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. Brew e r Governor September 25 , 2012
David Smith, Manager 

## ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF
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## ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 1110 W e st Washington Street • Pho e nix , Ar izo n a 8 5 00 7 (602) 771-2300 • www .a zdeq
. gov

NPDES Permits Office (WTR-5) EPA Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco , CA 94105-390 l Attention Docket ID NO.: EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0141 & 0150 

### Subject: Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification

- Arizona; H e nry R. Darwin Di recto r

2013 Draft Ves s el General Permit (VGP), Docket ID N o. E PA-HQ-OW-2011-0141 ; 2013 Draft Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) , Doc k et ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0105
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) , Water Quality Divi s ion has reviewed your request for Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Qualit y Certific a tion s for the proposed issuance of the Draft Vessel Gen e ral (VGP) and Draft Small Ve ss el General (SVGP) permits by the Environmental Protection Agency (USEP A), which were publi s h e d in the Federal Register on December 8, 20 ll. Ba s ed on the review of the draft permit s and fact sheets, ADEQ find s that when a ll requirement s and conditions of the proposed VGP and sVGP, including the additional s tate- s p e cific water quality condition s , are fully complied with , there is reasonable a ss urance that th e di s charge s resulting from the normal operation of ves s els will not re sult in a vi o la tion o f applicable Surfac e Water Quality Standard s (Arizona Administrative Code , Title 18, Chapte r 11 , Article 1) or the applicable provi s ions of Sections 301 , 302 , 303 , 306 and 307 ofthe C lean Water Act. Sub j ect to incorporation of Arizona's s tate-specific conditions listed in 

### Section III , ADEQ hereby grant s Section 401 Water Quality Certification for these federal permits. Thi s le tter s e rves a s the State of Ari z ona ' s Section 401 Water Quality Certification for both o f th e draft permits and ha s three s ections: 

### Section I describe s the draft p e rmits bein g certified ; 

### Section II lists the references used as the basis for certification; and 

### Section III li s ts the add e d conditions for State of Arizona Section 401 Water Quality Certification.


### Section I.

Description of the General Permits to be 401 Certified: • Ves s el General Permit (VGP) , Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0141 ; • Small Ve ss el General Permit (SVGP), Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0105

### Section II. CWA 401 Certification : VGP , sVGP Page 2 of 3


### Information S upporting Conditional S ection 401 Water Quality Ce rtification: Ar izo n a A dmi ni s tra ti ve Co d e (A. A. C.), T itl e 18 , C h ap t er 11 , Arti cle 1 , W ate r Q u al ity S ta nd a rd s fo r S urfa c e W at e r s Arizo n a Revised S ta tutes (A. R .S.): 4 9 -141 , 49

- 2 0 I , 4 9

- 2 0 2, and 49

- 203 

### Section Ill.

S tate-Specific C onditions of the Section 401 Water Quality C e rtification: 1. D i s ch a r ges auth o ri zed b y th ese ge n era l p e rmit s s h a ll n o t:
a. Vi o l ate A ri zo n a's S urface W ater Q u a l it y S t and ard s (A.A.C. T itl e 1 8, C ha p ter 11 , Art icle 1 ). b. Co nt a in a ha za rd o u s s ub stan ce as defin e d in A .R .S. §49

-20 1 ( 1 9). Ad dit io n a ll y , t h e f o ll o win g wa s te s a re prohibit e d f r o m b e in g di s ch ar ged in t o water s of the s t ate u nd er thi s p ermi t: sewage s lud ge, w as t ewater, u sed or s p e n t o il , garbage or tr as h
. In additio n , A
. A. C . R 18-11-1 23(B) p ro h ib it s th e di sc h arge o f hu man body was te s an d th e wa s te s fro m t o il e t s a nd o th e r re c e pt acl es inte nd ed to rece iv e or re ta in was t es from a vesse l to L ake P owe ll. c. Co n ta i n o il , g rease, o r a n y ot h e r po llut a n t th at fl oa t s as deb ri s, foam, or sc u m; or t hat cau ses a fi lm or irid escent ap pear an ce o n th e s urf ace of th e wate r ; or th a t cau s es a dep o s it o n a s h o re lin e, b ank , or a qu a tic vege ta ti o n . The d i sc h a rge of l ub ri ca t i n g o i l or g aso lin e ass oci a t e d w ith th e no rm a l o p erati o n of a recreat i o n a l wate rc r aft i s no t a v i o la ti o n of thi s n arr ati ve s tan dard (A.A. C. R 1 8 -11-1 08 (B))
. d
. Co nt ain s u s p e nd ed so lid s in q u a ntiti es o r co nc e ntrat ions t h at i n te r fe re with the trea tm e nt p roc esses a t th e n earest d own strea m p otab le wa t e r tr eat me nt pl an t or s ub s ta nti a lly incr ease th e co s t of h andling so lid s prod uc ed a t th e n ea rest d own s trea m pot abl e water trea tm e nt pl a nt ( A .A. C
. R18-11-1 08 (C))
. 2. If ball as t water rece ives c hl o rin a ti o n t rea tm e n t pri or to d ischarge, the d i sc h arge m u s t not ex c e e d a m ax imum l eve l of 1 9 11 g / L of t o ta l res idu a l chlorin e (A.A
. C
. T it le 1 8, C h a p te r 11 , A rticl e 1 , A pp e ndi x A , Tabl e 1 ). 3. T hi s ce rti fica ti o n d oes no t re li eve th e a uth o ri ze d p erm ittee of the re s ponsi b i li ty of o bta inin g a n y o th e r p ermit s o r a u th o ri zati o n s th at m ay b e req u i re d for thi s p roject or re l a ted activiti es fr o m A D E Q or a n y o th e r age n cy . 4. To p reve nt t h e p ro p agati o n a n d s p rea d of in vasive s p ecies to waters of the s t ate, before tra n s p ort in g a n y wate rc r aft o r vesse l to a n y wat ers locat ed with in or b orderi ng th is State fro m wate r s or lo c ati o n s w h e re aqu ati c in vas i ve s p e cie s are s u s p ecte d o r k nown to be prese nt , p e rmittee s s h a ll c o mpl y with the 

