ML20127P334
| ML20127P334 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 01/25/1993 |
| From: | Woodard J SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9302010252 | |
| Download: ML20127P334 (37) | |
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50-348 50-364 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant final NPDIS Permit Number ALOO24619 Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 3.2 of the Farley Nuclear Plant Environmental Protection Plan, Appendix B to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8, enclosed is a copy of NPDES Permit No. ALOO24619 issued to Farley Nuclear Plant on January 15, 1993 by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
This permit was issued in response to a final consent order resolving the 1990 appeal of the NPDES permit and is valid through August 31, 1995.
Should you have any questions or comments, please advise.
Respectfully submitted, Dk
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Farley Nuclear Plant FACILTFY LOCATION:
Houston County Highway 95 South Columbia, Alabama PERMIT NUMBER:
Al.0024619 RECEIVING WATERS:
Wilson Creek, Chattahoochee River and Unnamed Tributary to the Chattahoochee River In acendance uten and subject to the yrvski.ms of the 1sdomi Water TcGuthm Conen< Ait. as amended 33 tisc.
If!251 1378 (the '7%TCA'l the Alabama Water Todution Controlht, as amendel Cde of Aldern UTL ll 22.U.1 to 22 2214 (de 'A%TCA*h the Alabama T.nstenmentalMngaement ht, as amende4 Code of Aldown U15 il22 22A 1 to 22-22A.1L and ru[t.s and ngulatieu adopted skerrunder, and suSject further to the tenn.s and conditLms setforth in tAh pennis, the Termitsee b hen 6y authensd to dbcharge into the abonnamed tsceis49 waters, ISSU ANCE DATE:
August 15,1990 EFFECTIVE DATE:
September 1,1990 EXPIRATION DATE August 31,1995 MODIFICATION ISSUED:
January 7, 1993 MODIFICATION EFFECTPE January 15, 1993 (M j-
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- Dmbarge Limusnons and Monitoring Requirenweis -
B.
' Dischstge Monitoring and Record Keepmg bquirements 1.
Represenistive Sempting 2.
' Tut Procedures.
3.
Recording of Reseha d.
Recordi Retention and Prndsetinn 3
Monisering Equipenent and lasuvenementien C.
Discharge Repating bqvirenwnia 1.
Reportmg of Monitoring Requiresnents 2
Noncorr phance Notification
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Other Reporting and Notification bquirernents 1
- Anticipaud Noncompliance 2
Termiriation of Dwchasg=
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Duty to Provide Informetlen S.
Cooling Waert AMitnu 6.
Permit Innd Bawd On Estimaerd Cherneteristics E.
Schedule of Coc:phence PARTR UT1MIR RBQUREMINT3,RE5r0M315EJI1HS, AND IATTIft$
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Opersdonst and Management Requirenwnes 1.
Facihtice Operation and Msintenance -
'2 Best Management Practica 3.
Spill Prevention, Control and Managemee B.
Othe Reapanarbilitica 1
Lbty To Mitigste Adverw impact 2.
- Right of Entry and Inspection C,
Bypesa nest Upeet 1
Bypast 2.
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Duty to Comply with Pervoit, Rules, and Statutes 1.
Duty to Cornply 2
Removed Substances 3.
Ensa ne Feilm of Tvestment Fwilities 4.
Compliance with Statutes and Ruks l
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Permit Transfer. MaJific stion, Suspension, Revocation, and Reissuarce 1.
Duty to hopply or Nonfy of Inuni 2
Change 6n Ducherge 3
Transfer of Permit 4.
Permit Modific etion and Revocation 5.
PermitTermination 6.
Perenit $uipemnon i
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Requen for Permit Action Does Not Stay Any Permit Requiremeest _.
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Compliance with Toxic Pollutant Standerd or Prohibition O.
Discharge of Wastewawr Gerwrawd by Others FARTD1 OTIIER PERMIT Caterl10M5
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Civil and Crtminal Liability
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Oil and llasstdeu, Subnance Liebility -
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Property and Other Rights -
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Availability of Reports E.
Enpiration of Permits For New or Increased Diuharges P.
Compliance With Wawr Quality Standards O.
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Prge la PARTI DISCfIARGE LJMTTATIONS AND MONTII) RING REQUIREMENTS i
i horized to During the perical beginning on the effecnvc date of this permit and lasting through the expiration date of this A.
disciurge from the folicwing point secree(s) outfall(s)), desented more fully in the permitix's application:
4 DSN002: Semcc water and memoe water bypass, Unit I DSN003: Semce water and service waser bypass. Unis 2 Such discharge shall be limited zal monitored by the permittee as specified below:
HONITORING REOUIREMENTS 1/
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS Daily Minimum Daily Maairnum Monthly Average g Measurement Sample EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS Frequency Type a
l The addition of chlorine is authorized for these discharge points but only at concentrations which will not l
exceed the total residual chlorine limitation in the main combmed facility discharge, DSN001.
l J/ Samples collected to comply with the monitoring requirements speci6ed above shall be collected at l
ll t d using location just prior to discharge and after final treatment. Unless otherwise specified, composite samples shall be time co l.
All composite samples shall be automatic sampling equipment er a minimum of eigts (8) equal volume grab samples collec:ed over equal time intervals.
collected for the total period of discharge nor to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter is monitored more than once in a month.
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During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and Easting through the expiration date of this permit, the permittee is discharge from the following point source (s) outfall(s)), descnbed more fully in the permittee's application:
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DSN005: CoeJagtower blowdown Unit 1 DSN006: Cochag tower ovexflow, Unit 1 DSN007: Cachng sower blowdown Unit 2 DSN008: Cooling tower overflow, Unit 2 -
Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the pencittee as specafied below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC Lj!iLTS DISCHARGE tIMITATIONS MONITORING REOUIREMENTS 1/~
Daily Minimum Dady Maximum Monthly Average y Measmement Sample Frequency Type MGD Mordtor Monitor if#eek C:lculation or Pump Log -
Flow 1/ Week 6/
Multiple Grabs 3,/ '
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Total Residual Chlorine y Free Available Chlorine Jf mg/l' 0.20 0.20 2/ Month y Composite $f
~ Chromium Total mg/l 1.0 1.0 /1 2/Monshy Composite $f Zinc, Total -
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120 Monitor Daily 6/
Clock Time of Total Residual C1dorine Discharge ' min / unit / day
- jf Samples collecte i to comply with the momtonng requnements specified above shall be colle automauc sampling equipment or a minimum of eight (8) equal volume grab samples collected over equal time intervals. All composite sample collected for the total period of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
2/ Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter is monitored more than one in a month.
J/ Neither free available nor total residual chlorine may be discharged from any single generating unit for more than two hours in any one day and no h
than one unit in any plant may discharge free avadable or total residual chlorine at any one tirne un'ess the permittee can demonstrate that the units at t permitted location cannot operate at or below this level of chlormanon. When blowdown is occuning, grab samples shall be taken at least eve d
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- CFR 423, in detectable amounts, except for chromium, total y Monitoring frequency shall be 1/ year af cooling tower mairnenance chemicals cottaining these compounds is not initiated by the penaittee.
3/ Composited over the time of blowdown, not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
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Dunng the period beginning on the effective date of dus permit and lasting through the expintion date of this discharge from the following point source (s) outfaH(s)), desenbed more fully in the permittee's application:
t mg DSN009: Mam sewage treansient plant I Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
MONITORING RECCIREMENTS 1/
DISCHARGE LIMIfATIONS EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC-UNITS Mcathly Average ;/
Measuremem Sample Dady Mimmum Dady Maximum Frequency Type MGD Monitor Monitor 1/ Month Instantaneous Floc.
