A. Applications for approval to spread sludge and sludge-derived materials on lands within the Town of Hammonton shall be submitted to the Town Clerk/Administrator, or another person or organization designated by the Town of Hammonton Town Council, 30 calendar days prior to the proposed first date of land application. The necessary application forms will be supplied to the applicant by the Town Clerk/Administrator. At least 10 calendar days prior to the application date, the landowner or applicant shall give to the Town Clerk/Administrator notice of the spreading event and all property owners within 200 feet shall also be notified. A certified list of names shall be available through the Tax Assessor's office. Failure of the landowner or applicant to provide such notice shall result in revocation of the permit and a fine pursuant to § 230-10 of this chapter.
B. An individual application shall be filed for each individual farm under separate or partly separate ownership and for each use of the sludge-derived material.
C. At minimum, the following information shall be provided:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of person applying for approval to apply the sludge or sludge-derived product.
(2) Block and lot number, street address and approximate number of acres of the land on which the sludge materials are to be applied, and a notarized form from the landowner granting permission to apply the sludge material to the land. Notice must be given to all property owners within 200 feet within 10 calendar days of spreading.
(3) Name, address and telephone number of the owner of the land on which the sludge materials are to be applied, and a notarized form from the landowner granting permission to apply the sludge material to the land.
(4) The name, address and telephone number of the person who is to actually apply the sludge material to the land and a signed statement by that person indicating that he or she shall apply the material in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
(5) A survey, plat, aerial photograph or map showing all streams, springs, wetlands, open waters, sink holes or their areas where sludge materials should not be applied and the buffers given to each area.
(6) If the sludge is being used as a fertilizer, liming agent or soil enhancement, a soil analysis taken within the last 90 days on each field upon which the applicant seeks approval to spread the sludge materials.
(7) A statement indicating that the sludge or sludge-derived material would be applied at a rate based on soil test results and nutrient requirements of the crop to be produced as recommended by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County.
(8) An accurate analysis of a representative sample of the sludge-derived material the applicant is seeking to apply to land in the Town of Hammonton showing the existing levels of nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, lead, mercury, cadmium, moisture content and any other substances requested by the Town of Hammonton Council, or the Council's designees, including but not limited to arsenic, chromium, copper, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, thallium, zinc, as well as dioxin and pathogens. The precision and sensitivity of the analysis for each substance or element tested will be defined in the conservation plan as required by this chapter.
(9) A written plan that shows how the sludge materials will be applied, which includes at a minimum all the restrictions described in this chapter limiting the application of all sludge-derived materials.
(10) A conservation plan prepared in accordance with the requirements of the United States Natural Resource Conservation Service that indicates those best management practices that will be utilized to assure that the sludge and sludge-derived materials will be, to the maximum extent possible, prevented from creating any off-site pollution or nuisance problems.
(11) A Certification of Filing from the Pinelands Commission issued pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.34.