7 Del. Admin. Code § 7201-10.0

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

Section 7201-10.0 - Municipal Compliance Maintenance

10.1 Introduction. This section of the regulations seeks to promote compliance maintenance through pollution prevention practices. It requires owners of sewage treatment works, both publicly and privately owned, to assess plant performance annually and evaluate the plant's ability to maintain compliance. In doing so, the owners will be able to identify future wastewater management needs. This approach encourages responsible planning and proactive decision-making to avoid degradation of receiving water quality and to prevent NPDES permit violations. In addition, this section seeks to promote pollution prevention by encouraging owners to explore and implement alternatives that reduce pollutant loadings and/or flow prior to their generation in accordance with the Federal Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the Delaware Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. This section of the regulations encourages actions which promote the owner's awareness and responsibility for wastewater treatment needs, maximize the useful life of sewerage facilities through improved operations and maintenance, and initiate facility planning, design and construction before such improvements or additional facilities become a critical factor in maintaining permit compliance and preventing effluent violations.

10.2 Applicability. Compliance Maintenance Annual Report

10.2.1 Purpose: The compliance maintenance annual report (CMAR) describes the physical conditions and the performance of the sewage system during the previous calendar year, summarizes the owner's plans for maintaining compliance, describes the owner's efforts in promoting pollution prevention and the owner's plans for promoting pollution prevention during the upcoming calendar year. The CMAR provides the owner of the treatment works with an objective analysis for determining whether a more detailed evaluation of its sewerage facilities is warranted. The owner and the Department shall use the CMAR to identify needs for future planning actions.

10.2.2 Submission Deadline: (RESERVED)

10.2.3 Content: (RESERVED)

10.2.4 In the case of a publicly owned treatment works, the following additional documentation shall be submitted to the Department with the CMAR: (RESERVED)

7 Del. Admin. Code § 7201-10.0