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Sewage Sludge & Biosolids
Do I Need a Sewage Sludge or Biosolids Permit?
A Sewage Sludge or Biosolids Use or Disposal Permit is required when a sewage sludge is treated in a manner to create an Exceptional Quality or Class B Biosolids for benificial reuse. Facilities that pump out/haul off or landfill sewage sludge are no longer required to obtain a permit, but will need to follow the requirements at LAC 33:IX.7301.D.2.d or e.
Sewage Sludge Hauler Registrations are required for the person responsible for the operations of sewage sludge transport activities. Transport activities include, but are not limited to, pick-up, hauling, and disposal of sewage sludge, domestic septage, portable toilet waste, biosolids, and/or sewage sludge mixed with grease waste.
Water Permits Division
Phone Number: 225-219-3590
Email: _DEQ-WWWWaterPermits@LA.GOV
Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Contact: Ronda Burtch
The Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal Regulations
PLEASE NOTE: The Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Use or Disposal regulations, application for permit and reporting forms apply to sewage sludge pumped or removed (wasted) from a sanitary wastewater treatment facility, domestic septage, portable toilet waste (all collectively referred to in the regulations as “Sewage Sludge”) and grease that was pumped or removed from a food service facility and mixed with sewage sludge.
Click here to access the Louisiana Sewage Sludge and Biosolids Program - Brochure
Sewage Sludge Haulers and Disposal Facilities
Click on the following links to access the receiving facility and registered transporter lists.
Resource and Reference Documents
EPA Office of Water Sewage Sludge & Biosolids
Environmental Protection Agency Biosolids Technology Fact Sheets
- Alkaline Stabilization
- Belt Filter Press
- Centrifuge Thickening and Dewatering
- Composting of Biosolids
- Land Application of Biosolids
- Odor Control in Biosolids Management
- Recessed-Plate Filter Press
- In-Vessel Composting of Sewage Sludge
- Use of Heat Drying
Water Environment Federation (WEF) - Biosolids
EPA - Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge
Test Methods for the Examination of Composting and Compost (TMECC)
Louisiana Agriculture: Spring 1999, Volume 42, Number 2 - Beneficial Use Issue
CDC Guidance for Controlling Potential Risks to Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids - July 2002