Sec. 8.
(a) The
department shall prepare a fact sheet for every draft permit for a major
discharger, any draft permit that incorporates a statutory variance or
modification or requires explanation under subsection (b)(5), general permits,
and every draft permit that the commissioner finds is the subject of widespread
public interest or raises major issues. The fact sheet shall briefly set forth
the major facts and the significant factual, legal, methodological, and policy
questions considered in preparing the draft permit. The commissioner shall send
this fact sheet to the following:
(1) The
applicant.
(2) EPA Region
5.
(3) The district engineer of the
Corps of Engineers.
(4) The
regional director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(5) Other interested state and federal
agencies.
(6) Any other person on
request.
(b) The fact
sheet shall include the following:
(1) A brief
description of the type of facility or activity that is the subject of the
draft permit and, where appropriate, a sketch or detailed description of the
discharge described in the application.
(2) A description of the type and quantity of
pollutants that are, or are proposed to be, discharged.
(3) A brief explanation of the express
statutory or regulatory provisions on which permit requirements are
based.
(4) Any calculations or
other necessary explanation of the derivation of specific effluent limitations
and conditions, including a citation to the applicable guideline or development
documents or standard provisions as required under
327 IAC
5-2-10 and reasons why they are applicable or an
explanation of how alternate effluent limitations were developed.
(5) When the draft permit contains any of the
following conditions, an explanation of the reasons why such conditions are
applicable:
(A) Technology-based limitations
to control toxic pollutants under
327 IAC
5-2-10.
(B) Limitations on internal waste streams in
accordance with
327
IAC 5-2-11(h).
(C) Limitations on indicator pollutants under
327 IAC
5-2-10(a)(5) and
327 IAC
5-5-2(f).
(D) Limitations allowing an increase in the
discharge of any pollutant, including an explanation that satisfies the
requirements of
327 IAC
5-2-10(a)(11) and the
antidegradation requirements of 327 IAC 2-1, 327 IAC 2-1.3, and 327 IAC
2-1.5.
(E) Limitations implementing
a variance from water quality standards under
327 IAC
2-1-8.8 or
327
IAC 2-1.5-17 and section 4.1 of this rule.
(6) Reasons why requested
variances or modifications from otherwise required effluent limitations do or
do not appear justified.
(7) Name
and telephone number of a departmental contact person who can provide
additional information.
(8) Any
information, not otherwise specified herein, required under
327 IAC
5-2-12 or
327
IAC 5-2-12.1.
