Inland Empire Waterkeeper et al v. Republic Services Inc et al
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CONSENT DECREE by Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell. NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BETWEEN THE SETTLING PARTIES AND ORDERED AND DECREED BY THE COURT AS FOLLOWS: Defendants shall pay a total of $15,000.00 to Coastkeeper for fees and costs incurred by Coastkeeper in monitoring Defendants' compliance with this Consent Decree Defendants agree make a payment of $167,000.00 Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days of entry of this Consent Decree by the Court payable to the "O.C./I.E. Public Interest Green Fund" and delivered by certified mail or overnight delivery to: Orange County Community Foundation, 4041 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 510, Newport Beach, California 92660. Defendants shall pay a total of $ ;193,000.00 to Coastkeeper to partially reimburse Coastkeeper for its investigation fees, expert/consultant fees and costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred as a result of investigating and preparing the lawsuit, and negotiating this Cons ent Decree. This Consent Decree constitutes a full and final settlement of this matter. (MD JS-6. Case Terminated.) (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Figures, # 3 Appendix B, # 4 Figures, # 5 Appendix C, # 6 Figures, # 7 Appendix B Receipt of Notice of Intent, # 8 Figures, # 9 Tables, # 10 Tables - Part 1) (jp)
FIGURES
TABLES
TABLE 1
LIST OF SIGNIFICANT MATERIALS
ANAHEIM TRUCK DEPOT (ATD) AND OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (O&M)
Storage &
Receiving & Shipping
Approximate
Handling Location
Location
Shipping Frequency
Material
Maximum On-site
Storage Quantity
Storage Method
Diesel Fuel
20K gallons
UST with overfill
protection & monitoring
ATD Fuel Islands and
UST
ATD Fuel Islands and
UST
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
Red Dye Diesel
12K gallons
UST with overfill
protection & monitoring
ATD Fuel Islands and
UST
ATD Fuel Islands and
UST
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
Diesel
12K gallons
UST with overfill
protection & monitoring
O&M Fuel Island and
UST
O&M Fuel Island and
UST
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
LNG (liquid natural gas)
15K gallons
Double-walled AST
O&M Fuel Island and
LNG enclosure
O&M Fuel Island and
LNG enclosure
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
LCNG (compressed
natural gas from LNG)
45,000 SCF
Piped from LNG to 3
cylinders
ATD dispenser & O&M
storage cylinders
ATD dispenser & O&M
storage cylinders
delivered continuously
from LNG
Premium Unleaded Fuel
(91 octane)
12K gallons
UST with overfill
protection & monitoring
ATD Fuel Island and
UST
ATD Fuel Island and
UST
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
Unleaded Fuel
(87 octane)
12K gallons
UST with overfill
protection & monitoring
ATD Fuel Island and
UST
ATD Fuel Island and
UST
Tank trucks deliver fuel
all week
Engine Oil
1,000 gallons
Double-walled AST under Within & south of the
an awning
Maintenance Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Monthly
Engine Oil
500 gallons
Hydraulic fluids
1,000 gallons
Transmission Fluid
750 gallons
Double-walled AST under
an awning
Double-walled AST under
an awning
Double-walled AST under
an awning
Within & south of the
Maintenance Building
Within & south of the
Maintenance Building
Within & south of the
Maintenance Building
South of Maintenance
Building
South of Maintenance
Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Antifreeze
200 gallons
Polyethylene tank on spill
containment under awning
South of Maintenance
Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Monthly
Gear Oil
120 gallons
Steel drum on secondary
containment in alcove
Within & south of the
Maintenance Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Monthly
Grease
100 pounds
Small volume containers
inside building
Within the
Maintenance Building
Maintenance Building
Monthly
Used Oil for Recycling
1,000 gallons
Double-walled AST
South of Maintenance
Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Removed every 3 months
per Regulations
Used Antifreeze for
Recycling
200 gallons
Polyethylene tank on spill
containment under awning
South of Maintenance
Building
South of Maintenance
Building
Removed every 3 months
per Regulations
Waste Absorbent
1,000 pounds
Lined, covered tote
Maint. Areas & fuel
dispensers (spill kits)
Maintenance Building
Removed every 3 months
per Regulations
Solvents
60 gallons
Safety Kleen recovery unit
Maintenance Building
Monthly as needed
Detergents
110 gallons
Fiber drum
Truck Wash & bin wash
areas
Monthly as needed
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
(DES)
330 gallons
Poly tote
SE corner outside
Maintenance Building
Maintenance Building
Monthly
Water-based paint and
solvents
110 gallons
55-gallon & smaller sizes on Paint Booth & awning
spill containment pallets
S of Paint Booth
Under awning South of
Paint Booth
Monthly as needed
Inside Maintenance
Building
Truck Wash & bin
wash areas
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
TABLE 2
ANAHEIM TRUCK DEPOT/OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION TEAM
Name
Title
Duties
Contact Number
Dan Capener
General Manager
1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
714-238-3316
Gregorio Urueta
On Road Maintenance Manager
2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11
714-238-3384
Michael Stewart
Environmental Manager
4, 6, 8, 9
210-889-9516
1. Assign resources and manpower to the Pollution Prevention Committee
2. Conduct materials inventory
3. Identify potential spill sources
4. Establish spill reporting procedures
5. Prepare visual inspection programs
6. Direct spill response and cleanup
7. Coordinate departments in implementing goals of the SWPPP
8. Establish employee training programs
9. Implement, reviewing and updating the SWPPP
10. Conduct meetings and/or training regarding the SWPPP
11. Perform observations and collect samples.
ACTIVITY
Servicing of fleet
trucks, engines,
equipment, etc.
Storage of raw
and waste
materials
AREA
Maintenance
Building
Leaks and oily drips
and spills from
vehicles, equipment,
ASTs, drums, and
other maintenance
materials and
wastes.
POLLUTANT
SOURCE
Oil
fuel
hydraulic fluid
transmission fluid
engine coolant
gear oil
grease
other lubricants
solvents
waste oils
waste coolant
battery acid
POLLUTANT
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Perform preventative equipment/truck inspections and maintenance to minimize leaks.
Keep activities and equipment inside the building or under cover.
Use drip pans and absorbent materials to contain and collect drips.
Maintain adequate absorbent materials and spill kits where needed.
Clean spills, drips, and waste fluids/oils off paved surfaces ASAP using dry clean-up
methods whenever possible.
Keep raw and waste materials securely stored in containers with secondary containment
and/or within the Hazardous Material Storage (HMS) containment area.
Regularly inspect ASTs, material containers, and hoses/lines for leaks and degradation.
Keep containers storing significant materials closed and secure when material is not being
added or removed.
Ensure that trained and licensed vendors fill ASTs and drums, and do not overfill.
Ensure that loading/unloading are done by a trained forklift operator and that employees
responsible for accepting deliveries inspect for leaks or spills and clean them up
promptly.
Follow site spill prevention and response procedures for material spills.
Use proper disposal procedures with licensed vendors for removal of used oil and other
waste fluids, used rags and absorbent materials, used batteries, used parts, etc. (with
manifest documentation where appropriate).
Keep flammable materials within a 30 minute fire storage cabinet.
Inspect and clean the paved and covered area north of the building that is used for storage.
Sample the metal roof drainage to determine need for coating.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Best Management Practices (BMPs) which apply to all areas of the site include:
1. Having a trained and knowledgeable Pollution Prevention Team (PPT) to coordinate and implement the SWPPP.
2. Performing training for appropriate employees in implementing facility controls, spill prevention and response, good housekeeping,
appropriate hazardous material handling and storage, and other storm water pollution prevention practices.
3. Encouraging employees to identify conditions in site work areas that might potentially cause storm water pollution.
4. Conducting SWPPP, Spill Control and Countermeasures (SPCC), and other routine site inspections.
5. Maintaining SWPPP records including inspections, training, sampling results, annual site evaluation, and incident reports (if applicable).
6. Maintaining accurate records of materials and wastes used and stored at the site with MSDS and proper container labeling including dates.
7. Performing Quality Assurance by reviewing SWPPP, storm water data, and inspections and making improvements if necessary.
8. Providing additional training to drivers and operators in proper fueling, fuel station inspections, and spill prevention procedures.
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL POLLUTANT SOURCES AND CORRESPONDING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
ANAHEIM TRUCK DEPOT AND O&M FACILITY
DRAFT - TABLE 3
ACTIVITY
Maintenance of
containers and
bins
Fleet trucks &
employee
vehicles parked
during nonoperation
Steam cleaning
and pressure
washing
Refueling of
fleet trucks and
equipment
Parking &
storage of
equipment, rolloff containers,
and bins
Painting bins &
containers
All Activities
AREA
Bin
Maintenance
Building
Truck and
Employee
Parking
areas
Vehicle/Bin/
Equipment
Wash Area
Fueling Area
Outside
storage areas
Paint Booth
All Areas
Any
Leaks, drips & spills
from paint & related
materials.
Leaks, oily drips,
litter, dirt, and spills
from equipment and
bins
Dirty vehicles and
equipment
Water based
detergents/degreaser
Leaks and drips
from dispensers and
trucks/equipment
Leaks and oily
drips, dirt and debris
being tracked onto
and around the site
Drips, spills, and
debris from
equipment, bins, etc.
POLLUTANT
SOURCE
dirt
litter
waste residues
oil and lubricants
coolant
metals
Paint,
paint thinner,
solvents,
and cleaners
Litter
oils
waste residues
dirt
soap
diesel
gasoline
oil
coolant
dust
debris
lubricants
coolant
metals
metals
grease
other lubricants
solvents
POLLUTANT
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Litter patrol to inspect Anaheim site and remove any litter found.
Keep materials and work in designated areas inside the building.
Use catch pans, secondary containment, and absorbent materials to prevent and contain
spills and leaks.
Clean pavement using dry sweeping methods.
Keep material and waste containers closed, secure, and properly labeled (and if applicable,
on secondary containment pallets).
Sample the metal roof drainage to determine need for coating.
Inspect and service/maintain trucks and vehicles so they do not leak.
Regularly inspect parking areas and clean up any leaks or drips with absorbent materials
and/or a water-based biodegradable solvent.
Use the street sweeper weekly to clean parking areas.
Inspect perimeter fences and pick up litter.
Use assigned parking spaces to assist in identifying leaking vehicles.
Keep wash water in the designated topographically depressed area so that it flows to the
clarifier.
Inspect and clean the wash area and the drain inlet.
Service and ensure that the clarifier is functioning so that water goes to the sewer.
Regularly inspect and monitor USTs, lines, and dispensers.
Use a certified UST inspector to check for leaks and keep fueling equipment up to code.
Use a State-certified fueling service to fill USTs.
Only allow trained employees to fuel vehicles.
Instruct employees not to “top off” or overfill fuel tanks.
Instruct employees to immediately report leaking fuel dispensers to the appropriate
manager.
Keep spill kits & absorbent materials readily available near the fuel island.
Follow spill prevention and response procedures in the event of a fuel spill.
Implement proper disposal procedures for used absorbent and spill clean-up materials.
Inspect and use dry clean-up methods to clean pavement in the area.
A metal canopy and berms will be installed around the fuel islands and dispensing area.
Inspect and ensure equipment, containers and bins are clean and free of leaks.
Inspect lot and clean up and drips, litter, etc. using dry sweeping methods.
Inspect access aisles and perimeter fences and pick up litter.
Keep canvas or polyethylene tarps available for covering exposed equipment and inert
materials when rain is anticipated.
Use street sweeper to clean this area weekly.
Store paint, paint thinner and other materials within appropriate containment and under
cover.
Keep containers closed and secure when not in use.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Appendix A
Copy of General Storm Water Permit
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (STATE WATER BOARD)
WATER QUALITY ORDER NO. 97-03-DWQ
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
GENERAL PERMIT NO. CAS000001 (GENERAL PERMIT)
WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS (WDRS)
FOR
DISCHARGES OF STORM WATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
FACT SHEET.................................................I-XIII
GENERAL PERMIT
ORDER .....................................................1-10
SECTION A:
Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Plan (SWPPP) ..............................11-23
SECTION B:
Monitoring Program and
Reporting Requirements ....................24-44
SECTION C:
Standard Provisions .......................45-50
ATTACHMENT 1:
Facilities Covered By This Permit
ATTACHMENT 2:
Storm Water Contacts For State
and Regional Boards
ATTACHMENT 3:
Notice of Intent (NOI) Instructions, Fee
Schedule, Form
ATTACHMENT 4:
Definitions
ATTACHMENT 5:
Acronyms
TABLES
TABLE A:
Five Phases For Developing and
Implementing SWPPPS ...............................13
TABLE B:
Assessment of Potential Pollutant Sources
and Corresponding BMP Summary .....................18
TABLE C:
Reduced Monitoring Sampling Schedule ..............34
TABLE D:
Additional Analytical Parameters ...............40-44
FACT SHEET
FOR
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (STATE WATER BOARD)
WATER QUALITY ORDER NO. 97-03-DWQ
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
GENERAL PERMIT NO. CAS000001 (GENERAL PERMIT)
WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS (WDRS)
FOR
DISCHARGES OF STORM WATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
BACKGROUND
In 1972, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also referred
to as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) was amended to provide that the
discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States from any
point source is effectively prohibited unless the discharge is in
compliance with an NPDES permit. The 1987 amendments to the CWA
added Section 402(p) that establishes a framework for regulating
municipal and industrial storm water discharges under the NPDES
Program. On November 16, 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA) published final regulations that establish
application requirements for storm water permits. The
regulations require that storm water associated with industrial
activity (storm water) that discharges either directly to surface
waters or indirectly through municipal separate storm sewers must
be regulated by an NPDES permit.
U.S. EPA developed a four-tier permit issuance strategy for storm
water discharges associated with industrial activity as follows:
Tier I, Baseline Permitting--One or more general permits will
be developed to initially cover the majority of storm water
discharges associated with industrial activity.
Tier II, Watershed Permitting--Facilities within watersheds
shown to be adversely impacted by storm water discharges
associated with industrial activity will be targeted for
individual or watershed-specific general permits.
Tier III, Industry-Specific Permitting--Specific industry
categories will be targeted for individual or
Industry-specific general permits.
Tier IV, Facility-Specific Permitting--A variety of factors
will be used to target specific facilities for individual
permits.
The regulations allow authorized states to issue general permits
or individual permits to regulate storm water discharges.
Consistent with Tier I, Baseline Permitting, of the U.S. EPA
permitting strategy, the State Water Board issued a statewide
General Permit on November 19, 1991 that applied to all storm
water discharges requiring a permit except construction activity.
The monitoring requirements of this General Permit were amended
September 17, 1992. A separate statewide general permit has been
issued for construction activity.
To obtain authorization for continued and future storm water
discharge under this General Permit, each facility operator must
submit a Notice of Intent (NOI). This approach is consistent
with the four-tier permitting strategy described in Federal
regulations, i.e., Tier 1, Baseline Permitting. Tier 1, Baseline
Permitting, enables the State to begin reducing pollutants in
industrial storm water in the most efficient manner possible.
This General Permit generally requires facility operators to:
1. Eliminate unauthorized non-storm water discharges;
2. Develop and implement a storm water pollution prevention plan
(SWPPP); and
3. Perform monitoring of storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges.
TYPES OF STORM WATER DISCHARGES COVERED BY THIS GENERAL PERMIT
This General Permit is intended to cover all new or existing
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges
from facilities required by Federal regulations to obtain a
permit including those (1) facilities previously covered by the
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Order
No. 92-011 (as amended by Order No. 92-116), (2) facilities
designated by the Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional
Water Boards), (3) facilities whose operators seek coverage under
this General Permit, (4) and facilities required by future
U.S. EPA storm water regulations.
The General Permit is intended to cover all facilities described
in Attachment 1, whether the facility is primary or is auxiliary
to the facility operator's function. For example, although a
school district's primary function is education, a facility that
it operates for vehicle maintenance of school buses is a
transportation facility that is covered by this General Permit.
The definition of "storm water associated with industrial
activity" is provided in Attachment 4, Definition 9, of this
General Permit. Facilities that discharge storm water associated
with industrial activity requiring a General Permit are listed by
category in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Section 122.26(b)(14) (Federal Register, Volume 55 on
-IIIPages 48065-66) and in Attachment 1 of this General Permit.
facilities can be publicly or privately owned. General
descriptions of these categories are:
The
1. Facilities subject to storm water effluent limitations
guidelines, new source performance standards, or toxic
pollutant effluent standards (40 CFR Subchapter N);
2. Manufacturing facilities;
3. Mining/oil and gas facilities;
4. Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities;
5. Landfills, land application sites, and open dumps that
receive industrial waste;
6. Recycling facilities such as metal scrap yards, battery
reclaimers, salvage yards, automobile yards;
7. Steam electric generating facilities;
8. Transportation facilities that conduct any type of vehicle
maintenance such as fueling, cleaning, repairing, etc.;
9. Sewage treatment plants;
10. Construction activity (covered by a separate general
permit); and
11. Certain facilities (often referred to as "light industry")
where industrial materials, equipment, or activities are
exposed to storm water.
