ML20211N637

NPDES Permit GA0004120,issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Co

ML20211N637
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	10/10/1997
From:	GEORGIA, STATE OF
To:
Shared Package
ML20211N635	List: HL-5495, Forwards Copy of Renewed NPDES Permit GA0004120,issued by State of Ga Environ Protection Div ML20211N637
References
GA0004120-01, GA4120-1, NUDOCS 9710170056
Download: ML20211N637 (25)

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STATE OF GEORGIA l

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVislON I

AUTHORIZATION TO DISCHARGE UNDER THE -

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in compliance with the provisions of the Georgia Water Quality Control Act (Georgia

~_ Laws 1964, p. 416, as amended), hereinafter called the " State Act;" the Federal Water -

Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S. C.1251 et seq.), hereinafter called the k " Federal Act;" and the Rules and Regulations promulgated pursuant to each of these Acts, I

l Southern Nuclear Operating Company '

Post Office Box 1295 c E?rmingham, Alabama 35201

is authorized to discharge from a facility located at l Plant Hatch, Units 1 and 2, Appling County, Georgia _

3 I to recalving waters Altamaha River l In accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements and other j conditions set forth la Parts I,11 and til homof.

I This permit shall become effective on September 15,1997, i

i This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire et midnight,-

August 31,2002.  ;

i Signed this 15th day of September 1997.

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STATE OF GEORGIA

. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION _

A. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING PEQUIPEMENTS .

1. During the period beginning effective date and lasting through August 31, 20C2, the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 01 and 02 - Combined Plant waste Streams.

Such discaarges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:

Effluent t'haracteristic Discharoe Limitations Monitorints Raouir mts (Specify Units)

Measurement Sample Sample Daily Avg. Daily Max. Avg. Inst. Max. Frequency Type Location

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Temperature (*F) - - - -

1/ Week Grab *1 Free Available Chlorine (ag/1) - - - - 1/ Week Multiple Grabs *2 +1 Total Residual Chlorine (ag/1) - - - - 1/ Week Multiple Grabs *2 *1 If bromine or a combination of bromine and chlorine is utilized for control of biofouling, monitoring requirements for TRC and FAC shall be applicable to TRO (Total Residual Oxidants) and FAO (Free Available Oxidants). There is no difference in test methods between TRC/FAC and TRO/FAO. (( [

E1 5 The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units *u _

2 and shall be monitored once per week by a grab sample. p 5L u

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• 1 Monitoring will be at the mixing chrmber which is the last point before discharge to [

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• 2 .During periods of chlorinated water discharge. Samp11ngs should cover entire period from beginning to end of chlorinated water discharge and shall be taken at 15 minute intervals.

• 3 See Part III, Special Requirements, Item 7.

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fa the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) OlA and 02A - Cooling Towdr Elowdown I Y from Units 1 and 2. [

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'Effinant Cha raderistic Digt-haroe T initatinne tenn i tori ner m ul. --tm ,

(Specify Units) mg/l Measurement Sample Sage 4 Daily Kax. Avg. Inst. Max. Frequency Type LocE*irm  ;

Flow - - - - -

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Free Available Chlorine (FAC) -

0.2 0.5 1/ Week Multiple Grabs Blowdon W .4 Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) - - -

If8eek Multiple Graba Blowdow c% -

TRC Time (minutes / day / unit) 120 - -

1/ Week Multiple Grabs Blowdown Line .

Total Chromium 0.2 - -

1/ Year Grab Blowdown Line

! Total Zinc 1.0 - -

1/ Year Grab Blowdown Line i f

Multiple grab samples are to be collected on 15 minute intervals during periods of FAC [

i and TRC discharges. Samples are to be taken before each individual cooling tower blowdown [ {

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! All numerical discharge limitations and monitoring requirements apply to the individual o 2, f l cooling tower blowdown from each generating unit. Also, see Part III, B. 4., S., 6. and 16. hy

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I If bromine or a combination of bromine and chlorine is utilized for control of biofouling, 8 i 3 l limitations for TRC and FAC shall be applicable to TRO (Total Residual Oxidants) and FAO ro  ;

(Free'Available Oxidants). There is no difference in test methods between TRC/FAC and TRO/FAO. f Chromium and zine are not added to these systems. Monitoring frequency shall be 1/ Quarter

j. if the addition of cooling tower maintenance chemicals containing these compounds is initiated {

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M N 3. - 'During.the period'beginning effective date and' lasting.through August 31, 20C2, the permittee is'auth'orized to

.- k di.scharge from outfall(s) serial numbets(s) 01B and 02C - Units 1 and 2 Cooling Tower Flume Overflows to ' Storm Drains.

Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:

Cooling water may be discharged from the above outfalls on a frequent basis. The same discharge limitations apply _

as for outfalls OIA and 02A.- If these outfalls are used in lieu of outfalls 01A and 02A, the permittee is required to monitor at the overflow flume or discharge line, as appropriate, utilizing the same measurement frequency and sample type as specified for outfalls 01A and 02A.

There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts for discharges direct to

-the river.

See Part III,;Special Requirements, Item 7.

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[ and OlI - Unit 1 Cooling Touer Basin Drains. ,

such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below.

Cooling water may be discharged from the above outfalls on an intermittent basis. The e m discharge limitations apply as for outfalls CIA and 02A. If these outfalls are used in lieu of outfalls CIA and 02A, the permittee is required to monitor at the overflow fiume or discharge line, as appropriate, utilizing the same esseurasset-frequency and sample type as specified for outfalls 01A and 02A.

There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts for discharges . direct to

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Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:

Effluent chmracteristIc Dlar+mroe Linai tations Monitorina ReauEr m ts (Specify Units) og/l Measurement Sample Sample *1 Daily Avg. Daily Max. Daily Avg. Daily Max. Frequency Type Location Flow - - - -

• 2 *2 *2 Tota 1 Suspended Solids - -

30 100 2/ Month Crab Discharge Line Oil & Grease - -

15 20 2/ Month Crab Discharge Line The permittee may drain chiller water containing sodium nitrite, disodium molybdate, and/or other approved corrosion inhibitors through this discharge. (*3) Each draining event shall be documented and records retained and shall include the initial corrosion inhibitor concentration, the amount drained, the available dilution flow rate, and the estimated carrosion inhibitor concentration at the applicable Combined Plant Waste Stream discharge (OSM 01 and/or 02). Alternate corrosion inhibitors may be used in accordance with applicable permit requirements.

Compliance with United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements applicable to this discharge will be deemed to constitute compliance with this permit relative to radweste [2 y component of this waste stream. Permittee shall submit to EPO duplicate copies of the jj tadiological effluent release report as required in the Environmental Protection Plan 3~ on __

established by NRC. One set will be retained in the files of the Georgia EPD and the other hR will be forwarded to designated representatives in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, hy Region IV, office. Such reports may be submitted along with other monitoring reports required by >

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• 3 See Part III, Special Requirements, Item 11.

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Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee a.' specified below:

l Eff1===at t'hmenetaristic Discharae timitations Monitorina h ui- --*= l I

(Specify Units) ag/l Measurement Sample Sample +1  !

Daily Avg. Daily Max. Daily Avg. Daily Max. -Frequency Type Location i

Flow - - - -

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30 100 2/ Month Grab Discharge Line I l

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15 20' 2/ Month Crab Discharge Line '

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M the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) O1H - Low Voluee Waste (pressure

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filter backwash).

Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below Efflu at characteristic Discharne 1.4=itatlana Monitoring Requirements (Specify Units) og/l Measurement Sample Sample *1 Daily Avg. Daily Max. Daily Avg. ~ Daily Max. Frequency Type Location Flow - -

Total Suspended Solids - -

30 100 1/ Quarter Grab Discharge Line Oil & Grease - -

15 20 1/ Quarter Grab Discharge Line

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w the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 03 and 03A - Intake Screen and Y Strainer Backwash.

c Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:

This discharge shall consist only of intake screen and strainer backwash. If the Director determines that water quality standards are not being met. as the result of this discharge and so notifies the permittee in writing, the permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact to waters of the State.

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'the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 04 - Blowdown and Draining of Water frome the Chiller Systems.

O Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:

The discharge shall consist only of chiller water blowdown. If the Director determines that water quality standards are not being met as the result of this discharge and so notifies the permittee in writing, the permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact to waters of the State.

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 11 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120 J

B. SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE

1. The permittee shall achieve compliance with the effluent limitations specified for discharges in accordance with the following schedule:

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2. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of progress or, in the case of specdic actions being required by identified dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance, any remedial actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next scheduled requirement.

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3 Note: EPD as used herein means the Environmental Protection Divielon of the Department of Natural Resources.

