Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-38 - Ohio NPDES General Permits › Section 3745-38-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
As used in this chapter of the Administrative Code:
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this
			 rule, the definitions in sections
			 6111.01
			 and
			 6111.13
			 of the Revised Code shall have the same meaning in this rule as in that
			 section.
(B) "Act" means the
			 "Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water
			 Act), section 519, formerly section 518, of Act June 30, 1948, C. 758 Title V,
			 as added October 18, 1972, Pub.L. 92-500, 2, 86 Stat. 896, amended December 27,
			 1977, Pub.L. 95-217, 2, 91 Stat. 1566 and renumbered February 4, 1987, Pub.L.
			 100-4, Title V, 506, 101 Stat. 76,
			 33 U.S.C.A.
			 1251 to
			 1387
			 as amended through 
								July 1, 2021.
(C) "Alternative general permit" means a type
			 of general NPDES permit that is specific to a type of discharge or geographic
			 area or both that applies in lieu of an otherwise applicable general
			 permit.
(D) "Applicable water
			 quality standards" means all water quality standards that apply to waters of
			 the state under Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code and under federal
			 regulations.
(E) "Applicable
			 effluent standards and limitations" means all state and federal effluent
			 standards, and limitations to which a discharge is subject under the act
			 including, but not limited to, effluent limitations, standards of performance,
			 toxic effluent standards and prohibitions, and pretreatment
			 standards.
(F) "Application" means
			 the form used to apply for an individual Ohio NPDES permit.
(G) "Director" means the director of the Ohio
			 environmental protection agency.
(H) "Discharge" means "discharge of any
			 pollutant or pollutants" from a point source.
(I) "Discharge of a pollutant or pollutants"
			 means any addition of any pollutant to waters of the state from a point
			 source.
(J) "General NPDES permit"
			 means a permit issued by the state of Ohio for a category of point source
			 discharges originating from multiple sites.
(K) "Individual NPDES permit" means a permit
			 issued by the state of Ohio for a discharge from a point source at a facility
			 that is either in compliance with authorized discharge levels or that includes
			 a schedule that will bring the point source into compliance with authorized
			 discharge levels.
(L) "Notice of
			 intent" or "NOI" means the form used to request coverage under a general NPDES
			 permit.
(M) "Notice of termination"
			 or "NOT" means the form used to request termination of coverage under a general
			 NPDES permit.
(N) "NPDES" means
			 national pollutant discharge elimination system pursuant to section 402 of the
			 act and Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code.
(O) "Ohio EPA" means the Ohio environmental
			 protection agency or its director as the context or other laws or regulations
			 may require.
(P) "Person" means the
			 state, any municipal corporation, any other political subdivision of the state,
			 any person as defined in section
			 1.59 of the
			 Revised Code, any interstate body created by compact, or the federal government
			 or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
(Q) "Point source" means any discernible,
			 confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe,
			 ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling
			 stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection
			 system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be
			 discharged.
(R) "Pollutant" means
			 sewage, industrial waste, or other waste as defined by divisions (B) to (D) of
			 section
			 6111.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(S) "Regional
			 administrator" means the administrator of the United States environmental
			 protection agency, region V.
(T)
								"Treatment additive" means a chemical or substance used
			 to improve the characteristics of incoming water or to treat wastewater for
			 purposes such as corrosion inhibition, particle flocculation or disinfection.
			 These include substances used in cooling water, boiler water or in wastewater
			 treatment systems.
(U) "Waters of the
			 state" has the same definition as defined in section
			 6111.01
			 of the Revised Code.
(V) "40 C.F.R." means
			 Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations effective
			 
								July
			 1, 2021.
[Comment: The Code of Federal Regulations and federal statutes
				listed in this rule can generally be found in public libraries, and can be
				viewed electronically online at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
and purchased
				by writing to: "Superintendent of Documents. Attn: New Orders, PO Box 371954,
				Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954."]