15A NCAC 02T .1201. SCOPE

(a)  This Section applies to the treatment, storage, transportation, use, and disposal of coal combustion products (CCPs) that are defined as wastewater treatment residuals.  Not regulated under this Section is the treatment, storage, transportation, use, or disposal of:

(1)           CCPs that are not generated from a wastewater treatment facility; and

(2)           CCPs that are transported out of state for treatment, storage, use, or disposal.

(b)  CCPs may be distributed for the following uses including:

(1)           Fuel for combustion in boilers, furnaces, etc. for energy recovery.

(2)           Material for manufacturing of concrete products, asphalt products, brick products, lightweight aggregate, roofing materials, insulation products, plastics, paints, bowling balls, cosmetics, and other manufactured products in which the CCPs are encapsulated in the manufactured product.

(3)           Daily, intermediate, and final cover as well as any other use at a landfill as approved by the Division of Waste Management.

(4)           Material for traction control during snow and ice events.

(5)           Substitute for blasting grit, roofing granules, and filter cloth precoat for residuals dewatering.

(6)           Flowable fill for backfill of trenches for potable water mains as approved by the Division of Environmental Health, sanitary sewers, storm drainage structures, and other similar uses where flowable fill is used in lieu of compacted soil.

(7)           Raw product for the stabilization of residuals.

(8)           Soil nutrient additive, amendment, or other agricultural purpose.

(9)           Overlay for roads, residential driveways, farm roads, and high-traffic farm areas.

(10)         Bedding for pipes, railroad beds, and underground storage tanks.

(11)         Structural fill.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.1; 143-215.3(a);

Eff. September 1, 2006.