### Vesse l Deco ntamina t ion Bes t M a n agem e nt Pract ices th a t fo ll ow (A.R
. S. 

### § 4 9-203(A)( 7 )).CWA 401 Certification : VGP, sVGP Page 3 of 3 Vessel Decontamination Best Management Practices

a . Short-term Day-use Boaters- One to five (1-5) days on the water: 1. CLEAN the hull a nd remove any clingin g material s. 2
. DRAIN (remove the bilge plug) th e wate r from the engine, bi lge, livewell (s) , e tc. 3. DRY the who le boat and e quipment. 4
. I f poss ibl e, treat any s t a n din g water (in bilge, bott om of boat) or o th e r boat surfaces with v in egar.
b
. Long-term Moored Boats (e.g
. in marinas)- more than fiv e (5) da ys on the water: 1. CLEAN, DRAIN (remove the bilge plug) a nd DRY 2. REMOVE a ll attached mu sse l s 3. DESICCATE the boat. Keep the bo a t out ofthe water for a minim um of seve n (7) days in the sp ring , summer, and fa ll , and a minimum of 18 d ays in the wi nter to kill all hidden quagga mu sse l s. 

### Addi tiona l in fo rmati on r ega rdin g th ese Be s t managemen t Practices rela ted t o th e control of invasiv e aqua t ic species ca n b e found at: www.azgfd.gov/mussels, or by contac tin g th e Arizona Game and Fis h Departm e nt. Th e s ta te-specific con diti ons li s ted in Section III are in a ddition to the conditions in the p end in g V esse l Ge n era l and S m a ll Vesse l Ge n e ra l P e rmit s t o be i ss ued 

### by the USE P A. These conditi o ns cannot be mad e less s trin gent without violating requirements of S tate Law , including Surface W a ter Qua lit y S ta ndards. T h ese conditi ons are e nf o rceab le by A.R.S. 

### § 49-202(A) , 49-262 and 49

- 263. C ivi l penalt ies up to a maximum of $25,000 p er day of v iol ation may b e levied if these ce rtific ati on conditions are violat e d
. Cri m in a l penaltie s may also be lev ied if a person know ing ly v iol ates any provision of th e C WA. ADEQ's Section 401 Wate r Qua lit y Cert ifi ca ti on of th ese act iv it ies, to o perate und e r th e t e rm s ( includin g th e conditions herein) of the a ppli cabl e p erm its, doe s not affec t or mod ify in any way t h e ob lig ati ons or li ab ility of any per so n for a ny damage s, inj ury, o r lo ss , res ul ting from t hese ac t ivit ies. Thi s cer tifi cation i s not intended to waive any oth er fed eral , sta te , or loca l laws
. Q u est ions r egardin g thi s certifi cation s h ou ld be d irected to C hri sto ph er He nnin ge r , Supervisor, S t ormwater a nd Ge n era l P e rmit s Unit , at (602) 771-4508 or via e -m a il to CP H@AZ D EQ.GO V
. Sincere ly ,



# dl?;tM?/ L ind a Taun t , Deputy Directo r Water Qua lity Di visio n
cc: Rya n A lb ert , USEPA He adquart e rs E

uge ne Bromle y, USEPA Re g i o n 9 Tom McM ah o n, Ari zona Game & Fis h Dep a rtm e nt