Eura DeHart

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Sewage Sludge Hauling Registration and Reporting
Requirements
Eura DeHart Environmental Scientist
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Definitions
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Sewage Sludge (Includes Domestic Septage
Portable Toilet Waste)
Sewage Sludge - any solid, semisolid, or liquid
residue removed during the treatment of municipal
waste water or domestic sewage. Sewage sludge
includes, but is not limited to, solids removed
during primary, secondary, or advanced waste
water treatment, scum, domestic septage, portable
toilet pumpings, type III marine sanitation
device pumpings (33 CFR Part 159), and sewage
sludge products. Sewage sludge does not include
grit or screenings, or ash generated during the
incineration of sewage sludge.
Also includes Grease Trap Waste When Pumped or
Removed from a Food Service Establishment and
Mixed with Sewage Sludge If you are hauling only
grease trap waste, the sewage sludge regulations
do not apply.
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Pumper of Sewage Sludge
Pumper of Sewage Sludgea person who removes
sludge from a sanitary wastewater treatment
facility domestic septage from a residential
septic tank, mechanical treatment plant, or dump
station for recreational vehicles and watercrafts
or vessels residuals from a portable toilet or
grease from a food service facility that is mixed
with sewage sludge.
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Transporter of Sewage Sludge
Transporter of Sewage Sludgea person who pumps
or moves sewage sludge off-site by means of
land-based vehicles, barges, ships, rails,
pipelines, or other modes of transportation. For
oxidation ponds/lagoons/surface impoundments,
this includes the removal of the sewage sludge
from the oxidation ponds/lagoons/surface
impoundments to the levees surrounding the
oxidation ponds/lagoons/surface impoundments.
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Regulations for Transporters of Sewage Sludge
LAC 33IX.7301.F
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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration

1. Registration Registration Form (Form 7159)
   obtained from the Office of Environmental
   Services or through the departments website.
2. ALL the information required by the form shall be
   provided.
3. The registration period - July 1st to June 30th.
4. All registrations shall expire on June 30th of
   each year.
5. To continue the operation of transporting sewage
   sludge - Apply for re-registration to the Office
   of Environmental Services by May 1st of each
   year.
6. The fee for registration shall be an annual fee
   of 100.

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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration

• g. The Office of Environmental Services shall be
  notified prior to any modification to the
  information submitted for registration,
  including, but not limited to, the following
• The removal and/or addition of information about
  the facility to which the sewage sludge is being
  transported.
• The removal and/or addition of a vehicle that
  will be utilized for the transporting of sewage
  sludge.

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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration

• h. All transporters of sewage sludge and/or
  grease mixed with sewage sludge shall transport
  the sewage sludge and/or grease mixed with sewage
  sludge only to a facility permitted to receive
  sewage sludge.
• i. All transporters of sewage sludge and/or
  grease mixed with sewage sludge shall maintain a
  daily log or record of activities containing the
  following information regarding the sewage sludge
  and/or grease mixed with sewage sludge
• The date the transported material was obtained,
  pumped, or removed
• The origin or source of the material
• The volume of material removed (generated) from
  each site,
• The transfer and/or disposal site and,
• The amount of material that was transported or
  disposed.

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Registration for Transporters of Sewage Sludge
Sewage Sludge Hauler Notification Form Form 7159
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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration
12345
H-000
More Hauler, LLC
123 Hauler Road
Joe Smith, Owner
225-555-1212
225-555-1213
Hauler City, LA 70000
Transport
P.O. Box 123 Hauler City, LA 70000
morehauler_at_hauler.com
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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration
1000
5
1
Ford
Vacuum truck
XL25
2010
TR24010
More Hauler, LLC
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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration
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Sewage Sludge Transporter/Hauler Registration
ABC Landfill
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A.B. Corner, Manager
123 Landfill Road
225-555-1212
Landfill City, LA 70000
Abc_at_landfill.com
Transport
123 Landfill Road Landfill City, LA 70000
Joe Smith
Joe Smith, Owner
April 1, 2011
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For questions regarding submittal of the form,
contact Ms. Suzanne Bordelon Permits Support
Division (225) 219- 3253
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Record Keeping for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
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Record Keeping for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge

1. The date the transported material was obtained,
   pumped, or removed
2. The origin or source of the material
3. The volume of material removed (generated) from
   each site,
4. The transfer and/or disposal site and,
5. The amount of material that was transported or
   disposed.

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Reporting for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
Form_7161
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Reporting for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
More Hauler , LLC
Joe Smith
12345
N/A or LAJ000000
H-000
REG20100000
N/A or Outfall 20X
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Reporting for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
February 1, 2011
January 1, 2010
December 31, 2010
5
tons
0
tons
1000
gallons
0
gallons
36.5
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Reporting for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
ABC Landfill
123 Landfill Road, Landfill City, LA 70000
225-555-1212
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123 Sewer Plant Road, Sewer City, LA 70000
1000
225-555-1312
DeRidder POTW
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Reporting for Transporters/Haulers of Sewage
Sludge
Joe Smith
February 1, 2011
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REMINDERS

• All registrations expire on June 30, 2011.
• All registered transporters must submit the
  Sewage Sludge Hauler Notification Form by May 1,
  2011.
• If you do not submit your form by May 1, 2011,
  you will not get your new registration prior to
  expiration. Therefore, you will not be able to
  haul sewage sludge.
• If you dont submit your Sewage Sludge Disposal
  Reporting Form, you will not be able to obtain
  your new registration.

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Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids
Sewage Sludge Webpage
http//www.deq.louisiana.gov
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Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids
Sewage Sludge Webpage
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Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids
Sewage Sludge Webpage
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Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids
Sewage Sludge Webpage
http//www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/DIVISIONS/Wate
rPermits/Biosolids.aspx
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Any Questions?
Eura DeHart, Environmental Scientist Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality Office of
Environmental Services Water Permits
Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70821- 4313 Telephone Number (225)
219-3213 E-mail Address  Eura.DeHart_at_la.gov