C. MONITORING AND REPORTING J

1. Representative Sampling Samples mod measurements taken a= '.v.uired herein shall be representative of the volume and nature of the monitored c 4harge.

2, Reporting i

Monitoring results obtained during the previous three months shall be summarized i

for each month and reported on an Operation Monitoring Report (Form WQ 1.45).

} Forms other than Form WQ 1.45 may be used upon approval by EPD. These forms and any other required reports and Information shall be completed, signed and certified by a pdncipal executive officer or ranHng elected official, or by a duly wuthonzed representative of that person, and submitted to the Division, postmarked noiater than the 28th day of the month following the reporting period. Signed copies J of these and all other reports required herein shall be submitted to the following address:

4 Georgia Environmental Protection Division Industrial Wastewater Unit l 4244 Intemational Parkway i

Suite 110 Atlanta, Georgia 30354 All instances uf noncompliance not reported under Part 1. B. and C. and Part 11. A.

shall be reported at the tims the operation monitoring report is submitted.

3. Definitions

a. The " daily average" discharge means the total discharge by weight during a calendar month riivided by the number of days in the month that the production or commercial facility was operating. Where less than daily 4

sampling is required by this permit, the daily average discharge shall be determined by .he summation of all the measured daily discharges by weight divided by the number of days sampled during the calendar month when the measurements were made,

b. The " daily maximum" discharge means the total discharge by weight during any calendar day.

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c. The " daily average" concentration means the arithmetic average of all the daily determinations of concentrations made during a calendar month. Daily determinations of concentration made using a composite sample shall be the concentration of the composite sample.

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d. The " daily maxirnum" concentration means the daily determination of concentration for any calendar day.

l e. For the purpose of this permit, a calendar day is defined as any consecutive 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> period,

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• Bypass" means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a treatment facility.

g. " Severe property damage" means substantial physical damage to property, damage to the treatment facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or substantial and pemianent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.

4. Test Procedures Monitoring must be conducted according to test procedures approved pursuant to 40 CFR Part 136 unless other test procedures have been specified in this permit.

5. Recording of Results For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this permit, the permittee shall record the following information;

a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling or measurements, and the person (s) performing the sampling or the measurements;

b. The dates the analyses were performed, and the person (s) who performed the analyses;

c. The analytical techniques or methods used; and

d. The results of all required analyses.

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.CEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 14 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120

6. Additional Monitoring by Permittee If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location (s) designated herein more frequently than required by this permit, using approved analytical methods as specified above, the results of such monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the values required in the Operation Monitoring Report Form (WO 1.45). Such increased monitoring frequency shall also be indicated. The Division may require by written notification more frequent monitoring of other pollutants not required in this permit.

7. Records Retention The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information, including all records of analyses performed, calibration and maintenance of instrumentation, copies of all reports required by this permit, and records of all data used to complete the i application for this permit, for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of the sample, measurement, report or application. This penod may be extended by request of the Division at any time.

8. Penalties The Federal Clean Water Act and the Georgia Water Quality Control Act provide that any person who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this permit, makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any record or other document submitted or req'Jired to be maintained under this permit, including monitoring reports  !

or reports of compliance or noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine or by imprisonment, or by both. The Federal Clean Water Act and the Georgia Water Quality Control Act also provide procedures for imposing civil penalties which may be levied for violations of the Act, any permit condition or limitation established pursuant to the Act, or negligently or intentionally failing or refusing ;o comply with any final or emergency order of the Director of the Division.

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, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 15 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120 A. MANAGEMENT REQUIROMENTS 1, Change in Discharge

a. Advance notice to the Division shall be given of any planned changes in the permitted facility or activity which may result in noncompliance with permit l requirements. Any anticipated facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications must be reported by submission of a new NPDES permit application or, if such changes will not violate the effluent limitations specified in this pom1it, by notice to the Division of such changes. Following such notice, the permit may be mo6fied to specify and limit any pollutants not prevlously limited,

b. All existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silviculture dischargers shall notify the Division as soon as it is known or there is reason to believe that any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in the discharge, on a routine or frequent basis, of an/ toxic pollutant not limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed (1) 100 pg/l, (i!) five times the maximum concentration reported for that pollutant in the permit application, or (iii) 200 pg/l for acrolein and acrylonitrile, 500 pg/l for 2,4 dinitrophenol and for 2 methyl-4 6-dinitrophenol, or 1 mg/l antimony.

c. All existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural dischargers shall notify the Division as soon as it is known or there is reason to believe that any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any discharge on a nonroutino or infrequent basis, of any toxic pollutant not limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed (I) 500 pg/l, (ii) ten times the maximum concentration reported for that pollutant in the permit application, or (iii) 1 mg/l antimony.

