Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-5-.16 Establishing Limitations, Standards, and Other Permit Conditions

• 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-.16

(1) In addition to permit conditions required under other rules, the Director shall establish permit conditions, as required on a case-by-case basis, to provide for and ensure compliance with all applicable requirements. An applicable requirement is a state statutory or regulatory requirement which takes effect prior to final administrative disposition of a permit. An applicable requirement is also any requirement which takes effect prior to the modification or revocation and reissuance of a permit.

(2) All applicable requirements shall be incorporated into each SID Permit.

(3) Permit limitations based on applicable categorical pretreatment standards and general pretreatment standards shall be included in each SID Permit, this requirement is not applicable to SID Permits issued for indirect discharge to a privately owned treatment works.

(4) A reopener clause that allows permit modification or permit revocation and reissuance to include the requirements of any applicable categorical standard that is promulgated under the FWPCA after the permit is issued shall be included in each SID Permit, this requirement is not applicable to SID Permits issued for indirect discharge to a privately owned treatment works.

(5) A reopener clause that allows permit modification or permit revocation and reissuance to include addition of more stringent limits to prevent interference or pass-through, when the discharge is determined to cause pass through or interference and existing permit limits are not sufficient to prevent pass-through or interference shall be included in each SID Permit.

(6) Where required, SID Permits shall contain permit limits based on local limits developed to prevent pass-through, sludge disposal problems, and interference.

(7) To ensure compliance with permit limitations, the SID Permit may include requirements to monitor:

(a) the mass, concentration, or other measurement specified in the permit, for each pollutant limited in the permit;

(b) the volume of effluent discharged from each outfall; and

(c) other measurements as appropriate including pollutants in internal waste streams; pollutants in intake water for net limitations; frequency, rate of discharge, etc., for noncontinuous discharges; and pollutants subject to notification requirements; and

(8) The SID Permit shall require monitoring to be...