STATE OF MAINE 

Department of Environmental Protection 

Paul R. LePage 

GOVERNOR 

Mr. Gene Francis 

Passamaquoddy Tribal Council 

P.O. Box 343 

Perry, Maine 04467 

Patricia W. Aho 

COMMISSIONER 

June 5, 2014 

RE: Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NIEPDES) Permit #ME0100773 

Maine Waste Discharge License (WDL) Application #W002561-6C-D-M 

Final Minor Revision 

Dear Mr. Francis: 

Enclosed please find a copy of your final MEPDES permit and Maine WDL minor revision which was 

approved by the Department of Environmental Protection. Please read this permit/license renewal and its 

attached conditions carefully. You must follow the conditions in the order to satisfy the requirements of law. 

Any discharge not receiving adequate treatment is in violation of State Law and is subject to enforcement 

action. 

Any interested person aggrieved by a Department determination made pursuant to applicable regulations, may 

appeal the decision following the procedures described in the attached DEP FACT SHEET entitled "Appealing 

a Commissioner's Licensing Decision." 

If you have any questions regarding the matter, please feel free to call me at 287-7693. 

Sincerely, 

Gregg Wood 

Division of Water Quality Management 

Bureau of Land and Water Quality 

Enc. 

cc: Clarissa Trasko, DEP/EIVIRO 

Sandy Mojica, USEPA 

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STATE OF MAINE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

17 STATE HOUSE STATION 

AUGUSTA, ME 04333 

DEPARTMENT ORDER 

IN THE MATTER OF 

PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBAL COUNCIL 

PERRY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MAINE 

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS 

ME0100773 

W002561-6C-D-M APPROVAL 

) MAINE POLLUTANT DISCHARGE 

) ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT 

AND 

) WASTE DISCHARGE LICENSE 

MINOR REVISION 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Title 33 USC, Section 1251, et. 

seq. and Conditions of Licenses, 38 M.R.S.A., Section 414-A et seq., and applicable regulations, the 

Department of Environmental Protection (Department hereinafter) has considered a request by the 

PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBAL COUNCIL (PTC/permittee hereinafter) to modify Maine Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (MEPDES) permit #ME0100773/Maine Waste Discharge License 

(WDL) #W002561-6C-C-R (permit hereinafter) last issued by the Department on December 10, 2012, 

for a five-year term. With its supportive data, agency review comments, and other related material on 

file the Department FINDS THE FOLLOWING FACTS: 

MINOR REVISION REQUESTED 

The permittee has requested the Department modify the December 10, 2012, permit to limit fecal 

coliform bacteria seasonally from May 15 — September 30 rather than on year-round based on a 

recommendation from the Maine Department of Resources (DMR). The DIVIR has determined the 

prohibited area that surrounds the plant is sufficient to account for non-chlorinated effluent. 
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W002561-6C-D-M 

CONCLUSIONS 

BASED on the findings on page one of this permit and subject to the Conditions listed below, the 

Department makes the following CONCLUSIONS: 

1. The discharge, either by itself or in combination with other discharges, will not lower the quality of 

any classified body of water below such classification. 

2. The discharge, either by itself or in combination with other discharges, will not lower the quality of 

any unclassified body of water below the classification which the Department expects to adopt in 

accordance with state law. 

3 The provisions of the State's antidegradation policy, 38 MRSA Section 464(4)(F), will be met, in 

that: 

(a) Existing in-stream water uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect and maintain 

those existing uses will be maintained and protected; 

(b) Where high quality waters of the State constitute an outstanding natural resource, that water 

quality will be maintained and protected; 

(c) The standards of classification of the receiving water body are met or not met, the discharge 

will not cause or contribute to the failure of the water body to meet the standards of 

classification; 

(d) Where the actual quality of any classified receiving water body exceeds the minimum standards 

of the next highest classification, that higher water quality will be maintained and protected; 

and 

(e) Where a discharge will result in lowering the existing quality of any water body, the 

Department has made the finding, following opportunity for public participation, that this 

action is necessary to achieve important economic or social benefits to the State. 