2. Noncompliance Notification If, for any reason, the permittee does not comply with, or will be unable to comply with any effluent limitation specified in this poimit, the permittee shall provide the Division with an oral report within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> from the time the permittee becomes aware of the circumstances followed by a written report within five (5) days of becoming aware of such condition. The written submission shall contain the following information:

a. A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; and EPO 2,21 15

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b. The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times; or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the norsompliance is expected to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of the

{ noncomplying discharge.

j 3. Facilities Operation 1

The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and operate as j- efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities or systems installed or used 4

by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit.

Proper operation and maintenance includes effective performance, adequate funding, 1

adequate operator staffing and training, and adequate laboratory and process controls, including appropriate quality assurance procedures. This provision requires the operation of back-up or auxiliary facilities or similar systems only when necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.

4. Adverse Impact The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any discharge in violation of this permit which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting human h6alth or the environment, including such accelerated or additional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncomplying discharge.

5. Bypassing a; if the permittee knows in advance of the need for a bypass, it shall submit prior notice to the Division at least 10 days (if possible) before the date of the bypass. The permittee shall submit notice of any unanticipated bypass with an oral report within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> from the time the permittee becomes aware of the circumstances followed by a written report within five (5) days of becoming aware of such condetion. The wntion submission shall contain the following information:

1. A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; and

2. The period of nonnompliance, including exact dates and times; or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of the noncomplying discharge, EPD 2.21 10

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) b. Any diversion or bypua of facilities covered by thl* permit is prohibited, except (i) where unave@o 10 preveat loss of 1:fe, pursonal Injury, or severe property damage; (ii) there were no 'sasible altematives to the bypass, such i j as the use of auxiliary treatment fdtles, rcientiers of antreated wastes, or  :

maintenanos duririg ncrmal phiods tWsqwptSTMountime (this condition is  !

not satiSGod if the permittee could hav; histclisd adertuste back up equipment to prevent a bypass which occurr4d during normal periods of .

i equipment downtime or preventive me:inenance); and 'id) the permittee  !

j submitted a notice as required above. The permittee shall operate the 4

treatment works, including the treatment plant and total sewer system, to i minimize discharge of the pollutants listed in Part I of this permit from i combined sewer overtows or bypasses. Upon written notification by the '

j Division, the permittee may be Squired to submit a plan and schedule for i reduchg bypasses, overflows, and infiltration in the system. 1

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! 6. Sludge Disposal Requirements 1

Hazardous sludge shall be rtisposed of in accordance with the regulations and i j' guidelines establishou by the Division pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act *

! (CWA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). For land ,

application of nonhazardous sludge, the pennittee sha!! comply with any applicable

! criteria outlined in the Division's " Guidelines for Land Aoplication of Municipal l

! Sludges " Prior to disposal of sludge by land application, the permittee shall submit i a proposal to the Division for approval in accordance with applicable criteria in the  :

Division's " Guidelines for Land Application of Municipal Sludges /' Upon evaluation '

l of the permittee's proposal, the Division may require that more stringent control of j this activity is required. Upon wntion notification, the permittee shall submit to the Division for approval, a detailed plan of oporation for land application of sludgu.

! -Upon approval, the plan will become r part of the NPDES permit. Disposal of I nonhazardous sludge by other means, such as landfilling, must be apprcved by the-

Division.

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j. 7. Sludge Monitoring Requirements L .

l The permittee shall develop and implement procedures to insure adequate year-j round sludge disposal. The permettee shall monitor the volume and concentration of soMs removed from the plant - Records shall be maintained which document the i quantity of solids removed from the plant. The ultimate disposal of solids shall be F reported monthly (in the unit of lbs/ day) to the Division with the Operation Monitoring

j. Report Forms required under Part I (C)(2) of this permit.

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8. Power Failures Upon the reduction, loss, or failure of the primary source of power to said water pollution control facilities, the permittee shall use an alternative source of power if available to reduce or otherwise control production and/or all discharges in order to maintain complicnce with the effluent limitations and prohibitions of this permit.

