La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § IX-6117

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IX-6117 - POTW Pretreatment Programs and/or Authorization to Revise Pretreatment Standards: Submission for Approval

A. Who Approves Program. A POTW requesting approval of a POTW pretreatment program shall develop a program description that includes the information set forth in Paragraphs B.1-4 of this Section. This description shall be submitted to the Office of Environmental Services, which will make a determination on the request for program approval in accordance with the procedures described in LAC 33:IX.6121.

B. Contents of POTW Program Submission. The program description must contain the following information:

1. a statement from the city solicitor or a city official acting in a comparable capacity (or the attorney for those POTWs which have independent legal counsel) that the POTW has authority adequate to carry out the programs described in LAC 33:IX.6115. This statement shall:

a. identify the provision of the legal authority under LAC 33:IX.6115.F.1 which provides the basis for each procedure under LAC 33:IX.6115.F.2;

b. identify the manner in which the POTW will implement the program requirements set forth in LAC 33:IX.6115, including the means by which pretreatment standards will be applied to individual industrial users (e.g., by order, permit, ordinance, etc.); and

c. identify how the POTW intends to ensure compliance with pretreatment standards and requirements, and to enforce them in the event of noncompliance by industrial users;

2. a copy of any statutes, ordinances, regulations, agreements, or other authorities relied upon by the POTW for its administration of the program. This submission shall include a statement reflecting the endorsement or approval of the local boards or bodies responsible for supervising and/or funding the POTW pretreatment program if approved;

3. a brief description (including organization charts) of the POTW organization which will administer the pretreatment program. If more than one agency is responsible for administration of the program the responsible agencies should be identified, their respective responsibilities delineated, and their procedures for coordination set forth; and

4. a description of the funding levels and full and part-time manpower available to implement the program.

C. Conditional POTW Program Approval. The POTW may request conditional approval of the pretreatment program pending the acquisition of funding and personnel for certain elements of the program. The request for conditional approval must meet the requirements set forth in Subsection B of this Section except that the requirements of Subsection B of this Section may be relaxed if the submission demonstrates that:

1. a limited aspect of the program does not need to be implemented immediately;

2. the POTW had adequate legal authority and procedures to carry out those aspects of the program which will not be implemented immediately; and

3. funding and personnel for the program aspects to be implemented at a later date will be available when needed. The POTW will describe in the submission the mechanism by which this funding will be acquired. Upon receipt of a request for conditional approval, the approval authority will establish a fixed date for the acquisition of the needed funding and personnel. If funding is not acquired by this date, the conditional approval of the POTW pretreatment program and any removal allowances granted to the POTW, may be modified or withdrawn.

D. Content of Removal Allowance Submission. The request for authority to revise categorical pretreatment standards must contain the information required in LAC 33:IX.6113.D.

E. Approval Authority Action. Any POTW requesting POTW pretreatment program approval shall submit to the Office of Environmental Services three copies of the submission described in Subsection B of this Section, and, if appropriate, Subsection D of this Section. Within 60 days after receiving the submission, the Office of Environmental Services shall make a preliminary determination of whether the submission meets the requirements of Subsection B of this Section and, if appropriate, Subsection D of this Section. If the approval authority makes the preliminary determination that the submission meets these requirements, the approval authority shall:

1. notify the POTW that the submission has been received and is under review; and

2. commence the public notice and evaluation activities set forth in LAC 33:IX.6121.

F. Notification Where Submission Is Defective. If, after review of the submission as provided for in Subsection E of this Section, the approval authority determines that the submission does not comply with the requirements of Subsection B or C, and, if appropriate, Subsection D, of this Section, the approval authority shall provide notice in writing to the applying POTW and each person who has requested individual notice. This notification shall identify any defects in the submission and advise the POTW and each person who has requested individual notice of the means by which the POTW can comply with the applicable requirements of Subsections B and C, and, if appropriate, Subsection D of this Section.

G. Consistency with Water Quality Management Plans

1. In order to be approved the POTW pretreatment program shall be consistent with any approved water quality management plan developed in accordance with 40 CFR Parts 130, 131, as revised, where such CWA Section 208 plan includes management agency designations and addresses pretreatment in a manner consistent with LAC 33:IX.Chapter 61. In order to assure such consistency the approval authority shall solicit the review and comment of the appropriate CWA Section 208 planning agency during the public comment period provided for in LAC 33:IX.6121.B.1.b prior to approval or disapproval of the program.

2. Where no CWA Section 208 plan has been approved or where a plan has been approved but lacks management agency designations and/or does not address pretreatment in a manner consistent with this Regulation, the approval authority shall nevertheless solicit the review and comment of the appropriate CWA Section 208 planning agency.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § IX-6117

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Water Resources, LR 21:945 (September 1995), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2555 (November 2000), repromulgated LR 30:232 (February 2004), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2514 (October 2005), LR 33:2170 (October 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq., and in particular Section 2074(B)(3) and (B)(4)