Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 360 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCE AUTHORITY › Title 360 CMR 10.00 - Sewer Use › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10.007 - Permits - General Requirements

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) The permits
						required by 360 CMR 10.000 are in addition to permits that may be required by
						other federal, state, or local laws or regulations. The following permits are
						required by 360 CMR 10.000:
(a)
Sewer Use Discharge Permit
. Any Person who directly or
						indirectly discharges Industrial Wastewater or other Industrial Waste to the
						Authority Sewerage System, or whose operation within the Authority Sewerage
						District (regardless of whether the operation discharges to the Authority
						Sewerage System) is subject to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, is
						required to have a Sewer Use Discharge Permit issued by the Authority and the
						appropriate Municipality, unless specifically exempted by 360 CMR 10.000 from the
						requirement to have a permit. This requirement to have a Permit includes Persons
						who discharge Industrial Waste into a septic or other holding tank whose contents
						are transported and discharged to the Authority Sewerage System. A Person issued
						a Group Permit, General Permit, or Combined Permit is not required to have a
						Sewer Use Discharge Permit for the discharge covered by the Group Permit, General
						Permit, or Combined Permit.
(b)
Septage Discharge Permit
. Any Person who commercially
						pumps, transports, or discharges Septage and/or Industrial Waste mixed with
						Septage and who directly or indirectly discharges Septage and/or Industrial Waste
						mixed with Septage to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Septage
						Discharge Permit issued by the Authority.
(c)
Direct Connection
						Permit
. Any Person seeking to make or modify a direct connection to
						the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Direct Connection Permit for
						such a connection issued by the Authority.
(d)
Municipal Permit
.
						Any Municipality that connects a Sewer to the Authority Sewerage System is
						required to have a Municipal Permit issued by the Authority.
(e)
Landfill Permit
.
						Any Person who directly or indirectly discharges Landfill Leachate to the
						Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Landfill Permit issued by the
						Authority.
(f)
Temporary
						Construction Site Dewatering Permit
. Any Person who directly or
						indirectly discharges Wastewater from a construction site to the Authority
						Sewerage System is required to have a Temporary Construction Site Dewatering
						Permit issued by the Authority and appropriate Municipality.
(g)
Group Permit
. Any
						Person who is required to be covered by a Group Permit is required to have that
						Group Permit to discharge Industrial Waste directly or indirectly to the
						Authority Sewerage System. The following Group Permits are in effect:
						360 CMR
						10.061:
Group Permit for Photo
						Processing and Printing Operations;
360 CMR
						10.063:
Group Permit for Food
						Processing;
and 360 CMR 10.065:
Group Permit for Dental
						Discharges.
(h)
Combined Permit
. Any Person who is required to be
						covered by
						360
						CMR 10.064:
Combined Permit
is
						required to have that Combined Permit to discharge Industrial Waste directly or
						indirectly to the Authority Sewerage System.
(i)
General Permit
.
						Any Person who is required to be covered by
						360 CMR
						10.062:
General Permit for Low Flow and
						Low Pollutant Dischargers
is required to have that General Permit to
						discharge Industrial Waste, directly or indirectly, to the Authority Sewerage
						System.