7 Del. Admin. Code § 7201-1.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025

Section 7201-1.0 - Authority, Purpose and Scope

1.1 Authority. These regulations are adopted by the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control under and pursuant to the authorities set forth in 7 Del.C. Chapter 60 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended further, commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act (Pub. L. 92-500, as amended by Pub. L. 95-217, Pub. L. 95-576, Pub. L. 96-483, Pub. L. 97-117, Pub. L. 100-4; Pub. L. 100-688, Pub. L. 100-581, Pub. L. 102-580, Pub. L. 102-240; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.).

1.2 Purpose. The purpose of these regulations is to effectuate the policy and purposes of 7Del.C.Ch. 60 and ensure that the surface and ground waters of the State of Delaware exhibit a quality that is consistent with established criteria. To accomplish this, these regulations seek to prevent, manage and/or control the pollution from activities that affect or have the reasonable potential to affect the quality of these waters. These regulations are but a single phase in a program which serves to effectively and reasonably manage the water resources of the State in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the State of Delaware, to provide for full utilization, conservation and protection of the water resources of the State and to provide for the conservation and protection of wildlife and aquatic life.

1.3 Scope. These regulations shall supersede and replace §§ 1 through 8 and §§ 10 through 14 of the Department's Regulations Governing the Control of Water Pollution, adopted March 15, 1974, as amended June 23, 1983. The Department's Regulations Governing the Design, Installation, and Operation of On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems and its Guidance and Regulations Governing the Land Treatment of Wastes supersede and replace the requirements in Section 9 of the referenced regulations.

Regulations adopted June 30, 1993 and revised with an effective date of September 15, 1998, to effectuate the Department's General Permit Program for storm water discharges associated with industrial activities remain in their entirety and are to be incorporated and redesignatedherein as Section 9, Subsection 1 - Regulations Governing Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities.

All federal and state laws, statutes and regulations, governmental guidance and documents and private publications, standards, rates and documents, as stated and used in these regulations, are incorporated by reference, either as they existed as of the date, edition or version expressly indicated, or if no date, edition or version is expressly indicated, that as of August 29, 2000.

7 Del. Admin. Code § 7201-1.0