Water Pollution Control; State Program Requirements; Program Modification Application by Ohio To Administer the Sewage Sludge Management Program

Pursuant to 40 CFR 123.62 and 40 CFR part 501, the State of Ohio has submitted a program modification application to EPA, Region 5 to administer and enforce a sewage sludge management program. Specifically, the State is seeking approval of a sewage sludge management program which addresses the land application of sewage sludge, surface disposal of sewage sludge, and the landfilling of sewage sludge. Ohio is not seeking approval of the land application of domestic septage. Also, Ohio is not seeking approval for the incineration of sewage sludge at this time, but will in the future. Ohio will seek approval for the incineration of sewage sludge when their current draft administrative rules for incineration of sewage sludge are adopted. The State's sewage sludge management program will not extend to "Indian Country" as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, and will not include lands within the exterior boundaries of Indian reservations within or abutting the State of Ohio. According to the State's application, this program would be administered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). The application from Ohio is complete and is available for inspection and copying. Public comments are requested and encouraged.