6.0 9.0 1/ Month Grab Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5-day) mg/l 45.0 30.0 I! Month Composite Jf s u.
45.0 30.0 1/Moruh Cornpome jf pfI Toul Suspended Sohds ORG/100 ml 300 300 1/ Month Grab mg/l Fecal Cohfonn D2is sewage plant and its associa ed discharge sha!I be observed at least daily to determine if it is operating efficiently, and a log shall be kept as a record of these daily observauens. In ad H be made comments on tie plants operation, and steps taken to correct any opentional problems. 'Ibe log sha avadable dunng on-site inspections by ADEM and/or EPA.
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l All composite samples shall be autorastic sampling equipment or a minimurn of ei ht (8) equal volume grab samples collected over equal aime nterva s.
E collected for the total penod of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
- 2/ - Mom!dy average limits apply only when a parameter is monitored more than once in a month.00 p.m. If manually composited, muimum time be 00 aan. - 6:
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During she period beginmag on the effective date of this permit and lasdag through the expiration date of this discharge from the following point saatte(sloutfall(s)), desenbed more fully in the pennittee's applicanon-
'-i DSN010- Sewage tre=rme v plan 2A DSN0!!: Sewage treatmesa plant 2B Such discharge shall be limited and mondtored by the pemnnee as specified below:
MONITORING REOUIREMEftTS Il DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS Dady Mmunum Dady Maximum Monthly Average;/
Measurement Sampic EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS Frequency Type l
MGD Monitor Monitor 1/ Mouth Instantaneous l
Flow 6.0 9.0 1/Momb Grah liiochemical Oxy gen Demasut (5-day) mg/l 45.0 30 0 1/Momb Composite 31 s.u.
mg/l 45.0 30.0 1/Momb Composite J/
pli Total Suspenfed Solids ORG/100 ml 300 300 1/ Month Grab Fecal Cohform Tids sewage plans and its associated discharge shall be observed at least daily to determine if it is operating efficiently, and a log shall be kept as a record of these daily observations. In ad be made comments on the plants operation, and steps taken to correct any operational problems. "Ibe tog shall avadable dunng on-site inspections by ADILM and/or EPA.
y Samp!cs collected to comply with the monitoring requirements specified above shall be collected at t l
d using location just prior to ihscharge and aft-r fir.al treatment. Unless ofherwise specified, composite samples shall be tir i
All composite samples shall be automatic samphng equipmenu or a mmunum of eight (8) equal volume grab samples collected overequal t me intervals.
collected for the sotal penod of discharge not to eaceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter is monitored more than once in a month.
y Over time of predominant discharge, but not less than from 7:00 a.m. 00 p.m. If manually composi
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PARTI Page le PARTI DISOIARGEIJMITADOMS AND MONITORING EBQUIREMtWTS i
h d to tive date of this permit and lasting through the expiration date of this permit, the perminee s aut orize A.
de During the period beginrune 1 outfall(s)), desenbed more fully in the permittee's application:
a discharge hum the follow
.,g DSN012: Owent sneral cie I
Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below.
MONITORING RE00IREMENTS 1/
l DISCHARGE LIHTTATIONS Dady Mmunum Dady Maumum Monthly Average y Measurement Sample EFFLULHT CHARACfERISTIC UNLTS Frequency Type Instantaneous or Morutor Monitor Daily Pump Log MGD Grab Flow 6.0 9.0 Daily Grab pli mg/l 20 0 15.0 Dady s.u.
Tuta! Suspermied Solids mg/l 100.0 30.0 Dady Composite y mg/l 1.0 1.0 Dady Composite y Oil and Grease mg/l 1.0 1.0 Dady Composite y Copper, Total Ireu. Total y Samp!es collected to comply with the monitonag requirements specified above shall be ccliecte i
d and after IV B.1 at the nearest accessible point prict to Oscharge to combmation with other waste streams, and discharge to th f
treatment. If the penmttee uses options IV.B.I.,IV.B.2. at the nearest accessible point after discharge romh d sed, and approved by the Departm h
wita any other waste stream. If the permittee uses option IV.B.4., at a point appropriate to t e met o u shall then be analy7ed for the specific parameters in acconiance with Part I.B.2.
3 Monthly average linuts apply only when a parameter is rnonitored more than once in a month.d interpreted by the U.S. Envrronmemal Pro
,y Metal cleaning wastes means any wastewater resulting from cleaning as defined u423 and 45 FR 52297. N ll metal cleaning waste must be removed from the boiler cleaning pond, and only rainwater disdarged to, or collected in, the pond.
y. Sample shallbe taken using equal volume aliquots taken at 15 minute intervals over the time of discharge.
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' DISC 11ARGE LIMITATIONS AND MONTII) RING RIiQUIREMFNTS A.
Dortng the period beginning on the effective date of this pennit and lasting through the expiration date of this permit, the permittee is antborize discharge from the followmg poira source (s) outfall(s)), desenbed more fully in the permittee's applicatiocr DSN013:Treased cinonnow tcanog waseewaser
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EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS DI? CHARGE LIMITATIONS HONITORING REOUIREMENTS i/
Daily Mmimum Daily Maximum Monthly Average g Measurement Sampic Frequw Type Flow MGD Monitor Monitor 1/Fatch Totalized thium. Total mg/l 0.50 0.50 1/ Batch Grab Oil and Grease mg/l 20.0 15.0 1/ Quarter -
Grab Total Suspeckled Solids mg/l 100.0 30.0 1/ Quarter Grab y Samples collected to comply with the monitoring req irements specified above shall be coUected at the following location-At the nearest accessible location just prior to dis.harge and after final treatment. Unless otherwise specified, composite samples shall be time composite samples collected using automatic sampling equipment or a minimum of eight (R) equal volume grab sareples collected over equal time intervals. All composate samples shall be collected for the total period of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
y Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter is momtored more than on.cc in a month.-
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During the period beginning en the effective date of this permit an discharge from the (011owing point sourcets) oosfall(s)), desenbed more fully in the permittee's application:
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VIN 014: Waste settling pond
' A discharge shall be tunited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
HONITORING REOUIREMENTS 1/
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS Daily Manmum Monthly Averagey Measurement Sample Daily Minimum Frequency Type 1/ Week Instantaneous MOD Monitor Moaitor or Calculated 6.0 9.0 1/ Month Grab Flow pH mg/l 20.0 15A 1/ Month Grab l
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Total Suspetxted Solids mg/l 100.0 30.0 1/ Month
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j J/ Samples tollected to comply with the monitoring requirements specified above shall be collected l
d using location j 4st priar to discharge and after final treatment, Unless otherwise specified, composite samples sh f
l All coalposite samples shall be automata i sampling equiprnent or a minimum of eight (8) equal volume grab samples collected over equal time interva s.
l collectsd for the total pened of discharge net to exceed 24 hoars.
y Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter s monitored more than once in a month.
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discharge from the following point source (s) outfall(s)), desenbed more fully in th DSN015:Tmtste building samp, writ i DSNCI& Tmtune beinding secop, unit 2 Such dacharge shall be hmited and monitoed by tie peimittee as specified below:
HONITORING REOUIRENENTS if J
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS
{fFLUENT CHARACTERIST:C UNITS Manthly Average y Measurement Sample Da21y Mmimum D.uly Mazimum Frequency Type MGD Monitor Monitor 1/ Month Instem or Csiculated Od and Grease y mg/l "O O 25 0 1/ Month Grab Pow Total Suspermied Sobds y mg/l 100.0 30.0 1/ Month Grab I
y Samples co!!ected ta comply with the monitonng requirements specified above shall be collected i
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1/ Menthly average limits apply only when a parameter is monitoted more than ooce in a month.
