Section Env-Wq 305.16 - Discharge Request Submission: Remote Treatment(a) This section shall apply to the processing of discharge applications where the POTW that will receive and treat the discharge (host POTW) is not owned and operated by the municipality in which the applicant is located (satellite municipality), other than discharges that are subject to Env-Wq 305.11.(b) The applicant shall submit the completed, signed discharge request to the satellite municipality. The satellite municipality may request the applicant to submit 2 copies of the completed discharge request form.(c) Upon receipt of a discharge request, the satellite municipality shall: (1) Evaluate the proposed discharge for compliance with locally applicable requirements; and(2) Approve the discharge request if the proposed discharge meets all locally applicable requirements.(d) If the satellite municipality approves the discharge request, an authorized official of the satellite municipality shall:(1) Sign the discharge request as specified in Env-Wq 305.14(a); and(2) Forward the discharge request to the department and to the host POTW.(e) Upon receipt of a discharge request, the host POTW shall evaluate the proposed discharge and the ability of the POTW to accommodate the discharge based on information submitted by the applicant.(f) No host POTW shall allocate or accept for treatment more than 90 percent of the headworks loading limits of its WWTP.(g) The host POTW shall not approve the discharge request unless the proposed discharge meets all applicable requirements of these rules and all applicable local pretreatment programs and sewer use ordinances.(h) If the host POTW decides to accept the discharge, the host community shall submit a completed "Host POTW Acknowledgement", NHDES-W-09-063, dated January 2021, available via the department's website at www.des.nh.gov, by providing the following information:(1) The name of the host POTW;(2) The name of the satellite municipality;(3) The name of the industry to which the discharge request applies;(4) The date of the discharge request;(5) The date the discharge request was received by the host POTW;(6) Whether any comments are being provided, and if so, the comments; and(7) The name and title of the individual who has been authorized to sign the Acknowledgement on behalf of the host POTW.(i) The authorized representative of the host POTW shall sign and date the Acknowledgement.(j) The host POTW shall send the completed Acknowledgement to: Industrial Pretreatment Supervisor
NH DES Water Division
PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095.
N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 305.16
(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Wq 305) #10381, eff 8-1-13
Amended by Volume XLI Number 32, Filed August 12, 2021, Proposed by #13241, Effective 7/24/2021, Expires 7/24/2031