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Appendix Appendix G - Appendix G to Part 403—Pollutants Eligible for a Removal Credit

I. Regulated Pollutants in Part 503 Eligible for a Removal Credit

Pollutants	Use or disposal practice
Pollutants	LA	SD	I
Arsenic	X	X	X
Beryllium			X
Cadmium	X		X
Chromium		X	X
Copper	X
Lead	X		X
Mercury	X		X
Molybdenum	X
Nickel	X	X	X
Selenium	X
Zinc	X
Total hydrocarbons			X ¹

Key:

LA—land application.

SD—surface disposal site without a liner and leachate collection system.

I—firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator.

¹ The following organic pollutants are eligible for a removal credit if the requirements for total hydrocarbons (or carbon monoxide) in subpart E in 40 CFR part 503 are met when sewage sludge is fired in a sewage sludge incinerator: Acrylonitrile, ldrin/Dieldrin(total), Benzene, Benzidine, Benzo(a)pyrene, Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether, Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Bromodichloromethane, Bromoethane, Bromoform, Carbon tetrachloride, Chlordane, Chloroform, Chloromethane, DDD, DDE, DDT, Dibromochloromethane, Dibutyl phthalate, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 1,3-dichloropropene, Diethyl phthalate, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 1,2-diphenylhydrazine, Din-butyl phthalate, Endosulfan, Endrin, Ethylbenzene, Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, Hexachlorobutadiene, Alphahexachlorocyclohexane, Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Hexachloroethane, Hydrogen cyanide, Isophorone, Lindane, Methylene chloride, Nitrobenzene, N-Nitrosodimethylamine, N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine, Pentachlorophenol, Phenol, Polychlorinated biphenyls, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, 1,1,2,2,-tetrachloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, Toluene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, and 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol.

II. Additional Pollutants Eligible for a Removal Credit

[Milligrams per kilogram—dry weight basis]

Pollutant	Use or disposal practice
	LA	Surface disposal		I
	LA	Unlined ¹	Lined ²	I
Arsenic			³ 100
Aldrin/Dieldrin (Total)	2.7
Benzene	³ 16	140	3400
Benzo(a)pyrene	15	³ 100	³ 100
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate		³ 100	³ 100
Cadmium		³ 100	³ 100
Chlordane	86	³ 100	³ 100
Chromium (total)	³ 100		³ 100
Copper		³ 46	100	1400
DDD, DDE, DDT (Total)	1.2	2000	2000
2,4 Dichlorophenoxy-acetic acid		7	7
Fluoride	730
Heptachlor	7.4
Hexachlorobenzene	29
Hexachlorobutadiene	600
Iron	³ 78
Lead		³ 100	³ 100
Lindane	84	³ 28	³ 28
Malathion		0.63	0.63
Mercury		³ 100	³ 100
Molybdenum		40	40
Nickel			³ 100
N-Nitrosodimethylamine	2.1	0.088	0.088
Pentachlorophenol	30
Phenol		82	82
Polychlorinated biphenyls	4.6	<50	<50
Selenium		4.8	4.8	4.8
Toxaphene	10	³ 26	³ 26
Trichloroethylene	³ 10	9500	³ 10
Zinc		4500	4500	4500

¹ Active sewage sludge unit without a liner and leachate collection system.

² Active sewage sludge unit with a liner and leachate collection system.

³ Value expressed in grams per kilogram—dry weight basis.

Key: LA—land application.

I—incineration.

[60 FR 54768, Oct. 25, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 42567, Aug. 4, 1999; 70 FR 60198, Oct. 14, 2005]

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251

source: 46 FR 9439, Jan. 28, 1981, unless otherwise noted.