If such allemative power source is not in existence, and no date for its implementation appears in Part I, the permittee shall halt, reduce or otherwise control production and/or all discharges from wastewater control facilities upon the reduction, loss, or failure of the primary source of power to said wastewater control facilities.

B. RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Right of Entry The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division, the Regional Administrator of -

EPA, and/or their authorized representatives, agents, or employees, upon the presentation of credentia's:

a. To enter upon the permittee's promises where a regulated activity or facility is located or conducted or where any records are roo'Ared to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; and

b. At reasonable times, to have access to and copy any records required to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under this permit; and to sample any substance or parameters in any location.-

2. Transfer of Owreship or Control A permit may be transferred to another person by a permittee if:

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!; - a. The pom1ittee notifies the Director in writing of the proposed transfer at least l thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed transfer, i b. A written agreement containirg a specific date for transfer of permit responsibility and coverage between the current and new permittee (including acknowledgement that the existing permittee is liable for violations up to that

date, and that the new permittee is liable for violations from that date on) is

! submitted to the Director at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed transfer; and -

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c. The Director, within thirty (30) days, does not notify the current permittee and the new permittee of the Division's inter:t to modify, revoke and reissue, or terminate the permit and to require that a new application be filed rather than agreeing to the transfer of the permit.

3. Availability of Reports

Except for data deemed to be confidential under O.C.G.A. $ 12 5 25 or by the Regional Administrator of the EPA under the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 2, all repotis prepared in accordance with the terms of this permit shall be available for public inspection at an office of the Division. Effluent data, permit applications, permittee's names and addresses, and permits shall not be considered confidential.

4. Permit Modification After written notice and opportunity for a hearing, this permit may be modified, suspended, revoked or reissued in whole or in part during its term for cause including, but not limited to, the following:

a. Violation of any conditions of this permit:

b. Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts;

c. A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the permitted discharge; or

- d. - To comply with any applicable effluent limitation issued pursuant to the order the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued on June 8,1976, in Natural Resources Defense Councd. Inc. et al, v. Russell E Train.

8 ERC 2120(0.D.C.1976), if the effluent limitation so issued:

(1) is different in conditions or more striagent than any effluant limitation in the permit; or

-(2) controls any pollutant not limii6d in the permit.

5. Toxic Pollutants -

The permittee shall comply with effluent standards or prohibitions established pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Federal Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants, which are present in the discharge within the time provided in the regulations -

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STATE OF GEORGIA PART11 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 20 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120 that establish these standards or prohibitions, even if the permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the requirement.

l-l 6. Civil and Criminal Liability l

l Nothing in this permit shall be construed to relieve the permittee from civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance.

7. State Laws Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties established pursuant to any applicable State law or regulation under authority oreserved by Section 510 of the Federal Clean Water Act.

8. Water Quality Standards Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the modification of any condition of this permit when it is determined that the effluent limitations specified herein fail to achieve the applicable State water quality standards.

9. Property Rights The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either real or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any infringement of Federal, State or locallaws or regulations.

10. Expiration of Permit Permittee shall not discharge after_ the expiration date, in order to receive authotization to dircharge beyond the expiration date, the permittee shall submit such information, fomis, and fees as are required by the agency authorized to issue permits no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date.

11. Contested Hearings Any person who is aggrieved or adversely affected by an action of the Director of the Division shall petition the Director for a hearing within thirty (30) days of notice of such action.

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STATE OF GEORGIA PART11

. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 21 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120

12. Severability The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circumstance, is held invaliel, the application of such provision to other circumstances, and the remainder of this permit, shall not be affected thereby.

13. Best Management Practices The permittee willimplement best management practices to control the discharge of hazardous and/or toxic materials from ancillary manufacturing setivities. Such activities include, but are not limited to, materials storage areas, in plant transfer, process and material handling areas; loading and unloading operations; plant site runoff; and sludge and waste disposal areas.

14. Need to Hall or Reduce Activity Not a Defense it shall not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it would have been necessary to halt or reduce the permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of this permit.

15. Duty to Provide Information

a. The permittee shall fumish to the Director of the Division, with!n a reasonable time, any information which the Director may request to determine whether cause exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing, or terminating this permit or to determine compliance with this permit. The permittee shall also fumish upon request copies of records required to be kept by this permit.

b. When the permittee becomes aware that it failed to submit any relevant facts in a permit application or submitted incorrect information in a permit application or any report to the Director, it shall promptly submit such facts and information.

