Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.07 Publicly and Privately Owned Treatment Works
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-.07 |
(1) Control Of Industrial Users by Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
-
(a) The Department
shall not process a SID Permit Application nor issue a SID Permit to a new
discharger or a discharger that is requesting an increase in permit limits for
any pollutant until the publicly owned treatment works has provided written
approval of the connection.
-
(b) A
publicly owned treatment works may designate any portion of its unused capacity
as not available for industrial users by submitting such designation in writing
to the Department. SID Permit limits will be determined on the basis of the
capacity remaining after subtracting the sum of the reserved capacity and that
capacity already in use from the design capacity of the treatment works. This
reservation of capacity shall apply to pollutants regulated by local limits as
well as to traditional substances such as organic loading, flow, ammonia, and
suspended solids.
-
(c) If requested
by the POTW the Department will require the submittal of a copy of any document
or report, that is required to be submitted to the Department, to the POTW. If
requested, all notifications required by the permit shall be required to made
to the POTW. The POTW may make a one time request applicable to all permits or
make individual requests during review of draft permits.
-
(d) Publicly owned treatment works shall
report all instances of pass through or interference caused by or believed to
be caused by an industrial user to the Department as soon as possible and no
later than 24 hours after learning of a water quality standard violation that
was or may have been caused by pass through or interference caused by an
industrial user.
-
(e) A publicly
owned treatment works may submit a written notification reducing or deleting
the capacity available to a permitted industrial user. Such notification shall
be signed by a representative of the publicly owned treatment works who meets
the requirements of Rule 335-6-5-.07335-6-5-.14 as an acceptable signatory to
its NPDES permit application. The Department shall keep the notification on
file and will use the modified capacity to develop any subsequent draft SID
Permit.
-
(f) Publicly owned
treatment works may pass ordinances, adopt policies, assess surcharges and
regulate industrial users to the extent allowed by law. Regulatory and...
To continue reading
Request your trial