Delaware Administrative Code
Title 7 - Natural Resources and Environmental Control
5000 - Division of Watershed Stewardship
7400 - Watershed Assessment Section
7403 - Regulations Governing The Pollution Control Strategy For The Indian River, Indian River Bay, Rehoboth Bay And Little Assawoman Bay Watersheds
Section 7403-3.0 - Point Source Implementation
Universal Citation: 7 DE Admin Code 7403-3.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
3.1 Permitted discharges of nutrients into the Indian River, Indian River Bay, Rehoboth Bay, Little Assawoman Bay or their tributaries under the NPDES program shall be systematically eliminated through their NPDES renewal process.
3.2 Subject to approval by the Department, point sources may choose to engage in water quality trading on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the following:
3.2.1 Trades must occur within the same
watershed (Indian River, Indian River Bay, Rehoboth Bay, or Little Assawoman
Bay) as the point source discharge is located.
3.2.2 Trades must involve a trading ratio of
at least 2:1 between nonpoint sources and point sources.
3.2.3 The nutrient load reduction involved in
the trade must constitute reductions that occur beyond the baseline or the
point or nonpoint source nutrient reductions required under the TMDL and this
Pollution Control Strategy.
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