For the most part, these facilities are identified in the Federal
regulations by a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
Category 1 Dischargers
The following categories of facilities currently have storm water
effluent limitation guidelines for at least one of their
subcategories. They are cement manufacturing (40 CFR Part 411);
feedlots (40 CFR Part 412); fertilizer manufacturing
(40 CFR Part 418); petroleum refining (40 CFR Part 419);
phosphate manufacturing (40 CFR Part 422); steam electric power
generation (40 CFR Part 423); coal mining (40 CFR Part 434);
mineral mining and processing (40 CFR Part 436); ore mining and
dressing (40 CFR Part 440); and asphalt emulsion
(40 CFR Part 443). A facility operator whose facility falls into
one of these general categories should examine the effluent
guidelines to determine if the facility is categorized in one of
the subcategories that have storm water effluent guidelines. If
-IVa facility is classified as one of those subcategories, that
facility is subject to the standards listed in the CFR for that
category and is subject to this General Permit. This General
Permit contains additional requirements (see Section B.6.) for
facilities with storm water effluent limitations guidelines.
Category 5 Dischargers
Inactive or closed landfills, land application sites, and open
dumps that have received industrial wastes (Category 5) may be
subject to this General Permit unless the storm water discharges
from the sites are already regulated by an NPDES permit issued by
the appropriate Regional Water Board. Facility operators of
closed landfills that are regulated by waste discharge
requirements (WDRs) may be required to comply with this General
Permit. In some cases, it may be appropriate for closed
landfills to be covered by the State Water Board's General Permit
during closure activities. The Construction Activities General
Permit should cover new landfill construction. Facility
operators should contact their Regional Water Board to determine
the appropriate permit coverage.
Category 10 Dischargers
Facility operators of Category 10 (light industry) facilities are
not subject to this General Permit if they can certify that the
following minimum conditions at their facilities are met:
1. All prohibited non-storm water discharges have been
eliminated or otherwise permitted.
2. All areas of past exposure have been inspected and cleaned,
as appropriate.
3. All materials related to industrial activity (including waste
materials) are not exposed to storm water or authorized
non-storm water discharges.
4. All industrial activities and industrial equipment are not
exposed to storm water or authorized non-storm water
discharges.
5. There is no exposure of materials associated with industrial
activity through other direct or indirect pathways such as
particulates from stacks and exhaust systems.
6. There is periodic re-evaluation of the facility to ensure
Conditions 1, 3, 4, and 5 are continuously met.
Currently, facility operators that can certify that the above
conditions are met are not required to notify the State Water
-VBoard or Regional Water Board. These facility operators are
advised to retain such certification documentation on site.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the exemption
granted by U.S. EPA for storm water discharges from facilities in
Category 11 that do not have exposure and remanded the regulation
to U.S. EPA for further action. The State Water Board, at this
time, is not requiring storm water discharges from facilities in
Category 11 that do not have exposure to be covered by this
General Permit. Instead, the State Water Board will await future
U.S. EPA or court action clarifying the types of storm water
discharges that must be permitted. If necessary, the State Water
Board will reopen the General Permit to accommodate such a
clarification.
Section 1068 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991
exempts municipal agencies serving populations of less than
100,000 from Phase I permit requirements for most facilities they
operate (uncontrolled sanitary landfills, power plants, and
airports are still required to be permitted in Phase I).
Phase II of the Permit Program scheduled to begin
August 7, 2001 will cover the facilities that are exempt from
Phase I permit requirements.
TYPES OF DISCHARGES NOT COVERED BY THIS GENERAL PERMIT
1. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY: Discharges from construction activity
of five acres or more, including clearing, grading, and
excavation. A separate general permit was adopted on
August 20, 1992 for this industrial category.
2. FACILITIES WHICH HAVE NPDES PERMITS CONTAINING STORM WATER
PROVISIONS: Some storm water discharges may be regulated by
other individual or general NPDES permits issued by the State
Water Board or the Regional Water Boards. This General
Permit shall not regulate these discharges. When the
individual or general NPDES permits for such discharges
expire, the State Water Board or Regional Water Board may
authorize coverage under this General Permit or another
general NPDES permit, or may issue a new individual NPDES
permit consistent with the Federal and State storm water
regulations. Interested parties may petition the State Water
Board or appropriate Regional Water Board to issue individual
or General NPDES Permits. General Permits may be issued for
a particular industrial group or watershed area.
3. FACILITIES DETERMINED INELIGIBLE BY REGIONAL WATER BOARDS:
Regional Water Boards may determine that discharges from a
facility or groups of facilities, otherwise eligible for
coverage under this General Permit, have potential water
quality impacts that may not be appropriately addressed by
-VIthis General Permit. In such cases, a Regional Water Board
may require such discharges to be covered by an individual or
general NPDES permit. Interested persons may petition the
appropriate Regional Water Board to issue individual NPDES
permits. The applicability of this General Permit to such
discharges will be terminated upon adoption of an individual
NPDES permit or a different general NPDES permit.
4. FACILITIES WHICH DO NOT DISCHARGE STORM WATER TO WATERS OF
THE UNITED STATES: The discharges from the following
facilities are not required to be permitted:
a. FACILITIES THAT DISCHARGE STORM WATER TO MUNICIPAL
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS: Facilities that discharge storm
water to municipal sanitary sewer systems or combined
sewer systems are not required by Federal regulations to
be covered by an NPDES storm water permit or to submit an
NOI to comply with this General Permit. (It should be
noted that many municipalities have sewer use ordinances
that prohibit storm drain connections to their sanitary
sewers.)
b. FACILITIES THAT DO NOT DISCHARGE STORM WATER TO SURFACE
WATERS OR SEPARATE STORM SEWERS: Storm water that is
captured and treated and/or disposed of with the
facility's NPDES permitted process wastewater and storm
water that is disposed of to evaporation ponds,
percolation ponds, or combined sewer systems are not
required to obtain a storm water permit. To avoid
liability, the facility operator should be certain that
no discharge of storm water to surface waters would occur
under any circumstances.
5. MOST SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES: Storm water discharges from
most silvicultural activities such as thinning, harvesting
operations, surface drainage, or road construction and
maintenance are exempt from this permit. Log sorting or log
storage facilities that fall within SIC 2411 are required to
be permitted.
6. MINING AND OIL AND GAS FACILITIES: Oil and gas facilities
that have not released storm water resulting in a discharge
of a reportable quantity (RQ) for which notification is or
was required pursuant to 40 CFR Parts 110, 117, and 302 at
any time after November 19, 1987 are not required to be
permitted unless the industrial storm water discharge
contributed to a violation of a water quality standard.
Mining facilities that discharge storm water that does not
come into contact with any overburden, raw materials,
intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste
product located at the facility are not required to be
permitted. These facilities must be permitted if they have a
new release of storm water resulting in a discharge of an RQ.
-VII7. FACILITIES ON INDIAN LANDS: the U.S. EPA will regulate
Discharges from facilities on Indian lands.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Storm water discharges from facilities described in the section
titled "Types of Storm Water Discharges Covered by This General
Permit" must be covered by an NPDES permit. An NOI must be
submitted by the facility operator for each individual facility
to obtain coverage. Certification of the NOI signifies that the
facility operator intends to comply with the provisions of the
General Permit. Facility operators who have filed NOIs for the
State Water Board Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by Order
No. 92-12-DWQ) or San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board Order
No. 92-011 (as amended by Order No. 92-116) will be sent an
abbreviated NOI soon after adopting this General Permit that must
be completed and returned within 45 days of receipt. Where
operations have discontinued and significant materials remain on
site (such as at closed landfills), the landowner may be
responsible for filing an NOI and complying with this General
Permit. A landowner may also file an NOI for a facility if the
landowner, rather than the facility operator(s), is responsible
for compliance with this General Permit.
A facility operator that does not submit an NOI for a facility
must submit an application for an individual NPDES permit.
U.S. EPA's regulations [40 CFR 122.21 (a)] exclude facility
operators covered by a general permit from requirements to submit
an individual permit application unless required by the Regional
Water Board. The NOI requirements of this General Permit are
intended to establish a mechanism which can be used to establish
a clear accounting of the number of facility operators complying
with the General Permit, their identities, the nature of
operations at the facilities, and location.
All facility operators filing an NOI after the adoption of this
General Permit must comply with this General Permit. Existing
facility operators who have filed NOIs prior to the adoption of
this General Permit shall continue to complete the requirements
of the previous General Permit through June 30, 1997 including
submitting annual reports to the Regional Water Boards by
July 1, 1997. Group Leaders are required to submit a 1996-97
Group Evaluation Report by August 1, 1997.
DESCRIPTION OF GENERAL PERMIT CONDITIONS
Prohibitions
-VIIIThis General Permit authorizes storm water and authorized
non-storm water discharges from facilities that are required to
be covered by a storm water permit. This General Permit
prohibits discharges of material other than storm water (nonstorm water discharges) that are not authorized by the General
Permit and discharges containing hazardous substances in storm
water in excess of reportable quantities established at 40 CFR
117.3 and 40 CFR 302.4. Authorized non-storm water discharges
are addressed in the Special Conditions of the General Permit.
Effluent Limitations
NPDES Permits for storm water discharges must meet all applicable
provisions of Sections 301 and 402 of the CWA. These provisions
require control of pollutant discharges using best available
technology economically achievable (BAT) and best conventional
pollutant control technology (BCT) to prevent and reduce
pollutants and any more stringent controls necessary to meet
water quality standards.
U.S. EPA regulations (40 CFR Subchapter N) establish effluent
limitation guidelines for storm water discharges from facilities
in ten industrial categories. For these facilities, compliance
with the effluent limitation guidelines constitutes compliance
with BAT and BCT for the specified pollutants and must be met to
comply with this General Permit.
For storm water discharges from facilities not among the ten
industrial categories listed in 40 CFR Subchapter N, it is not
feasible at this time to establish numeric effluent limitations.
The reasons why establishment of numeric effluent limitations is
not feasible are discussed in detail in State Water Board Orders
No. WQ 91-03 and WQ 91-04. Therefore, this General Permit allows
the facility operator to implement best management practices
(BMPs) to comply with the requirements of this General Permit.
This approach is consistent with the U.S. EPA's August 1, 1996
"Interim Permitting Approach for Water Quality Based Effluent
Limitations in Storm Water Permits".
Receiving Water Limitations
Storm water discharges shall not cause or contribute to a
violation of an applicable water quality standard. The General
Permit requires facility operators to reduce or prevent
pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized non-storm
water discharges through the development and implementation of
BMPs which constitutes compliance with BAT and BCT and, in most
cases, compliance with water quality standards. If receiving
water quality standards are exceeded, facility operators are
required to submit a written report providing additional BMPs
that will be implemented to achieve water quality standards.
-IXStorm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
All facility operators must prepare, retain on site, and
implement an SWPPP. The SWPPP has two major objectives: (1) to
help identify the sources of pollution that affect the quality of
industrial storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges, and (2) to describe and ensure the implementation of
BMPs to reduce or prevent pollutants in industrial storm water
discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges.
This General Permit requires development and implementation of an
SWPPP emphasizing BMPs. This approach provides the flexibility
necessary to establish appropriate BMPs for different types of
industrial activities and pollutant sources. As this General
Permit covers vastly different types of facilities, the State
Water Board recognizes that there is no single best way of
developing or organizing an SWPPP. The SWPPP requirements
contain the essential elements that all facility operators must
consider and address in the SWPPP. This General Permit's SWPPP
requirements are more detailed than the previous general permit's
SWPPP requirements, and the suggested order of the SWPPP elements
have been rearranged (1) to correspond more closely with other
storm water permits in effect throughout the country, and (2) to
generally follow a more logical path. Facility operators that
have already developed and implemented SWPPPs under previous
general permits are required to review the SWPPP's requirements
contained in this General Permit and then review their existing
SWPPP for adequacy. If the existing SWPPP adequately identifies
and assesses all potential sources of pollutants and describes
the appropriate BMPs necessary to reduce or prevent pollutants,
the facility operator is not required to revise the existing
SWPPP.
One of the major elements of the SWPPP is the elimination of
unauthorized non-storm water discharges to the facility's storm
drain system. Unauthorized non-storm water discharges can be
generated from a wide variety of potential pollutant sources.
They include waters from the rinsing or washing of vehicles,
equipment, buildings, or pavement; materials that have been
improperly disposed of or dumped, and spilled; or leaked
materials. Unauthorized non-storm water discharges can
contribute a significant pollutant load to receiving waters.
Measures to control spills, leakage, and dumping can often be
addressed through BMPs. Unauthorized non-storm water discharges
may enter the storm drain system via conveyances such as floor
drains. All conveyances should be evaluated to determine whether
they convey unauthorized non-storm water discharges to the storm
drain system. Unauthorized non-storm water discharges (even when
commingled with storm water) shall be eliminated or covered by a
separate NPDES Permit.
There are many non-storm water discharges that, under certain
conditions, should not contain pollutants associated with
-Xindustrial activity (i.e., air conditioning condensate, potable
water line testing, landscaping overflow, etc.). Item D, Special
Conditions, provides the conditions where certain listed nonstorm water discharges are authorized by this General Permit.
Monitoring Program
The General Permit requires development and implementation of a
monitoring program. The objectives of the monitoring program are
to (1) demonstrate compliance with the General Permit, (2) aid in
the implementation of the SWPPP, and (3) measure the
effectiveness of the BMPs in reducing or preventing pollutants in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges.
All facility operators (with the exception of inactive mining
operations) are required to:
1. Perform visual observations of storm water discharges and
authorized storm water discharges.
2. Collect and analyze samples of storm water discharges.
Analysis must include pH, total suspended solids (TSS), total
organic carbon (TOC), specific conductance, toxic chemicals,
and other pollutants which are likely to be present in storm
water discharges in significant quantities, and those
parameters listed in Table D of this General Permit. The
Table D parameters are those listed in the U.S. EPA MultiSector General Permit. Facility operators subject to Federal
storm water effluent limitation guidelines in 40 CFR
Subchapter N must also sample and analyze for any pollutant
specified in the appropriate category of 40 CFR Subchapter N.
Facility operators are not required to collect samples or perform
visual observations during adverse climatic conditions. Sample
collection and visual observations are required only during
scheduled facility operating hours. Visual observations are
required only during daylight hours. Facility operators that are
unable to collect any of the required samples or visual
observations because of the above circumstances must provide
documentation to the Regional Water Board in their annual report.
Facility operators may be exempt from performing sampling and
analysis if they: (1) do not have areas of industrial activity
exposed to storm water, (2) receive an exemption from a local
agency which has jurisdiction over the storm sewer system, or
(3) receive an exemption from the appropriate Regional Water
Board. Facility operators must always perform sampling and
analysis for any pollutant specified in storm water effluent
limitation guidelines.
This General Permit contains a new procedure where facility
operators, if they meet certain minimum conditions, may certify
compliance with the General Permit and reduce the number of
-XIsampling events required to be sampled for the remaining term of
the General Permit. Each Regional Water Board may develop
instructions, guidance, and checklists to assist facility
operators to complete sampling reduction requests.
Local agencies that wish to provide sampling and analysis
exemptions or reductions to facility operators within their
jurisdiction shall develop a certification program that clearly
indicates the certification procedures and criteria used by the
local agency. At a minimum, these programs should include site
inspections, a review of the facility operator's SWPPP, and a
review of other records such as monitoring data, receiving water
data, etc. The certification program shall be approved by the
local Regional Water Board before implementation.
Alternative Monitoring
Facility operators are required to develop a facility-specific
monitoring program that satisfies both the minimum monitoring
program requirements and the objectives of the monitoring
program. Some facility operators have indicated that costeffective alternative monitoring programs can be developed that
provide equivalent or more accurate indicators of pollutants
and/or BMP performance than a monitoring program based upon the
minimum monitoring program requirements. An example of such an
alternative monitoring program would be one that identifies
sample locations at or near pollutant sources rather than
sampling an entire drainage area where the storm water discharge
has been diluted with storm water from areas with little or no
industrial activity.
The State Water Board does not want to preclude facility
operators from developing better, and perhaps more costeffective, monitoring programs. This General Permit allows
facility operators to submit alternative monitoring programs for
approval by the Regional Water Board. For individual facilities,
these proposals must be facility specific and demonstrate how the
alternative monitoring program will result in an equivalent or
more accurate indicator of pollutants and/or BMP effectiveness.
Facility operators with similar industrial activities may also
propose alternative monitoring programs for approval by the
Regional Water Boards. These proposals must demonstrate how the
alternative monitoring program will result in an equivalent or
more accurate indicator of pollutants and/or BMP effectiveness
for all of the participating facilities.
Facility operators shall continue to comply with the existing
monitoring program requirements until receiving approval by the
Regional Water Board.
-XIIGroup Monitoring
Each facility operator may either perform sampling and analysis
individually or participate in a group monitoring program. A
group monitoring program may be developed either by a group
leader representing a group of similar facilities or by a local
agency which holds a storm water permit for a municipal separate
storm sewer system for industrial facilities within its
jurisdiction. The group leader or local agency responsible for
the group monitoring program must schedule all participating
facilities to sample two storm events over the life of this
General Permit. Facility operators subject to Federal effluent
limitations guidelines in 40 CFR Subchapter N must individually
sample and analyze for pollutants listed in the appropriate
Federal regulations.
