---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 503.27"
title: "40"
number: "503.27"
heading: "Recordkeeping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/503.27"
---

# §503.27. Recordkeeping.

- (a) **When sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an active sewage sludge unit—**
  - (1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years.
    - (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of [§ 503.23](/cfr/40/503.23.md) in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 1 of [§ 503.23](/cfr/40/503.23.md) are met.
    - (ii) **The following certification statement—**
    - (iii) A description of how the pathogen requirements in § [503.32 (a)](/cfr/40/503.32.md?p=a), [(b)(2)](/cfr/40/503.32.md?p=b-2), [(b)(3)](/cfr/40/503.32.md?p=b-3), or [(b)(4)](/cfr/40/503.32.md?p=b-4) are met when one of those requirements is met.
    - (iv) A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in [§ 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-1..b-8) is met when one of those requirements is met.
  - (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site, shall develop the following information and shall retain that information for five years.
    - (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of [§ 503.23](/cfr/40/503.23.md) in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 2 of [§ 503.23](/cfr/40/503.23.md) are met or when site-specific pollutant limits in [§ 503.23(b)](/cfr/40/503.23.md?p=b) are met.
    - (ii) **The following certification statement—**
    - (iii) A description of how the management practices in [§ 503.24](/cfr/40/503.24.md) are met.
    - (iv) A description of how the vector attraction reduction requirements in [§ 503.33 (b)(9) through (b)(11)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-9..b-11) are met if one of those requirements is met.
- (b) **When domestic septage is placed on a surface disposal site—**
  - (1) If the vector attraction reduction requirements in [§ 503.33(b)(12)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-12) are met, the person who places the domestic septage on the surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years:
    - (i) **The following certification statement—**
    - (ii) A description of how the vector attraction reduction requirements in [§ 503.33(b)(12)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-12) are met.
  - (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall retain that information for five years:
    - (i) **The following certification statement—**
    - (ii) A description of how the management practices in [§ 503.24](/cfr/40/503.24.md) are met.
    - (iii) A description how the vector attraction reduction requirements in [§ 503.33(b)(9)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-9) through [§ 503.33(b)(11)](/cfr/40/503.33.md?p=b-11) are met if one of those requirements is met.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42571, Aug. 4, 1999]

### Authority

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 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42571, Aug. 4, 1999]