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U.S. EPA orders Pacifica to comply with sewage sludge requirements / Sludge that failed to meet federal
pathogen requirements was applied to fields in Sacramento, Solano, and Merced Counties
Release date: 02/13/2009
Contact Information: Wendy Chavez, 415/947-4248, chavez.wendy@epa.gov
(San Francisco, Calif. -- 02/13/2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the city of Pacifica,
Calif., to comply with federal sewage sludge requirements after the EPA discovered the city failed to meet federal
pathogen requirements before sewage sludge was applied to land.
The EPA found that, between January and June 2007, sewage sludge from Pacifica's wastewater treatment plant, the
Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant, exceeded limits for fecal coliform. The sewage sludge was land-applied to fields
in Sacramento County, Solano County, and Merced County for growing grasses, such as ryegrass.
When properly treated and processed, sewage sludge (or biosolids) can be safely recycled and applied as fertilizer to
improve and maintain productive soils and stimulate plant growth.
“Biosolids can be an excellent fertilizer when the specific requirements to ensure its safe use are
consistently met,” said Alexis Strauss, the EPA’s Water Division director for the Pacific Southwest region. “We
monitor biosolids compliance throughout the Southwest to ensure public health and the environment are protected.”
The order directs Pacifica to ensure that sewage sludge is not applied to land when federal pathogen and/or vector
attraction reduction requirements are not met. The order also requires the city to report its self-monitoring results to
the EPA on a monthly basis for one year.
For more lies on biosolids, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/biosolids/
A Guide to the Biosolids Risk Assessments for the EPA Part 503 Rule.
Chapter 6 (PDF file, 1143K) - Questions and Answers on the Part 503 Risk Assessments
EPA first claims to have done a cancer risk assessment, then on page 110 states it did not include the 13 chemicals it
had looked at in the risk assessment. Not only that but it did not consider in of the metals to be cancer causing.
EPA really should not lie after publishing a list of cancer causing chemicals and metals. Five of the metals
are carcinogenic when inhaled.
EPA list of 21 chemicals and metal cancer causing carcinogens in sludge/biosolids
http://deadlydeceit.com/1989_503_cancer_list.html
EPA list of 25 pathogen families is sludge/biosolids
http://deadlydeceit.com/1989_503_pathogens.html
EPA BOLDLY ADMITS TO THE LACK OF DATA ON CHEMICALS HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH --
http://deadlydeceit.com/1993_503_peramble_lack.html
Riverside, California Synagro spreads illegal levels of pathogen contaminated sludge ON 3,300 ACRES
http://www.sludgevictims.com/2-SV2002/California-Riverside-5.html
1996 NRC Report Review - (National Academy of Science) USE OF RECLAIMED WATER & SLUDGE ON FOOD
CROPS -- Based on the report, it was only a matter of time before bacterial food poisoning incidents exploded!
http://deadlydeceit.com/NAS-Review.html