal coliform.16. When land applied, biosolids should be immediately incorporated into the soil.17. When storing biosolids, retesting should be done, based on the fact that you areno longer dealing with the original contaminants or pathogens. It should beconsidered a completely new source in itself. The retesting requirementsshould be the same as the regulations for biosolids before land applied.