Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - WATER QUALITY PROGRAM › Chapter 335-6-20 - RECLAIMED WATER REUSE PROGRAM › Section 335-6-20-.08 - Standard Permit Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The following conditions shall apply to and be included in
				  all permits:
(1)
Compliance Required
. The permittee shall comply with
				all conditions of the permit. Any permit noncompliance constitutes a violation
				of this chapter and is grounds for enforcement action; for permit termination,
				revocation and re-issuance, suspension, modification; or denial of a permit
				renewal application.
(2)
Renewal Responsibilities
. If the permittee intends to
				continue operation of the permitted facility after the expiration of an
				existing permit, the permittee shall apply for a new permit in accordance with
				this chapter.
(3)
Operation and Maintenance of Facilities
. The permittee
				shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of
				treatment and control (and related appurtenances) which are installed or used
				by the permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.
				Proper operation and maintenance includes effective performance, adequate
				funding, adequate operator staffing and training, and adequate laboratory and
				process controls, including appropriate quality assurance procedures. This
				provision requires the operation of backup or auxiliary facilities only when
				necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.
(4)
Provide
				Information
. The permittee shall furnish to the Director within a
				reasonable time, any information, including copies of records, which may be
				requested by the Director to determine whether cause exists for modifying,
				revoking, re-issuing, or terminating the permit, or to determine compliance
				with the permit or this chapter.
(5)
Groundwater
				Monitoring
. Should a threat of groundwater contamination exist,
				the Director may require groundwater monitoring to properly assess the degree
				of impact, and the Director may require that the permittee undertake measures
				to abate any such discharge and/or contamination.
(6)
Nutrient Management
				Plan
. For each agricultural/silviculture reclaimed water reuse, a
				Nutrient Management Plan completed by a Certified Crop Advisor and certified
				through the American Society of Agronomy, must be submitted to the Department
				with the application, and annually no later than May
				28th, detailing: the application rate and uptake of
				nitrogen and phosphorus from each land application site; crop management and
				harvesting rates and practices; and a mass balance of nutrients, minerals, and
				other pollutant constituents as appropriate, applied to each land application
				site. The Nutrient Management Plan shall be retained onsite and available for
				review by the Department. An alternate site may be approved by the Department
				if requested.
(7)
Property Rights
. The permit does not convey any
				property rights of any sort or any exclusive privilege.
(8)
Entry and
				Access
. The permittee shall allow the Department or authorized
				representative to:
(a) Enter the permitted
				facility, application site(s), or any other location where records are
				maintained;
(b) Have access to and
				copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the conditions
				of the permit;
(c) Inspect, at
				reasonable times, any facility, equipment (including monitoring and control
				equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required by the permit;
				and
(d) Sample or monitor, at
				reasonable times, for the purpose of assuring permit compliance or otherwise
				authorized by the AWPCA, any substances or parameters at any
				location.