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40 CFR § 503.5 - Additional or more stringent requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s503.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 503.5 - Additional or more stringent requirements."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "503.5"
section_name: "Additional or more stringent requirements."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 503.5 Additional or more stringent requirements.

(a) On a case-by-case basis, the permitting authority may impose requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge in addition to or more stringent than the requirements in this part when necessary to protect public health and the environment from any adverse effect of a pollutant in the sewage sludge.

(b) Nothing in this part precludes a State or political subdivision thereof or interstate agency from imposing requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge more stringent than the requirements in this part or from imposing additional requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.