Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-9-C901 - General Permit Issuance
A. The
Director may issue a general permit to cover one or more categories of
discharges, sludge use, or disposal practices, or facilities within a
geographic area corresponding to existing geographic or political boundaries,
if the sources within a covered category of discharges are either:
1. Stormwater point sources; or
2. One or more categories of point sources
other than stormwater point sources, or one or more categories of treatment
works treating domestic sewage, if the sources, or treatment works treating
domestic sewage, within each category all:
a.
Involve the same or substantially similar types of operations;
b. Discharge the same types of wastes or
engage in the same types of sludge use or disposal practices;
c. Require the same effluent limitations,
operating conditions, or standards for sludge use or disposal;
d. Require the same or similar monitoring;
and
e. Are more appropriately
controlled under a general permit than under an individual permit.
B. Any person seeking
coverage under a general permit issued under subsection (A) shall submit a
Notice of Intent on a form provided by the Department within the time-frame
specified in the general permit unless exempted under the general permit as
provided in subsection (C)(2). The person shall not discharge before the time
specified in the general permit unless the discharge is authorized by another
permit.
C. Exemption from filing a
Notice of Intent.
1. The following dischargers
are not exempt from submitting a Notice of Intent:
a. A discharge from a POTW;
b. A combined sewer overflow;
c. A MS4;
d. A primary industrial facility;
e. A stormwater discharge associated with
industrial activity;
f. A
CAFO;
g. A treatment works treating
domestic sewage; and
h. A
stormwater discharge associated with construction activity.
2. For dischargers not listed in
subsection (C)(1), the Director may consider a Notice of Intent inappropriate
for the discharge and authorize the discharge under a general permit without a
Notice of Intent. In making this finding, the Director shall consider:
a. The type of discharge,
b. The expected nature of the
discharge,
c. The potential for
toxic and conventional pollutants in the discharge,
d. The expected volume of the
discharge,
e. Other means of
identifying the discharges covered by the permit, and
f. The estimated number of discharges covered
by the permit.
3. The
Director shall provide reasons for not requiring a Notice of Intent for a
general permit in the public notice.
D. Notice of Intent. The Director shall
specify the contents of the Notice of Intent in the general permit and the
applicant shall submit information sufficient to establish coverage under the
general permit, including, at a minimum:
1.
The name, position, address, and telephone number of the owner of the
facility;
2. The name, position,
address, and telephone number of the operator of the facility, if different
from subsection (D)(1);
3. The name
and address of the facility;
4. The
type and location of the discharge;
5. The receiving streams;
6. The latitude and longitude of the
facility;
7. For a CAFO, the
information specified in
40
CFR 122.21(i)(1) and a
topographic map;
8. The signature
of the certifying official required under
40
CFR 122.22; and
9. Any other information necessary to
determine eligibility for the AZPDES general permit.
E. The general permit shall contain:
1. The expiration date; and
2. The appropriate permit requirements,
permit conditions, and best management practices, and measurable goals for MS4
general permits, under
R18-9-A905(A)(1),
R18-9-A905(A)(2),
and R18-9-A905(A)(3)
and determined by the Director as necessary and appropriate for the protection
of navigable waters.
F.
The Department shall inform a permittee if EPA requests the permittee's Notice
of Intent, unless EPA requests that the permittee not be notified.
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