Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-20-.09

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 335-6-20-.09 - Specific Permit Conditions

(1)Basis for Specific Permit Conditions. Conditions necessary for the protection of public health and the environment may differ from facility to facility because of varying environmental conditions and wastewater compositions. The Director may establish, on a case-by-case basis, specific permit conditions. Specific conditions shall be established in consideration of characteristics specific to a facility and any inherent hazards of those characteristics. Such characteristics include, but are not limited to:

(a) Chemical, biological, physical, and volumetric characteristics of the wastewater;

(b) Geological and climatic nature of the facility or reuse site;

(c) Size of the site and its proximity to population centers and to ground and surface water;

(d) Techniques used in wastewater distribution and the disposition of that vegetation exposed to wastewaters;

(e) Abilities of the soils and vegetative covers to accept the reuse water without undue hazard to the environment or to the public health; and

(f) The need for monitoring and recordkeeping to determine if the facility is being operated in conformance with its design and if its design is adequate to protect public health and the environment.

(2)Duration of Permit. The permit shall be effective for a fixed term of not more than five years.

(3)Limitations to Operation. Conditions of the permit may specify or limit:

(a) Wastewater composition;

(b) Method, manner, and frequency of wastewater treatment;

(c) Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of a reuse site; and

(d) Any other condition the Director finds necessary to protect public health or the environment.

(4)Compliance Schedules. The Director may establish a compliance schedule for existing facilities as part of the permit conditions, including:

(a) Specific steps or actions to be taken by the permittee to achieve compliance with applicable requirements or final permit conditions;

(b) Dates by which those steps or actions are to be taken; and

(c) In any case where the period of time for compliance exceeds one year the schedule may also establish interim requirements and the dates for their achievements.

(5)Monitoring Requirements. Monitoring requirements may include, but are not limited to:

(a) The installation, use, and maintenance of monitoring equipment;

(b) Monitoring or sampling methodology, frequency, and locations;

(c) Monitored substances or parameters;

(d) Testing and analytical procedures; and

(e) Reporting requirements including both frequency and form.

(6)Monitoring Records. The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information (including all calibration and maintenance records and all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation), copies of all reports required by the permit, and records of all data used to complete the permit application for a period of three years from the date of the sample, measurement, report submittal or application submittal. This period may be extended by request of the Department at any time.

(7)Monitoring Locations. Monitoring locations shall be explicitly documented, and chain of custody protocols shall be followed.

(8)Monitoring Reports. Monitoring results for the Reclaimed Water Reuse Facility shall be summarized for each monitoring period in a form specified and approved by the Department and shall be submitted so that it is received by the Department no later than the 28^th day of the month following the monitoring period. If the permittee monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the permit using test procedures approved under 40 CFR Part 136, then the results of such monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the data submitted in the reporting form specified and approved by the Department.

(9)Falsification and Tampering. Any person, who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method to be maintained under its permit shall be subject to civil and criminal penalties as provided for in Alabama law and other appropriate authority.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-20-.09

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2015, eff. 9/29/2015.

Author: Nicholas Caraway

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-22-1 to 22-22-14; §§ 22-22A-1 to 22-22A-16et seq., as amended.