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DISOIARGE LIMrrAT10NS AND MONTIDRING RBQUIREMDES During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting through the expiration date of this permit, the permince is authorized to discharge fmm the following point source (s) outfall(s)), descnbed more fully in the pennittee's application:
DSND19: Laged radwasae sy*== unit i
-i DSN020: liguid radwaste syene. anit 2 Such discharge shall be limited and rnooitored by the permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC VNITS DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS HONITORING RECUIREMENTS 1/
Daily Mirumum Daily Maximum Monthly Average y Measuremerm Sampic.
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I J/ ' Samples collected to comply with the monitoring requirements specified above shall be collected at the following location: At the nearest accessible location just prior to discharge and arter final treatment. Unless otherwise specife.1, composite samples, hall be time composite samples collected using automatic sampling equipment or a mimmum of eight (8) equal volume grab samples collected over equal time intervals. All compostte sampics shall be collected for the tot 21 pened of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
2J Monthly average limits apply only when a parameter is monitored more than once in a month.
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discharge frorn the following pcim source (s) cutfall(s)), desenbed more tully in the DSN021: Pfart tramformer arts nmoff Such discharge shad be limited and monitored by the permittee as speciSed below:
HONITORIFG REOUIREMENTS 1/_
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS Monthly Aver::ge y Measurement Sample Daily Minis sum Daily Maa.amum Frequency Type There shall be no discharge of visible oil, nor shaU there be discharge of floating wiids or visible foam except in trece amounts.
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DISCHARGE llMfrA110NS AND MONTIDRING REQUntEMENTS Dusing the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting through the expiranon date of this permit, the perminee is authorized to -
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DSN022: Rsver waner buildug mump % muit 1 no the insake camel i
DSNO23: River wsms buddsmg summy W unit 2 to she imaake cammi i
Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as speci5ed below:
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automatic sampling equipment or a miniraum of eigid (8) equal volume grab samples col collected for tie total penod of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
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discharge from the following point source (sl outfall(s)), descnbed more fully in the permittee's applicaticar DSN024: Southeast yard drainage DSN025: East yand drsare DSN026: Nattreest yant drasnage DSN027:Norriverer21 yard dransE" DSN021: West yard dramage DSN02A Soustrwest yan!&aanage Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
HONITORING REOUIREMENTS 1/
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS Dady Mimmum Daily Maximum Monthly Averat,e y Measuremect Sample EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS Frequency Type lirre shall be no discharge of visible oil, or shall there be discharge of floating solids or visible foam except in trace amourus.
See Part IV.A of this permit for additional equirements relating to this discharge.
cified above shall be collected at the foDowing location: At the nearest arrenible 1/ Samples collected to comply with the monitoring requiremetas twise specdied, composite samples shall be time compmate samples collected using ntervals. AI! composite samples shall be locanon just prior to discharge and after final treatment. Unlessautomauc sampling equipment or a minimum of eigh collected for the total period of discharge not to exceed 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
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During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting through the expiration date of this per discharge from the following point source (s) outfal!(s)), desenbed more fully in the permittee's application:
DSNO30 Intake sczen backwash waser, anies I auf 2, so the inede canal DSNO31: Sern water structase senp skehrge a 4e canal DSN032-River waner pamps mini-flow, amt 1, to the DSNO33: River waser pumps mini-Gow, unit 2, to the Wu e canal Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
HONITOEING REOUIREMENTS 1/
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC UNITS
_ Daily Minimum Daily Maximum Mothly Average y Measurement Sampic Frequency Type There shall be no discharge of visible oil, or shall there be discharge of floating solids or visible foam except in trace amounts.
This discharge is permitted with no monitonog restuuements or limitations, provided the pennittee adds no pollutants to the discharge.
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' FJ4LUFMr11MirA'HONS AND MONffDRING REQi_RENIDFTS During the period beginning on the effective date of this pennit and lasting through the expiration d.ue of this permit, the petmittee is authori2r4 ts L discharge stormwater fn>m diked petroleum storage or handling areas, provided the following conditions are met:
4 Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as spectfied below:
' I, The facility will have a valid SPCC Plan pursuant to 40 CFR 112, and 2.
Best Management Practices (BMP) are used in dragning the diked area. BMP is defined as use of a portable oil skimmer or similar device or the use of absorbant materia! to remove oil and grease (as indicated by the presence of a sheen) immediately prior to dramang.
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Representative Sunpling Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be repter-ntative of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge and shall be m accordance with the provisiore of this permit.
2.
Test Procedures Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to 40 CFR Part 136 and guidelines published pursuant to Section 304(h) of the FWTCA,33 U.S.C. Section 1314(h). If more than one method for analysis of a substance is approved for use, a method having a detection limit lower than the permit limit shall be used. If the detection limit of all methods is higher than the permit limit the method having the lowest detection limit shall be used and a report of less than detection limit shall constitute compliance, however should EPA approve a method with a lower detection limit during the term of this permit the permittee shall use the newly approved method, When an EPA approved test procedurt for analysis of a pollutant does not exist, the Director shall approve tne procedure to be used.
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Recording of Results For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this permit, the permitee shall record the following information:
The f acility name and location, point source number, date, time and easet place of sampling; a.
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'Ihe results of all required analyses.
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Records Retention and Production The permittee shall r:tain records of all monitoring information, including all calibration and a.
maintenance recorus and all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all reports required by the permit, and records of all data used to complete the above reports or the application for this permit, for a period of at least three years from the date of the sample measurement, report or application. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time. If litigation or other enforcement action, under the AWPCA and/or the FWPCA,is ongoing which involves any of the above records, the records shall be kept until the litigation is resolved Upon the written request of the Director or his designee, the permittee shall provide the Director with a copy of any record required to be retained by this paragraph. Copies of these records shall not be submitted unless requested.
All recents required to be kept for a period of three years shall be kept at the permitted b.
facility or an alternate location approved by the Department in writing and shall be available for irupection.
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Monitoring Equipment and Instrumentation All egmpment and instrumentation used to determine comphance with the requi.ements of this shall be installed, maintained, and calibrated in accordance with tfr manufseturer's permit instructions or,in the absence of manufacturer's instructions, in accordance with accepted practices.
At a minimum, flow measurement devices shall be calibrated at least once every 12 montlu.
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DISC 11ARGI! RPEORTING REQUIREMPNTS 1.
Reporting of Mortitoring Requirements Monitoring results obialtro during the previous (quarterly) reporting pericd that! te summarired on a Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form approved by the Departrner4 a.
ard received by tbc Director no later than tie 28th day of the enonth following this monitoring period 'the DMR must be legible and bear an or!ginal signature, photo med electronic copies of the signature ese not acceptable and shadt not satisfy the renoning requiremenu of this permit. The first repon is due Octreer 28,1990. If the permittei using approved analyt: cal methods as specified in Provision I. B. 2. monitors sny dischugv trom a potr,t sourtr for a limited substance identified in Provision 1. A. of this permit more frequently than required by this pennit. the results of such monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of values on the DMR Form and the increased frequency shall be trxilcated on the DMR Form, in the event no discharge frorn a print source identified in Prousion 1. A of this permit and described more fully in the permittee's application occurs during a monitoring period, the permittee shall repon "No Discharge" for such period on tir appropriate DMR Form.
