Sewage Sludge Ordinance
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ordinance on the recycling of sewage sludge, sewage sludge mixture and sewage sludge compost |
| Short title: | Sewage Sludge Ordinance |
| Abbreviation: | AbfKlärV |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 2129-56-7 |
| Original version from: | April 15, 1992 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 912 ) |
| Entry into force on: | July 1, 1992 |
| Last revision from: | Art. 1 of September 27, 2017 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3465 ) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
October 3, 2017 (Art. 8 of September 27, 2017) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 137 Regulation of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1344 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The recycling of sewage sludge is regulated by the German Sewage Sludge Ordinance. The entry of inorganic and organic pollutants should be restricted to an environmentally toxicologically harmless level. This is done by setting application limits and limit values, which, if exceeded, sewage sludge may no longer be used for agricultural purposes. The ordinance also stipulates regular soil and sewage sludge tests in approved and monitored laboratories. Legal regulations are based on the EU Council Directive of June 12, 1986 on the protection of the environment and in particular of the soil when sewage sludge is used in agriculture.
The sewage sludge ordinance regulates u. a .:
- the requirements for application to soils used for agriculture or horticulture,
- the bans and restrictions,
- the application rate and
- the obligation to provide evidence.
The agriculturally correct use of sewage sludge is also regulated by the fertilizer law ( fertilizer law , fertilizer ordinance and fertilizer ordinance ). Application ordinances of the federal states specify the regulations.
development
The first Sewage Sludge Ordinance of April 15, 1992 consisted of ten paragraphs, the initial and final formula and two appendices. It was aimed at operators of wastewater treatment plants and those who apply or want to apply sewage sludge to soils. In § 2 she defined the terms wastewater treatment plants , sewage sludge , raw sludge , sewage sludge compost and field forage . Newer versions retained the system, but expanded the terms and their scope.
After more than ten years of negotiations, it was fundamentally amended on October 3, 2017. The Sewage Sludge Ordinance now has 39 paragraphs. B. to compost manufacturers or carriers of sewage sludge and now also concerns the introduction of sewage sludge into soils. The areas of heavy metal content, organic pollutants as well as epidemic and phytosanitary hygiene required a new regulation. The amendment aims at soil protection and an implementation of the waste law idea of the circular economy to conserve resources:
- Soil protection: In order to prevent a long-term significant accumulation of pollutants in the soil, it introduced a limit value for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAH ), further limit values for polycyclic musk compounds and organotin compounds and made them guidelines for sanitation.
- Circular economy: Regarding the worldwide increasingly rare raw material phosphorus, she demands that "a recovery of phosphorus and a return of the recovered phosphorus or the phosphorus-containing sewage sludge incineration ash into the economic cycle should be aimed for". Sewage sludge contains significant amounts of phosphate . According to a study by the Federal Environment Agency, the amount of phosphate in municipal wastewater calculated for Germany is around 55,000 tons of phosphorus per year, which can be recovered using various processes. Agriculture uses 85% of the phosphate imported into Germany. Part of it could replace sewage sludge. According to the surveys of the Federal Statistical Office, fertilizer sales in the 2003/2004 financial year were 112,000 tons of phosphorus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directive 86/278 / EEC
- ↑ § 1 AbfKlärV in the old version
- ↑ AbfKlarV - Sewage Sludge Ordinance announced
- ↑ § 1 paragraph 2 number 3
- ↑ Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety: Sewage Sludge, August 2012
- ↑ Section 3 (1) sentence 2 AbfKlärV
- ↑ Research report on phosphorus production from sewage sludge on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency , page 38
- ↑ Research report on phosphorus production from sewage sludge on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency , page 37