16, Stormwater Runoff in addition to the outfalls identified in Part I, Section A. of this permit, the permittee is authorized to discharge stormwater runoff from point sources at this facility provided that these discharges do not cause violations of State water quality standards in the receiving streams.

17; Upset Provisions Provisions of 40 CFR 122.41(n)(1)-(4), regarding " Upset" shall be applicable to any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding brought to enforce this permit.

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i STATE OF dEORGIA PART 111

. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 22 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120 A. PREVIOUS PERMITS

1. All previous State water quality permits issued to this facility, whether for construction

or operation, are hereby revoked by the issuance of this permit. This action is taken

to assure compliance with the Georgia Water Quality Control Act, as amended, and the FederalClean Water Act, as amended. Receipt of the permit constitutes notice of such action. The conditions, requirements, terms and provisions of this permit

authorizing discharge undGr the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

govern discharges from this facility.

B. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

1. There shall be no discharge of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds such as those commonly used for transformer fluid.

i s 2. Ariy metal cleaning wastes generated will be contain,ed for further treatment or disposalin a manner to permit compliance at time of discharge with requirements listed below or disposed of in a manner approved by the Division. This applies to any

, preoperational chemical cleaning of metal process equipment also. The treatment and disposal procedures shall be discussed in the flow monitoring and 4

characterization submittal.

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3. The quantity of pollutants discharged in metal cleaning waste shall not exceed the

! quantity determined by multiplying the flow of metal cleaning wastes times the concentrations listed below. All effluent characteristics shall be monitored 1/ week 1

by grab sampling when a discharge is occurring.

Effluent Characteristic Qi a.harae Limitation (ma/n Daily Averaae Daily Maximum i Total Suspended Solids 30 100 <

Oil and Grease 15 20 Copper 1.0 1.0 i fron 1.0 1.0

4. Neither free available chlorine (FAC) nor total residual chlorine (TRC) may be discharged from any unit for more than two hours in any one day and not more than one unit in any plant may discharge free available or total residual chlorine at any one

, time unless the utility can demonstrete to the Director that the units in a particular location cannot operate at or below this level of chlorination, i

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.BTATE OF GEORGIA PART lll DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 23 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120

5. The ioe available chlorine (FAC) average means the average over any individual chlorine release period which does not exceed 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> per day per unit. The FAC i maximum is the instantaneous maximum which may occur at any time. Further, the permittee will develop a system for monitoring and recording total time of FAC and TRC discharges. The results shall be reported in a suitably concise form beginning with the first scheduled Operation Monitoring Report (OMR) and continuing on each j OMR thereafter.

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6. The permittee shall certify annually that no priority pollutant other than chromium or zinc is above detectable limits in outfalls 01 A, 02A, 018, 028, 02C, 011, or 01J i- (cooling tower blowdowns or overflows). This certification may be based on manufacturers' certifications or engineering calculations.

7. In the event that waste streams for various sources are combined for treatment or i discharge, the quantity of each pollutant or pollutant property controlled by this permit i shall not exceed the specified limitations for that source.

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8. The Drector may modsfy any effluent limitation upon request of the permit,se if such

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j limitation is covered by an approved variance or by an amendment to the Federal i Clean Water Act, l.

g. Annually, the permittee shall submit to the Director flow monitoring and i characterization information regarding the various waste streams.

l j 10. The sewage treatment plant must be property operated and maintained, This applies

to01F.

4 I 11. The permittee shall review the water treatment chemicals other than chlorine 1 discharged to State waters. This includes, but is not limited to microbiocides, corrosion inhibitors, and dispersants. These chemicals shall be used and disposed of in accordance with the manufacturers' instructions unless other requirements are imposed by EPD. The permettee shall submit to EPD a current inventory of all water treatment chemicals discharged during the previous twelve mon'hs.

[ 12. Forms other than the Form WQ 1,45 may be used for the quarteriy Operation

Monitoring Report upon approval by the EPD.

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13. Summary of requirements from preceding items which are required every year:

a. Metal cleaning waste treatment and disposal procedures.

b. Flow monitoring and characterization information regarding various waste streams,

c. Water treatment chemicat inventory,

d. Cooling tower blowdown priority pollutant certification.