Participants within a group may be located within the
jurisdiction of more than one Regional Water Board. MultiRegional Water Board groups must receive the approval of the
State Water Board Executive Director (with the concurrence of the
appropriate Regional Water Boards).
Each group leader or local agency responsible for group sampling
must: (1) provide guidance or training so that the monitoring is
done correctly, (2) recommend appropriate BMPs to reduce or
prevent pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized nonstorm water discharges from group participants, (3) evaluate and
report the monitoring data to the State Water Board and/or the
appropriate Regional Water Board(s), and (4) conduct two on-site
inspections at each facility over the five year term of this
General Permit to evaluate facility compliance and recommend BMPs
to achieve compliance with this General Permit. The group leader
or local agency may designate, hire, or train inspectors to
conduct these inspections that are or are not directly affiliated
with the group leader or local agency. It is the group leader's
or local agency's responsibility to select inspectors that are
capable of evaluating each facility's compliance with the General
Permit and can recommend appropriate BMPs. All group monitoring
plans are subject to State Water Board and/or Regional Water
Board(s) review. Consistent with the four-tier permitting
strategy described in the Federal regulations, the Regional Water
Board(s) may evaluate the data and results from group monitoring
to establish future permitting decisions. As appropriate, the
State Water Board and/or the Regional Water Board(s) may
terminate or require substantial amendment to the group
monitoring plans. The State Water Board and/or the Regional
Water Board(s) may terminate a facility's participation in group
monitoring or require additional monitoring activities.
Retention of Records
-XIIIThe facility operator is required to retain records of all
monitoring information, copies of all reports required by this
General Permit, and records of all data used to complete the NOI
for a period of five years from the date of measurement, report,
or monitoring activity. This period may be extended by the State
and/or Regional Water Boards. All records are public documents
and must be provided to the Regional Water Boards on request.
Watershed Management
The State and Regional Water Boards are undertaking a focussed
effort in watershed management throughout the State. In
reissuing this General Permit, the State Water Board recognizes
both the evolving nature of watershed management and the longterm desirability of structuring monitoring programs to support
the Watershed Management Initiative. Therefore, the amended
monitoring and reporting provisions provide flexibility for
individual facility operators or groups of facility operators to
propose and participate in, subject to Regional Water Board
approval, watershed monitoring programs in lieu of some or all of
the monitoring requirements contained in this General Permit.
Facility Operator Compliance Responsibilities
This General Permit has been written to encourage individual
facility operators to develop their own SWPPP and monitoring
programs. Many facility operators, however, choose to obtain
compliance assistance either by hiring a consultant on an
individual basis or by participating in a group monitoring plan.
Regardless of how a facility operator chooses to pursue
compliance, it is the facility operator that is responsible for
compliance with this General Permit.
The State Water Board recognizes that industrial activities and
operating conditions at many facilities change over time. In
addition, new and more effective BMPs are being developed by
various facility operators and by industrial groups. The SWPPP
and monitoring program requirements include various inspections,
reviews, and observations all of which recognize, encourage, and
mandate an iterative self-evaluation process that is necessary to
consistently comply with this General Permit. In general,
facility operators that develop and implement SWPPPs that comply
with this General Permit should not be penalized when discovering
minor violations through this iterative self-evaluation process.
The General Permit provides facility operators up to 90 days to
revise and implement the SWPPP to correct such violations.
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (STATE WATER BOARD)
WATER QUALITY ORDER NO. 97-03-DWQ
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
GENERAL PERMIT NO. CAS000001 (GENERAL PERMIT)
WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS (WDRS)
FOR
DISCHARGES OF STORM WATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES
EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
The State Water Board finds that:
1.
Federal regulations for storm water discharges were issued
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) on
November 16, 1990 (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR]
Parts 122, 123, and 124). The regulations require operators
of specific categories of facilities where discharges of
storm water associated with industrial activity (storm
water) occur to obtain an NPDES permit and to implement Best
Available Technology Economically Achievable (BAT) and Best
Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (BCT) to reduce or
prevent pollutants associated with industrial activity in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm discharges.
2.
This General Permit shall regulate storm water discharges
and authorized non-storm water discharges from specific
categories of industrial facilities identified in
Attachment 1, storm water discharges and authorized nonstorm water discharges from facilities as designated by the
Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water
Boards), and storm water discharges and authorized non-storm
water discharges from other facilities seeking General
Permit coverage. This General Permit may also regulate
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges from facilities as required by U.S. EPA
regulations. This General Permit shall regulate storm water
discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges
previously regulated by San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Board Order, No.92-11 (as amended by Order No. 92-116).
This General Permit excludes storm water discharges and nonstorm water discharges that are regulated by other
individual or general NPDES permits, storm water discharges
and non-storm water discharges from construction activities,
and storm water discharges and non-storm water discharges
excluded by the Regional Water Boards for coverage by this
General Permit. Attachment 2 contains the addresses and
telephone numbers of each Regional Water Board office.
3.
To obtain
non-storm
operators
Notice of
coverage for storm water discharges and authorized
water discharges pursuant to this General Permit,
of facilities (facility operators) must submit a
Intent (NOI), in accordance with the Attachment 3
-2instructions, and appropriate annual fee to the State Water
Board. This includes facility operators that have
participated in U.S. EPA's group application process.
4.
This General Permit does not preempt or supersede the
authority of local agencies to prohibit, restrict, or control
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges to storm drain systems or other water-courses
within their jurisdictions as allowed by State and Federal
law.
5.
If an individual NPDES permit is issued to a facility
operator otherwise subject to this General Permit or an
alternative NPDES general permit is subsequently adopted
which covers storm water discharges and/or authorized nonstorm water discharges regulated by this General Permit, the
applicability of this General Permit to such discharges is
automatically terminated on the effective date of the
individual NPDES permit or the date of approval for coverage
under the subsequent NPDES general permit.
6.
Effluent limitations and toxic and effluent standards
established in Sections 208(b), 301, 302, 303(d), 304, 306,
307, and 403 of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA), as
amended, are applicable to storm water discharges and
authorized non-storm water discharges regulated by this
General Permit.
7.
This action to adopt an NPDES general permit is exempt from
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
(Public Resources Code Section 21100, et seq.) in accordance
with Section 13389 of the California Water Code.
8.
Federal regulations (40 CFR Subchapter N) establish effluent
limitations guidelines for storm water discharges from some
facilities in ten industrial categories.
9.
For facilities which do not have established effluent
limitation guidelines for storm water discharges in 40 CFR
Subchapter N, it is not feasible at this time to establish
numeric effluent limitations. This is due to the large
number of discharges and the complex nature of storm water
discharges. This is also consistent with the U.S. EPA's
August 1, 1996 "Interim Permitting Approach for Water Quality
Based Effluent Limitations in Storm Water Permits."
10.
Facility operators are required to comply with the terms and
conditions of this General Permit. Compliance with the terms
and conditions of this General Permit constitutes compliance
with BAT/BCT requirements and with requirements to achieve
water quality standards. This includes the development and
implementation of an effective Storm Water Pollution
Prevention Plan (SWPPP) to reduce or prevent pollutants
associated with industrial activity in storm water discharges
and authorized non-storm water discharges.
-311.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce or prevent
pollutants associated with industrial activity in storm water
discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges are
appropriate where numeric effluent limitations are
infeasible, and the implementation of BMPs is adequate to
achieve compliance with BAT/BCT and with water quality
standards.
12.
The State Water Board has adopted a Watershed Management
Initiative that encourages watershed management throughout
the State. This General Permit recognizes the Watershed
Management Initiative by supporting the development of
watershed monitoring programs authorized by the Regional
Water Boards.
13.
Following adoption of this General Permit, the Regional Water
Boards shall enforce its provisions.
14.
Following public notice in accordance with State and Federal
laws and regulations, the State Water Board held a public
hearing on November 12, 1996 and heard and considered all
comments pertaining to this General Permit. A response to
all significant comments has been prepared and is available
for public review.
15.
This Order is an NPDES General Permit in compliance with
Section 402 of the CWA and shall take effect upon adoption by
the State Water Board.
16.
All terms that are defined in the CWA, U.S. EPA storm water
regulations and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
will have the same definition in this General Permit unless
otherwise stated.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all facility operators required to be
regulated by this General Permit shall comply with the following:
A.
DISCHARGE PROHIBITIONS:
1.
Except as allowed in Special Conditions (D.1.) of this
General Permit, materials other than storm water (non-storm
water discharges) that discharge either directly or
indirectly to waters of the United States are prohibited.
Prohibited non-storm water discharges must be either
eliminated or permitted by a separate NPDES permit.
2.
B.
1.
Storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges shall not cause or threaten to cause pollution,
contamination, or nuisance.
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS:
Storm water discharges from facilities subject to storm water
effluent limitation guidelines in Federal regulations (40 CFR
-4Subchapter N) shall not exceed the specified effluent
limitations.
2.
Storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges regulated by this General Permit shall not contain
a hazardous substance equal to or in excess of a reportable
quantity listed in 40 CFR Part 117 and/or 40 CFR Part 302.
3.
Facility operators covered by this General Permit must reduce
or prevent pollutants associated with industrial activity in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges through implementation of BAT for toxic and nonconventional pollutants and BCT for conventional pollutants.
Development and implementation of an SWPPP that complies with
the requirements in Section A of the General Permit and that
includes BMPs that achieve BAT/BCT constitutes compliance
with this requirement.
C.
RECEIVING WATER LIMITATIONS:
1.
Storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges to any surface or ground water shall not
adversely impact human health or the environment.
2.
Storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges shall not cause or contribute to an
exceedance of any applicable water quality standards
contained in a Statewide Water Quality Control Plan or
the applicable Regional Water Board's Basin Plan.
3.
A facility operator will not be in violation of
Receiving Water Limitation C.2. as long as the facility
operator has implemented BMPs that achieve BAT/BCT and
the following procedure is followed:
a.
b.
The facility operator shall submit a report to the
appropriate Regional Water Board that describes the
BMPs that are currently being implemented and
additional BMPs that will be implemented to prevent
or reduce any pollutants that are causing or
contributing to the exceedance of water quality
standards. The report shall include an
implementation schedule. The Regional Water Board
may require modifications to the report.
Following approval of the report described above by
the Regional Water Board, the facility operator
shall revise its SWPPP and monitoring program to
incorporate the additional BMPs that have been and
will be implemented, the implementation schedule,
and any additional monitoring required.
4. A facility operator shall be in violation of this General
Permit if he/she fails to do any of the following:
-5a.
b.
Submit a report that is approved by the Regional
Water Board; or
c.
D.
Submit the report described above within 60 days after
either the facility operator or the Regional Water
Board determines that discharges are causing or
contributing to an exceedance of an applicable water
quality standard;
Revise its SWPPP and monitoring program as required
by the approved report.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1.
Non-Storm Water Discharges
a.
The following non-storm water discharges are
authorized by this General Permit provided that they
satisfy the conditions specified in Paragraph b.
below: fire hydrant flushing; potable water
sources, including potable water related to the
operation, maintenance, or testing of potable water
systems; drinking fountain water; atmospheric
condensates including refrigeration, air
conditioning, and compressor condensate; irrigation
drainage; landscape watering; springs; ground water;
foundation or footing drainage; and sea water
infiltration where the sea waters are discharged
back into the sea water source.
b.
The non-storm water discharges as provided in
Paragraph a. above are authorized by this General
Permit if all the following conditions are met:
i.
The non-storm water discharges are in
compliance with Regional Water Board
requirements.
ii. The non-storm water discharges are in
compliance with local agency ordinances
and/or requirements.
iii. BMPs are specifically included in the SWPPP
to (1) prevent or reduce the contact of nonstorm water discharges with significant
materials or equipment and (2) minimize, to
the extent practicable, the flow or volume of
non-storm water discharges.
iv.
The non-storm water discharges do not contain
significant quantities of pollutants.
v.
The monitoring program includes quarterly
visual observations of each non-storm water
discharge and its sources to ensure that BMPs
are being implemented and are effective.
-6vi.
The non-storm water discharges are reported
and described annually as part of the annual
report.
c. The Regional Water Board or its designee may establish
additional monitoring programs and reporting
requirements for any non-storm water discharge
authorized by this General Permit.
d. Discharges from firefighting activities are authorized
by this General Permit and are not subject to the
conditions of Paragraph b. above.
E.
PROVISIONS
1. All facility operators seeking coverage by this General
Permit must submit an NOI for each of the facilities they
operate. Facility operators filing an NOI after the
adoption of this General Permit shall use the NOI form and
instructions (Attachment 3) attached to this General
Permit. Existing facility operators who have filed an NOI
pursuant to State Water Board Order
No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by Order No. 92-12-DWQ) or
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board Order No. 92-11 (as
amended by Order No. 92-116) shall submit an abbreviated
NOI form provided by the State Water Board. The
abbreviated NOI form shall be submitted within 45 days of
receipt.
2. Facility operators who have filed an NOI, pursuant to
State Water Board Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by
Order No. 92-12-DWQ) or San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Board Order No. 92-11 (as amended by Order No. 92-116),
shall continue to implement their existing SWPPP and shall
implement any necessary revisions to their SWPPP in
accordance with Section A of this General Permit in a
timely manner, but in no case later than August 1, 1997.
Facility operators beginning industrial activities after
adoption of this General Permit must develop and implement
an SWPPP in accordance with Section A of this General
Permit when the industrial activities begin.
3.
Facility operators who have filed an NOI, pursuant to
State Water Board Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by
Order No. 92-12-DWQ) or San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Board Order No. 92-11 (as amended by Order No. 92-116),
shall continue to implement their existing Monitoring
Program and shall implement any necessary revisions to
their Monitoring Program in accordance with Section B of
the General Permit in a timely manner, but in no case
later than August 1, 1997. Facility operators beginning
industrial activities after adoption of this General
Permit must develop and implement a Monitoring Program in
-7accordance with Section B of this General Permit when
industrial activities begin.
4. Facility operators of feedlots as defined in 40 CFR Part
412 that are in full compliance with Section 2560 to
Section 2565, Title 23, California Code of Regulations
(Chapter 15) will be in compliance with all effluent
limitations and prohibitions contained in this General
Permit. Facility operators of feedlots that comply with
Chapter 15, however, must perform monitoring in compliance
with the requirements of Section B.4.d. and B.14. of this
General Permit. Facility operators of feedlots must also
comply with any Regional Water Board WDRs or NPDES general
permit regulating their storm water discharges.
5. All facility operators must comply with lawful
requirements of municipalities, counties, drainage
districts, and other local agencies regarding storm water
discharges and non-storm water discharges entering storm
drain systems or other watercourses under their
jurisdiction, including applicable requirements in
municipal storm water management programs developed to
comply with NPDES permits issued by the Regional Water
Boards to local agencies.
6.
All facility operators must comply with the standard
provisions and reporting requirements for each facility
covered by this General Permit contained in Section C,
Standard Provisions.
7.
Facility operators that operate facilities with
co-located industrial activities (facilities that have
industrial activities that meet more than one of the
descriptions in Attachment 1) that are contiguous to
one another are authorized to file a single NOI to
comply with the General Permit. Storm water discharges
and authorized non-storm water discharges from the colocated industrial activities are authorized if the SWPPP
and Monitoring Program addresses each co-located
industrial activity.
8.
Upon reissuance of a successor NPDES general permit by the
State Water Board, the facility operators subject to this
reissued General Permit may be required to file an NOI.
9.
Facility operators may request to terminate their coverage
under this General Permit by filing a Notice of
Termination (NOT) with the Regional Water Board. The NOT
shall provide all documentation requested by the Regional
Water Board. The facility operator will be notified when
the NOT has been approved. Should the NOT be denied,
facility operators are responsible for continued
compliance with the requirements of this General Permit.
-810. Facility operators who have filed an NOI, pursuant to
State Water Board Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by
Order No. 92-12) or San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board
Order No. 92-11 (as amended by Order No. 92-116) shall:
a.
Complete the 1996-97 activities required by those
general permits. These include, but are not limited
to, conducting any remaining visual observations,
sample collection, annual site inspection, annual
report submittal, and (for group monitoring leaders)
Group Evaluation Reports; and
b.
Comply with the requirements of this General Permit
no later than August 1, 1997.
11. If the Regional Water Board determines that a discharge
may be causing or contributing to an exceedance of any
applicable water quality standards contained in a
Statewide Water Quality Control Plan or the applicable
Regional Water Board's Basin Plan, the Regional Water
Board may order the facility operator to comply with the
requirements described in Receiving Water
Limitation C.3. The facility operator shall comply with
the requirements within the time schedule established by
the Regional Water Board.
12. If the facility operator determines that its storm water
discharges or authorized non-storm water discharges are
causing or contributing to an exceedance of any
applicable water quality standards, the facility operator
shall comply with the requirements described in Receiving
Water Limitation C.3.
13. State Water Board Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by
Order No. 92-12-DWQ) and San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Board Order No. 91-011 (as amended by Order
No. 92-116) are hereby rescinded.
F.
REGIONAL WATER BOARD AUTHORITIES
1. Following adoption of this General Permit, Regional Water
Boards shall:
a.
Implement the provisions of this General Permit,
including, but not limited to, reviewing SWPPPs,
reviewing annual reports, conducting compliance
inspections, and taking enforcement actions.
b.
Issue other NPDES general permits or individual NPDES
storm water permits as they deem appropriate to
individual facility operators, facility operators of
specific categories of industrial activities, or
facility operators in a watershed or geographic area.
Upon issuance of such NPDES permits by a Regional Water
Board, the affected facility operator shall no longer
-9be regulated by this General Permit. Any new NPDES
permit issued by the Regional Water Board may contain
different requirements than the requirements of this
General Permit.
2. Regional Water Boards may provide guidance to facility
operators on the SWPPP and the Monitoring Program and
reporting implementation.
3. Regional Water Boards may require facility operators to
conduct additional SWPPP and Monitoring Program and
reporting activities necessary to achieve compliance with
this General Permit.
4. Regional Water Boards may approve requests from facility
operators whose facilities include co-located industrial
activities that are not contiguous within the facilities
(e.g., some military bases) to comply with this General
Permit under a single NOI. Storm water discharges and
authorized non-storm water discharges from the co-located
industrial activities and from other sources within the
facility that may generate significant quantities of
pollutants are authorized provided the SWPPP and Monitoring
Program addresses each co-located industrial activity and
other sources that may generate significant quantities of
pollutants.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the State Water
Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and
correct copy of an order duly and regularly adopted at a meeting
of the State Water Resources Control Board held on
April 17, 1997.
AYE:
John P. Caffrey
John W. Brown
James M. Stubchaer
Marc Del Piero
Mary Jane Forster
NO:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN: None
Maureen Marché
-10Administrative Assistant to the Board
-11SECTION A:
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN REQUIREMENTS
1. Implementation Schedule
A storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) shall be
developed and implemented for each facility covered by this
General Permit in accordance with the following schedule.
a.
Facility operators beginning industrial activities
before October 1, 1992 shall develop and implement the
SWPPP no later than October 1, 1992. Facility operators
beginning industrial activities after October 1, 1992
shall develop and implement the SWPPP when industrial
activities begin.
b.
Existing facility operators that submitted a Notice of
Intent (NOI), pursuant to State Water Resources Control
Board (State Water Board) Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as
amended by Order No. 92-12) or San Francisco Bay
Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water
Board) Order No. 92-11 (as amended by Order
No. 92-116), shall continue to implement their existing
SWPPP and shall implement any necessary revisions to
their SWPPP in a timely manner, but in no case later
than August 1, 1997.
2. Objectives
The SWPPP has two major objectives: (a) to identify and
evaluate sources of pollutants associated with industrial
activities that may affect the quality of storm water
discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges from
the facility; and (b) to identify and implement sitespecific best management practices (BMPs) to reduce or
prevent pollutants associated with industrial activities in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges. BMPs may include a variety of pollution
prevention measures or other low-cost and pollution control
measures. They are generally categorized as non-structural
BMPs (activity schedules, prohibitions of practices,
maintenance procedures, and other low-cost measures) and as
structural BMPs (treatment measures, run-off controls, overhead coverage.) To achieve these objectives, facility
operators should consider the five phase process for SWPPP
development and implementation as shown in Table A.
The SWPPP requirements are designed to be sufficiently
flexible to meet the needs of various facilities. SWPPP
requirements that are not applicable to a facility should
not be included in the SWPPP.
-12A facility's SWPPP is a written document that shall contain
a compliance activity schedule, a description of industrial
activities and pollutant sources, descriptions of BMPs,
drawings, maps, and relevant copies or references of parts of
other plans. The SWPPP shall be revised whenever appropriate
and shall be readily available for review by facility
employees or Regional Water Board inspectors.
3. Planning and Organization
a. Pollution Prevention Team
The SWPPP shall identify a specific individual or
individuals and their positions within the facility
organization as members of a storm water pollution
prevention team responsible for developing the SWPPP,
assisting the facility manager in SWPPP implementation and
revision, and conducting all monitoring program activities
required in Section B of this General Permit. The SWPPP
shall clearly identify the General Permit related
responsibilities, duties, and activities of each team
member. For small facilities, storm water pollution
prevention teams may consist of one individual where
appropriate.
b. Review Other Requirements and Existing Facility Plans
The SWPPP may incorporate or reference the appropriate
elements of other regulatory requirements. Facility
operators should review all local, State, and Federal
requirements that impact, complement, or are consistent
with the requirements of this General Permit. Facility
operators should identify any existing facility plans that
contain storm water pollutant control measures or relate to
the requirements of this General Permit. As examples,
facility operators whose facilities are subject to Federal
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures' requirements
should already have instituted a plan to control spills of
certain hazardous materials. Similarly, facility operators
whose facilities are subject to air quality related permits
and regulations may already have evaluated industrial
activities that generate dust or particulates.
4.
Site Map
The SWPPP shall include a site map. The site map shall be
provided on an 8-½ x 11 inch or larger sheet and include
notes, legends, and other data as appropriate to ensure that
the site map is clear and understandable. If necessary,
facility operators may provide the required information on
multiple site maps.
TABLE A
FIVE PHASES FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING INDUSTRIAL
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANS
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PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION
*Form Pollution Prevention Team
*Review other plans
ASSESSMENT PHASE
*Develop a site map
*Identify potential pollutant sources
*Inventory of materials and chemicals
*List significant spills and leaks
*Identify non-storm water discharges
*Assess pollutant Risks
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IDENTIFICATION PHASE
*Non-structural BMPs
*Structural BMPs
*Select activity and site-specific BMPs
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
*Train employees
*Implement BMPs
*Conduct recordkeeping and reporting
EVALUATION / MONITORING
*Conduct annual site evaluation
*Review monitoring information
*Evaluate BMPs
*Review and revise SWPPP
The following information shall be included on the site map:
a.
The facility boundaries; the outline of all storm water
drainage areas within the facility boundaries; portions of
the drainage area impacted by run-on from surrounding
areas; and direction of flow of each drainage area,
onsite surface water bodies, and areas of soil erosion. The
map shall also identify nearby water bodies (such as
rivers, lakes, and ponds) and municipal storm drain inlets
-14where the facility's storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges may be received.
b.
The location of the storm water collection and conveyance
system, associated points of discharge, and direction of
flow. Include any structural control measures that affect
storm water discharges, authorized non-storm water
discharges, and run-on. Examples of structural control
measures are catch basins, berms, detention ponds,
secondary containment, oil/water separators, diversion
barriers, etc.
c.
An outline of all impervious areas of the facility,
including paved areas, buildings, covered storage areas,
or other roofed structures.
d.
Locations where materials are directly exposed to
precipitation and the locations where significant spills
or leaks identified in Section A.6.a.iv. below have
occurred.
e.
Areas of industrial activity. This shall include the
locations of all storage areas and storage tanks, shipping
and receiving areas, fueling areas, vehicle and equipment
storage/maintenance areas, material handling and
processing areas, waste treatment and disposal areas, dust
or particulate generating areas, cleaning and rinsing
areas, and other areas of industrial activity which are
potential pollutant sources.
5. List of Significant Materials
The SWPPP shall include a list of significant materials
handled and stored at the site. For each material on the
list, describe the locations where the material is being
stored, received, shipped, and handled, as well as the
typical quantities and frequency. Materials shall include
raw materials, intermediate products, final or finished
products, recycled materials, and waste or disposed
materials.
6. Description of Potential Pollutant Sources
a. The SWPPP shall include a narrative description of the
facility's industrial activities, as identified in Section
A.4.e above, associated potential pollutant sources, and
potential pollutants that could be discharged in storm
water discharges or authorized non-storm water discharges.
At a minimum, the following items related to a facility's
industrial activities shall be considered:
-15i.
Industrial Processes
Describe each industrial process, the type,
characteristics, and quantity of significant
materials used in or resulting from the process, and
a description of the manufacturing, cleaning,
rinsing, recycling, disposal, or other activities
related to the process. Where applicable, areas
protected by containment structures and the
corresponding containment capacity shall be described.
ii. Material Handling and Storage Areas
Describe each handling and storage area, type,
characteristics, and quantity of significant materials
handled or stored, description of the shipping,
receiving, and loading procedures, and the spill or
leak prevention and response procedures. Where
applicable, areas protected by containment structures
and the corresponding containment capacity shall be
described.
iii. Dust and Particulate Generating Activities
Describe all industrial activities that generate dust
or particulates that may be deposited within the
facility's boundaries and identify their discharge
locations; the characteristics of dust and particulate
pollutants; the approximate quantity of dust and
particulate pollutants that may be deposited within
the facility boundaries; and a description of the
primary areas of the facility where dust and
particulate pollutants would settle.
iv. Significant Spills and Leaks
Describe materials that have spilled or leaked in
significant quantities in storm water discharges or
non-storm water discharges since April 17, 1994.
Include toxic chemicals (listed in 40 CFR, Part 302)
that have been discharged to storm water as reported
on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
Form R, and oil and hazardous substances in excess of
reportable quantities (see 40 Code of Federal
Regulations [CFR], Parts 110, 117, and 302).
The description shall include the type,
characteristics, and approximate quantity of the
material spilled or leaked, the cleanup or remedial
actions that have occurred or are planned, the
approximate remaining quantity of materials that may
be exposed to storm water or non-storm water
-16discharges, and the preventative measures taken to
ensure spill or leaks do not reoccur. Such list
shall be updated as appropriate during the term of
this General Permit.
v.
Non-Storm Water Discharges
Facility operators shall investigate the facility to
identify all non-storm water discharges and their
sources. As part of this investigation, all drains
(inlets and outlets) shall be evaluated to identify
whether they connect to the storm drain system.
All non-storm water discharges shall be described.
This shall include the source, quantity, frequency,
and characteristics of the non-storm water discharges
and associated drainage area.
Non-storm water discharges that contain significant
quantities of pollutants or that do not meet the
conditions provided in Special Conditions D. are
prohibited by this General Permit (Examples of
prohibited non-storm water discharges are contact and
non-contact cooling water, boiler blowdown, rinse
water, wash water, etc.). Non-storm water discharges
that meet the conditions provided in Special
Condition D. are authorized by this General Permit.
The SWPPP must include BMPs to prevent or reduce
contact of non-storm water discharges with
significant materials or equipment.
vi. Soil Erosion
Describe the facility locations where soil erosion may
occur as a result of industrial activity, storm water
discharges associated with industrial activity, or
authorized non-storm water discharges.
b. The SWPPP shall include a summary of all areas of
industrial activities, potential pollutant sources, and
potential pollutants. This information should be
summarized similar to Table B. The last column of
Table B, "Control Practices", should be completed in
accordance with Section A.8. below.
7. Assessment of Potential Pollutant Sources
a. The SWPPP shall include a narrative assessment of all
industrial activities and potential pollutant sources as
described in A.6. above to determine:
i.
Which areas of the facility are likely sources of
-17pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges, and
ii. Which pollutants are likely to be present in storm
water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges. Facility operators shall consider and
evaluate various factors when performing this
assessment such as current storm water BMPs;
quantities of significant materials handled,
produced, stored, or disposed of; likelihood of
exposure to storm water or authorized non-storm water
discharges; history of spill or leaks; and run-on
from outside sources.
b. Facility operators shall summarize the areas of the
facility that are likely sources of pollutants and the
corresponding pollutants that are likely to be present in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges.
Facility operators are required to develop and implement
additional BMPs as appropriate and necessary to prevent or
reduce pollutants associated with each pollutant source.
The BMPs will be narratively described in Section 8 below.
8. Storm Water Best Management Practices
The SWPPP shall include a narrative description of the storm
water BMPs to be implemented at the facility for each
potential pollutant and its source identified in the site
assessment phase (Sections A.6. and 7. above). The BMPs
shall be developed and implemented to reduce or prevent
pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized non-storm
water discharges. Each pollutant and its source may require
one or more BMPs. Some BMPs may be implemented for multiple
pollutants and their sources, while other BMPs will be
implemented for a very specific pollutant and its source.
Vehicle &
Equipment
Fueling
Area
Fueling
Activity
EXAMPLE
TABLE B
fuel oil
fuel oil
fuel oil
fuel oil
fuel oil
Spills caused by
topping off fuel tanks
Hosing or washing down
fuel area
Leaking storage tanks
Rainfall running off
fueling area, and
rainfall running onto
and off fueling area
Pollutant
Spills and leaks
during delivery
Pollutant Source
Minimize run-on of storm water into the
fueling area
Cover fueling area
Use dry cleanup methods rather than
hosing down area
Implement proper spill prevention
control program
Implement adequate preventative
maintenance program to preventive tank
and line leaks
Inspect fueling areas regularly to
detect problems before they occur
Train employees on proper fueling,
cleanup, and spill response techniques.
-
-
Use spill and overflow protection
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Best Management Practices
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL POLLUTION SOURCES AND
CORRESPONDING BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUMMARY
-18-
-19The description of the BMPs shall identify the BMPs as
(1) existing BMPs, (2) existing BMPs to be revised and
implemented, or (3) new BMPs to be implemented. The description
shall also include a discussion on the effectiveness of each BMP
to reduce or prevent pollutants in storm water discharges and
authorized non-storm water discharges. The SWPPP shall provide
a summary of all BMPs implemented for each pollutant source.
This information should be summarized similar to Table B.
Facility operators shall consider the following BMPs for
implementation at the facility:
a.
Non-Structural BMPs
Non-structural BMPs generally consist of processes,
prohibitions, procedures, schedule of activities, etc., that
prevent pollutants associated with industrial activity from
contacting with storm water discharges and authorized nonstorm water discharges. They are considered low technology,
cost-effective measures. Facility operators should consider
all possible non-structural BMPs options before considering
additional structural BMPs (see Section A.8.b. below). Below
is a list of non-structural BMPs that should be considered:
i.
Good Housekeeping
Good housekeeping generally consist of practical
procedures to maintain a clean and orderly facility.
ii.
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive maintenance includes the regular
inspection and maintenance of structural storm water
controls (catch basins, oil/water separators, etc.)
as well as other facility equipment and systems.
iii.
Spill Response
This includes spill clean-up procedures and necessary
clean-up equipment based upon the quantities and
locations of significant materials that may spill or
leak.
iv.
Material Handling and Storage
This includes all procedures to minimize the
potential for spills and leaks and to minimize
exposure of significant materials to storm water and
authorized non-storm water discharges.
-20v.
Employee Training
This includes training of personnel who are
responsible for (1) implementing activities
identified in the SWPPP, (2) conducting inspections,
sampling, and visual observations, and (3) managing
storm water. Training should address topics such as
spill response, good housekeeping, and material
handling procedures, and actions necessary to
implement all BMPs identified in the SWPPP. The
SWPPP shall identify periodic dates for such
training. Records shall be maintained of all
training sessions held.
vi.
Waste Handling/Recycling
This includes the procedures or processes to handle,
store, or dispose of waste materials or recyclable
materials.
vii.
Recordkeeping and Internal Reporting
This includes the procedures to ensure that all
records of inspections, spills, maintenance
activities, corrective actions, visual observations,
etc., are developed, retained, and provided, as
necessary, to the appropriate facility personnel.
viii.
Erosion Control and Site Stabilization
This includes a description of all sediment and
erosion control activities. This may include the
planting and maintenance of vegetation, diversion of
run-on and runoff, placement of sandbags, silt
screens, or other sediment control devices, etc.
ix.
Inspections
This includes, in addition to the preventative
maintenance inspections identified above, an
inspection schedule of all potential pollutant
sources. Tracking and follow-up procedures shall be
described to ensure adequate corrective actions are
taken and SWPPPs are made.
x.
Quality Assurance
This includes the procedures to ensure that all
elements of the SWPPP and Monitoring Program are
adequately conducted.
-21b. Structural BMPs
Where non-structural BMPs as identified in Section A.8.a.
above are not effective, structural BMPs shall be
considered. Structural BMPs generally consist of
structural devices that reduce or prevent pollutants in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges. Below is a list of structural BMPs that
should be considered:
i.
Overhead Coverage
This includes structures that provide horizontal
coverage of materials, chemicals, and pollutant
sources from contact with storm water and authorized
non-storm water discharges.
ii.
Retention Ponds
This includes basins, ponds, surface impoundments,
bermed areas, etc. that do not allow storm water to
discharge from the facility.
iii. Control Devices
This includes berms or other devices that channel or
route run-on and runoff away from pollutant sources.
iv.
Secondary Containment Structures
This generally includes containment structures
around storage tanks and other areas for the purpose
of collecting any leaks or spills.
v.
Treatment
This includes inlet controls, infiltration devices,
oil/water separators, detention ponds, vegetative
swales, etc. that reduce the pollutants in storm
water discharges and authorized non-storm water
discharges.
9.
