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Sewage sludge may be spread on agricultural land under State regulations under the
following circumstances:
Table 2.10.7
Conditions for Land Application of Sewage Sludge mtd Septage
Metals Content:
Cadmium less than 50 parts per million (ppm);
chromium less than lo00 ppm;
Copper less than 1,OOO ppm;
Lead less than 1,W ppm;
Mercury less than 10 ppm;
Nickel less than 2fM ppm;
Zinc less than 2,o00 ppm.
Location: Minimum Distance to the Nehest Stream = 100 feet;
Mkum Distance to the Nearest Well =
300 feet;
Minimum Distance to the Nearest Home = 300 feet;
Miaimurn Distance to the Nearest Sinkhole = 100 feet;
Minimum Distance to the Property Line = 50 feet.
Sludge and septage must be plowed-under or injected within 24 hours. Sludge and soil
samples must be taken whenever a new source of sludge is accepted by the landowner or
farmer.
Septage is pumped from septic tanks and disposed by one of seven haulers:
1. Dillsburg Septic Service, 516 U.S. Route 15, Dillsburg, Pa.
2. Hamm's Excavating, 5201 Carlisle Pike, New Oxford, Pa.
3. Roto-Rooter, 32 Center Square, New Oxford, Pa.
4. Sanitary Septic Service, 605 Range End Road, Dillsburg, Pa.
5. Smith's Sanitary Septic Service, 1234 Baltimore Street, Hanover, Pa.
6. Williams Brothers, 455 South High Street, Hanover, Pa.
7. Leonard Shealer, 1339 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA.
Disposal sites used by these haulers are as follows:
1. Chambersburg Sewage Treatment Plant;
2. Pew Township Sewage Treatment Plant;
3. King's Farm, Latimore Township, Adam County;
4. Lands in Washington Township, York County;
5. Cumberland County Landfill.
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