Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 54 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Section 11-54-11 - Schedule of compliance
Current through February, 2024
(a) A schedule of compliance is an NPDES implementation tool that applies to the implementation of water quality standards through NPDES permits only.
(b) The director may issue a schedule of compliance in an individual NPDES permit for the implementation of effluent limits derived from the water quality criteria in this chapter if the director makes a finding that the discharger cannot immediately comply with the water quality based effluent limitations upon the effective grant of the permit.
(c) A schedule of compliance may be included in an individual NPDES permit issued by the director pursuant to chapter 342D, HRS.
(d) A schedule of compliance in an NPDES permit is allowed only for water quality-based effluent limits based upon a new, revised, or newly interpreted water quality standard and must:
(e) A schedule of compliance that exceeds one year in duration must set forth interim requirements, specific dates to meet interim requirements, and a date by which the required water quality-based effluent limitation must be achieved.