OKLAHOMAOEPARII.IENIOFENVIRON/.\ENIALQUALITYSCOTIA.THOMPSONExecutiveDirectorOKLAHOMADEPARTMENTOFENVIRONMENTALQUALITYMarch24,2014WilliamK.Honker,DirectorWaterQualityProtectionDivision(MailCode:6WQ)EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,Region61445RossAvenue,Suite1200Dallas,Texas75202-2733MARYFALLINGovernorRE:WaterQualityCertificationforStormwaterMulti-SectorGeneralPermitforIndustrialActivities(OKR05FOOOandOKR051000).DearDirectorHonker:TheDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality(DEQ)hasreceivedyourrequestforaWaterQualityCertificationunderSection401oftheFederalCleanWaterAct[33U.S.C.§1251etseq.(1972)],fortheStormwaterMultiSectorGeneralPermitforIndustrialActivities(OKR05FOOOandOKR051000).DEQrulesgoverning401WaterQualityCertificationarecontainedinOklahomaAdministrativeCode(O.A.C.)§252:611-3(2011)pursuantto27AO.S.§2-6-103(C)(2)[OSCN1999].ForcopiesoftheDEQrulesandregulationsrelatedtothe401procedures,pleaseaccessitonlineatwww.deq.state.ok.us/rules/61l.pdforcontacttheDEQOfficeofExternalAffairsat(800)869-1400.Wehavereviewedyourdraftpermit,factsheet,andotherrelevantinformationwhiledevelopingthisCertification.DEQgrantsCleanWaterAct401WaterQualityCertificationforOKR05FOOOandOKR051000andissubjecttothefollowingconditions.TheseconditionsarenecessarytocomplywithOklahoma'sWaterQualityStandardsandwiththeCleanWaterActsections208(e),301,302,303,306,and307:1.FortheMulti-SectorGeneralStormwaterPermitforIndustrialActivitiesapplicabletofacilitiesnotunderthejurisdictionoftheOklahomaDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality,OKR05FOOO:InaccordancewithOklahoma'sWaterQualityStandards(OAC785:45-5-25),CertificationisdeniedforanyneworproposeddischargeslocatedwithinthewatershedofanypattoftheOklahomaScenicRiverssystem,includingtheIllinoisRiver,FlintCreek,BatTenForkCreek,UpperMountainForkRiver,LittleLeeCreek,BigLeeCreekortoanywaterdesignatedasanOutstandingResourceWater(ORW).ExistingdischargesofstormwaterinthesewatershedsmaybepermittedundertheMSGPonlyfrompointsourcesexistingas ofJune25,1992,whetherornotsuchstormwaterdischargeswerepermittedaspointsourcespriortoJune25,1992.Foranysuchexistingdischarge,increasedloadofanypollutantabovelevelsofJune25,1992isprohibited.2.FortheMulti-SectorGeneralStormwaterPetmitforIndustrialActivitiesapplicabletofacilitieslocatedonIndianCountrylands,OKR051000:InaccordancewithOklahoma'sWaterQualityStandards(OAC785:45-5-25)certificationisdeniedforanyneworproposeddischarges707NORTHROBINSON,P.O.BOX1677,OKLAHOMACllY,OKLAHOMA73101-1677printedonrecycledpaperwithsoyink...\.J(Continuesonnextpage)loc

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