Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The council shall prepare and include in any public notice
given pursuant to WAC
463-76-041 a fact sheet with
respect to the NPDES application described in the public notice. Such fact
sheet shall include at least the following:
(a) The type of facility or activity which is subject of the
application;
(b) A sketch or detailed description of the location of the
discharge described in the NPDES application;
(c) A quantitative description of the type of discharge
described in the NPDES application which includes at least the
following:
(i) The rate and frequency of the proposed discharge; as
average daily flow in gallons per day or million gallons per day and whether
the flow is continuous or intermittent;
(ii) For thermal discharges, the estimated maximum, minimum and
average summer and winter temperatures; and
(iii) The average daily discharge in pounds per day, or other
appropriate units, of any pollutants which are present in significant
quantities or which are subject to limitations or prohibition under this
chapter and
RCW 90.48.010,
90.54.020 and sections 301, 302,
306 or 307 of the act and regulations published thereunder;
(d) The tentative determinations required under WAC
463-76-033.
(e) The legal and technical grounds for the tentative
determination, including an explanation of how conditions meet both the
technology-based and water quality-based requirements of the act and
chapters
90.48, 90.52, and
90.54 RCW;
(f) The effluent standards and limitations applied to the
proposed discharge;
(g) The applicable water quality standards, including
identification of the uses for which receiving waters have been classified by
ecology;
(h) How the draft permit addresses use or disposal of residual
solids generated by wastewater treatment; and
(i) A description of the procedures to be used by the council
in formulating final determinations for an NPDES permit, which shall include,
but not be limited to:
(i) Thirty day comment period required by WAC
463-76-041(2);
(ii) Procedures for requesting a public hearing and the nature
thereof; and
(iii) Any other procedures by which the public may participate,
either directly or through counsel for the environment, in the formulation of
the final determinations, including the availability of any environmental
assessments or detailed statements of environmental impact and any public
hearings which may be held by the council prior to the final determination on
the NPDES application.
(2) The name of any person or group will be added to a mailing
list upon request for receipt of copies of fact sheets. A fact sheet will be
sent to the applicant and each person or group on such mailing list. Each
person or group on such mailing list will be sent notice of any subsequent
revision of the permit or fact sheet.
Statutory Authority:
RCW 80.50.040(1) and (12).
04-21-013, amended and recodified as §
463-76-034, filed 10/11/04,
effective 11/11/04; Order 114, § 463-38-034, filed 2/4/77. Formerly WAC
463-16-034.
