§ 271.903. Operation under existing permits and beneficial use orders.
(a) A person that possesses an existing individual permit or beneficial use order for the land application of sewage sludge, or a sewage sludge distribution program permit, issued by the Department shall either:
(1) Cease operations.
(2) Continue operations under the permit or beneficial use order until it expires or until the person obtains coverage under a land application of sewage sludge permit.
(b) When the Department makes an affirmative decision under subsection (a)(2), the terms and conditions of the land application of sewage sludge permit will supersede the terms and conditions of the existing permit or beneficial use order.
(c) Existing beneficial use orders issued by the Department under former § 271.232 (Reserved) expire on January 25, 2002.
(d) Existing permits identified in subsection (a), which do not contain an express expiration date, will be deemed to expire on January 25, 2002.
(e) The interim guidelines for the use of sewage sludge for agricultural utilization or land reclamation will remain in effect for the limited purposes of providing guidance for persons operating under, and for the enforcement of, individual solid waste permits issued prior to May 27, 1997, under Chapter 275 (relating to land application of sewage sludge) and beneficial use orders issued prior to May 27, 1997, under § 271.232 (Reserved).
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