(a) Comply with all applicable state water
quality standards and sediment quality standards.
(b) Comply with the following general
requirements meant to reduce pollutants in the effluent:
(i) Feeding practices. Fish food shall be
dispersed in a manner which maximizes ingestion by the reared fish.
(ii) Disease control chemical use practices.
The following requirements only apply to those drugs and chemicals included in
feed or administered by a bath or dip treatment which results or may result in
those materials being discharged to waters of the state. These requirements do
not apply to drugs and chemicals administered by injections or by dip
treatments which results in no discharge to waters of the state.
(A) Disease control chemicals and drugs
approved for use by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) or
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) may be
used.
(B) USFDA approved
Investigational New Animal Drugs (INADs) may also be used at a facility,
provided the conditions detailed in a facility's INAD permit application are
met.
(C) All disease control drug
and chemical use must be done in conformance with product label instructions,
approved INAD protocols, or be administered by or under the supervision of a
licensed veterinarian.
(D) Disease
control drug and chemicals which are not used in accordance with product label
instructions, or under USFDA approved INAD protocols must:
(I) Be administered by or under the
supervision of a licensed veterinarian; and
(II) Be approved in advance by the
department.
(E) The
department may require disease control drug and chemical use reports from each
facility.
(iii) Right of
entry. Authorized representatives of the department, upon presentation of
identification shall be allowed to:
(A) Enter
in or upon the facility at all reasonable times;
(B) Have access to and copy at all reasonable
times any records relative to information that must be kept or provided the
department under the terms of, as applicable: The conditional exemption or
wastewater discharge permit;
(C)
Inspect, investigate, and photograph at all reasonable times any production,
collection, treatment, pollution management, monitoring, or discharge equipment
or facilities, or any conditions relating to pollution or possible pollution of
any waters of the state;
(D) Sample
and make tests at all reasonable times; and
(E) The term "reasonable times" shall include
normal business hours, hours during which production, prevention, control, or
treatment occurs or times when the department reasonably suspects a violation
of this chapter is or may be occurring.
(iv) Operational conditions.
(A) Fish mortalities, harvest blood, and any
leachate from these materials shall be stored and disposed of in a manner so as
to prevent such materials from entering the waters of the state.
(B) Accumulated solids and attached marine
growth contained within or on the finfish rearing units shall be disposed of in
a manner which prevents, to the maximum extent practicable, these materials
from entering or reentering waters of the state.
(C) Discharging accumulated solids and marine
growth removed from the finfish rearing units into waters of the state without
prior treatment is prohibited.
(D)
Storage quantities of all necessary chemicals, petroleum products, and
potentially toxic substances essential to the day-to-day operation of the
facility shall be minimized. These products shall be kept in leak proof storage
areas which provide secondary containment.
(c) Pollution prevention plan. All marine
finfish rearing facilities shall develop a pollution prevention plan within six
months of permit issuance. Facilities which do not require discharge permits
shall prepare and implement a pollution prevention plan within a year of the
adoption date of this rule, or when fish are introduced, whichever is later.
(i) The plan shall address: Operating, spill
prevention, spill response, solid waste, and storm water discharge practices
which prevent or minimize the release of pollutants from the facility to the
waters of the state.
(ii) Each
facility shall be operated in accordance with its plan along with any
subsequent plan amendments or revisions.
(iii) A copy of the most current version of
the plan shall be maintained at the facility and available to the department
upon request.