Code of Massachusetts Regulations
314 CMR - DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Title 314 CMR 16.00 - Notification Requirements to Promote Public Awareness of Sewage Pollution
Section 16.03 - Events Requiring Notification
Universal Citation: 314 MA Code of Regs 314.16
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) A Permittee must issue a public advisory notification for the following events:
(a) any Combined Sewer Overflow;
(b) any discharge of partially treated
wastewater, including blended wastewater;
(c) any Sanitary Sewer Overflow that
discharges through a wastewater outfall, either directly or indirectly, to a
surface water of the Commonwealth;
(d) any SSO that flows into a surface water
of the Commonwealth and is the result of the sanitary sewer system surcharging
under high flow conditions when peak flows cannot be conveyed to a POTW due to
capacity constraints; and
(e) any
SSO that flows into a surface water of the Commonwealth and is the result of a
failure of a wastewater pump station or associated force main designed to
convey peak flows of one million gallons per day or greater.
(2) A permittee is not required to issue a public advisory notification for SSOs that are regulated under 314 CMR 12.00: Operation and Maintenance and Pretreatment Standards for Wastewater Treatment Works and Indirect Dischargers, except for the SSO events specified in 314 CMR 16.03(1)(c) through (e).
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