327 IAC 5-1.5-30 - "Major discharger" defined

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-18-4

Sec. 30.

"Major discharger" means any point source discharger designated as such annually by agreement between the commissioner and the U.S. EPA. Classification of a discharger as major generally involves consideration of factors relating to the significance of the discharge's impact on the environment, such as:

(1) nature and quantity of pollutants discharged;

(2) character and assimilative capacity of the receiving waters;

(3) presence of toxic pollutants in the discharge; and

(4) compliance history of the discharger.

Notes

327 IAC 5-1.5-30

Water Pollution Control Board; 327 IAC 5-1.5-30; filed Jan 14, 1997, 12:00 p.m.: 20 IR 1416; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA Readopted filed Jun 14, 2019, 1:59 p.m.: 20190710-IR-327190246BFA