Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - WATER QUALITY PROGRAM › Chapter 335-6-6 - NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM › Section 335-6-6-.20 - Fact Sheets

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) A fact
				sheet shall be prepared for every draft NPDES permit for a major NPDES
				facility, for every NPDES draft permit that incorporates a variance, for any
				permit that a fact sheet is required by
				40
				CFR 124.8(1994), and for
				every draft permit which the Director finds is the subject of widespread public
				interest or raises major issues. The fact sheet shall briefly set forth the
				principal facts and the significant factual, legal, methodological and policy
				questions considered in preparing the draft permit. The Director shall send
				this fact sheet to the applicant and, on request, to any other
				person.
(2) The fact sheet shall
				include, when applicable;
(a) a brief
				description of the type of facility or activity which is the subject of the
				draft permit;
(b) the type and
				quantity of wastes, or pollutants which are proposed to be treated or
				discharged;
(c) a summary of the
				basis for the draft permit conditions including references to applicable
				statutory or regulatory provisions;
(d) reasons why any requested variances or
				alternatives to required standards do or do not appear justified;
(e) any calculations or other necessary
				explanation of the derivation of specific discharge limitations and conditions,
				including a citation to the applicable effluent limitation guideline or
				performance standard provisions and reasons why they are applicable or an
				explanation of how alternate effluent limitations were developed;
(f) when the draft permit contains any of the
				following conditions, an explanation of the reasons why such conditions are
				applicable:
1. limitations to control toxic
				pollutants;
2. limitations on
				internal waste streams;
3.
				limitations on indicator pollutants;
4. limitations for a new source or new
				discharger whose discharge has the potential to cause or contribute to the
				violation of a water quality standard;
5. limitations set on a case by case basis in
				accordance with
				40 CFR Part
				125.3(1989);
6. waivers from monitoring requirements
				granted under
				40
				CFR Part 122.44(a)
				(2000).
(g) when
				appropriate, sketch or detailed description of the location of the discharge
				described in the application;
(h) a
				description of the procedures for reaching a final decision on the draft permit
				including:
1. the beginning and ending dates
				of the public notice period and the address where comments will be
				received;
2. procedures for
				requesting a hearing and the nature of that hearing; and
3. any other procedures by which the public
				may participate in the final decision.
(i) name and telephone number of a person to
				contact for additional information; and
(j) permit rationales, permit applications
				and draft permits that contain information required to be included in a fact
				sheet may be referenced and attached to the fact sheet.
Authors:
John Poole, Ed Hughes