Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 20 - Clean Water Commission › Chapter 6 - Permits › Section 10 CSR 20-6.010 - Construction and Operating Permits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The amendment requires that applicants
				  submit electronic versions of applications and makes the submittal of paper
				  copies optional unless required upon department request. This amendment will
				  also clarify the construction permit application exemption in
				  10 CSR
				  20-6.010(5)(B) 3. to be consistent
				  with the statutory requirement that industrial facilities get a permit. The
				  third component of the amendment establishes an exemption from higher level
				  continuing authorities for industrial stormwater permittees and industrial
				  nodischarge permittees.
(1)
				Permits - General.
(A) All persons who build,
				erect, alter, replace, operate, use, or maintain existing point sources, or
				intend these actions for a proposed point source, water contaminant sources, or
				wastewater treatment facilities shall apply to the Missouri Department of
				Natural Resources (department) for the permits required in accordance with
				sections (5) and (7) of this rule, the Missouri Clean Water Law and
				regulations. The department issues these permits to enforce the Missouri Clean
				Water Law and regulations and administer the National Pollutant Discharge
				Elimination System (NPDES) Program.
(B) The following are exempt from permit
				regulations:
1. Nonpoint source
				discharges;
2. Service connections
				to wastewater collection systems;
3. Internal plumbing, piping, water
				diversion, or retention structures that are an integral part of an industrial
				process, plant or operation, except to the point wastewater is conveyed to
				receiving water;
4. Routine
				maintenance or repairs of any existing collection system, wastewater treatment
				facility, or other water contaminant or point source;
5. Onsite systems for single family
				residences;
6. The discharge of
				water from an environmental emergency cleanup site under the direction of, or
				the direct control of, the department or the Environmental Protection Agency
				(EPA), provided the discharge does not violate any condition of
				10 CSR
				20-7.031 Water Quality Standards;
7. Water used in constructing and maintaining
				a drinking water well and distribution system for public and private use,
				geologic test holes, exploration drill holes, groundwater monitoring wells, and
				heat pump wells;
8. Projects for
				beneficial use, that do not exceed a period of one year, may be exempted by
				written project approval from the department. The department may extend the
				permit exemption for up to one additional year.
9. The application of pesticides in order to
				control pests (e.g., any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, etc.) in a
				manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Federal Insecticide,
				Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Missouri Pesticide Use Act
				unless such application is made directly into or onto waters of the state, in
				which case the applicator shall obtain a permit;
10. Hydrostatic testing. Persons discharging
				water used for the hydrostatic testing of new pipelines and storage tanks in
				the state of Missouri may discharge to waters of the state without first
				obtaining a permit if the discharge is de minimis (less than one thousand
				(<1,000 gallons) or meeting the requirements in section (14) of this
				rule;
11. Nondischarging facilities
				for domestic wastewater flows of three thousand gallons per day (3,000 gpd) or
				less; and
12. Agrichemical rinsates
				and any spilled or recovered fertilizers and pesticides that are field applied
				at rates compatible with product labeling.