- lhe permittee may cenify la criting that a discharge will not occur for an eatended period of b.
time and after such certification shall not be required to submit monitoring reports. Written notification o 3 planned resumption of discharge shall be submitted at least 30 days prior to i e discharge. If an unplanned resumption of discharge occurs, written rerumption o notification shal N: submitted within 7 days of the resumption. In any case, all discharges shall comply wit i au provisions of this pennit, All reports and forms required to be submitted by this permit, the AWPCA and the Depanment's Rules and regulations, shall be signed by a 'respotuible official" of the c.
pennittee as defined in ADEM Administrative Code Rule 335 6 6.09 or a
- duly nothorized 335 6 6.09 representative" of stich official as defined in ADEM Administrative Code Rule and shall bear the following cenification:
- l cersVy under penalry of law that skis donewent and all anachments were prepared ander my direction or supervision in occadance with a system designed so nature that polyted personnel property gather and evahasse the Igormation sulwnitted.
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who msnage the system, or those persons direcdy terponsible for gathering igormation, she informarwn submitted it. to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurose, and conplete. I am amtre that there are signy1ctrnt penalties for submitting false istfornentalou, inclwfing the posribilsty of fine end imprisonment for knowing viol.stions.'
All repons and fonns required to be submitted by this pennit, the A%TCA and tia d.
Depanment's Rules, shall be addressed to:
Director Alabama Depanment of Environmental Management 1751 Congressman Dickinson Drive Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Attention: Industrial Branch, Water Division i
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Noncompliance Notification If for any reason, the permittee's discharge (1) does not comply with any daily minimum or a.
maaimum discharge limitation for an efhuent characteristic specified in Provision I. A. of this permit whkh is denoted by an "(XT, (2) threatens human health or welfare, fish or aquatic life, or water quality standards,(3) does not comply with an applicable ton.ic pollutant effluent standatd or prohibition established under Section 307(a) of tfr FWPCA,33 U.S.C.
Seedon 1317(a),(4) contains a quantity of a har.ardous substance which has been determined may be harmful to public health or welfare under Section 311(b)(4) of the FWPCA,33 U.S.C.
Secdon 1321(b)(4), ($) e*ceeds any discharge limitadon for an effluent characteristle as a result of an uaanticipated bypass or upset, or (6)is an unpermitted direct or itxtirect discharge of a pollutant to a water of the state (unpermitted discharges properly reponed to the Department under any other requirement are not required to be reported under this provision),
the permittee shall orally report the occurrence and circumstances of such discharge to tie Director within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after the permittee bect,'nes aware of the occurrence of such discharge. In addition to the oral report, the permittec shall subrnit to the Director a written leport as provided in Provision 1. C. 2. c. no later than live ($) days after becoming aware of the occurrence of such discharge.
b.
If for any reason, the permittee's discharre does not comply with any limitation of this permit, the permittee shall submit to the Director a written report as provided in Provision I.
C. 2. c. below, such report shall be submitted with the next Discharge Monitoring Report required to be submitted by Provision I. C.1. of this permit after becorting aware of the occurrence of such noncompliance, Any written report required to be submitted to the Director by Provision 1. C. 2 s. or b. shall c.
be submitted using a copy of the Noncompliance Notification Form provided with this permit and shallinclude the following information:
(1)
A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; (2)
The period of noncompliance, including canet dates and times or,if not corrected, tle anticipated time the noncompliance is expected to continue; and (3)
A description of the neps taken and/or beinb taken to reduce or eliminate tie concomplying dischatge and to prevent its recurrence.
D.
(TTIIIR REPORTING AND NO11 PICA 110N REQUIREMlWT3 1.
Anticipated Noncompliance The permittee shall give the Director written advance notice of any planned changes or odier circumstances regarding a facility which may result in noncompliance with permit requirements, 2,
Termination of Discharge lhe permittee shall notify the Director, in writing, when all discharges from any point source (s) identified in Provision 1. A of this permit have permanently ceased. This notification shall serve as sufficient cause for instituting procedures for modification or termination of the permit.
3.
Updating Information The permittee shallinform the Director of any change in the permittee's mailing address or s.
telephone number or in the permittee's designation of a facility contact or office having tte authority and responsibility to prevent and abate violations of the AWPCA.the Department's Rules and the temis and conditions of this permit, in w riting, no later than ten (101 days after such change. Upon request of the Director or his designee, the permittee shall furnish tie Director with an update of any information provided in the permit applicatioti.
If the permittee becomes aware that it failed to submit any relevant fa. ; in a permit b.
appheation, or submitted incorrect information in a permit application or in any report to the Director,it shall promptly submit such facts or information with a written explanation for the mistake and/or omission.
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Duty to Provide Information Tlw permittee shall furnish to the Director, within a reasonable time any information which the Director or his designee tney request to determine whether cause etists for modifying, suspeixilng, or tevcling this permit,in a hole or in part, of to determits sompliance with thfs permit.
5.
Cooling Water and Boiler Water Additives We permittee shall notify the Directer in writing not later than sitty (60) days prior to a.
instituting the ue of any blocide corrosion inidbitor or chemical additive in a coolics or boiler system, not identi0ed in the application for this permit, from which dischstge is allow ' v tids permit. Such notification shallinclude:
(1) name and general composition of biocide or chemical, (2) 96-hout median telerance limit data for organisms representative of the blots of the watetwmy into widch die dischange will ultlanately reach, (3) quantities to be used, (4) frequencies of use.
(5) proposed discharge concentsations, and (6)
EPA registration number,if applicable.
b.
Unless previously approved or pennitted for specific discharge points ele use of a blocide or additive containing inbutyi tin, tributyi tin othle, gjnc, cluomium or related compounds in a cooling or boiler system (s), from which a discharge regulated by tids permit occun, is prohibited.De use of any additive not identified in this termit or in the application for this permit prior to a determination by the Department that permit modification to control discharge of the additive is not required or prior to issuance of a permit modification controlling discharge of the additive is prohibited, 6.
New or increased Dischuges If this permit was issued based on estimates of the characteristics of a process discharge a.
reported on an EPA NPDES Application Form 2D (EPA Form 3510-2D), the ocrmittee shall complete and submit an BPA NPDES Application Form 2C (EPA Form 3510-2C) no later than two years after the date that discharge begins. Sampling required for completion of the Form 2C shall occur when a discharge (s) frorn the process (s) causing the new or increased dischuge is occurring. If this perrnit was issued based on estimates crmccrning the comjmsition of a storm water discharfe(s), the permittee shall perform the sampling required by LPA NPDES Application Form 2P (EPA Form 3510 2F) no later than one year after the industrial activity generating the stenu wMer discharge has been fully initiated b.
His permit shall be reopened if required to address any new information resulting from the completion and submittal of the Form 2C and/or Form 2F.
B.
SCEEDULE OFCOMP11ANCH 1,
he pennittee shall achieve compliance with the discharge limitations specified in Provision 1. A,in a cordance with the following schedule:
COMPLIANCE SHALL BE ATTAINED ON TiiE EFFECTIVE DATE OF Tills PERMIT 4
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No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above schedule of cornpliance, tfe rmittee shall submit either a report of progress or,in the case of specific actions being requtred by Fdentified dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance, to the latter case, the notice shall include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial actions taken, and the probability of meeting the neat scheduled requirement.
PART 11 A.
OpURADONAL AND MANAGEMIDU RBQUIREMENIS 1.
Facilities Operadon and Maintenance The permittee shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilltles and systems of treatment e.nd control (and related appurtenances) which are instdled or used by ti,e permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit. Proper operation and maintenance includes effective performance, adequate funding, adequate operator staffmg and training, and adequate laboratory and piecess cornrols, including appropriate quality assurance procedures, 'Ihis provision requires the operation of backup or suaihary facilities only when necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.
2.
