Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part IX - Water Quality › Subpart 2 - The Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) Program › Chapter 25 - Permit Application Requirements and Special LPDES Program Requirements › Section IX-2501 - Application for a Permit

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Duty to
				  Apply
1. Any person who discharges or
				  proposes to discharge pollutants or who owns or operates a sludge-only facility
				  whose sewage sludge use or disposal practice is regulated by 40 CFR Part 503,
				  and who does not have an effective permit, except persons covered by general
				  permits under LAC 33:IX.2515, or discharges excluded under LAC 33:IX.2315, or a
				  user of a privately owned treatment works unless the state administrative
				  authority requires otherwise under LAC 33:IX.2707.M, must submit a complete
				  application to the Office of Environmental Services in accordance with this
				  Section and LAC 33:IX.Chapters 31-35. All concentrated animal feeding
				  operations have a duty to seek coverage under an LPDES permit as described in
				  LAC 33:IX.2505.D.
2. Application
				  Forms
a. All applicants for LPDES permits
				  must submit applications on either state- or EPA-approved permit application
				  forms. More than one application form may be required from a facility depending
				  on the number and types of discharges or outfalls found there. Application
				  forms may be obtained by contacting the Office of Environmental Services or may
				  be obtained electronically through the department's website.
b. Applications for LPDES permits may be
				  submitted on EPA application forms as follows:
i. all applicants for permits, other than
				  permits for POTWs and TWTDS, must submit Form 1;
ii. applicants for permits for new and
				  existing POTWs must submit the information contained in Subsection J of this
				  Section using Form 2A or other form provided by the state administrative
				  authority;
iii. applicants for
				  permits for concentrated animal feeding operations or aquatic animal production
				  facilities must submit Form 2B;
iv.
				  applicants for permits for existing industrial facilities (including
				  manufacturing facilities, commercial facilities, mining activities, and
				  silvicultural activities) must submit Form 2C;
v. applicants for permits for new industrial
				  facilities that discharge process wastewater must submit Form 2D;
vi. applicants for permits for new and
				  existing industrial facilities that discharge only nonprocess wastewater must
				  submit Form 2E;
vii. applicants for
				  permits for new and existing facilities whose discharge is composed entirely of
				  storm water associated with industrial activity must submit Form 2F, unless
				  exempted by LAC 33:IX:2511.C.1.b. If the discharge is composed of storm water
				  and non-storm water, the applicant must submit Forms 2C, 2D, and/or 2E, as
				  appropriate (in addition to Form 2F); and
viii. applicants for permits for new and
				  existing TWTDS, subject to Subparagraph C.1.b of this Section, must submit the
				  application information required by Subsection Q of this Section, using Form 2S
				  or other form provided by the state administrative authority.