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40 CFR Part 503 - Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge

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40 CFR Part 503 sets pollutant limits for sewage sludge use or disposal.

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Metals measured5
Evidence tierA
Year2025

40 CFR Part 503 sets pollutant limits for sewage sludge use or disposal. The loaded rows cover the product-concentration tables for land-applied sewage sludge: Table 1 ceiling concentrations and Table 3 pollutant concentrations, both on a dry-weight basis. Cumulative and annual pollutant loading rates, and surface-disposal tables, are gap-logged because they are area-loading or disposal-site limits rather than product concentration ceilings for land-applied biosolids.

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