4. The discharge will be subject to effluent limitations that require application of best practicable 

treatment. 
Date of application acceptance: June 2, 2014 Filed 

JUN 1 1 2014 

State of Maine Date filed with Board of Environmental Protection Board of Environmental Protection 

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W002561-6C-D-M 

ACTION 

THEREFORE, the Department APPROVES the above noted request by the PASSAMAQUODDY 

TRIBAL COUNCIL to modify MFPDES permit #ME0100773/WDL #W002561-6C-C-R last issued 

by the Department on December 10, 2012, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, and all 

applicable standards and regulations including: 

1. "Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Standard Conditions Applicable To All 

Permits," revised July 1, 2002, copy attached to MEPDES permit #ME0100773/WDL #W002561-

6C-C-R last issued by the Department on December 10, 2012. 

2. The attached Special Conditions, including any effluent limitations and monitoring requirements. 

3. All terms and conditions of MEPDES permit #ME0100773/WDL #W002561-6C-C-R last issued 

by the Department on December 10, 2012, not modified by this permitting action remain in effect 

and enforceable. 

4. This minor revision becomes effective upon the date of signature below and expires at midnight on 

December 10, 2017. If a renewal application is timely submitted and accepted as complete for 

processing prior to the expiration of the this permit, the terms and conditions of the this permit and 

all subsequent modifications and minor revisions thereto remain in effect until a final Department 

decision on the renewal application becomes effective. [Maine Administrative Procedure Act, 5 

M.R.S.A. § 10002 and Rules Concerning the Processing of Applications and Other Administrative 

Matters, 06-096 CMR 2(21)(A) (effective April 1, 2003)]. 

PLEASE NOTE Al "I ACHED SHEET FOR GUIDANCE ON APPEAL PROCEDURES 

DONE AND DATED AT AUGUSTA, MAINE, THIS O'DAY OF 2014. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

BY: 

For Patricia W. Aho, Commissioner 

Date of initial receipt of application: June 2, 2014 

This Order prepared by Gregg Wood, BUREAU OF LAND & WATER QUALITY 

ME0100773 MR 2014 6/2/14 
OUTFALL #001 

Effluent Characteristic Discharge Limitations Minimum 

Monitoring Requirements 

Monthly 

Average 

Weekly 

Average 

Daily 

Maximum 

Monthly 

Average 

Weekly 

Average 

Daily 

Maximum 

Measurement 

Frequency Sample Type 

Flow (50050( 0.150 MGD 

[03/ 

--- Report (MGD) 

1031 

--- --- - Continuous 

199/991 

Recorder iRci 

Biochemical Oxygen 

Demand (BODO 1003101 

38 lbs/Day 1261 56 lbs/Day 1261 62 lbs/Day[26] 30 mg/L 1191 45 mg/L /Iv 50 mg/L 119J 1/Month 101,301 Composite /2./j 

BOD5% Removal

(1) 

 [830101 --- --- --- 85%1231 --- -- 1/Month101,30/ CalculateicA) 

Total Suspended Solids 

(TSS) [005301 

38 lbs/Day 1261 56 lbs/Day f261 62 Ibs/Day/26/ 30 mg/L 1191 45 mg/L im 50 mg/L 119( 1/Month 10p30i Composite 124.1 

TSS % Removal (1) [830111 --- --- --- 85%123/ --- --- 1/Month/0//30/ CalculateicA/ 

Settleable Solids [00545/ — --- --- --- --- 0.3 ml/L /as/ 1/Week /01/071 Grab [(3111 

Fecal coliform bacteria(2) --- --- --- 15/100 ml [pi --- 50/100 ml 1131 1/Month 101/30] Grab [oRj 

1316331 (May 15 — Sept. 30)) 

Total Residual Chlorine(3) 

1500601 

--- -- --- --- 0.3 mg/L 091 3/Week /93,07/ Grab iGN 

pH (Std. Units) [90459( — --- --- 6.0-9.0 [/2/ 5/Week (05/071 Grab far/ 
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS 

A. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS 

Sampling Locations: 

Influent sampling for BOD5and TSS shall be sampled prior to preliminary treatment. 

Effluent sampling shall be sampled for all parameters at the end of the chlorine contact chamber 

on a year-round basis. 

Any change in sampling location(s) must be reviewed and approved by the Department in writing. 

