40 CFR § 503.3 - Permits and direct enforceability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s503.3"
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title: "40 CFR § 503.3 - Permits and direct enforceability."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "503.3"
section_name: "Permits and direct enforceability."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "SEWAGE SLUDGE"
part_number: "503"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 405 (d) and (e) of the Clean Water Act, as amended by Pub. L. 95-217, sec. 54(d), 91 Stat. 1591 (33 U.S.C. 1345 (d) and (e)); and Pub. L. 100-4, title IV, sec. 406 (a), (b), 101 Stat., 71, 72 (33 U.S.C. 1251 )."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "503"
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# 503.3 Permits and direct enforceability.

(a) Permits. The requirements in this part may be implemented through a permit:

(1) Issued to a “treatment works treating domestic sewage”, as defined in 40 CFR 122.2, in accordance with 40 CFR parts 122 and 124 by EPA or by a State that has a State sludge management program approved by EPA in accordance with 40 CFR part 123 or 40 CFR part 501 or

(2) Issued under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; or the Clean Air Act. “Treatment works treating domestic sewage” shall submit a permit application in accordance with either 40 CFR 122.21 or an approved State program.

(b) Direct enforceability. No person shall use or dispose of sewage sludge through any practice for which requirements are established in this part except in accordance with such requirements.