Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.06 Categorical Pretreatment Standards

• Library: Alabama Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 3, December 29, 2023
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.06

(1) Categorical pretreatment standards, specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced to a publicly owned treatment works by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories, have been and will be established as separate regulations under the appropriate subpart of 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N (1994). The Department shall require compliance with the requirements of those regulations and shall include the requirements in SID Permits issued to categorical dischargers. Compliance by existing sources shall be attained within three years of the effective date of the standard or as stated in the standard, whichever is earlier. New sources shall install, have in operating condition and start-up all pollution control equipment required to comply with the standard before beginning to discharge and shall attain compliance with the standard within 90 days of beginning discharge.

(2) Category Determination Request:

(a) Within sixty days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard for a subcategory under which an existing industrial user may be included, the industrial user may request that the Department provide written certification to the effect that the industrial user does or does not fall within that particular subcategory.

(b) New source industrial dischargers and existing industrial dischargers, requesting a category determination because of the addition or alteration of a process, must request a category determination prior to commencing discharge of pollutants from the process(es) included in the request.

(c) Each request shall contain a statement 1. describing which subcategories might be applicable; 2. citing evidence and reasons why a particular subcategory is applicable and why others are not applicable; and 3. the following certification signed by a person meeting the requirements of Rule 335Signatories To Permit Applications And Reports335-6-5-.14 "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or...