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40 CFR §503.27 — Recordkeeping.

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  1. (a)When sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an active sewage sludge unit:
    1. (1)The person who prepares the sewage sludge shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years.
      1. (i)The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of § 503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 1 of § 503.23 are met.
      2. (ii)The following certification statement:
      3. (iii)A description of how the pathogen requirements in § 503.32 (a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4) are met when one of those requirements is met.
      4. (iv)A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met when one of those requirements is met.
    2. (2)The owner/operator of the surface disposal site, shall develop the following information and shall retain that information for five years.
      1. (i)The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of § 503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 2 of § 503.23 are met or when site-specific pollutant limits in § 503.23(b) are met.
      2. (ii)The following certification statement:
      3. (iii)A description of how the management practices in § 503.24 are met.
      4. (iv)A description of how the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 503.33 (b)(9) through (b)(11) are met if one of those requirements is met.
  2. (b)When domestic septage is placed on a surface disposal site:
    1. (1)If the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 503.33(b)(12) are met, the person who places the domestic septage on the surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years:
      1. (i)The following certification statement:
      2. (ii)A description of how the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 503.33(b)(12) are met.
    2. (2)The owner/operator of the surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall retain that information for five years:
      1. (i)The following certification statement:
      2. (ii)A description of how the management practices in § 503.24 are met.
      3. (iii)A description how the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 503.33(b)(9) through § 503.33(b)(11) are met if one of those requirements is met.