Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-33 - Ohio NPDES Individual Permits › Section 3745-33-08 - Generic permit conditions

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications,
				publications of recognized organizations and associations, federal rules and
				federal statutory provisions referenced in this rule, see rule
				3745-33-01 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Each Ohio
			 NPDES permit shall contain the following requirements:
(1) That all discharges authorized under the
			 NPDES permit shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of the permit.
			 The discharge of any pollutants more frequently than or at a level in excess of
			 that identified and authorized by the permit shall constitute a violation of
			 the terms and conditions of the permit.
(2) That facility expansions, production
			 increases, or process modification that result in new or increased discharges
			 of pollutants must be reported by submission of a new NPDES application or, if
			 such discharge does not violate effluent limitations specified in the NPDES
			 permit, by submission to the director of notice of such new or increased
			 discharge of pollutants.
(3) That
			 the permittee shall submit to Ohio EPA monthly reports containing such
			 information as shall be specified by the director.
(4) That the permittee shall submit an annual
			 report containing such information as shall be specified by the director.
(5) That the permittee shall report in such
			 manner as shall be specified by the director, any discharge of pollutants in
			 violation of permit terms and conditions.
(6) That the point source is equipped with
			 instrumentation to monitor and record data and other information about the
			 operation of the point source, if required by the director. Reports of
			 monitoring results obtained by the permittee shall be submitted annually (or on
			 such a more frequent schedule as is required in the permit) to Ohio EPA.
			 Monitoring and recording of monitoring results shall be conducted in accordance
			 with regulations adopted or subsequently amended by the administrator,
			 including paragraphs (e) and (j) of
			 40
			 C.F.R. 122.41 and
			 40
			 C.F.R. 122.48
									.
(7) That the permittee shall allow the
			 director or the director's authorized representative to enter upon the
			 permittee's premises. The authorized representative shall have access to any
			 records required to be kept under the terms of the permit and may copy any such
			 records. The director or the director's authorized representative shall have
			 access to any monitoring equipment or wastewater treatment facilities operated
			 by the permittee for the purpose of inspecting such equipment or method
			 required in the permit and shall have access to point sources for the purposes
			 of sampling the discharge.
(8) That
			 the permittee shall maintain in good working order and operate at optimum
			 levels in accordance with good engineering practices any wastewater treatment
			 facilities or control systems installed to achieve compliance with the terms
			 and conditions of the permit regardless of the quality of the effluent.
(9) That the permittee shall provide
			 adequately trained and qualified personnel as required by Chapter 3745-7 of the
			 Administrative Code to operate such wastewater treatment facilities.
(10) That the permit may be modified,
			 suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause including
			 but not limited to the following:
(a) Violation of any terms or conditions of
			 the permit.
(b)
			 Obtaining a permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all
			 relevant facts.
(c) A
			 change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction
			 or elimination of the permitted discharge.
(11) That if a toxic effluent standard or
			 prohibition (including a schedule of compliance) is established under section
			 307 (a) of the act for a toxic pollutant that is present in the permittee's
			 discharge and such standards or prohibition (including a schedule of
			 compliance) is more stringent than any limitation upon such pollutant in the
			 NPDES permit, the director shall modify the permit in accordance with the toxic
			 effluent standard and so notify the permittee.
(12) That all permittees meeting the
			 requirements of this paragraph post and maintain permanent signs as follows:
(a) A sign shall be posted at each outfall
			 under permit. