Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-9-A907 - Public Notice Requirements
A.
Individual permits.
1. The Director shall
publish a notice that a draft individual permit has been prepared, or a permit
application has been tentatively denied, and may publish all notices of these
activities in one or more newspapers of general circulation where the facility
is located, or to the Department's website. If the Department publishes notice
of a draft individual permit on the website, it shall additionally post on the
website the draft permit and fact sheet for the duration of the public comment
period. The notice shall contain:
a. The name
and address of the Department;
b.
The name and address of the permittee or permit applicant and if different, the
name of the facility or activity regulated by the permit;
c. A brief description of the business
conducted at the facility or activity described in the permit
application;
d. The name, address,
and telephone number of a person from whom an interested person may obtain
further information, including copies of the draft permit, fact sheet, and
application;
e. A brief description
of the comment procedures, the time and place of any hearing, including a
statement of procedures to request a hearing (unless a hearing has already been
scheduled), and any other procedure by which the public may participate in the
final permit decision;
f. A general
description of the location of each existing or proposed discharge point and
the name of the receiving water;
g.
For sources subject to section 316(a) of the Clean Water Act, a statement that
the thermal component of the discharge is subject to effluent limitations under
the Clean Water Act, section 301 (33 U.S.C. 1311) or
306 (33 U.S.C.
1316) and a brief description, including a
quantitative statement, of the thermal effluent limitations proposed under
section 301 (33 U.S.C.
1311) or 306 (33 U.S.C.
1316);
h. Requirements applicable to cooling water
intake structures at new facilities subject to 40 CFR 125, subpart I;
and
i. Any additional information
considered necessary to the permit decision.
2. The Department shall provide the applicant
with a copy of the draft individual permit.
3. Copy of the notice. The Department shall
provide the following entities with a copy of the notice:
a. The applicant or permittee;
b. Any user identified in the permit
application of a privately owned treatment works;
c. Any affected federal, state, tribal, or
local agency, or council of government;
d. Federal and state agencies with
jurisdiction over fish, shellfish, and wildlife resources, the Arizona Historic
Preservation Office, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
e. Each applicable county department of
health, environmental services, or comparable department;
f. Any person who requested, in writing,
notification of the activity; and
g. The Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y
Recursos Naturales and the United States Section of the International Boundary
and Water Commission, if the Department is aware the effluent discharge is
expected to reach Sonora, Mexico, either through surface water or
groundwater.
B.
General permits. If the Director considers issuing a general permit applicable
to a category of discharge under
R18-9-C901, the Director shall
publish a general notice of the draft permit. The Director shall publish a
notice that a draft individual permit has been prepared, or a permit
application has been tentatively denied and may publish all notices of these
activities in one or more newspapers of general circulation where the facility
is located, or to the Department's website. If the Department publishes notice
of a draft individual permit on the website, it shall additionally post on the
website the draft permit and fact sheet for the duration of the public comment
period. The notice shall contain:
1. The name
and address of the Department,
2.
The name of the person to contact regarding the permit,
3. The general permit category,
4. A brief description of the proposed
general permit,
5. A map or
description of the permit area,
6.
The web site or any other location where the proposed general permit may be
obtained, and
7. The ending date
for public comment
Notes
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A. Individual permits.
1. The Director shall publish a notice that a draft individual permit has been prepared, or a permit application has been tentatively denied, in one or more newspapers of general circulation where the facility is located. The notice shall contain:
a. The name and address of the Department;
b. The name and address of the permittee or permit applicant and if different, the name of the facility or activity regulated by the permit;
c. A brief description of the business conducted at the facility or activity described in the permit application;
d. The name, address, and telephone number of a person from whom an interested person may obtain further information, including copies of the draft permit , fact sheet, and application;
e. A brief description of the comment procedures, the time and place of any hearing, including a statement of procedures to request a hearing (unless a hearing has already been scheduled), and any other procedure by which the public may participate in the final permit decision;
f. A general description of the location of each existing or proposed discharge point and the name of the receiving water;
g. For sources subject to section 316(a) of the Clean Water Act, a statement that the thermal component of the discharge is subject to effluent limitations under the Clean Water Act, section 301 (33 U.S.C. 1311) or 306 (33 U.S.C. 1316) and a brief description, including a quantitative statement, of the thermal effluent limitations proposed under section 301 (33 U.S.C. 1311) or 306 (33 U.S.C. 1316);
h. Requirements applicable to cooling water intake structures at new facilities subject to 40 CFR 125, subpart I; and
i. Any additional information considered necessary to the permit decision.
2. The Department shall provide the applicant with a copy of the draft individual permit .
3. Copy of the notice. The Department shall provide the following entities with a copy of the notice:
a. The applicant or permittee;
b. Any user identified in the permit application of a privately owned treatment works;
c. Any affected federal, state, tribal, or local agency, or council of government;
d. Federal and state agencies with jurisdiction over fish, shellfish, and wildlife resources, the Arizona Historic Preservation Office, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
e. Each applicable county department of health, environmental services, or comparable department;
f. Any person who requested, in writing, notification of the activity; and
g. The Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales and the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, if the Department is aware the effluent discharge is expected to reach Sonora, Mexico, either through surface water or groundwater.
B. General permits. If the Director considers issuing a general permit applicable to a category of discharge under R18-9-C901, the Director shall publish a general notice of the draft permit in the Arizona Administrative Register. The notice shall contain:
1. The name and address of the Department,
2. The name of the person to contact regarding the permit,
3. The general permit category,
4. A brief description of the proposed general permit ,
5. A map or description of the permit area,
6. The web site or any other location where the proposed general permit may be obtained, and
7. The ending date for public comment.