Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 521 - APPLICATIONS FOR WASTE DISCHARGE LICENSES › Section 096-521-4 - Application for a permit [see 40 CFR 122.21]

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
(a) Duty to apply. Any person who discharges
				or proposes to discharge pollutants and who does not have an effective permit,
				except persons covered by general permits under Chapter 529, excluded under 38
				MRSA, §413, or a user of a privately owned treatment works unless the
				Department requires otherwise under Chapter 523, shall submit a complete
				application (which shall include a BMP program if necessary under 40 CFR
				125.102 ) to the Department in accordance with this section and Chapters 2 and
				522.
(b) Who applies? When a
				facility or activity is owned by one person but is operated by another person,
				it is the operator's duty to obtain a permit.
(c) [reserved]
(d) [reserved]
(e) Completeness. The Department shall not
				issue a permit before receiving a complete application pursuant to Chapters 2
				and 522 for a permit except for NPDES general permits. An application for a
				permit is complete when the Department receives an application form and any
				supplemental information which are completed to its satisfaction. The
				completeness of any application for a permit shall be judged independently of
				the status of any other permit application or permit for the same facility or
				activity.
(f) Information
				requirements. All applicants for NPDES permits shall provide the following
				information to the Department, using the application form provided by the
				Department (additional information required of applicants is set forth in
				paragraphs (g) through (k) of this section).
(1) The activities conducted by the applicant
				which require it to obtain an NPDES permit.
(2) Name, mailing address, and location of
				the facility, including the municipality or in the case of unorganized
				territory the plantation, for which the application is submitted.
(3) Up to four SIC codes which best reflect
				the principal products or services provided by the facility.
(4) The operator's name, address, telephone
				number, ownership status, and status as Federal, State, private, public, or
				other entity.
(5) Whether the
				facility is located on Indian lands, as defined in Chapter 520.
(6) A listing of all permits or construction
				approvals received or applied for under any of the following programs:
(i) Hazardous Waste Management program under
				RCRA.
(ii) UIC program under
				SDWA.
(iii) NPDES program under
				CWA.
(iv) Prevention of Significant
				Deterioration (PSD) program under the Clean Air Act.
(v) Nonattainment program under the Clean Air
				Act.
(vi) National Emission
				Standards for Hazardous Pollutants (NESHAPS) preconstruction approval under the
				Clean Air Act.
(vii)Ocean dumping
				permits under the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
(viii)Dredge or fill permits under section
				404 of CWA.
(ix) Other relevant
				environmental permits, including State permits.
(7) A topographic map (or other map if a
				topographic map is unavailable) extending one mile beyond the property
				boundaries of the source, depicting the facility and each of its intake and
				discharge structures (showing latitude and longitude to the nearest 15
				seconds), each of its hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
				facilities; each well where fluids from the facility are injected underground;
				and those wells, springs, other surface water bodies, and drinking water wells
				listed in public records or otherwise known to the applicant in the map
				area.
(8) A brief description of
				the nature of the business.