Sampling - Sampling and analysis must be conducted in accordance with; a) methods approved in 

40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 136, b) alternative methods approved by the 

Department in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR Part 136, or c) as otherwise specified by 

the Department. Samples that are sent out for analysis shall be analyzed by a laboratory certified by 

the State of Maine's Department of Human Services. Samples that are sent to another POTW 

licensed pursuant to Waste discharge licenses, 38 M.R.S.A. § 413 or laboratory facilities that 

analyze compliance samples in-house are subject to the provisions and restrictions of Maine 

Comprehensive and Limited Environmental Laboratory Certcation Rules, 10-144 CMR 263 (last 

amended February 13, 2000). 

All analytical test results shall be reported to the Department including results which are detected 

below the respective reporting limits (RLs) specified by the Department or as specified by other 

approved test methods. If a non-detect analytical test result is below the respective RL, the 

concentration result shall be reported as <Y where Y is the RL achieved by the laboratory for each 

respective parameter. Reporting a value of <Y that is greater than an established RL or reporting 

an estimated value ("3" flagged) is not acceptable and will be rejected by the Department. 

Reporting analytical data and its use in calculations must follow established Department guidelines 

specified in this permit or in available Department guidance documents, 

1 . Percent removal - The treatment facility shall maintain a minimum of 85 percent removal of 

both BOD5and TSS. The percent removal shall be based on a monthly average calculation 

using influent and effluent concentrations. The percent removal shall be waived when the 

monthly average influent concentration is less than 200 mg/L. For instances when this occurs, 

the facility shall report "NODI-9" on the monthly Discharge Monitoring Report. 

2. Fecal conform bacteria - Limits are in effect.between May 15 — September 30of each year to 

protect the health and welfare of the public. The monthly average limitation is a geometric 

mean limitation and shall be calculated and reported as such. 
DEP INFORMATION SHEET 

Appealing a Department Licensing Decision 

Dated: March 2012 Contact: (207) 287-2811 

SUMMARY 

There are two methods available to an aggrieved person seeking to appeal a licensing decision made by the 

Department of Environmental Protection's ("DEP") Commissioner: (1) in an administrative process before the 

Board of Environmental Protection ("Board"); or (2) in a judicial process before Maine's Superior Court. An 

aggrieved person seeking review of a licensing decision over which the Board had original jurisdiction may 

seek judicial review in Maine's Superior Court. 

A judicial appeal of final action by the Commissioner or the Board regarding an application for an expedited 

wind energy development (35-A M.R.S.A. § 3451(4)) or a general permit for an offshore wind energy 

demonstration project (38 M.R.S.A. § 480-HH(1) or a general permit for a tidal energy demonstration project 

(38 M.R.S.A. § 636-A) must be taken to the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court. 

This INFORMATION SHEET, in conjunction with a review of the statutory and regulatory provisions referred to 

herein, can help a person to understand his or her rights and obligations in filing an administrative or judicial 

appeal. 

I. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TO THE BOARD 

LEGAL REFERENCES 

The laws concerning the DEP's Organization and Powers, 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 341-D(4) & 346, the Maine 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 M.R.S.A. § 11001, and the DEP' s Rules Concerning the Processing of 

Applications and Other Administrative Matters ("Chapter 2"), 06-096 CMR 2 (April 1, 2003). 

HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD 

The Board must receive a written appeal within 30 days of the date on which the Commissioner's decision 

was filed with the Board. Appeals filed after 30 calendar days of the date on which the Commissioner's 

decision was filed with the Board will be rejected. 

HOW TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL TO THE BOARD 

Signed original appeal documents must be sent to: Chair, Board of Environmental Protection, c/o 

Department of Environmental Protection, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0017; faxes are 

acceptable for purposes of meeting the deadline when followed by the Board's receipt of mailed original 

documents within five (5) working days. Receipt on a particular day must be by 5:00 PM at DEP's offices 

in Augusta; materials received after 5:00 PM are not considered received until the following day. The 

person appealing a licensing decision must also send the DEP's Commissioner a copy of the appeal 

documents and if the person appealing is not the applicant in the license proceeding at issue the applicant 

must also be sent a copy of the appeal, documents. All of the information listed in the next section must be 

submitted at the time the appeal is filed. Only the extraordinary circumstances described at the end of that 

section will justify evidence not in the DEP's record at the time of decision being added to the record for 

consideration by the Board as part of an appeal. 

WHAT YOUR APPEAL PAPERWORK MUST CONTAIN 

Appeal materials must contain the following information at the time submitted: 

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1. Aggrieved Status. The appeal must explain how the person filing the appeal has standing to maintain 

an appeal. This requires an explanation of how the person filing the appeal may suffer a particularized 

injury as a result of the Commissioner's decision. 