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' DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 24 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120

14. The effluent Smits for all metals in this permit shall be defined and reported in terms of ' total recoverable metal"in conformance with the appropriate language of the applicable Federal regulations.

15. Upon approval of the Director, the permittee shall, on a vase oy case basis, be able to utilize alternative analytical methods, conversion factors, methodology, procedures, or new technologies, to ensure that the biomonitoring and toxicity reduction requirements of Part lll.C. and the testing /reporilng requirements of the permit are adequately addressed. I

16. No biocides or slim!cides may be added to the cooling tower system, except for chlorine and bromine, without prior approval from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. In some cases, it may be necessary to demonstrate that chemical additives are not in concentrations in the receiving stream to be harmful to 1 aquatic life. This willinclude bioassays and periodic testing for the biocide /slimicide active ingredient.

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17. The provisions of 40 CFR 122.4(1)(6)(iii) regarding waiver of the 5 day wntten report required by Part ll.A.2, and Part ll.A.S. of this permit shall be applicable and may be implemented on a case by-case basis by EPD for noncompliances which are orally reported by the permittee within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of discovery of the noncompliance condition.

18. This permit authorizes onsite disposal of sludge from ths domestic wastewater treatment plan in accordance with the conditions and requirements specified in the EPD approved Sludge Management Plan. Sludge may also b6 disposed offsite at approved facilities in accordance with applicabls permit requirements.

19. If the results for a given sample are such that a parameter is not detected at or above the method detection limit or reporting limit, a value of zero will be reported for that sample and the method detection limit or reporting limit will also be reported. Such sample shall be deemed to be in compliance with the permit.

20. The Division recognizes the inherent analytical variability in approved test methods and procedures and further agrees that such issues can be raised by the permittee as a defense in an enforcement action.

21. The permittee is authorized to discharge stormwater from the outfalls identified in Part i. A, of this permit provided that these discharges do not cause violations of State water quality standards in the receiving streams.

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STATE OF GEORGIA PARTlli

. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION Page 25 of 25 Permit No. GA0004120 C. BIOMONITORING AND TOXICITY REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS in order to determine whether the permittee is discharging wastes in concentrations or combinations which may have an adverse impact on the State's water quality, the Division can require the permittee to cer. duct a biomonitoring program.

If toxicity is believed to be present in the permittee's effluent, the Division may require the permittee to develop a biomonitonng screening program according to the following schedule:

1. Within 90 days of Division notification a screening program study plan detailing the test methodology and test organisms shall be submitted for conducting a forty eight hour static acute test of the final effluent.

l Note: If r_esidual chlorine is present in the final effluent from a treatment and/or l disinfection process, a prochlorinated or dechlorinated sample will be tested. l

2. Within 90 days of Division approval of the study plan, the permittee shall conduct and submit the results of the forty eight hour static acute test.

The division will then review the results of the forty eight hour static acute test. If the test criteria specified in the study plan are exceeded, then the permittee shall within 90 days of wntten notification by the Division repeat steps 1 and 2. above replacing the forty eight hour static acute test with the ninety six hour test.

The division will then review the results of the ninety six hour test. If the criteri2* detailed in the ninety six hour test indicates toxicity, then the permittee shall within 90 days of written notification by the division submit to the division a plan to reduce the toxicity of the effluent.

Within 270 days of Division soproval of this plan, the permittee shall implemer

• the plan and initiate follow up biomonitoring of the effluent in accordance with the approved toxicity rcduction plan. The toxicity reduction plan shall not be complete until the permittee meets the criteria detailed in the ninety six hour test plan, if there are substantial composition changes in the permittee's effluent, the permittee may be required to repeat the forty-eight hour static acute test upon notification by the Division.

Unless otherwise advised, the permittee shall perfom1 biomonitoring of the effluent as provided in C.1. and 2. above, at a minimum of once very three years upon notification by the Division. On a case specific basis, chronic toxicity testing procedures may be required.

Upon approval by the Division, all of the plans will become part of the requirements of this permit.

The 96 hour0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> criteria shall define toxicity as a greater than 10% mortality of the exposed test organisms in 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> or less when the test solution contains volumes of effluent and dilution water proportional to the plant daity average flow and the 7Q10 flow of the receiving stream, as determined using test procedures and methods, and staCsticalinethods for evaluating test results, developed by the permittee and approved by the division pursuant to this section, or revised pursuant to Part 111.B.13. above.

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