Indiana Administrative Code › Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION › Article 3 - WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; ISSUANCE OF PERMITS; CONSTRUCTION AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS › Rule 2 - State Permits for Construction › Section 2-2 - Application and filing procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  13-14-8; IC
				  13-14-9; IC
				  13-15-1-2; IC
				  13-15-2-1; IC
				  13-18-3-1; IC
				  13-18-4-1
Affected: IC
				  4-21.5-3-5; IC
				  4-21.5-5; IC
				  13-11-2; IC
				  13-13-5-1; IC
				  13-15-4-11; IC
				  13-18-2; IC
				  25-21.5-1-7; IC
				  25-31-1
Sec. 2.
(a)
				Applications for permits to construct or modify a water pollution
				treatment/control facility or a sanitary sewer must be made in accordance with
				procedures established by the commissioner. The applications must be made on
				forms provided by the commissioner. Incomplete applications may result in the
				return of plans and specifications without action.
(b) The commissioner shall approve or deny a
				facility construction permit application within one hundred twenty (120) days
				of receipt by the commissioner.
(c)
				Failure by the commissioner to comply with subsection (b) is subject to IC
				13-15-4-11.
(d) Construction shall not commence until all
				necessary state approvals and permits are obtained.
(e) The contents of a water pollution
				treatment/control facility construction permit application shall include at
				least the following:
(1) Application form
				signed by the applicant or its designated agent.
(2) One (1) set of construction plans and
				specifications capable of being microfilmed.
(3) Plans and specifications for municipal
				treatment/control facilities shall be prepared by or under the personal
				supervision of a professional engineer, registered pursuant to IC
				25-31-1; plans and specifications
				shall be certified and sealed by said registered professional engineer.
				Registered land surveyors may submit plans and specifications for sanitary
				sewer extensions only as provided in IC
				25-21.5-1-7.
(4) For other than sanitary sewer projects,
				an appropriate project design summary, on forms provided by the commissioner,
				specific to municipal or industrial facilities, containing the following
				information:
(A) Description of present
				facility, if any.
(B) Receiving
				stream or receiving wastewater treatment plant.
(C) Design data, including the design flows,
				design waste strengths, and anticipated effluent characteristics.
(D) Details on design of unit operations of
				proposed treatment facilities.
(E)
				Effluent limitation capability of proposed facility.
(5) Construction applications proposing the
				installation of a grinder pump or pumps to be used on low pressure sanitary
				sewer collection systems shall submit evidence of responsibility for ongoing
				maintenance.
(6) All applications
				for construction permits must include a signed and dated form as provided by
				the commissioner for the identification of affected persons as determined by IC
				4-21.5-3-5(b). One
				(1) prepared mailing label for each potentially affected person shall be
				provided by the applicant for mailing notice of the permit when issued. Each
				mailing label shall include the name, address, and zip code of the potentially
				affected person and shall show on the topmost line of the label a mail code
				designated by the commissioner.
(7)
				The commissioner may request of an applicant any additional information deemed
				necessary to complete or correct deficiencies in the
				application.