Indiana Administrative Code › Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION › Article 15 - NPDES GENERAL PERMITS AND SPECIFIC CATEGORY INDIVIDUAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS › Rule 6 - Storm Water Discharges Exposed to Industrial Activity › Section 6-2 - Applicability of the general permit rule for storm water discharges exposed to industrial activity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2; IC 13-18-3;
				  IC 13-18-4
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 13-12-3-1; IC 13-18-1
Sec. 2.
(a) Except
				as provided in subsections (c) through (j), the requirements under this rule
				apply to all facilities that meet the following requirements:
(1) Are not prohibited from regulation under
				an NPDES general permit rule under
				327 IAC
				15-2-6.
(2) Meet the NPDES general permit rule
				applicability requirements under
				327 IAC
				15-2-3.
(3) Have not received a conditional no
				exposure exclusion from storm water permitting under section 12 of this
				rule.
(4) Have a new or existing
				point source discharge composed entirely of storm water and the following
				allowable nonstorm water discharges exposed to industrial activity:
(A) Discharges from firefighting
				activities.
(B) Fire hydrant
				flushings.
(C) Potable water
				sources, including waterline flushings.
(D) Irrigation drainage.
(E) Landscape watering provided all
				pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer have been applied in accordance with
				manufacturer's instructions.
(F)
				Routine external building washdown that does not use detergents.
(G) Pavement washwaters where spills or leaks
				of toxic or hazardous materials have not occurred, unless all spilled material
				has been removed, and where detergents are not used.
(H) Uncontaminated ground water or spring
				water.
(I) Foundation or footing
				drains where flows are not contaminated with process materials, such as
				solvents.
(J) Uncontaminated air
				conditioning or compressor condensate.
(K) Incidental windblown mist from cooling
				towers that collects on rooftops or adjacent portions of the facility, but not
				intentional discharges from the cooling tower (for example, piped cooling tower
				blowdown or drains).
(L) Vehicle
				washwaters where uncontaminated water, without detergents or solvents, is
				utilized.
(M) Run-off from the use
				of dust suppressants approved for use by other program areas within the
				department. Allowable nonstorm water discharges described under this
				subdivision may be allowed under this rule provided they have not been
				identified by the permittee or commissioner as a significant contributor of
				pollutants to a water of the state. If an allowable nonstorm water discharge is
				determined to be a significant contributor of pollutants to a water of the
				state an individual wastewater permit may be required for the
				discharge.
(5) Have
				industrial activities classified by one (1) or more of the following
				categories:
(A) Facilities classified under
				the following SIC codes:
(i) 20 (food and
				kindred products).
(ii) 21 (tobacco
				products).
(iii) 22 (textile mill
				products).
(iv) 23 (apparel and
				other textile products).
(v) 24
				(lumber and wood products).
(vi) 25
				(furniture and fixtures).
(vii) 26
				(paper and allied products).
(viii)
				27 (printing and publishing).
(ix)
				28 (chemicals and allied products).
(x) 29 (petroleum and coal
				products).
(xi) 30 (rubber and
				miscellaneous plastic products).
(xii) 31 (leather and leather
				products).
(xiii) 32 (stone, clay,
				and glass products).
(xiv) 33
				(primary metal industries).
(xv) 34
				(fabricated metal products).
(xvi)
				35 (industrial machinery and equipment).
(xvii) 36 (electronic and other electric
				equipment).
(xviii) 37
				(transportation equipment).
(xix)
				38 (instruments and related products).
(xx) 39 (miscellaneous manufacturing
				industries).
(B) Except
				for those facilities identified in subsection (e), mining operations classified
				under the following SIC codes:
(i) 10 (metal
				mining).
(ii) 13 (oil and gas
				extraction).
(iii) 14 (nonmetallic
				minerals, except fuels).
(C) Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or
				disposal facilities, including those that are operating under interim status or
				a permit under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
				(
				42 U.S.C.
				6921 )**.
(D) Except for those facilities identified in
				subsection (f), landfills, land application sites, open dumps, and transfer
				stations that receive, or have received, industrial process wastes, as defined
				in rules of the board at
				329 IAC
				10-2-95, from any of the types of facilities described
				under this subdivision.
(E)
				Facilities involved in the recycling of materials, including metal scrap yards,
				battery reclaimers, salvage yards, and automobile junkyards, including those
				classified under the following SIC codes:
(i)
				5015 (motor vehicles parts, used).
(ii)
				 5093 (scrap and waste materials).
(F) Steam electric power generating
				facilities except for those facilities identified in subsection (g).
(G) Transportation facilities that have
				vehicle or aircraft maintenance (including vehicle or aircraft rehabilitation,
				mechanical repairs, painting, fueling, and lubrication), airport runway or
				aircraft deicing operations, or industrial equipment cleaning areas and are
				classified under the following SIC codes:
(i)
				40 (railroad transportation).
(ii)
				41 (local and interurban passenger transit).
(iii) 42 (trucking and
				warehousing).
(iv) 43 (United
				States Postal Service).
(v) 44
				(water transportation).
(vi) 45
				(transportation by air).
(H) Except for those facilities identified in
				subsections (i) and (j), treatment works treating domestic sewage or any other
				sewage sludge or wastewater treatment device or system, used in the storage,
				treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage,
				including land dedicated to the disposal of sewage sludge that are located
				within the confines of the facility, with a design flow of one million
				(1,000,000) gallons per day or more, or that are required to have an approved
				pretreatment program under 40 CFR 403 ***.
(I) Distribution facilities limited to the
				portions of the facility that are involved in the material handling of
				agricultural chemicals (chemical fertilizers and pesticides) or are otherwise
				identified under this clause shall comply with the requirements of this rule if
				the following conditions are met:
(i) Have
				been notified by the department of a determination that the facility is subject
				to this rule because review of available information shows that:
(AA) the facility had a discharge of a
				pollutant; or
(BB) there is a
				likelihood of a discharge of a pollutant to waters of the state. A facility
				that has been notified by the department according to this item that the
				facility is subject to this rule may exercise its right granted under IC
				4-21.5.
(ii) Are
				involved in the processing, transfer, or storage of agricultural chemicals
				(chemical fertilizers and pesticides), which meet any of the following storage
				capacity criteria:
(AA) Fluid bulk fertilizer
				in undivided quantities in excess of either two thousand five hundred (2,500)
				gallons for one (1) vessel or seven thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons total
				for multiple vessels (3 × 2,500 gallon vessels) at a facility.
(BB) Dry bulk fertilizer in undivided
				quantities exceeding twelve (12) tons.
(CC) Liquid pesticide in undivided quantities
				in excess of four hundred (400) gallons.
(DD) Dry pesticide in undivided quantities in
				excess of one hundred (100) pounds and that is in solid form prior to any
				application or mixing for application and includes formulations, such as dusts,
				wettable powders, dry flowable powders, and granules.
(J) Facilities engaged in selling
				fuel or lubricating oils to the trucking industry, where the facility has
				on-site vehicle maintenance activities, serves as a truck stop or plaza, and
				are classified as SIC code 5541 (gasoline service stations). Truck stops and
				plazas that do not have vehicle maintenance activities and gasoline dispensing
				facilities, such as automotive service stations, convenience stores, and
				marinas, are not required to comply with this
				rule.