Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 528 - PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Section 096-528-2 - Purpose and applicability [see 40 CFR 403.1]
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-528-2
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
(a) This rule implements sections 204(b)(1)(C), 208(b)(2) (C)(iii), 301(b)(1)(A)(ii), 301(b)(2) (A)(ii), 301(h)(5) and 301(i)(2), 304(e) and (g), 307, 308, 309, 402(b), 405, and 501(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 ( Pub. L. 95-217) or ``The Act''. It establishes responsibilities of Federal, State, and local government, industry and the public to implement National Pretreatment Standards to control pollutants which pass through or interfere with treatment processes in Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) or which may contaminate sewage sludge.
(b) This regulation applies:
(1) To pollutants from non-domestic sources
covered by Pretreatment Standards which are indirectly discharged into or
transported by truck or rail or otherwise introduced into POTWs as defined
below in Section 4;
(2) To POTWs
which receive wastewater from sources subject to National Pretreatment
Standards;
(3) To States which have
or are applying for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
programs approved in accordance with section 402 of the Act; and
(4) To any new or existing source subject to
Pretreatment Standards. National Pretreatment Standards do not apply to sources
which Discharge to a sewer which is not connected to a POTW Treatment
Plant.
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