Annual Comprehensive Site Compliance Evaluation
The facility operator shall conduct one comprehensive site
compliance evaluation (evaluation) in each reporting
period (July 1-June 30). Evaluations shall be conducted
within 8-16 months of each other. The SWPPP shall be
revised, as appropriate, and the revisions implemented
within 90 days of the evaluation. Evaluations shall
include the following:
-22a.
b.
A visual inspection of all potential pollutant sources
for evidence of, or the potential for, pollutants
entering the drainage system.
c.
A review and evaluation of all BMPs (both structural
and non-structural) to determine whether the BMPs are
adequate, properly implemented and maintained, or
whether additional BMPs are needed. A visual
inspection of equipment needed to implement the SWPPP,
such as spill response equipment, shall be included.
d.
10.
A review of all visual observation records, inspection
records, and sampling and analysis results.
An evaluation report that includes, (i) identification
of personnel performing the evaluation, (ii) the
date(s) of the evaluation, (iii) necessary SWPPP
revisions, (iv) schedule, as required in Section
A.10.e, for implementing SWPPP revisions, (v) any
incidents of non-compliance and the corrective actions
taken, and (vi) a certification that the facility
operator is in compliance with this General Permit. If
the above certification cannot be provided, explain in
the evaluation report why the facility operator is not
in compliance with this General Permit. The evaluation
report shall be submitted as part of the annual report,
retained for at least five years, and signed and
certified in accordance with Standard Provisions 9. and
10. of Section C. of this General Permit.
SWPPP General Requirements
a.
b.
The SWPPP shall be retained on site and made available
upon request of a representative of the Regional Water
Board and/or local storm water management agency
(local agency) which receives the storm water
discharges.
The Regional Water Board and/or local agency may
notify the facility operator when the SWPPP does not
meet one or more of the minimum requirements of this
Section. As requested by the Regional Water Board
and/or local agency, the facility operator shall
submit an SWPPP revision and implementation schedule
that meets the minimum requirements of this section to
the Regional Water Board and/or local agency that
requested the SWPPP revisions. Within 14 days after
implementing the required SWPPP revisions, the
facility operator shall provide written certification
to the Regional Water Board and/or local agency that
the revisions have been implemented.
-23c.
The SWPPP shall be revised, as appropriate, and
implemented prior to changes in industrial activities
which (i) may significantly increase the quantities of
pollutants in storm water discharge, (ii) cause a new
area of industrial activity at the facility to be
exposed to storm water, or (iii) begin an industrial
activity which would introduce a new pollutant source
at the facility.
d.
Other than as provided in Provisions B.11, B.12, and
E.2 of the General Permit, the SWPPP shall be revised
and implemented in a timely manner, but in no case
more than 90 days after a facility operator determines
that the SWPPP is in violation of any requirement(s)
of this General Permit.
e.
When any part of the SWPPP is infeasible to implement
by the deadlines specified in Provision E.2 or
Sections A.1, A.9, A.10.c, and A.10.d of this General
Permit due to proposed significant structural changes,
the facility operator shall submit a report to the
Regional Water Board prior to the applicable deadline
that (i) describes the portion of the SWPPP that is
infeasible to implement by the deadline, (ii) provides
justification for a time extension, (iii) provides a
schedule for completing and implementing that portion
of the SWPPP, and (iv) describes the BMPs that will be
implemented in the interim period to reduce or prevent
pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges. Such reports are subject
to Regional Water Board approval and/or modifications.
Facility operators shall provide written notification
to the Regional Water Board within 14 days after the
SWPPP revisions are implemented.
f.
The SWPPP shall be provided, upon request, to the
Regional Water Board. The SWPPP is considered a
report that shall be available to the public by the
Regional Water Board under Section 308(b) of the Clean
Water Act.
-24SECTION B.
MONITORING PROGRAM AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Implementation Schedule
Each facility operator shall develop a written monitoring
program for each facility covered by this General Permit in
accordance with the following schedule:
a. Facility operators beginning industrial activities before
October 1, 1992 shall develop and implement a monitoring
program no later than October 1, 1992. Facility
operators beginning operations after October 1, 1992
shall develop and implement a monitoring program when the
industrial activities begin.
b. Facility operators that submitted a Notice Of Intent
(NOI) pursuant to State Water Resources Control Board
(State Water Board) Order No. 91-013-DWQ (as amended by
Order No. 92-12) or San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) Order
No. 92-11 (as amended by Order No. 92-116), shall
continue to implement their existing monitoring program
and implement any necessary revisions to their monitoring
program in a timely manner, but in no case later than
August 1, 1997. These facility operators may use the
monitoring results conducted in accordance with those
expired general permits to satisfy the
pollutant/parameter reduction requirements in Section
B.5.c., Sampling and Analysis Exemptions and Reduction
certifications in Section B.12., and Group Monitoring
Sampling credits in B.15.k. For facilities beginning
industrial activities after the adoption of this General
Permit, the monitoring program shall be developed and
implemented when the facility begins the industrial
activities.
2. Objectives
The objectives of the monitoring program are to:
a.
Ensure that storm water discharges are in compliance with
the Discharge Prohibitions, Effluent Limitations, and
Receiving Water Limitations specified in this General
Permit.
b.
Ensure practices at the facility to reduce or prevent
pollutants in storm water discharges and authorized nonstorm water discharges are evaluated and revised to meet
changing conditions.
c.
Aid in the implementation and revision of the SWPPP
required by Section A of this General Permit.
d.
Measure the effectiveness of best management practices
(BMPs) to prevent or reduce pollutants in storm water
-25discharges and authorized non-storm water discharges.
Much of the information necessary to develop the
monitoring program, such as discharge locations, drainage
areas, pollutant sources, etc., should be found in the
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). The
facility's monitoring program shall be a written, sitespecific document that shall be revised whenever
appropriate and be readily available for review by
employees or Regional Water Board inspectors.
3.
Non-storm Water Discharge Visual Observations
a.
Facility operators shall visually observe all drainage
areas within their facilities for the presence of
unauthorized non-storm water discharges;
b.
Facility operators shall visually observe the
facility's authorized non-storm water discharges and
their sources;
c.
The visual observations required above shall occur
quarterly, during daylight hours, on days with no storm
water discharges, and during scheduled facility
operating hours1. Quarterly visual observations shall
be conducted in each of the following periods:
January-March, April-June, July-September, and OctoberDecember. Facility operators shall conduct quarterly
visual observations within 6-18 weeks of each other.
d.
4.
Visual observations shall document the presence of any
discolorations, stains, odors, floating materials,
etc., as well as the source of any discharge. Records
shall be maintained of the visual observation dates,
locations observed, observations, and response taken to
eliminate unauthorized non-storm water discharges and
to reduce or prevent pollutants from contacting nonstorm water discharges. The SWPPP shall be revised, as
necessary, and implemented in accordance with Section A
of this General Permit.
Storm Water Discharge Visual Observations
a. With the exception of those facilities described in
Section B.4.d. below, facility operators shall visually
1
"Scheduled facility operating hours" are the time
periods when the facility is staffed to conduct any
function related to industrial activity, but excluding
time periods where only routine maintenance, emergency
response, security, and/or janitorial services are
performed.
-26observe storm water discharges from one storm event per
month during the wet season (October 1-May 30). These
visual observations shall occur during the first hour of
discharge and at all discharge locations. Visual
observations of stored or contained storm water shall
occur at the time of release.
b. Visual observations are only required of storm water
discharges that occur during daylight hours that are
preceded by at least three (3) working days2 without
storm water discharges and that occur during scheduled
facility operating hours.
c. Visual observations shall document the presence of any
floating and suspended material, oil and grease,
discolorations, turbidity, odor, and source of any
pollutants. Records shall be maintained of observation
dates, locations observed, observations, and response
taken to reduce or prevent pollutants in storm water
discharges. The SWPPP shall be revised, as necessary,
and implemented in accordance with Section A of this
General Permit.
d. Feedlots (subject to Federal effluent limitations
guidelines in 40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR]
Part 412) that are in compliance with Sections 2560 to
2565, Article 6, Chapter 15, Title 23, California Code of
Regulations, and facility operators with storm water
containment facilities shall conduct monthly inspections
of their containment areas to detect leaks and ensure
maintenance of adequate freeboard. Records shall be
maintained of the inspection dates, observations, and any
response taken to eliminate leaks and to maintain
adequate freeboard.
5. Sampling and Analysis
a. Facility operators shall collect storm water samples
during the first hour of discharge from (1) the first
storm event of the wet season, and (2) at least one other
storm event in the wet season. All storm water discharge
locations shall be sampled. Sampling of stored or
contained storm water shall occur at the time the stored
or contained storm water is released. Facility operators
that do not collect samples from the first storm event of
the wet season are still required to collect samples from
two other storm events of the wet season and shall
explain in the Annual Report why the first storm event
was not sampled.
2
Three (3) working days may be separated by non-working
days such as weekends and holidays provided that no storm
water discharges occur during the three (3) working days
and the non-working days.
-27b. Sample collection is only required of storm water
discharges that occur during scheduled facility operating
hours and that are preceded by at least (3) three working
days without storm water discharge.
c. The samples shall be analyzed for:
i.
Total suspended solids (TSS) pH, specific
conductance, and total organic carbon (TOC). Oil
and grease (O&G) may be substituted for TOC; and
ii.
Toxic chemicals and other pollutants that are likely
to be present in storm water discharges in
significant quantities. If these pollutants are not
detected in significant quantities after two
consecutive sampling events, the facility operator
may eliminate the pollutant from future sample
analysis until the pollutant is likely to be present
again; and
iii.
Other analytical parameters as listed in Table D
(located at the end of this Section). These
parameters are dependent on the facility's standard
industrial classification (SIC) code. Facility
operators are not required to analyze a parameter
listed in Table D when the parameter is not already
required to be analyzed pursuant to Section B.5.c.i.
and ii. or B.6 of this General Permit, and either of
the two following conditions are met: (1) the
parameter has not been detected in significant
quantities from the last two consecutive sampling
events, or (2) the parameter is not likely to be
present in storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges in significant quantities
based upon the facility operator's evaluation of the
facilities industrial activities, potential
pollutant sources, and SWPPP. Facility operators
that do not analyze for the applicable Table D
parameters shall certify in the Annual Report that
the above conditions have been satisfied.
iv.
Other parameters as required by the Regional Water
Board.
6. Facilities Subject to Federal Storm Water Effluent
Limitation Guidelines
Facility operators with facilities subject to Federal storm
water effluent limitation guidelines, in addition to the
requirements in Section B.5. above, must complete the
following:
-28a. Collect and analyze two samples for any pollutant
specified in the appropriate category of 40 CFR
Subchapter N. The sampling and analysis exemptions and
reductions described in Section B.12. of this General
Permit do not apply to these pollutants.
b. Estimate or calculate the volume of storm water
discharges from each drainage area;
c. Estimate or calculate the mass of each regulated
pollutant as defined in the appropriate category of
40 CFR Subchapter N; and
d. Identify the individual(s) performing the estimates or
calculations in accordance with Subsections b. and c.
above.
7. Sample Storm Water Discharge Locations
a. Facility operators shall visually observe and collect
samples of storm water discharges from all drainage
areas that represent the quality and quantity of the
facility's storm water discharges from the storm event.
b. If the facility's storm water discharges are commingled
with run-on from surrounding areas, the facility
operator should identify other visual observation and
sample collection locations that have not been
commingled by run-on and that represent the quality and
quantity of the facility's storm water discharges from
the storm event.
c. If visual observation and sample collection locations
are difficult to observe or sample (e.g., sheet flow,
submerged outfalls), facility operators shall identify
and collect samples from other locations that represent
the quality and quantity of the facility's storm water
discharges from the storm event.
d. Facility operators that determine that the industrial
activities and BMPs within two or more drainage areas
are substantially identical may either (i) collect
samples from a reduced number of substantially identical
drainage areas, or (ii) collect samples from each
substantially identical drainage area and analyze a
combined sample from each substantially identical
drainage area. Facility operators must document such a
determination in the annual report.
8.
Visual Observation and Sample Collection Exceptions
Facility operators are required to be prepared to collect
samples and conduct visual observations at the beginning of
the wet season (October 1) and throughout the wet season
-29until the minimum requirements of Sections B.4. and B.5. are
completed with the following exceptions:
a.
b.
9.
A facility operator is not required to collect a sample
and conduct visual observations in accordance with
Section B.4 and Section B.5 due to dangerous weather
conditions, such as flooding, electrical storm, etc.,
when storm water discharges begin after scheduled
facility operating hours or when storm water discharges
are not preceded by three working days without
discharge. Visual observations are only required
during daylight hours. Facility operators that do not
collect the required samples or visual observations
during a wet season due to these exceptions shall
include an explanation in the Annual Report why the
sampling or visual observations could not be conducted.
A facility operator may conduct visual observations and
sample collection more than one hour after discharge
begins if the facility operator determines that the
objectives of this Section will be better satisfied.
The facility operator shall include an explanation in
the Annual Report why the visual observations and sample
collection should be conducted after the first
hour of discharge.
Alternative Monitoring Procedures
Facility operators may propose an alternative monitoring
program that meets Section B.2 monitoring program objectives
for approval by the Regional Water Board. Facility
operators shall continue to comply with the monitoring
requirements of this Section and may not implement an
alternative monitoring plan until the alternative monitoring
plan is approved by the Regional Water Board. Alternative
monitoring plans are subject to modification by the Regional
Water Boards.
10. Monitoring Methods
a.
Facility operators shall explain how the facility's
monitoring program will satisfy the monitoring program
objectives of Section B.2. This shall include:
i.
Rationale and description of the visual observation
methods, location, and frequency.
ii.
Rationale and description of the sampling methods,
location, and frequency; and
-30iii. Identification of the analytical methods and
corresponding method detection limits used to
detect pollutants in storm water discharges. This
shall include justification that the method
detection limits are adequate to satisfy the
objectives of the monitoring program.
b. All sampling and sample preservation shall be in
accordance with the current edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" (American
Public Health Association). All monitoring instruments
and equipment (including a facility operator's own field
instruments for measuring pH and Electro Conductivity)
shall be calibrated and maintained in accordance with
manufacturers' specifications to ensure accurate
measurements. All laboratory analyses must be conducted
according to test procedures under 40 CFR Part 136,
unless other test procedures have been specified in this
General Permit or by the Regional Water Board. All
metals shall be reported as total metals. With the
exception of analysis conducted by facility operators,
all laboratory analyses shall be conducted at a
laboratory certified for such analyses by the State
Department of Health Services. Facility operators may
conduct their own sample analyses if the facility
operator has sufficient capability (qualified employees,
laboratory equipment, etc.) to adequately perform the
test procedures.
-3111.
Inactive Mining Operations
Inactive mining operations are defined in Attachment 1 of
this General Permit. Where comprehensive site compliance
evaluations, non-storm water discharge visual observations,
storm water discharge visual observations, and storm water
sampling are impracticable, facility operators of inactive
mining operations may instead obtain certification once
every three years by a Registered Professional Engineer that
an SWPPP has been prepared for the facility and is being
implemented in accordance with the requirements of this
General Permit. By means of these certifications, the
Registered Professional Engineer having examined the
facility and being familiar with the provisions of this
General Permit shall attest that the SWPPP has been prepared
in accordance with good engineering practices. Facility
operators of mining operations who cannot obtain a
certification because of noncompliance must notify the
appropriate Regional Water Board and, upon request, the
local agency which receives the storm water discharge.
12.
Sampling and Analysis Exemptions and Reductions
A facility operator who qualifies for sampling and analysis
exemptions, as described below in Section B.12.a.i., or who
qualifies for reduced sampling and analysis, as described
below in Section B.12.b., must submit the appropriate
certifications and required documentation to the Regional
Water Boards prior to the wet season (October 1) and
recertify as part of the Annual Report submittal. A
facility operator that qualifies for either the Regional
Water Board or local agency certification programs, as
described below in Section B.12.a.ii. and iii., shall submit
certification and documentation in accordance with the
requirements of those programs. Facility operators who
provide certifications in accordance with this Section are
still required to comply with all other monitoring program
and reporting requirements. Facility operators shall
prepare and submit their certifications using forms and
instructions provided by the State Water Board, Regional
Water Board, or local agency or shall submit their
information on a form that contains equivalent information.
Facility operators whose facility no longer meets the
certification conditions must notify the Regional Water
Boards (and local agency) within 30 days and immediately
comply with the Section B.5. sampling and analysis
requirements. Should a Regional Water Board (or local
agency) determine that a certification does not meet the
conditions set forth below, facility operators must
immediately comply with the Section B.5. sampling and
analysis requirements.
a.
Sampling and Analysis Exemptions
-32A facility operator is not required to collect and
analyze samples in accordance with Section B.5. if the
facility operator meets all of the conditions of one of
the following certification programs:
i.
No Exposure Certification (NEC)
This exemption is designed primarily for those
facilities where all industrial activities are
conducted inside buildings and where all materials
stored and handled are not exposed to storm water.
To qualify for this exemption, facility operators
must certify that their facilities meet all of the
following conditions:
(1)
(2)
All authorized non-storm water discharges have
been identified and addressed in the SWPPP.
(3)
All areas of past exposure have been inspected
and cleaned, as appropriate.
(4)
All significant materials related to industrial
activity (including waste materials) are not
exposed to storm water or authorized non-storm
water discharges.
(5)
All industrial activities and industrial
equipment are not exposed to storm water or
authorized non-storm water discharges.
(6)
There is no exposure of storm water to
significant materials associated with
industrial activity through other direct or
indirect pathways such as from industrial
activities that generate dust and particulates.
(7)
ii.
All prohibited non-storm water discharges have
been eliminated or otherwise permitted.
There is periodic re-evaluation of the facility
to ensure conditions (1), (2), (4), (5), and
(6) above are continuously met. At a minimum,
re-evaluation shall be conducted once a year.
Regional Water Board Certification Programs
The Regional Water Board may grant an exemption to
the Section B.5. Sampling and Analysis Requirements
if it determines a facility operator has met the
conditions set forth in a Regional Water Board
certification program. Regional Water Board
certification programs may include conditions to
(1) exempt facility operators whose facilities
infrequently discharge storm water to waters of the
United States, and (2) exempt facility operators
-33that demonstrate compliance with the terms and
conditions of this General Permit.
iii.
Local Agency Certifications
A local agency may develop a local agency
certification program. Such programs must be
approved by the Regional Water Board. An approved
local agency program may either grant an exemption
from the Section B.5. Sampling and Analysis
Requirements or reduce the frequency of sampling if
it determines that a facility operator has
demonstrated compliance with the terms and
conditions of this General Permit.
b.
Sampling and Analysis Reduction
i. A facility operator may reduce the number of
sampling events required to be sampled for the remaining
term of this General Permit if the
facility operator provides certification that the
following conditions have been met:
(1)
The facility operator has collected and
analyzed samples from a minimum of six storm events
from all required drainage areas;
(2)
All prohibited non-storm water discharges have been
eliminated or otherwise permitted;
(3) The facility operator demonstrates compliance
with the terms and conditions of the General Permit
for the previous two years (i.e.,
completed Annual Reports, performed visual
observations, implemented appropriate BMPs,
etc.);
(4) The facility operator demonstrates that the
facility's storm water discharges and
authorized non-storm water discharges do not
contain significant quantities of pollutants;
and
(5) Conditions (2), (3), and (4) above are expected
to remain in effect for a minimum of one year after
filing the certification.
ii.
Unless otherwise instructed by the Regional Water Board,
facility operators shall collect and analyze samples
from two additional storm events (or one additional
storm event when certification filed for the wet season
beginning October 1, 2001) during the remaining term of
this General Permit in accordance with Table C below.
Facility operators shall collect samples of the first
-34storm event of the wet season. Facility operators that
do not collect samples from the first storm event of the
wet season shall collect samples from another storm
event during the same wet season. Facility operators
that do not collect a sample in a required wet season
shall collect the sample from another storm event in the
next wet season. Facility operators shall explain in the
Annual Report why the first storm event of a wet season
was not sampled or a sample was not taken from any storm
event in accordance with the Table C schedule.
Table C
REDUCED MONITORING SAMPLING SCHEDULE
Facility Operator
Filing Sampling
Reduction
Certification By
Samples Shall be Collected and Analyzed
in These Wet Seasons
Sample 1
Sample 2
Oct. 1, 1997
Oct. 1, 1997-May 31, 1998
Oct. 1, 1999-May 31, 2000
Oct. 1, 1998
Oct. 1, 1998-May 31, 1999
Oct. 1, 2000-May 31, 2001
Oct. 1, 1999
Oct. 1, 1999-May 31, 2000
Oct. 1, 2001-May 31, 2002
Oct. 1, 2000
Oct. 1, 2000-May 31, 2001
Oct. 1, 2001-May 31, 2002
Oct. 1, 2001
Oct. 1, 2001-May 31, 2002
-
13. Records
Records of all storm water monitoring information and copies
of all reports (including the Annual Reports) required by
this General Permit shall be retained for a period of at
least five years. These records shall include:
a. The date, place, and time of site inspections, sampling,
visual observations, and/or measurements;
b. The individual(s) who performed the site inspections,
sampling, visual observations, and or measurements;
c. Flow measurements or estimates (if required by
Section B.6);
d. The date and approximate time of analyses;
e. The individual(s) who performed the analyses;
f. Analytical results, method detection limits, and the
analytical techniques or methods used;
g. Quality assurance/quality control records and results;
-35h. Non-storm water discharge inspections and visual
observations and storm water discharge visual observation
records (see Sections B.3. and 4.);
i. Visual observation and sample collection exception records
(see Section B.5.a, 7.d, 8, and 12.b.ii.);
j. All calibration and maintenance records of on-site
instruments used;
k. All Sampling and Analysis Exemption and Reduction
certifications and supporting documentation (see
Section B.12);
l. The records of any corrective actions and follow-up
activities that resulted from the visual observations.
14. Annual Report
All facility operators shall submit an Annual Report by
July 1 of each year to the Executive Officer of the Regional
Water Board responsible for the area in which the facility
is located and to the local agency (if requested).
The report shall include a summary of visual observations
and sampling results, an evaluation of the visual
observation and sampling and analysis results, laboratory
reports, the Annual Comprehensive Site Compliance
Evaluation Report required in Section A.9., an explanation
of why a facility did not implement any activities required
by the General Permit (if not already included in the
Evaluation Report), and records specified in Section B.13.i.
The method detection limit of each analytical parameter
shall be included. Analytical results that are less than
the method detection limit shall be reported as "less than
the method detection limit." The Annual Report shall be
signed and certified in accordance with Standard
Provisions 9. and 10. of Section C of this General Permit.
Facility operators shall prepare and submit their Annual
Reports using the annual report forms provided by the State
Water Board or Regional Water Board or shall submit their
information on a form that contains equivalent information.
15. Group Monitoring
Facility operators may participate in group monitoring as
described below. A facility operator that participates in
group monitoring shall develop and implement a written sitespecific SWPPP and monitoring program in accordance with the
General Permit and must satisfy any group monitoring
requirements. Group monitoring shall be subject to the
following requirements:
a. A group monitoring plan (GMP) shall be developed and
implemented by a group leader representing a group of
-36similar facility operators regulated by this General
Permit or by a local agency which holds an NPDES permit
(local agency permittee) for a municipal separate storm
sewer system. GMPs with participants that discharge
storm water within the boundaries of a single Regional
Water Board shall be approved by that Regional Water
Board. GMPs with participants that discharge storm water
within the boundaries of multiple Regional Water Boards
shall be approved by the State Water Board. The State
Water Board and/or Regional Water Board(s) may disapprove
a facility's participation in a GMP or require a GMP
participant to conduct additional monitoring activities.
b.
Each GMP participant shall collect and analyze samples
from at least two storm events in accordance with Section
B.5. over the five-year period of this General Permit.
The two storm event minimum applies to new and existing
members. The group leader or local agency permittee
shall schedule sampling to meet the following conditions:
(i) to evenly distribute the sample collection over the
five-year term of this General Permit, and (ii) to
collect samples from the two storm events at each
participant's facility in different and non-consecutive
wet seasons. New participants who join in Years 4 and 5
of this General Permit are not subject to Condition (ii)
above. Group leaders shall explain in the annual Group
Evaluation Report why any scheduled samples were not
collected and reschedule the sampling so that all
required samples are collected during the term of this
General Permit.
c.
The group leader or local agency permittee must have the
appropriate resources to develop and implement the GMP.
The group leader or local agency permittee must also have
the authority to terminate any participant who is not
complying with this General Permit and the GMP.
d.
The group leader or local agency permittee is responsible
for:
i.
Developing, implementing, and revising the GMP;
ii.
Developing and submitting an annual Group Evaluation
Report to the State Water Board and/or Regional
Water Board by August 1 of each year that includes:
(1)
An evaluation and summary of all group
monitoring data,
(2)
An evaluation of the overall performance of the
GMP participants in complying with this General
Permit and the GMP,
-37(3)
Recommended baseline and site-specific BMPs
that should be considered by each participant
based upon Items (1) and (2) above, and
(4)
A copy of each evaluation report and
recommended BMPs as required in Section
B.15.d.v. below.
iii. Recommending appropriate BMPs to reduce or prevent
pollutants associated with industrial activities in
storm water discharges and authorized non-storm
water discharges;
iv. Assisting each participant in completing their
Annual Comprehensive Site Compliance Evaluation and
Annual Report;
v.
Conducting a minimum of two on-site inspections of
each participant's facility (it is recommended that
these inspections be scheduled during the Annual
Comprehensive Site Compliance Evaluation) during the
term of this General Permit to evaluate the
participant's compliance with this General Permit
and the GMP, and to recommend any additional BMPs
necessary to achieve compliance with this General
Permit. Participants that join in Years 4 and 5
shall be scheduled for one evaluation. A copy of
the evaluation and recommended BMPs shall be
provided to the participants;
vi. Submitting a GMP (or revisions, as necessary), to
the appropriate Regional Water Board(s) and State
Water Board no later than September 1, 1997 (or
August 1 in subsequent years). Once approved, a
group leader or local agency permittee shall submit
a letter of intent by August 1 of each year to
continue the approved GMP. The letter of intent
must include a roster of participants, participant's
Waste Discharge Identification number (WDID#),
updated sampling schedules, and any other revisions
to the GMP;
vii. Revising the GMP as instructed by the Regional Water
Board or the State Water Board; and
viii. Providing the State Water Board and/or Regional
Water Board with quarterly updates of any new or
deleted participants and corresponding changes in
the sampling and inspection schedule.
e. The GMP shall:
-38i.
Identify the participants of the GMP by name,
location, and WDID number;
ii. Include a narrative description summarizing the
industrial activities of participants of the GMP and
explain why the participants, as a whole, have
sufficiently similar industrial activities and BMPs
to be covered by a group monitoring plan;
iii. Include a list of typical potential pollutant
sources associated with the group participant's
facilities and recommended baseline BMPs to prevent
or reduce pollutants associated with industrial
activity in the storm water discharges and
authorized non-storm water discharges;
iv. Provide a five-year sampling and inspection schedule
in accordance with Subsections b. and d.v. above.
v. Identify the pollutants associated with industrial
activity that shall be analyzed at each
participant's facility in accordance with
Section B.5. The selection of these pollutants
shall be based upon an assessment of each facility's
potential pollutant sources and likelihood that
pollutants associated with industrial activity will
be present in storm water discharges and authorized
non-storm water discharges in significant
quantities.
f.
Sampling and analysis shall be conducted in accordance
with the applicable requirements of this Section.
g.
Unless otherwise instructed by the Regional Water Board or
the State Water Board Executive Director, the GMPs shall
be implemented at the beginning of the wet season
(October 1).
h.
All participants in an approved GMP that have not been
selected to sample in a particular wet season are required
to comply with all other monitoring program and reporting
requirements of this Section including the submittal of an
Annual Report by July 1 of each year to the appropriate
Regional Water Board.
i.
GMP participants subject to Federal storm water effluent
limitation guidelines must perform the monitoring
described in Section B.6. and submit the results of the
monitoring to the appropriate Regional Water Board within
the facility operator's Annual Report.
-39j.
GMPs and Group Evaluation Reports should be prepared in
accordance with State Water Board (or Regional Water
Board) guidance.
k.
GMP participants may receive Sampling and Analysis
Reduction sampling credit in accordance with the following
conditions:
i. Current or prior participants (group participants) of
approved GMPs, who have not collected and analyzed
samples from six storm events as required in Section
B.7.b.i.(1), may substitute credit earned through
participation in a GMP for up to four of the six
required storm events. Credits for GMP participation
shall be calculated as follows:
(1)
(2)
One credit will be earned for each year of valid
GMP participation.
(3)
ii.
Credit may only be earned in years of
participation where the GMP participant was not
scheduled to sample and the GMP was approved.
One additional credit may be earned for each year
the overall GMP sample collection performance is
greater than 75 percent.
GMP participants substituting credit as calculated
above shall provide proof of GMP participation and
certification that all the conditions in
Section B.12.b.i. have been met. GMP participants
substituting credit in accordance with Section
B.15.k.i.(3) shall also provide GMP sample collection
performance documentation.
iii. GMP participants that qualify for Sampling and Analysis
Reduction and have already sampled a storm event after
October 1, 1997 shall only be required to sample one
additional storm event during the remainder of this
General Permit in accordance with the "Sample 2"
schedule (or "Sample 1" schedule when certification
filed for the wet season beginning October 1, 2001) in
Table C of this Section.
n.
16.
Group leaders shall furnish, within 60 days of receiving a
request from the State Water Board or Regional Water
Board, any GMP information and documentation necessary to
verify the Section B.15.k. sampling credits. Group
leaders may also provide this information and
documentation to the group participants.
Watershed Monitoring Option
-40Regional Water Boards may approve proposals to substitute
watershed monitoring for some or all of the requirements of
this Section if the Regional Water Board finds that the
watershed monitoring will provide substantially similar
monitoring information in evaluating facility operator
compliance with the requirements of this General Permit.
-41TABLE D
ADDITIONAL ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS
Subsector
SIC
Activity Represented
Parameters
SECTOR A. TIMBER PRODUCTS
A1
2421 General Sawmills and Planing Mills ....................................................................................... COD;TSS;Zn
A2
2491 Wood Preserving ..................................................................................................................................As;Cu
A3
2411 Log Storage and Handling........................................................................................................................TSS
A4
2426 Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills..................................................................................... COD;TSS
A4
2429 Special Product Sawmills, Not Elsewhere Classified.................................................................... COD;TSS
A4
243X Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and Structural Wood ....................................................................... COD;TSS
A4
(except 2434--Wood Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers)
A4
244X Wood Containers ........................................................................................................................... COD;TSS
A4
245X Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes ............................................................................................. COD;TSS
A4
2493 Reconstituted Wood Products ....................................................................................................... COD;TSS
A4
2499
Wood Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
SECTOR B. PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
B1
261X Pulp Mills ........................................................................................................................................................
B2
262X Paper Mills ......................................................................................................................................................
B3
263X Paperboard Mills ....................................................................................................................................COD
B4
265X Paperboard Containers and Boxes...................................................................................................................
B5
267X Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes ....................................................
SECTOR C. CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
C1
281X Industrial Inorganic Chemicals.....................................................................................................Al;Fe;N+N
C2
282X Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic Rubber,
Cellulosic, and Other Manmade Fibers Except Glass ................................................................................Zn
C3
283X Drugs ...............................................................................................................................................................
C4
284X Soaps, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations; Perfumes,
Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations .........................................................................................N+N;Zn
C5
285X Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
C6
286X Industrial Organic Chemicals ..........................................................................................................................
C7
287X Nitrogenous and Phosphatic Basic Fertilizers, Mixed
Fertilizer, Pesticides, and Other Agricultural Chemicals .................................................. Fe;N+N;Pb;Zn;P
C8
289X Miscellaneous Chemical Products...................................................................................................................
3952 Inks and Paints, Including China Painting Enamels, India Ink,
(limited to list) Drawing Ink, Platinum Paints for Burnt Wood or Leather Work,
Paints for China Painting, Artist's Paints, and Artist's Watercolors ...............................................................
SECTOR D. ASPHALT PAVING/ROOFING MATERIALS MANUFACTURERS AND LUBRICANT
MANUFACTURERS
D1
295X Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials ....................................................................................................TSS
D2
2992 Lubricating Oils and Greases..........................................................................................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Al - Aluminum
As - Arsenic
NH3- Ammonia
Zn - Zinc
Cd - Cadmium
CN - Cyanide
Hg - Mercury
TSS -Total Suspended Solids
Subsector
SIC
Parameter Names
Cu - Copper
Mg - Magnesium
Fe - Iron
Ag - Silver
P - Phosphorus
Se - Selenium
COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand
Activity Represented
BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
N + N - Nitrate & Nitrite Nitrogen
Pb - Lead
Parameters
-42SECTOR E. GLASS, CLAY, CEMENT, CONCRETE, AND GYPSUM PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
E1
3211 Flat Glass .........................................................................................................................................................
E1
322X Glass and Glassware, Pressed or Blown .........................................................................................................
E1
323X Glass Products Made of Purchased Glass .......................................................................................................
E2
3241 Hydraulic Cement ............................................................................................................................................
E3
325X Structural Clay Products .............................................................................................................................Al
E3
326X Pottery and Related Products ......................................................................................................................Al
E3
3297 Non-Clay Refractories ................................................................................................................................Al
E4
327X Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products (Except Lime) ................................................................... TSS;Fe
(except 3274).
E4
3295 Minerals and Earths, Ground, or Otherwise Treated ........................................................................... TSS;Fe
SECTOR F. PRIMARY METALS
F1
331X Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, Rolling & Finishing Mill.......................................................................Al;Zn
F2
332X Iron and Steel Foundries.................................................................................................. Al;TSS;Cu;Fe;Zn
F3
333X Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals...................................................................................
F4
334X Secondary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals...............................................................................
F5
335X Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous Metals .................................................................... Cu;Zn
F6
336X Nonferrous Foundries (Castings)........................................................................................................ Cu;Zn
F7
339X Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products
SECTOR G. METAL MINING (ORE MINING AND DRESSING) EXCEPT INACTIVE METAL
MINING ACTIVITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS WHERE AN OPERATOR CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED
G1
101X Iron Ores.........................................................................................................................................................
G2
102X Copper Ores......................................................................................................................... TSS;COD;N+N
G3
103X Lead and Zinc Ores.........................................................................................................................................
G4
104X Gold and Silver Ores ......................................................................................................................................
G5
106X Ferroalloy Ores, Except Vanadium ................................................................................................................
G6
108X Metal Mining Services....................................................................................................................................
G7
109X Miscellaneous Metal Ores ..............................................................................................................................
SECTOR H. COAL MINES AND COAL MINING-RELATED FACILITIES
NA
12XX Coal Mines and Coal Mining-Related Facilities...........................................................................TSS;Al;Fe
SECTOR I. COAL MINES AND COAL MINING-RELATED FACILITIES
I1
131X Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas ..................................................................................................................
I2
132X Natural Gas Liquids........................................................................................................................................
I3
138X Oil and Gas Field Services ............................................................................................................................
SECTOR J. MINERAL MINING AND DRESSING EXCEPT INACTIVE MINERAL MINING ACTIVITIES
OCCURRING ON FEDERAL LANDS WHERE AN OPERATOR CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED
J1
141X Dimension Stone .....................................................................................................................................TSS
J1
142X Crushed and Broken Stone, Including Rip Rap.......................................................................................TSS
J1
148X Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels........................................................................................................TSS
J2
144X Sand and Gravel ............................................................................................................................ TSS;N+N
J3
145X Clay, Ceramic, and Refractory Materials .......................................................................................................
J4
147X Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining ........................................................................................................
J4
149X Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels.......................................................................................
-43Subsector
SIC
Activity Represented
Parameters
SECTOR K. HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT STORAGE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES
NA
4953 Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage or Disposal ............................................................ NH3;Mg;COD;As
Cd;CN;Pb
Hg;Se;Ag
SECTOR L. LANDFILLS AND LAND APPLICATION SITES
NA
4953 Landfills and Land Application Sites That Receive or........................................................................ TSS;Fe
Have Received Industrial Wastes, Except Inactive Landfills
or Land Applications Sites Occurring on Federal Lands
Where an Operator Cannot be Identified
SECTOR M. AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARDS
NA
5015 Facilities Engaged in Dismantling or Wrecking Used Motor ..................................................TSS;Fe;Pb;Al
Vehicles for Parts Recycling or Resale and for Scrap
SECTOR N. SCRAP RECYCLING FACILITIES
NA
5093 Processing, Reclaiming, and Wholesale Distribution of Scrap .................................................... TSS;Fe;Pb
and Waste Materials............................................................................................................. Al;Cu;Zn;COD
SECTOR O. STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES
NA
4911 Steam Electric Power Generating Facilities ............................................................................................... Fe
SECTOR P. LAND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THAT HAVE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT
MAINTENANCE SHOPS AND/OR EQUIPMENT CLEANING OPERATIONS
P1
40XX Railroad Transportation ..................................................................................................................................
P2
41XX Local and Highway Passenger Transportation ...............................................................................................
P3
42XX Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing ............................................................................................
P4
43XX United States Postal Service ...........................................................................................................................
P5
5171 Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals ..........................................................................................................
SECTOR Q. WATER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THAT HAVE VEHICLE (VESSEL) &
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SHOPS AND/OR EQUIPMENT CLEANING OPERATIONS
NA
44XX Water Transportation ................................................................................................................ Al;Fe;Pb;Zn
SECTOR R. SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING OR REPAIRING YARDS
NA
373X Ship and Boat Building or Repairing Yards...................................................................................................
SECTOR S. AIR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
NA
45XX Air Transportation Facilities That Have Vehicle .........................................................BOD;COD;NH3;pH
Maintenance Ships, Material Handing Facilities,
Equipment Cleaning Operations, or Airport and/or
Aircraft Deicing/Anti-icing Operations
-44Subsector
SIC
Activity Represented
Parameters
SECTOR T. TREATMENT WORKS
NA
4952
Treatment Works Treating Domestic Sewage or Any Other
Sewage Sludge or Wastewater Treatment Device or System
Used in the Storage, treatment, recycling, or Reclamation
of Municipal or Domestic Sewage with a Design Flow of
1.0 MGD or More or Required to Have an Approved Pretreatment
Program...........................................................................................................................................................
SECTOR U. FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS
U1
201X Meat Products .................................................................................................................................................
U2
202X Dairy Products.................................................................................................................................................
U3
203X Canned, Frozen and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables and Food
Specialties ......................................................................................................................................................
U4
204X Grain Mill Products..................................................................................................................................TSS
U5
205X Bakery Products ..............................................................................................................................................
U6
206X Sugar and Confectionery Products
U7
207X Fats and Oils............................................................................................................... BOD;COD;TSS;N+N
U8
208X Beverages ........................................................................................................................................................
U9
209X Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred Products................................................................................
NA
21XX Tobacco Products ............................................................................................................................................
SECTOR V. TEXTILE MILLS, APPAREL, AND OTHER FABRIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
V1
22XX Textile Mill Products......................................................................................................................................
V2
23XX Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and
Similar Materials...........................................................................................................................................
SECTOR W. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
NA
25XX Furniture and Fixtures ....................................................................................................................................
NA
2434 Wood Kitchen Cabinets ..................................................................................................................................
SECTOR X. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
NA
2732 Book Printing ..................................................................................................................................................
NA
2752 Commercial Printing, Lithographic ................................................................................................................
NA
2754 Commercial Printing, Gravure........................................................................................................................
NA
2759 Commercial Printing, Nor Elsewhere Classified ............................................................................................
NA
2796 Platemaking and Related Services ..................................................................................................................
SECTOR Y. RUBBER, MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND MISC. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Y1
301X Tires and Inner Tubes ................................................................................................................................Zn
Y1
302X Rubber and Plastics Footwear....................................................................................................................Zn
Y1
305X Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices and Rubber and Plastics ........................................................... Zn
Hose and Belting
Y1
306X Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.............................................................................Zn
Y2
308X Miscellaneous Plastics Products .....................................................................................................................
-45-
Subsector
SIC
Activity Represented
Parameters
Y2
Y2
Y2
Y2
393X
394X
395X
396X
Y2
399X
Musical Instruments ........................................................................................................................................
Dolls, Toys, Games, and Sporting and Athletic Goods ..................................................................................
Pens, Pencils, and Other Artists' Materials .....................................................................................................
Costume Jewelry, Costume Novelties, Buttons, and
Miscellaneous Notions, Except Precious Metal.............................................................................................
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries ........................................................................................................
SECTOR Z. LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING
NA
311X Leather Tanning and Finishing .......................................................................................................................
NA
NA
Facilities that Make Fertilizer Solely From Leather Scraps
and Leather Dust ............................................................................................................................................
SECTOR AA.
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA1
AA2
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
3429 Hardware, Not Elsewhere Classified ......................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3441 Fabricated Structural Metal.....................................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3442 Metal Doors, Sash, Frames, Molding, and Trim.....................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3443 Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) ....................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3444 Sheet Metal Work ...................................................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3451 Screw Machine Products.........................................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3452 Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, and Washers ..............................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3462 Iron and Steel Forgings...........................................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3471 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring..................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3494 Valves and Pipe Fittings, Not Elsewhere Classified...............................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3496 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3499 Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified............................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
391X Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware....................................................................................Zn;N+N;Fe;Al
3479 Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services ...........................................................................................Zn;N+N
SECTOR AB. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL MACHINERY
NA
35XX Industrial and Commercial Machinery (except 357X Computer and
Office Equipment) .......................................................................................................................................................
NA
37XX Transportation Equipment (except 373X Ship and Boat Building and
Repairing......................................................................................................................................................................
SECTOR AC. ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL. PHOTOGRAPHIC, AND OPTICAL GOODS
NA
36XX Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components,
Except Computer Equipment ......................................................................................................................................
NA
38XX Measuring, Analyzing, and Controlling Instruments;
Photographic, Medical, and Optical Goods; Watches and Clocks.............................................................................
NA
357X Computer and Office Equipment ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
-46Section C:
1.
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Duty to Comply
The facility operator must comply with all of the conditions
of this General Permit. Any General Permit noncompliance
constitutes a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and is grounds for
(a) enforcement action for (b) General Permit termination,
revocation and reissuance, or modification or (c) denial of a
General Permit renewal application.
The facility operator shall comply with effluent standards or
prohibitions established under Section 307(a) of the CWA for
toxic pollutants within the time provided in the regulations
that establish these standards or prohibitions, even if this
General Permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the
requirement.
2.
General Permit Actions
This General Permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, or
terminated for cause. The filing of a request by the
facility operator for a General Permit modification,
revocation and reissuance, or termination, or a notification
of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance does not stay
any General Permit condition.
If any toxic effluent standard or prohibition (including any
schedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or
prohibition) is promulgated under Section 307(a) of the CWA
for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge and
that standard or prohibition is more stringent than any
limitation on the pollutant in this General Permit, this
General Permit shall be modified or revoked and reissued to
conform to the toxic effluent standard or prohibition, and
the facility operator so notified.
3.
Need to Halt or Reduce Activity not a Defense
It shall not be a defense for a facility operator in an
enforcement action that it would have been necessary to halt
or reduce the general permitted activity in order to maintain
compliance with the conditions of this General Permit.
4.
Duty to Mitigate
The facility operator shall take all responsible steps to
minimize or prevent any discharge in violation of this
General Permit which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely
affecting human health or the environment.
-475.
Proper Operation and Maintenance
The facility operator at all times shall properly operate and
maintain any facilities and systems of treatment and control
(and related appurtenances) which are installed or used by
the facility operator to achieve compliance with the
conditions of this General Permit and with the requirements
of storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs). Proper
operation and maintenance also include adequate laboratory
controls and appropriate quality assurance procedures.
Proper operation and maintenance may require the operation of
backup or auxiliary facilities or similar systems installed
by a facility operator when necessary to achieve compliance
with the conditions of this General Permit.
6.
Property Rights
This General Permit does not convey any property rights of
any sort, 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 local laws
or regulations.
7.
Duty to Provide Information
The facility operator shall furnish the Regional Water
Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board), State Water
Resources Control Board (State Water Board),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), or local
storm water management agency, within a reasonable time
specified by the agencies, any requested information to
determine compliance with this General Permit. The facility
operator shall also furnish, upon request, copies of records
required to be kept by this General Permit.
8.
Inspection and Entry
The facility operator shall allow the Regional Water Board,
State Water Board, U.S. EPA, and local storm water management
agency, upon the presentation of credentials and other
documents as may be required by law, to:
a.
Enter upon the facility operator's premises where a
regulated facility or activity is located or conducted
or where records must be kept under the conditions of
this General Permit;
b.
Have access to and copy at reasonable times any records
that must be kept under the conditions of this General
Permit;
-48c.
d.
9.
Inspect at
(including
related to
authorized
reasonable times any facilities or equipment
monitoring and control equipment) that are
or may impact storm water discharge or
non-storm water discharge; and
Conduct monitoring activities at reasonable times for
the purpose of ensuring General Permit compliance.
Signatory Requirements
a.
All Notices of Intent (NOIs) submitted to the State
Water Board shall be signed as follows:
(1)
(2)
For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a
general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
or
(3)
b.
For a corporation: by a responsible corporate
officer. For the purpose of this section, a
responsible corporate officer means: (a) a
president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president
of the corporation in charge of a principal
business function, or any other person who
performs similar policy or decision-making
functions for the corporation; or (b) the manager
of the facility if authority to sign documents has
been assigned or delegated to the manager in
accordance with corporate procedures;
For a municipality, State, Federal, or other
public agency: by either a principal executive
officer or ranking elected official. The
principal executive officer of a Federal agency
includes the chief executive officer of the agency
or the senior executive officer having
responsibility for the overall operations of a
principal geographic unit of the agency (e.g.,
Regional Administrators of U.S. EPA).
All reports, certifications, or other information
required by the General Permit or requested by the
Regional Water Board, State Water Board, U.S. EPA, or
local storm water management agency shall be signed by
a person described above or by a duly authorized
representative. A person is a duly authorized
representative only if:
(1)
The authorization is made in writing by a person
described above and retained as part of the SWPPP.
-49(2)
The authorization specifies either an individual
or a position having responsibility for the
overall operation of the regulated facility or
activity, such as the position of manager,
operator, superintendent, or position of
equivalent responsibility or an individual or
position having overall responsibility for
named position.)
(3)
If an authorization is no longer accurate because
a different individual or position has
responsibility for the overall operation of the
facility, a new authorization must be attached to
the SWPPP prior to submittal of any reports,
certifications, or information signed by the
authorized representative.
10. Certification
Any person signing documents under Provision 9. above shall
make the following certification:
"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 ensure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the
information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering the information, the information
submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true,
accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for
knowing violations."
11. Reporting Requirements
a.
Planned changes: The facility operator shall give
advance notice to the Regional Water Board and local
storm water management agency of any planned physical
alteration or additions to the general permitted
facility. Notice is required under this provision only
when the alteration or addition could significantly
change the nature or increase the quantity of
pollutants discharged.
b.
Anticipated noncompliance: The facility operator will
give advance notice to the Regional Water Board and
local storm water management agency of any planned
changes at the permitted facility which may result in
noncompliance with General Permit requirements.
-50-
c.
d.
12.
Compliance schedules: Reports of compliance or
noncompliance with or any progress reports on interim
and final requirements contained in any compliance
schedule of this General Permit shall be submitted no
later than 14 days following each scheduled date.
Noncompliance reporting: The facility operator shall
report any noncompliance at the time monitoring reports
are submitted. The written submission shall contain
(1) a description of the noncompliance and its cause;
(2) the period of noncompliance, including exact dates
and times, and if the noncompliance has not been
corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to
continue; and (3) steps taken or planned to reduce and
prevent recurrence of the noncompliance.
Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this General Permit shall be construed to
preclude the institution of any legal action or relieve the
facility operator from any responsibilities, liabilities, or
penalties to which the facility operator is or may be
subject under Section 311 of the CWA.
13.
Severability
The provisions of this General Permit are severable; and if
any provision of this General Permit or the application of
any provision of this General Permit to any circumstance is
held invalid, the application of such provision to other
circumstances and the remainder of this General Permit shall
not be affected thereby.
14.
Reopener Clause
This General Permit may be modified, revoked, and reissued,
or terminated for cause due to promulgation of amended
regulations, receipt of U.S. EPA guidance concerning
regulated activities, judicial decision, or in accordance
with 40 CFR 122.62, 122.63, 122.64, and 124.5. This General
Permit may be reopened to modify the provisions regarding
authorized non-storm water discharges specified in
Section D. Special Conditions.
15.
Penalties for Violations of General Permit Conditions.
a.
Section 309 of the CWA provides significant penalties
for any person who violates a General Permit condition
-51implementing Sections 301, 302, 306, 307 308, 318, or
405 of the CWA, or any General Permit condition or
limitation implementing any such section in a General
Permit issued under Section 402. Any person who
violates any General Permit condition of this General
Permit is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
$25,000 per day of such violation, as well as any other
appropriate sanction provided by Section 309 of the
CWA.
b.
16.
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act also
provides for civil and criminal penalties in some cases
greater than those under the CWA.
Availability
A copy of this General Permit shall be maintained at the
facility and be available at all times to the appropriate
facility personnel and to Regional Water Board and local
agency inspectors.
17.
Transfers
This General Permit is not transferable from one facility
operator to another facility operator nor may it be
transferred from one location to another location. A new
facility operator of an existing facility must submit an NOI
in accordance with the requirements of this General Permit
to be authorized to discharge under this General Permit.
18.
Continuation of Expired General Permit
This General Permit continues in force and effect until a
new general permit is issued or the State Water Board
rescinds the General Permit. Facility operators authorized
to discharge under the expiring general permit are required
to file an NOI to be covered by the reissued General Permit.
19.
Penalties for Falsification of Reports
Section 309(c)(4) of the CWA provides that any person who
knowingly makes any false material statement,
representation, or certification in any record or other
document submitted or required to be maintained under this
General Permit, including reports of compliance or
noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more
than two years, or by both.
Attachment 1
FACILITIES COVERED BY THIS GENERAL PERMIT
Industrial facilities include Federal, State, municipally owned,
and private facilities from the following categories:
1. FACILITIES SUBJECT TO STORM WATER EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
GUIDELINES, NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, OR TOXIC
POLLUTANT EFFLUENT STANDARDS (40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) SUBCHAPTER N). Currently, categories of facilities
subject to storm water effluent limitations guidelines are
Cement Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 411), Feedlots (40 CFR
Part 412), Fertilizer Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 418),
Petroleum Refining (40 CFR Part 419), Phosphate
Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 422), Steam Electric (40 CFR
Part 423), Coal Mining (40 CFR Part 434), Mineral Mining and
Processing (40 CFR Part 436), Ore Mining and Dressing
(40 CFR Part 440), and Asphalt Emulsion (40 CFR Part 443).