13est Management Practices Dilution water shall not be aded to achieve compliance with discharge 11mitations except a.
when the Director or his desigree has granted prior written authoritation for dilution to meet water quality requireruents, b.
- lhe permittee sbdl prepare, imphment, and maintdo a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan in secordance with 40 C.F.R. Section 112 if required thereby.
De permittee shall prepare, submit foi approval and implement a Best Ma.nagernent Pracdces c.
(DMP) Plan for enatamment of any or all process liquids or solid.t in t manner such that these materials do not present a significant atential for dischasge, if no required by the y
Director or l'is designee. When subattted and approved, the BMP Plan shall tecome a part of this permit and all requirements of the DMP Plan shall become requirements of this permit.
1 Spill Preventloo, Control, and Management Tie permitte9 shall orovide spill prevention, control, and/or management sufficient to prevent any spills of po'.lutants from entering a water of the state or a publicly or privately owned treatment works. Any containment system used to implement this requirement shall be constructed of meterids compatible with the substance (s) contamed and which shall prevent the contamination of groundwater and such containment system shall be capable of retaining a volume equal to 110 percent of the capacity of the largest tank for which containmentla provided.
D.
OrilER RESPONSIDHIITES 1.
Duty to Mitigate Adverse Impacts The permittee shdi promptly take all reasonable steps to mitigate and minimite or prevent any adverse impact on human health or the environrnent resulting from noncompliance with any discharge limitadon specified in Provision 1. A. of this permit, including such accelesated or additional monitoring of the discharge and/or the receiving waterbody as necessary to detennine tie nature and impact of the noncomplying discharge.
2.
Right of Entry and Inspection ne permittee shall allow the Director, or an authorized representative, upon the' pt-sentation of proper identification to:
enter opon the permittee's pretnises where a regulated facility or activity is located or a.
conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of the permit;
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have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept utder the conditions of the permit; Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment (in:loding monitoring ard control c.
equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required urder the permit: ard sample or monitor at seasonable times, fe; the purposes of assu'in5 permit compliance or as d.
otherwise authortred by the AWPCA, any substa.oces or partmeters at any location.
C.
BYPASS AND Ul%ET 1.
Hypass Any bypara is prohibited eacept as provided in b. and c. below; a.
b.
A bypass is not prohibited If:
(1)
It does not cause an, dbeharge limitation specified in Provblon I, A. of this pennit to be cacceded; arx!
(2)
It is necessary for euential maintenance of a treatment or control facility or system to assuie cifacient operation of such facility or system.
A bypass is not prohibited ard need not meet the discharge limitstions specified in Provision c.
- 1. A. of this permit if:
(1)
It is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, peraonal injury, or seve re property damage; There att no feasible alternatives to the bypt,ss, such as the use of aualliary treatment (2) factbtles, retention of butmated wastes, or maimenance cluring normal periods of equipment d:nntime (this condition is not satisfied if adequate back-u equipment should have been installed in ttw enerche of reasonable engineering dgement to owntime or prevent a bypass which occured during normal periods of equipment preventive mainterance); and Tlw permittee submits a written request for authoriaatihn to bypass to the Director at (3) least ten (10) days prior to the amlapated bypass (if possible), the peimittee is granted such authorization, and the pennittee complies with any conditions imposed by the Director to minimize any adverse impact on human health or the environment resulting from tie bypass.
The ivrmittee has the burden of estabt!stdng that ca<h of the conditions of Provision II. C.1, d
- b. or c wive been met to qs aufy fes an excepthr o the general muhibition against bypassing contained in a. and a enimption, wtwre applicable, from the discharge limitations specified its Provision 1. A. of ilds permit.
2.
Upset A discharge which results from an upset need not meet the discharge tunitations speci5ed in a.
Ptovision1. A.of this permitih No later than 24-hours after becoming aware of the occunence of the upset, the (1) penmitee orally reports the occurrence and circumstances of the upset to the Director or his designee; anu (2)
No later than fise (5) d.iy aber becoming aware of the occurrence of the upset, the hmdshes tr.e Director with evidence, including properly signed, pemdttee contemponneous operating Aegs, or othee relevant evidence, demonstr. ing that (t) an upset occurred, (ii) the permittee can identify the specific cause(s) of the upset: (iii) the permittee's facility was being properly operated at the time of the upset; ard (iv) tlw pe:mittee promptly took all reasonable steps to minimite any adverse impact on human bealth or the environment resulting from the u;4et.
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The permittee has the burden of establishing that each of tre conditions of Provision 11 C. 2.
a of this permit have been met to qualify for an caempuon from the discharge limitations specified in Provision 1. A. of tids permit.
D.
DlTFY 1V COMPLY WTfil PIRMIT, RUll!S. AND frTATUn3S 1.
Duty to Comply The permittee must comply with all cotxlitions of this pern.it. Any permit noncompliance m.
coretitutes a violation of the AWPCA ard tie FWPCA and la grounds for enforcement action, for permit termination, revocadon aid reissuance, suspension, modification; or dertial of a permit renewal application.
b.
The necessity to halt or reduce production or other activities in order to malntain compliance with the coodidons of the pennit shall not be a defente for a permittee in an enforcement action.
The discharge of a pollutant from a source not specifically identified in the permit application c.
for this pennit and not specincally included in the description of an ootfall in this permit is not authorited and shall constitute noncompliance with this permit.
d.
The pennittee shall take t.11 reasonable steps, including cessation of production or other activities, to minimiae or prevent any violauon of this permit or to minimire or prevent any adverse impact of any permit violation.
2.
Removed Substances Solids, sludFes, filter backwash, or any other pollutas or other waste removed in the course of i
treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed ofin a mannet that complies with all applicable Department Rules.
3.
l.oss or Failure of Treatment Facilities tipon the loss or failure of any treatment facility, including but not limited to the loss or failure of the primary source of power of the treatment facility, the permittee shall, where necessary to maintain compliance 3ith the discharge liuitations specified in Provision I. A. of this permit, or any other terms or conditions of this permit, cease, reduce, or otherwise control prodocuou and/or all discharges tmtil treatment is restored 1
Compliance With Statutes and Rules This permit has been issued uvier ADEM Administrative Code, Chapter 335-6 6. All a.
l provisions of this chapter, that are applicable to this permit, art bereby made a part of this l
permit. A copy of this chtpter may be obtained for a small charge from the Office of General Coumel, Alabama Department of Environmental Management,1751 Congresunan Dickinson Diive, Montgomery, AL 36130.
b.
This pemiit does not authorire the noncompliance with or violation of any Laws of tie State cf Afabama or the United States of America or any regulations or rules implementing such l-laws. FWPCA,33 U.S.C. Section 1319, and Codt.pMlahma 1975, Section 22 2214 E.
FI2MIT *1RANSFIR, MODIFICA110N, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, AND KEISSUANCE 1.
Duty to Reapply or Notify ofintent to Cease Discharge If the permittee interds to continue to discharge beyond the capitation date of this pennit, the a.
permittee shall file a complete permit application for reissuance of this permit at least 180 i
days prior to its expirrion. If the permittee does not intend to continue discharge beyond the expiration of this permit, the permittee shall submit wntten notification of this intent which shall be signed by an individual meeting the signatory requirements for a pe, wit application as set forth in ADEM Adminisustive Code Rule 335 6 6 09.
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Fralute of the permittee to apply for reissuance at least 180 days prior to permit capitation will soid the automatic continuation of the expiling permit provided by ADEM l
Admimstrative Code Rule 335-6 6s06 and should the pennit not be reissued for any reason any dis: barge after eapitation of this permit will be an unpennitted discharge.
