Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources
Article II - Water Resources
Chapter 95 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 95.5 - Treatment requirements for discharges to waters affected by abandoned mine drainage
Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 95.5
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) For wastes discharged to waters polluted by abandoned coal mine drainage, so that the applicable water quality criteria are not being met and designated water uses are not being achieved to the extent that aquatic communities are essentially excluded, and where the pollution cannot be remedied by controlling known, active discharges, the following degrees of treatment shall be provided:
(1) Sewage, as defined in The Clean Streams
Law (35 P. S. §§
691.1-691.1001), shall receive secondary
treatment, as defined by this chapter.
(2) Industrial waste as defined in The Clean
Streams Law (35 P. S. §§
691.1-691.1001), shall achieve one of the
following degrees of treatment, as appropriate, which are defined under
33 U.S.C.A. §§
1314(b) and
1316(b):
(i) Best Conventional Pollutant Control
Technology (BCT).
(ii) Best
Available Technology Economically Achievable (BAT).
(iii) Standards of performance for new
sources.
(b) A greater degree of treatment will be required to the waters where one of the following exists:
(1) The water quality of the
receiving water has or is expected to improve significantly.
(2) The minimum degree of treatment required
would cause pollution in downstream waters, so that designated stream uses in
these downstream waters would not be achievable.
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