National Sludge Alliance
Charlotte Hartman, National Coordinator
180 Boston Corners Road
Millerton, NY 12546
(518) 329-2120 (phone/fax)
email: chartmannsa@taconic.net

NSA Public Fact Sheet 105

EPA's Sludge Options: Opens Dumps or Landfill Disposal

2/15/1997

"Exceptional Quality" Sludge Pollutant Limits 25 meter landfill boundary pollutant limits
PCBs 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg
Arsenic 41 mg/kg 30 mg/kg
Chromium hazardous level - 0.001 200 mg/kg
Nickel 420 mg/kg 210 mg/kg
The 25 meter perimeter boundary of a landfill would encompass an area larger than most home lawns and gardens.