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Change in Discharge De permittee shall apply for a permit mod 10:stion at least 180 days in advance of any a.
f aculty expansion, production increase, process change, or other action that could teruit in the discharge of additional pollutants or increase the quantity of a discharged pollutant such that caisting permit limitations would be exceeded or that could result in an additional discharge point. %is requirement applies to pollutants that are or that are not subject to discharge limitations in this permit. No new or increased discharge may begin untu the Director has nothorized it by issuance of a permit modification or a reissued permtt.
b.
The permittee shall notify the Director as soon as it is known or there is reason to believe:
i (1)
'Ihat any activity has occurred or wul occur which would result in the discharge on a 1
routtrie or frequent buis, of any toale pollutant which is not limited in this permit,if that discharge wul cacced the lughest of rbe following notification levels; (a) one bundred micrograms per liter;
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two bundred micrograms per li er for acrolein and scrylonitrile; five bundred j
t (b) micrograms per liter for 2,4.<!initrophenol arxi for 2 methyl-4,6 dini.
trophenol; and one milligram per liter for antimony; (c) five times the maalmum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit application; e (2)
That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any discharge, on a rn.n routine or infrequent basis, of a toalc pollutant which is not limhed in the permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following notification levels:
(a) five bundred micrograms perliter, (b) ooe milligram per liter for antimony; (c) ten times the niaalmum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit application 3.
Transfer of Permit his permit may not be transferred or the name of the permittee changed without not!ce to the Director and subsequent modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit to identify the new permittee and to incorporate any other changes as may be required under the FWPCA or AWPCA. In de case of a change in name, ownership or control of the permittee's premises only, a request for permit modification in a fonnat acceptable to the Director is stquired at least 30 days p:rior to tlw change. In the case of a change in name, ownership or control of the permhtee premises accompanied by a change or proposed change in ef0uent characteristics, a complete permit application is required to be submitted to the Director at least 180 days prior to tie change.
Whenever the Director is notified of a change ir, name, ownership or control, he may decide not to modify the caisting perrnit and require the submission of a new permit application.
4.
Permit Modification and Revocation His permit may be modified or revoked and reissued,in wbole or in part, during its term for a.
cause, including but not limited to, the following:
(1)
If cause for termination under Provision 11. E,5. of this permit eaists, the Director may chooce to revoke and reissue this permit instead of tenninating the permit; (2)
If a request to transfer this permit has been received, the Director may decide to revoke and reissue or to modify the permit; or (3)
If modification or revocation and reissuance is requested by the penmttee and cause caists, tie Director may grant the request.
b.
This permit may be modified during its term for cause, iecluding but not limited to, the following; (1)
If cause for termination under Provision II. E. S. of this permit exists, the Director
'inay choose to modify this permit instead of terminath2g this permit;
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~Ilere ne ma'erial and substantial alterations or additions to the facility or ac'..vity generating wastewater which occurnd after permit lamn:4 widch justify the i
application of perm!t conditions that are different or absent in the taisting permit; (3)
The Director has received new informadon that was not available at the time of permk i
l issuance and that would have justified the applicadon of different permit conditions at l
the time of issuance; (4)
A rew or revised requirement (s) of any applicable standard or limitation is promulgated under Sections 301(bX2XC), (D), (E), and (F), and 307(aX2) of the FW PCA; j
(5)
Errors in calculation of discharge litnitations or typographical cr clerical errors were made; (6)
To the extent n!! owed by ADEM Admirdstrative Code, Rule 333 6 6.17, wtwo the standa.ds or regulations on which the permit was based have bece changed by promulgation of amended standards or reguladons or t y judicial decision ther the i
permit was issued; (7)
To the catent allowed by ADEM Admirdstrative Code, Rule 333-6-6 17 permits may be modified to change compliance schedules; (8)
To agree with a granted variance under 301(c),30)(g),30l(h),301(k), or 316(a) of the FWPCA or for fundamentally different factors; (9)
To incorporate an applicable 307(a) FWPCA toalc efiluent standard or prohibition; (10) When required by the reopener conditions in this permit; l
(11) When required under 40 CFR 403.8(e) (compliance schedule for development of l
pretreatment program);
(12) Upon failure of the state to nodfy. as required by Section 402(bX3) of the FWPCA, anotler state whose waters may be affected by a discharge permitted by ihis permit; (13) When required to correct technical mistakes, such as errors in calculation, of mistaten l
interpittations of law made in determining permit conditions; or (14) When requested by tne permittee and the Director determines that the modification has cause and will not result in a violation of federal or state law, regulations or rules: or L
5.
This permit may be terminated during its term for cause, including but not limited f,o, the following:
a.
Violadon of any term or condition of this permit; l
b.
1he permittee's misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts in the permit application or during the permit issuance ptocess or the permittee's misrepresentation of any relevant facts at any time; Materially fahe or inaccurate statements or information in the permit application or tie c.
permit; d.
A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permt.nent reduction or elimination of the permitted discharge; rmittee's dirharge threatens buman life or welfare or the maintenance of water quality f
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Perrnanent closure of the facility generating the wastewater permitted to be di-harged by this permit or permanent cessation of wastewater d;scharge; l
New or revised requirements of any applicable standard or limitation that is promulgated g.
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under Sections 30llbX2)(C),(D),(E), sul(F), and 307(a)(2) of the FWPCA that the Director determ.res carmot be complied with by the penartee.
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Any other cause allowed by tie ADEM Administrative Code, Chapter 335 6-6.
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i action (s) necessary to actneve compliance.
The filing of a request by the permittee for modification, suspension or revocation of this pennit,in 7.
whole or in part, does not stay any permit term or condition.
P.
COMPflANOl %Till'IUXIC POlllT!' ANT STANDARD OR PROIintrn0N If any applicable effluent standard or prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or prohibition) is established under Section 307(a) of the IMPCA, 33 U.S.C, Section 1317(a), for a toale pollutant discharged by the permittee and such stardard or proldbition is more stringent than any discharge tiroitadon on the pollutant specified in Provision 1. A. of this pennit, or controis a pollutant not limited in Provision 1. A. of this permit, this pennit shall be modified to confonn to the toxic pollutant effluent standard or prohibition arv! the pennittee shall be notified of such modification. If this permit has not been mod 16ed to conform to the toxic pollutant effluent standard or prohibition.before (te effective date of such standard or prohibidon, the permittee shall attain compilance with the requirements of the standard or ptohibition within the time period required by the standard or prohibidon and shall continue I
t to comply with the standard or prohibition until thl pennit is modined or reissued.
G.
DISCilARGE OF WAFillWA*fER G11NERA'ITID BY 011111RS j
- Die discharge of wastewater, generated by any process, facility, or by any other means not under the 1
operational control of the permittee or not idendfied in the application for this pennit or not i
idendfled specifically in the description of an outfallin tids permit is not authorized by tids permit.
PART 111 A.
OVIL AND CRIMINALLIAtllLITY 1.
Tampering Any person who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method rec uired to be maintained or petformed under the pennit shall, upon convictbo, be subject to i
penaldes as provided by the AWPCA 2.
False Statements Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any record or other document submitted or required to be maintained under this permit, including monitoring reports or reports of compliance or noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be subject to penaldes as provided by the A%TCA.
3.
Permit Enforcement D
Any NPDES permit issued or reissued by the Depanment is a pennit for the purpose of the AWPCA and the FWPCA and as such any terms, conditions, or limitations of the permit are enforceable under state ami federallav.
b.
Any person required to have a NPDES permit pursuant to ADEM Administrative Code Giapter 335-6 6 and who discharges pollutants without said peimit, who violates the conditions of said permit, u ho discharp's pollutants in a manner not authorired by the permit, or who violates applicable orders of thi Depanment or any applicable rule or standard of the Department,is subject to any one or con.bmation of the following enforcement actions under applicable state statutes.
