Subsection 096-525-4-VIII - pH Effluent limitations under continuous monitoring [see 40 CFR 401.17](a) Where a permittee continuously measures the pH of wastewater pursuant to a requirement or option in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued pursuant to section 402 of the Act, the permittee shall maintain the pH of such wastewater within the range set forth in the applicable effluent limitations guidelines, except excursions from the range are permitted subject to the following limitations:(1) The total time during which the pH values are outside the required range of pH values shall not exceed 7 hours and 26 minutes in any calendar month; and(2) No individual excursion from the range of pH values shall exceed 60 minutes.(b) The Department, may adjust the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of this section with respect to the length of individual excursions from the range of pH values, if a different period of time is appropriate based upon the treatment system, plant configuration or other technical factors.(c) For purposes of this subsection, an excursion is an unavoidable malfunction as defined in 38 MRSA, §349(9)(B) in which the pH value of discharge wastewater exceeds the range set forth in the applicable effluent limitations guidelines. C.M.R. 06, 096, ch. 525, § 096-525-4, subsec. 096-525-4-VIII