(1) The department
shall prepare a fact sheet for every draft permit determination. Such fact
sheets shall, at a minimum, summarize the following:
(a) The type of facility or activity which is
the subject of the application;
(b)
The location of the discharge in the form of a sketch or detailed
description;
(c) The type and
quantity of the discharge, including at least the following:
(i) The rate or frequency of the proposed
discharge;
(ii) For thermal
discharges, the average summer and winter temperatures; and
(iii) The average discharge in pounds per
day, or other appropriate units, of any pollutants which are present in
significant quantities or which are subject to limitations or prohibition under
RCW
90.48.010,
90.52.040,
90.54.020 and sections 301, 302,
306, or 307 of the FWPCA and regulations published thereunder;
(d) The conditions in the proposed
permit;
(e) The legal and technical
grounds for the draft permit determination, including an explanation of how
conditions meet both the technology-based and water quality-based requirements
of the FWPCA and chapters 90.48, 90.52, and 90.54 RCW;
(f) The effluent standards and limitations
applied to the proposed discharge;
(g) The applicable water quality standards,
including identification of the uses for which receiving waters have been
classified;
(h) How the draft
permit addresses use or disposal of residual solids generated by wastewater
treatment; and
(i) The procedures
for the formulation of final determinations (in more detailed form than that
given in the public notice) including:
(i) The
thirty-day comment period required by WAC
173-220-050(2);
(ii) Procedures for requesting a public
hearing and the nature thereof; and
(iii) Any other procedures by which the
public may participate in the formulation of the final
determinations.
(2) The department shall send a fact sheet to
the applicant and, upon request, to any other person.
(3) The department shall add the name of any
person upon request to a mailing list to receive copies of fact
sheets.