(1)
An administrative order requiring abatement, compliance, mitigation, cessation, clean-up, and/or penalties:
E (2)
An action for damages:
(3)
An action forinjunctive relief, or (4)
'As action for penalties.
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Rellef Prom (Jability Eacept as provided in Provision H. C.1. (Bypass) and Provision II. C. 2. (Upaet), nothing in this tiermit shall te construed to relieve the pennitice of civil or criminalliability under tir AWPCA or FWPCA for noncompliance with any term or condition of this permit.
5.
0(L AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LIAsttIIT Nothing in this permit shall te construed in preclude the institution of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,liabluties or penalties to which the permittee la or may be subject under Section 311 of the FWPCA,33 U.S,C. Section 1321.
C.
PROrf!RTY AND OTHilK RIGirT3 c
Dis permit does not convey any propeny rights in either real or personal pn>perty, or any ekclosive privileget, nor does it authorire any injary to persons or property or invasion of other private rights, or any.
Infringement of federal, staM. or locallaws or regulations, not does it authorite or approve f.he construction of any physical structures or facilities or the undertaking of any work in any waters of the state or of the United States.
D.
AVAILABil. TIT Of8 REPORTS Except for data determined to be con 6dential under CodcMAlabuna 1975 Section 22 22 9(c), all reports prepared in accordance with the terms of this permit shall be available for pub!!c inspection at the offices of the Department, Efiluent data shall not be considered cor:fidential.
IL EXPIRADON Oi' PflRMTr1 IUR NEW OR INCRIIASHD DISCHAROHS 1.
If this permit was is ved for a rrw discharger or trw source, this permit shall expire eighteen months after tie issuance date if construction of the facility has not begun during the elgineen memb period.
2.
If this permit was issued or modified to allow the discharge of inceenned quantities cf pollutants to accommodate the modification of an cristing facility and il construction of this modification has not.
begun during the eighteen month period after issuance of this permit or permit modification, this permit shall be modified to reduce the quantities of polluttats allowed to be discharged to those e
levels that would have been allowed if the rrodi6ution of the facility tuwl not been planned.
3.
Construction has begun when the owner or openator has:
tegun, or reused to begin as part of a continuous ora site construction program:
a.
(1) any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or (2) significant site preparation work including clearing, eacevation, or removal of eaisting buildings, struuures, or facilities which is necessary for the placement, ensembly, or installation of new source facilitier, or equipment; or entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purpose of placement, assembly,in a or b.
installation of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation with reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can tw terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engirwering, and design studies do not corutitute a contractual obligation under the paragraph. The entering into a lease with the State of Alabama for czploration and production of hydrocarbons shall also be censidered beginning construction.
R COMPIJ ANCE WIU1 WA*IIIR QUAIJIT STANDARDS On the basis of the permittee's application, plans, or other available information, the Department has 1.
determined that compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit should as; re compliance with the applicable water quality standards.
Compliance with permit tenns and conditions notwithstanding, if the pennittee's discharge (s) from 2.
point sources identified in provision 1. A. of this permit cause or contribute to a cotxiition in contravention of state water quality standards, the Department may require abatement action to be taken by the permittee in emergency situations or modify the permit pursuant to the Department's Rules. or both.
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If the Department determirns, on the basis of a notice provided pursuant to this permit or any invettigation, inspection or sampling, that a modification of this permit is recessary to assure msintenance of water quality standuds or compliance with other provisions of the AWPCA or P%TC/.. the Department may require such modification and, in cases of emergency, the Director may prohibit the dischuge until the permit bu been modified, G.
GROUNDWNIIDt Unless specifically authorized by this permit, the discharge of pollutants to gmundweter is prohibited.
Siculd a threat of groundwater ccmtamination occur, the Director may require groundwar.et monitoring to properly aness the depre of the problem and the Director may require that de pennittee undertake measures to abate any wch discharge and/or contamination.
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Average monthly discharge limitation. means the highest allowable average of " daily discharges" over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all " daily discharges" measured during a calendu rnonth dividtd by the number of " daily discharges" rnessured during that mcoth (tero discharge days shall not be bicluded in the number of *daDy discharges" measured and a less than detectable test result shall be treated as a concentration of zero if the most sensidve EPA approved method was used) 2.
Average weekly discharge limitation. means the highest allowable average of " daily discharges" over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all " daily discharges" measured during a calendar week divided by the t.iumber of " daily 6scharges" measured during that week (reso discharge days shall not be included in the number of. tally drscharges measured and a less than detectable test remit eball be treated as a concentradou of rero if the most sensitive EPA approved method was used).
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AWPCA means the Alabarna Water Pollution Control Act.
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Dypass. rneens the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a treatment facHity, 3.
Daily discharge. means the discharge of a pollutant measured du.ing any consecutive 24 hout period to sccordance with the sample type and anal}tical methodology specified by de discharge permit.
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Dally matimum. means the highest value of any individual sample result obtained during a day.
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Daily minimum. means the lowest value of any individual sample result obtaired during a day.
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Dsy means any consecutive 2&tmur period.
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Department. means the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
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Director. means the Director of the Department.
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Discharge means *[tlle addition, introduction, leaking, spilling or emitting of any newage, industrial waste, pollutant or other waste into waters of the state" Codt cLA11bama 1975, Section 22 22-l(bX9).
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Discharge monitoring teport (DMR) means the form appmved by the Director to accomplish reporting requhements of an NPDES permit.
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EPA means the Ursited States Environmental Protection Agency, 14.
TWPCA - means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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Permit applicadon. means forms ar,d additional informe. tion that is required by ADEM Administrative Code Rule 33546.08 armi applicable permit fees.
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Point source means *any discemible, confined and discrete conveyance. including but not limited to any pipe, channel, ditch tunrwl, conduit, w ell, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or o>her floating craft,... from which pollutants are or may be dischuged." Secuon 502(14) of de FWPCA,33 U.S.C. Section 1362(I4).
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Pouutant. includes for purposes of this permit, but is not limited to, those pollutants specified in CodLcLNabama 1975, Section 22 221(bx3) and those effluent chanctenstics specined in Provision 1. A, of this permit.
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Severe property darnage. rneans substantial physical darnage to poperty, damage to the treatment facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or substanual and permanent for of natural i
resources which can tensonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe property j
dsmage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.
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Upset. means an etceptional incident in which there is an unintentional and temporary noncompliance with technology based permit discharge limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable centrol of the pnmttee. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational enor, improperly designed aestment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
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Waters. means "[ajll waters of any river, stream, wstercourse, pond, lake, coastal, ground or surface water, wholly or partially within the state, natural or artificial. This does not inciude waters which are entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single individual, partnership of corporation unless such waters are used in interstate commerce " Codt cf Alabama 1975, Section 22 22.l(b)(2). Waters " include all navigable wsters" as defined in Section 302(7) of the FWPCA,22 tl.S.C. Section 1362(7), which are withm the Stste of Alabama.
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Week. means the period beginning at twelve midnight Saturday and ending at twelve midnight the following Saturday I
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The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this pennit or the application of any provision of tids permit to any circumstance is twid invalid, the application of such provision to other l
circumstances, and the remainder of this permit, shall not be affected thereby.
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The permittee shall contract the Department within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of detectiop awportable spill, as defined under 40 CFR Part 112, SPCC Regulations, or 40 CFR Part 117, Ilarardous Substances Regulations.