2. MANUFACTURING FACILITIES: Standard Industrial
Classifications (SICs) 24 (except 2434), 26 (except 265 and
267), 28 (except 283 and 285) 29, 311, 32 (except 323), 33,
3441, and 373.
3. OIL AND GAS/MINING FACILITIES: SICs 10 through 14 including
active or inactive mining operations (except for areas of
coal mining operations meeting the definition of a
reclamation area under 40 CFR 434.11(l) because of
performance bond issued to the facility by the appropriate
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) authority
has been released, or except for area of non-coal mining
operations which have been released from applicable State or
Federal reclamation requirements after December 17, 1990);
oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or
treatment operations; or transmission facilities that
discharge storm water contaminated by contact with or that
has come into contact with any overburden, raw material,
intermediate products, finished products, by-products, or
waste products located on the site of such operations.
Inactive mining operations are mined sites that are not
being actively mined but which have an identifiable
facility operator. Inactive mining sites do not include
sites where mining claims are being maintained prior to
disturbances associated with the extraction, beneficiation,
or processing of mined material; or sites where minimal
activities are undertaken for the sole purpose of
maintaining a mining claim.
4. HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES:
Includes those operating under interim status or a general
permit under Subtitle C of the Federal Resource,
Conservation, and Recovery Act (RCRA).
5. LANDFILLS, LAND APPLICATION SITES, AND OPEN DUMPS: Sites
that receive or have received industrial waste from any of
-2the facilities covered by this General Permit, sites subject
to regulation under Subtitle D of RCRA, and sites that have
accepted wastes from construction activities (construction
activities include any clearing, grading, or excavation that
results in disturbance of five acres or more).
6. RECYCLING FACILITIES: SICs 5015 and 5093. These codes
include metal scrapyards, battery reclaimers, salvage yards,
motor vehicle dismantlers and wreckers, and recycling
facilities that are engaged in assembling, breaking up,
sorting, and wholesale distribution of scrap and waste
material such as bottles, wastepaper, textile wastes, oil
waste, etc.
7. STEAM ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING FACILITIES: Includes any
facility that generates steam for electric power through the
combustion of coal, oil, wood, etc.
8. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES: SICs 40, 41, 42 (except
4221-25), 43, 44, 45, and 5171 which have vehicle
maintenance shops, equipment cleaning operations, or airport
deicing operations. Only those portions of the facility
involved in vehicle maintenance (including vehicle
rehabilitation, mechanical repairs, painting, fueling, and
lubrication) or other operations identified herein that are
associated with industrial activity.
9. SEWAGE OR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS: Facilities used in
the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of
municipal or domestic sewage, including land dedicated to
the disposal of sewage sludge that are located within the
confines of the facility with a design flow of one million
gallons per day or more or required to have an approved
pretreatment program under 40 CFR Part 403. Not included
are farm lands, domestic gardens, or lands used for sludge
management where sludge is beneficially reused and which are
not physically located in the confines of the facility, or
areas that are in compliance with Section 405 of the Clean
Water Act.
10. MANUFACTURING FACILITIES WHERE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS,
EQUIPMENT, OR ACTIVITIES ARE EXPOSED TO STORM WATER:
SICs 20, 21, 22, 23, 2434, 25, 265, 267, 27, 283, 285, 30,
31 (except 311), 323, 34 (except 3441), 35, 36, 37 (except
373), 38, 39, and 4221-4225.
Attachment 2
STORM WATER CONTACTS FOR
THE STATE AND REGIONAL WATER BOARDS
See Storm Water Contacts at:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/contact.shtml
Attachment 3
NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI)
INSTRUCTIONS
TO COMPLY WITH STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
WATER QUALITY ORDER NO. 97-03-DWQ
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
GENERAL PERMIT NO. CAS000001
Who Must Submit
The facility operator must submit an NOI for each industrial
facility that is required by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(U.S.EPA) regulations to obtain a storm water permit. The
required industrial facilities are listed in Attachment 1 of the
General Permit and are also listed in 40 Code of Federal
Regulations Section 122.26(b)(14).
The facility operator is typically the owner of the business or
operation where the industrial activities requiring a storm water
permit occur. The facility operator is responsible for all
permit related activities at the facility.
Where operations have discontinued and significant materials
remain on site (such as at closed landfills), the landowner may
be responsible for filing an NOI and complying with this General
Permit. Landowners may also file an NOI for a facility if the
landowner, rather than the facility operator, is responsible for
compliance with this General Permit.
How and Where to Apply
The completed NOI form, a site map, and appropriate fee must
be mailed to the State Water Resources Control Board
(State Water Board) at the following address:
State Water Resources Control Board
Division of Water Quality
P.O. Box 1977
Sacramento, CA 95812-1977
Attn: Storm Water Permitting Unit
Please Note: Do not send the original or copies of the NOI
submittal to the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional
Water Board). The original NOI will be forwarded to the Regional
Water Board after processing.
Do not send a copy of your Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP) with your NOI submittal. Your SWPPP is to be kept on
site and made available for review upon request.
-2When to Apply
Facility operators of existing facilities must file an NOI in
accordance with these instructions by March 30, 1992. Facility
operators of new facilities (those beginning operations after
March 30, 1992) must file an NOI in accordance with these
instructions at least 14 days prior to the beginning of operations.
Once the completed NOI, site map, and appropriate fee have been
submitted to the State Water Board, your NOI will be processed and
you will be issued a receipt letter with a Waste Discharge
Identification (WDID) Number. Please refer to this number when you
contact either the State or Regional Water Boards.
Fees
The total annual fee is $
SWRCB
.
Checks should be made payable to:
Change of Information
If the information provided on the NOI or site map changes, you
should report the changes to the State Water Board using an NOI
form. Section I of the line-by-line instructions includes
information regarding changes to the NOI.
Questions
If you have any questions completing the NOI, please call the
appropriate Regional Water Board (Attachment 2) or the
State Water Board at (916) 341-5538.
NOI LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS
Please type or print your responses on the NOI. Please complete
the NOI form in its entirety and sign the certification.
Section I--NOI STATUS
Check box "A" if this is a new NOI registration.
Check box "B" if you are reporting changes to the NOI (e.g., new
contact person, phone number, mailing address). Include the
facility WDID #. Highlight all the information that has been
changed.
Please note that a change of information does not apply to a change
of facility operator or a change in the location of the
facility. These changes require a Notice of Termination (NOT) and
submittal of a new NOI and annual fee. Contact the State Water
Board or Regional Water Boards for more information on the NOT Form
and instructions.
Regardless of whether you are submitting a new or revised NOI, you
must complete the NOI in its entirety and the NOI must be signed.
-3Section II--Facility Operator Information
Part A:
The facility operator is the legal entity that is
responsible for all permit related compliance
activities at the facility. In most cases, the
facility operator is the owner of the business or
operation where the industrial activity occurs.
Give the legal name and the address of the person,
firm, public organization, or any other entity that
is responsible for complying with the General
Permit.
Part B:
Check the box that indicates the type of operation.
Section III--Facility Site Information
Part A:
Enter the facility's official or legal name and
provide the address. Facilities that do not have a
street address must provide cross-streets or parcel
numbers. Do not include a P.O. Box address in Part
A.
Part B:
Enter the mailing address of the facility if
different than Part A. This address may be a P.O.
Box.
The contact person should be the plant or site
manager who is familiar with the facility and
responsible for overseeing compliance of the General
Permit requirements.
Part C:
Enter the total size of the facility in either acres
or square feet. Also include the percentage
of the site that is impervious (areas that water
cannot soak into the ground, such as concrete,
asphalt, and rooftops).
Part D:
Determine the Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) code which best identifies the industrial
activity that is taking place at the facility. This
information can be obtained by referring to the
Standard Industrial Classification Manual prepared
by the Federal Office of Management and Budget which
is available at public libraries. The code you
determine should identify the industrial activity
that requires you to submit the NOI. (For example,
if the business is high school education and the
activity is school bus maintenance, the code you
choose would be bus maintenance, not education.)
Most facilities have only one code; however,
additional spaces are provided for those facilities
that have more than one activity.
Part E:
Identify the title of the industrial activity that
requires you to submit the NOI (e.g., the title of
SIC Code 2421 is Sawmills and Planing Mills,
General). If you cannot identify the title, provide
a description of the regulated activity(s).
-4Section IV--Address for Correspondence
Correspondence relative to the permit will be mailed occasionally.
Check the box which indicates where you would like such
correspondence delivered. If you want correspondence sent to
another contact person or address different than indicated in
Section II or Section III then include the information on an extra
sheet of paper.
Section V--Billing Address Information
To continue coverage under the General Permit, the annual fee must
be paid. Use this section to indicate where the annual fee
invoices should be mailed. Enter the billing address if different
than the address given in Sections II or III.
Section VI--Receiving Water Information
Provide the name of the receiving water where storm water discharge
flows from your facility. A description of each option is included
below.
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Directly to waters of the United States: Storm water
discharges directly from the facility to a river, creek, lake,
ocean, etc. Enter the name of the receiving water (e.g.,
Boulder Creek).
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Indirectly to waters of the United States: Storm water
discharges over adjacent properties or right-of-ways
prior to discharging to waters of the United States.
Enter the name of the closest receiving water (e.g.,
Clear Creek).
Section VII--Implementation of Permit Requirements
Parts A and B:
Check the boxes that best describe the status
of the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP) and the Monitoring Program.
Part C:
Check yes or no to questions 1 through 4. If
you answer no to any question, you need to
assign a person to these tasks immediately.
As a permit holder you are required to have an SWPPP and Monitoring
Program in place prior to the beginning of facility operations.
Failure to do so is in direct violation of the General Permit. Do
not send a copy of your SWPPP with your NOI submittal.
Please refer to Sections A and B of the General Permit for
additional information regarding the SWPPP and Monitoring Program.
Section VIII--Site Map
Provide a "to scale" drawing of the facility and its immediate
surroundings. Include as much detail about the site as possible.
At a minimum, indicate buildings, material handling and storage
areas, roads, names of adjacent streets, storm water discharge
points, sample collection points, and a north arrow. Whenever
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x 11" or 11" x 17"). Do not send blueprints unless you are sending
one page and it meets the size limits as defined above.
A location map may also be included, especially in cases where the
facility is difficult to find, but are not to be submitted as a
substitute for the site map. The location map can be created from
local street maps and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangle
maps, etc.
A revised site map must be submitted whenever there is a
significant change in the facility layout (e.g., new building,
change in storage locations, boundary change, etc.).
Section IX--Certification
This section should be read by the facility operator. The
certification provides assurances that the NOI and site map were
completed by the facility operator in an accurate and complete
fashion and with the knowledge that penalties exist for providing
false information. It also requires the Responsible Party to
certify that the provisions in the General Permit will be complied
with.
The NOI must be signed by:
For a Corporation: a responsible corporate officer (or
authorized individual).
For a Partnership or Sole Proprietorship:
or the proprietor, respectively.
a general partner
For a Municipality, State, or other non-Federal Public Agency:
either a principal executive officer or ranking elected
official.
For a Federal Agency: either the chief or senior executive
officer of the agency.
State of California
State Water Resources Control Board
NOTICE OF INTENT
TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE
GENERAL PERMIT TO DISCHARGE STORM WATER
ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY (WQ ORDER No. 97-03-DWQ)
(Excluding Construction Activities)
SECTION I. NOI STATUS
(please check only one box)
A. [ ] New Permittee
B. [ ] Change of Information
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SECTION V. BILLING ADDRESS INFORMATION
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A. STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) (check one)
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[ ] A SWPPP will be prepared and ready for review by (enter date): ____/____/____.
B. MONITORING PROGRAM (check one)
[ ] A Monitoring Program has been prepared for this facility and is available for review.
[ ] A Monitoring Program will be prepared and ready for review by (enter date): ____/____/____.
C. PERMIT COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY
Has a person been assigned responsibility for:
1. Inspecting the facility throughout the year to identify any potential pollution problems? .........................................................................____YES
2. Collecting storm water samples and having them analyzed?..................................................................................................................____YES
3. Preparing and submitting an annual report by July 1 of each year? .......................................................................................................____YES
4. Eliminating discharges other than storm water (such as equipment or vehicle wash-water) into the storm drain?................................____YES
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SECTION VIII. SITE MAP
I HAVE ENCLOSED A SITE MAP
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A new NOI submitted without a site map will be rejected.
SECTION IX. CERTIFICATION
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction and 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
those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete.
I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment. In addition, I certify that I have
read the entire General Permit, including all attachments, and agree to comply with and be bound by all of the provisions, requirements, and prohibitions of the
permit, including the development and implementation of a Storm Water Pollution Pervention Plan and a Monitoring Program Plan will be complied with."
Printed Name:
Signature:
Title:
Date
Attachment 4
DEFINITIONS
1. "Best Management Practices" ("BMPs") means schedules of
activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance
procedures, and other management practices to prevent or
reduce the pollution of waters of the United States. BMPs
also include treatment measures, operating procedures, and
practices to control facility site runoff, spillage or leaks,
sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material
storage. BMPs may include any type of pollution prevention
and pollution control measure necessary to achieve compliance
with this General Permit.
2. Clean Water Act (CWA) means the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act enacted by Public Law 92-500 as amended by Public
Laws 95-217, 95-576, 96-483, and 97-117; 33 USC. 1251 et seq.
3. "Facility" is a collection of industrial processes
discharging storm water associated with industrial activity
within the property boundary or operational unit.
4. "Non-Storm Water Discharge" means any discharge to storm
sewer systems that is not composed entirely of storm water.
5. "Significant Materials" includes, but is not limited to: raw
materials; fuels; materials such as solvents, detergents, and
plastic pellets; finished materials such as metallic
products; raw materials used in food processing or
production; hazardous substances designated under
Section 101(14) of Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLCA); any chemical the
facility is required to report pursuant to Section 313 of
Title III of Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
(SARA); fertilizers; pesticides; and waste products such as
ashes, slag, and sludge that have the potential to be
released with storm water discharges.
6. "Significant Quantities" is the volume, concentrations, or
mass of a pollutant that can cause or threaten to cause
pollution, contamination, or nuisance; adversely impact human
health or the environment; and/or cause or contribute to a
violation of any applicable water quality standards for the
receiving water.
7. "Significant Spills" includes, but is not limited to:
releases of oil or hazardous substances in excess of
reportable quantities under Section 311 of the CWA (see
40 CFR 110.10 and 117.21) or Section 102 of CERCLA (see
40 CFR 302.4).
8. "Storm water" means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, and
storm water surface runoff and drainage. It excludes
infiltration and runoff from agricultural land.
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discharge from any conveyance which is used for collecting
and conveying storm water and which is directly related to
manufacturing, processing, or raw materials storage areas at
an industrial plant. The term does not include discharges
from facilities or activities excluded from the NPDES
program. For the facilities identified in Categories 1
through 9 of Attachment 1 of this General Permit, the term
includes, but is not limited to, storm water discharges from
industrial plant yards; immediate access roads and rail lines
used or traveled by carriers of raw materials; manufactured
products, waste material, or by-products used or created by
the facility; material handling sites; refuse sites; sites
used for the application or disposal of process wastewaters
(as defined at 40 CFR Part 401); sites used for the storage
and maintenance of material handling equipment; sites used
for residual treatment, storage, or disposal; shipping and
receiving areas; manufacturing buildings; storage areas
(including tank farms) for raw materials, and intermediate
and finished products; and areas where industrial activity
has taken place in the past and significant materials remain
and are exposed to storm water.
For the facilities identified in Category 10 of Attachment 1
of this General Permit, the term only includes storm water
discharges from all areas listed in the previous sentence
where material handling equipment or activities, raw
materials, intermediate products, final products, waste
materials, by-products, or industrial machinery are exposed
to storm water.
Material handling activities include the: storage, loading
and unloading, transportation, or conveyance of any raw
material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. The term excludes areas located on plant
lands separate from the plant's industrial activities, such
as office buildings and accompanying parking lots as long as
the drainage from the excluded areas is not mixed with storm
water drained from the above described areas. Industrial
facilities (including industrial facilities that are
federally, State, or municipally owned or operated that meet
the description of the facilities listed in this paragraph)
include those facilities designated under 40 CFR
122.26(a)(1)(v).
Attachment 5
ACRONYM LIST
BAT
BCT
BMPs
CERCLA
CFR
CWA
General Permit
GMP
NEC
NOI
NOT
NPDES
O&G
RCRA
Regional Water Board
RQ
SARA
SIC
SMCRA
SPCC
State Water Board
SWPPP
TOC
TSS
U.S. EPA
WDID
WDRs
Best Available Technology Economically
Achievable
Best Conventional Pollutant Control
Technology
Best Management Practices
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(Federal Superfund)
Code of Federal Regulations
Clean Water Act
General Industrial Activities Storm Water
Permit
Group Monitoring Plan
No Exposure Certification
Notice of Intent
Notice of Termination
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
Oil and Grease
Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Reportable Quantity
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986
Standard Industrial Classification
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasures
State Water Resources Control Board
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Total Organic Carbon
Total Suspended Solids
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Waste Discharger Identification
Waste Discharge Requirements
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