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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • c• , RE: 401 Wat er Quality Certification: Reis suan c e ofi'i PDES Vessel General
P ermi
t and NPD E S Small V esse
l General
P e rmit D e ar Mr. H onke r: The Arkansas Department of E nvironmental Quality ("AD E Q ") has compl
e ted it s revi e w of th e above ref e renc e d 401 Wat e r Qu a lity Ce rtifi cat ion for the rei ss uanc e ofNPDES Vessel Genera

l Pe rm it (VGP) and is s uing NP D ES Sm a ll V ess e l Genera

l Permit

( s VGP). ADEQ
h as d e t e rmined that there

i s a rea so nabl e assuranc

e that the activitie

s covered under these p e rmit s will be conduct

e d in a mann e r which, acco rdin g to the A rkan sas P oll ution Cont
r ol and Eco lo gy Co m mission's Regulation No. 2 , will not ph ys ic a ll y alt e r a significant seg m ent of a water bo d y an d will not violate the water quality crit eri a. Pu rs uant to § 401 (a) (l) ofthe C lean Wat e r Act

, the AOE Q hereb y issues water quality certificatio

n fo r the rei ss uance ofVGP and sVGP conting

e nt upon th e following co nditions

: 1) If a d is charger
h as any violation of any effluent limit in the VGP of s VGP

, they must document the violation and noti fy the Department by tel e phone within 24 hour s ( 5 0 1 - 682- 0 64 0 ) and by \vritten notice w ithin three days of identification of th e vio lati on. They must re port the following

it e ms to the Department: a . A description of t he violation

, b . Dat e of the viol at ion
, c . Es timat ed volume of discharge involved in vio l ation

, d . Location

a t tim e of violation

, e . D esc ript ion of any corrective

a ct ion s that are planned

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### f. Identification of any hazardou

s s ubstances

, if kn ow n to be present. 2) Al l unco nt a ined
s pills not cove r ed by th e VGP or sV GP o f m ore th a n one gal l on liqui d or fou r po und s dry weight mu s t be r e ported to the Water Division
E n fo rcem en t Br anc h o f ADEQ wit h i n 24 hour s by T e leph one (50 1-68 2 -06 40) and by written not i ce

· within thr e e d a y s . D is c h argers are respon

s ible for the co s t of cl ean up s resulting from sp ill s by their ope r a t i on s . ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 53 01 N ORTH S HO RE DRIVE

I NO RTH UTILE R OCK

I ARKANSAS 72118

- 531 7 I TE LE PHO NE SO 1 - 682
- 07 44 I FAX 501
- 682-0880 www.od eq .stote

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. us3) This D e pa rt ment does not sup port coverage under the VGP or s VGP in Eco lo g ically **~:;HSii. ive**  Waters (ESWs) and Natural an d S ce nic Waterways (N SW s) , a s dt;:)igndled
in A rka n s as P o liuti o n Contr ol a nd Ecology **Comm~s**

**n** (APC&EC) Regulation No. 2. In issuing

t his certification

, ADEQ does n ot assume any li abi li ty fo r the fo llo wing: Sincerely,

a. Damages to th e proposed proje c t , or u se s th e reof

, as a resull of other pennitt ed or unp e m1itt e d activities or from natural causes. b. Damages to persons

, prop e rty, o r to ot her permitt

e d or unpermitt ed activities

o r structures caused
b y t he a c ti v i ty s pecified in this ce rtification. c. De s ign or construction

d efic ie nc i es a ss ociated with thi s proposed project. 

# L&&wn Steve Drown Chief, Water Di vi sion cc: Josh Wa l dme

i er , EPA Reg
i on 6, Waldmeier.Joshua
@e p a mail.epa.gov