Technical support document for land application of sewage sludge. Volume 1. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6527015

Jones, A; Beyer, L; Rookwood, M; Pacenka, J; Bergin, J

The document provides the technical background and justification for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final regulation (40 CFR Part 503) covering the land application of sewage sludge. The document summarizes current practices in land application and presents data supporting the risk assessment methodology used to derive human health and environmental risk-based limits for contaminants in land applied sewage sludge. The management practices associated with land application are outlined and the different pathways by which contaminants reach highly-exposed individuals (HEIs) through land application are discussed.

• Research Organization: Eastern Research Group, Inc., Lexington, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6527015
• Report Number(s): PB-93-110575/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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