Rule 3745-40-10 | Facility storage requirements.
(A) Facility storage requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, facility storage of sewage sludge or biosolids shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be provided by the permittee in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment, prevents impacts to waters of the state and conduits, and minimizes the creation of odors to prevent nuisance odors.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, facility storage consists of one hundred twenty days of biosolids storage for the design capacity of the treatment works. The one hundred twenty days of facility storage should be over and above the treatment capacity of the sewage sludge or biosolids treatment train. Units provided for storage should be dedicated for storage and not sewage sludge or biosolids treatment.
(3) Be approved by a permit to install obtained from the director in accordance with Chapter 3745-42 of the Administrative Code prior to the construction of any facility storage.
(B) The director or an authorized representative may approve alternatives to the facility storage of sewage sludge or biosolids through any of the following:
(1) An effective contract with a landfill showing that the landfill will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works sewage sludge during the effective dates of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
(2) An effective contract with another NPDES permitted facility showing that the NPDES permitted facility will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works sewage sludge during the effective dates of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
(3) Ownership or leasing of, or effective contract with, an Ohio environmental protection agency permitted regional storage facility showing that the regional storage facility will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works' sewage sludge or biosolids during the effective dates of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
(4) Ownership or leasing of, or effective contract with, a sewage sludge or biosolids incinerator that will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works sewage sludge during the effective dates of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
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