Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
The Department may modify a permit to make the corrections
or allowances for changes in the permitted activity listed in this section,
without following the procedures of R.61-9.124. Any Land
Application permit modification not processed as a minor modification under
this section must be made for cause and with R.61-9.124 draft permit and
public notice as required for Land Application Permits in section505.62. Minor
modifications may only:
(a) Correct
typographical errors;
(b)
(1) Require more frequent monitoring or
reporting by the permittee, change the monitoring day, or make other changes
which do not result in the discharge of other or more pollutants;
(2) Change or add a requirement to use an
analytical method.
(c)
(1) Change an interim compliance date in a
schedule of compliance, provided the new date is not more than 120 days after
the date specified in the existing permit and does not interfere with
attainment of the final compliance date requirement or
(2) Delete schedules of compliance or
specific interim limits, if final limits are placed in effect.
(d) Approve permit transfer for a
Change in Ownership, as follows:
(1) Allow
for a change in ownership or operational control of a facility where the
Department determines that no other change in the permit is necessary, provided
that a written agreement containing a specific date for transfer of permit
responsibility, coverage, and liability between the current and new permittee
has been submitted to the Department.
(2) Whenever there occurs a change in the
ownership of treatment works which are the subject of a Land Application permit
or State permit, the new owner shall notify the Department of this change in
ownership within thirty (30) days thereof and shall be bound by all the terms
and conditions of said permit or permits.
(3) Change facility name.
(4) Permits are non-transferable except with
the prior consent of the Department.
(e) Delete a discharge when the discharge
from that outfall is terminated and does not result in discharge of pollutants
from other outfalls except in accordance with permit limits.
(f)
(1) Add
intermediate, lower-flow-capacity pages of effluent limits that have no
loadings higher than the current permit (e.g., adding a 0.5 MGD page [requiring
secondary treatment] if the permit already has a 1 MGD page [requiring
secondary treatment]).
(2) Add or
revise CWA section208certification requirements.
(3) [Reserved]
(4) Change sludge disposal sites from one
approved landfill to another.
(g) Incorporate conditions of a POTW
pretreatment program that has been approved in accordance with the procedures
in R.61-9.403.11
(or a modification thereto that has been approved in accordance with the
procedures in R.61-9.403.18)
as enforceable conditions of the POTW's permits.
(h)
(1)
Change the operator grade or other operator requirements, including revision to
frequency of operator visits.
(2)
(i) Change a sampling date stated in the
permit or add a sampling date,
(ii)
Add specific sample locations if unclear in the issued permit,
(iii) Reduce sampling frequency after some
period of time, if specifically allowed in an issued permit.
(3) Add the treatment system
reliability classification.
(4)
Require submittal of closure plans.
(5) Change page numbers of the issued
permit.
(6)
(a) Comply with 403.8(c) concerning
pretreatment programs.
(b) Add a
compliance schedule to require development of a new pretreatment program,
requiring, where appropriate, that the permittee comply with 403.8(b) Deadline
for Program Approval.