2) in the event that waste streams from varioue sources are combined for treatment or discharge, the guantity of each pollutant attributable to each controlled waste source shall not exceed the soedfi:4 hmitation for that waste source, The permittee shall not combine sources for treatment or discharge i
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There shall be no discharge of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds such as those commonly used for transformer fluid.
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In addition to the requirements of Part 1.B.5.A., the permittee shall subrnit with the quarterly monitoring reports, a tabulated summary of all permit limitation violations. This submittal shall be l
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There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts from any l
surf ace water dischargt allowed by this permit. 'Ihe permittee shall repon all visible discha.ges or observations of floating materials, or oil sheens on the receiving-stream, to the Department within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, or the next working day, whichever is sooner. Field data sheets shall have appropriate spaces to record observations.
The pennittee shali oot store oil or other similar erodible materials in a manner in which runoff is 6) uncontrolled, or conduct construction activities in a manner which produces uncot ;olled runoff unless such rucoff and practices have been specifically approved by the Department. "Uncontrollid' shall mean, without redimentation basins or other controls approved by the Department. This permit may be modified to include limitations for the discharge from such facihties when installed.
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Discharge of any product registered under the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti:ide Act to any maste strea'n which may ultimately te released in waters of the state is prohibited unless i
specifically autho4 ired elsewhere in this permit. This requirement is not applicable to products used for lawn and agricultural purposes. The discharge of chlorire is authorized in Part I of this permit.
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The discharge of any harardous wastes to any watte stream which ultimately discharges to any receiving stnam is prohibited, unless specifically authorized elsew here in the permit, l
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Copies of all routine radiological liquid effluent and water quality monitoring reports submitted to the NRC ahall be made available upon de request of the State Director or his designee.
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Nc'. later than six months after the sia montlu after the effective date of this permit, the pennittee shall implement a study to quandfy pla.'t waste flows presented in the application within an accuracy of plus of minus 10 percent of actual flow. Report shall be submitted not later than two or three years following the elfective date, an shall cover a period of 12 and 24 months, respectively. If flows are significantly different than provided in the applicadon, the permit shall be modTsed to reflect tie tevised infonnation.
Permittee shall notif the Director not less than three months prior to the rea lication of wood preservative chemic :in the tower and the expected maxJmum concentradon(s) 07 toxic 11) expected in Llw cooling tower blowdown and in DSN001. During tie first weelt of cooling operation following a reapplication of wood preservadves, the permittee shall begin the toxicity testing program required by Part IV, Page 20 of this permit, unless directed otherwise by the Director.
Addidonally, notificadon and retesting sha.ll be required at the time of any future retreatment of the
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The permittee shall not discharge chemical metal cleaning wastes as defined at 40 CFR 423.ll(c), to any surface impoutximent unless one of the followsg conditions is met:
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The permittee treats the wastes, prior to discharge to an earthen surface impoundment, to a level consistent with the limitations contained within this permit for metal cleaning wastes, and maintains i
the pil within the surface impoundment at above 6.0 standard units; or 2.
The surface impoundment receiving the untreated wastes is constructed of a nonearthen material w hich is approved by the Department as being sulficiently impermeable; or 3.
The permittee submits, within 180 days following the effective date of this permit, a proposed plan to monitor the groundwater around the surface impoundment, and implements said program within 120 days after Department approval. Such plan shall provide for monitoring of the uppermost aquifer under the surface isnpoundments, or for monitoring the teachate from the impoundment, such as with an undentrain system. Groundwater monitoring requirements for the impoundment, after approval by the Department, shall become part of this pennit. Should monitoring results reveal that contamination is occurring, or has occuned, the permittee shall be required to tenninsic use of the impoundment, arxi possibly clean up contamiruted groundwater, or 4
The permittee provides attemate treatment as approved by the Depanment.
In all cases where epa Guidelines apply to the discharges discussed above, a best professional judgement has been made that best consentional treatment (BCT)is equal to best praedcal treatment (BPT).
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F.PPLUFRr'IDXICITY llMITATIONS AND DIOMONfTORfNG REQtJIREMPNTS The permittee shau perform short term chronic screening tests on DSN001 effluent in ac:ordance 1.
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- EPA Short Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Tesicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Orgardsms "
Fathead rninnow (Pimephales promelas) La.rval Survival ard Growth Test Method 1000.0, a.
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Tlx above biomonitoring tests shall be; 90 days after the effective date of this permit, ard te performed once per sia (6) months through :he capitation date of this permh. Biomonitoring test results obtaired during each period shall be summarized on the appropriate repon fonn approved
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by the Depanment, and submitted no later than 28 days following the period. Samples collected for blomonitoring tests shall be collected during periods of cooling tower blowdown. After completion of two (2) years of conducting blomonitoring and all tests pass the criteria, then the j
testing frequency shall be reduced to once per year.
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A minimum of three (3) 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> composite samples shall be obtained for use in each of the above biomonitoring tests. Iloiding time for each composite sample shall not eaceed 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />. (The samples hall be diluted using an appropriate control water, to the Instream Waste Concentration (IWC) of 9% DSN001 effluent for each test.] An appropriate control water shau be selected by the permittee but must te approved by the Department prior to use in the above tests, 4.
For effluent toticity tests to be acceptable control survival shall be at least 80% and other requirements set forth in the EPA test method shall be met. In the event that any of these requirements are not met tle results shall not be reported and the test shall be renm except in the case wlere test results indicate no significant difference between the control and effluent as outlined in item 5. below.
Should results of any test required above irdicate there is a statistically sigrdlicant difference at 5.
the 95% confidence level between the control and the DSN001 effluent for either the fathead minnow survival and growth test or the Ceriodaphnia survival and reproduction test, the permhtee shall perform that test at an accelerated frequency in accordance with the fouowing requirements:
These additional biomonitoring tests shall begin 30 days after the DSN001 effluent has been a.
found to be potentially toalc, and shall be performed one (1) per week for two (2) weeks.
Diomonitoring test results obtained during each month shall be summarized on the appropriate report form approved by the Department, and submitted Eo later than 28 days after the month in which the tests were performed.
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After the test penod is complete and all test data is received, the Department will review the data to determine if the DSN001 effluent is chronically tonic, if more than 20% of the test organisms die in the control water during the test, the results shall not be reported, and the test shall be terun.
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If the Department determines the DSN001 effluent to be chronically toaic at the IWC, the fouowing will be required:
Part One of a Toticity Redmtion Evaluation (TRE) shall be required to be submitted for a.
review by the Department within 45 days after the pennittee receives notice that the DSN001 effluent is considered chronically toaic. Following review of Part One of the TRE a schedule for submittal of Part Two will be established by the Department. Implemeritation of auf corrective action required by the Part Two submittal shall be completed in accoidance with the approved schedule contained in that submittal Failure to comply with any requirement of the approved schedule shall be considered a permit violation b.
Accelerated biomonitonnF tests as discussed in item $ at ove 'aill not be required during the period of TBE preparation
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ef0uent hmit for the biomorutoring tests required by item 1. above shall be no significant difference at the 9% confidence level betscen the conttol arxl the efuuent for tic fathead Minnow survival ard growth test and the Ceriodaphnia survival ard reproduction test.
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Delitstions Instream Waste Concentration (IWC)is the actual concentratbn of ef 0uent in the receiving s.
stream during a 7 day 10 year low Dow penod after miaing.
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A TRE is defined as a phn to determine what actions will be required for complying with effluent toxicity limitations. The TRE plan is completed in two parts: 1) Determination of i
wtPh corr.rol options are to be evaluated, and 2) Evaluation of these control options to determine width will te optimurn for attal:Vng compliance. The second phase of tte TRE shallinclude a schedule for implementlng the required actions.
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