2. The findings, conclusions or conditions objected to or believed to be in error. Specific references and 

facts regarding the appellant's issues with the decision must be provided in the notice of appeal. 

3. The basis of the objections or challenge. If possible, specific regulations, statutes or other facts should 

be referenced. This may include citing omissions of relevant requirements, and errors believed to have 

been made in interpretations, conclusions, and relevant requirements. 

4. The remedy sought. This can range from reversal of the Commissioner's decision on the license or 

permit to changes in specific permit conditions. 

5. All the matters to be contested. The Board will limit its consideration to those arguments specifically 

raised in the written notice of appeal. 

6. Request for hearing. The Board will hear presentations on appeals at its regularly scheduled meetings, 

unless a public hearing on the appeal is requested and granted. A request for public hearing on an 

appeal must be filed as part of the notice of appeal. 

7. New or additional evidence to be offered. The Board may allow new or additional evidence, referred to 

as supplemental evidence, to be considered by the Board in an appeal only when the evidence is 

relevant and material and that the person seeking to add information to the record can show due 

diligence in bringing the evidence to the DEP's attention at the earliest possible time in the licensing 

process or that the evidence itself is newly discovered and could not have been presented earlier in the 

process. Specific requirements for additional evidence are found in Chapter 2. 

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN APPEALING A DECISION TO THE BOARD 

I . Be familiar with all relevant material in the DEP record. A license application file is public 

information, subject to any applicable statutory exceptions, made easily accessible by DEP. Upon 

request, the DEP will make the material available during normal working hours, provide space to 

review the file, and provide opportunity for photocopying materials. There is a charge for copies or 

copying services. 

2. Be familiar with the regulations and laws under which the application was processed, and the 

procedural rules governing your appeal. DEP staff will provide this information on request and 

answer questions regarding applicable requirements. 

3. The filing of an appeal does not operate as a stay to any decision. If a license has been granted and it 

has been appealed the license normally remains in effect pending the processing of the appeal. A 

license holder may proceed with a project pending the outcome of an appeal but the license holder runs 

the risk of the decision being reversed or modified as a result of the appeal. 

WHAT TO EXPECT ONCE YOU FILE A TIMELY APPEAL WITH THE BOARD 

The Board will formally acknowledge receipt of an appeal, including the name of the DEP project manager 

assigned to the specific appeal. The notice of appeal, any materials accepted by the Board Chair as 

supplementary evidence, and any materials submitted in response to the appeal will be sent to Board 

members with a recommendation from DEP staff. Persons filing appeals and interested persons are notified 

in advance of the date set for Board consideration of an appeal or request for public hearing. With or 

without holding a public hearing, the Board may affirm, amend, or reverse a Commissioner decision or 

remand the matter to the Commissioner for further proceedings. The Board will notify the appellant, a 

license holder, and interested persons of its decision. 

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H. JUDICIAL APPEALS 

Maine law generally allows aggrieved persons to appeal final Commissioner or Board licensing decisions to 

Maine's Superior Court, see 38 M.R.S.A. § 346(1); 06-096 CMR 2; 5 M.R.S.A, § 11001; & M.R. Civ. P 

80C. A party's appeal must be filed with the Superior Court within 30 days of receipt of notice of the 

Board's or the Commissioner's decision. For any other person, an appeal must be filed within 40 days of 

the date the decision was rendered. Failure to file a timely appeal will result in the Board's or the 

Commissioner's decision becoming final. 

An appeal to court of a license decision regarding an expedited wind energy development, a general permit 

for an offshore wind energy demonstration project, or a general permit for a tidal energy demonstration 

project may only be taken directly to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. See 38 M.R.S.A. § 346(4). 

Maine's Administrative Procedure Act, DEP statutes governing a particular matter, and the Maine Rules of 

Civil Procedure must be consulted for the substantive and procedural details applicable to judicial appeals. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

If you have questions or need additional information on the appeal process, for administrative appeals contact 

the Board's Executive Analyst at (207) 287-2452 or for judicial appeals contact the court clerk's office in 

which your appeal will be filed. 

Note: The DEP provides this INFORMATION SHEET for general guidance only; it is not intended for use 

as a legal reference. Maine law governs an appellant's rights. 

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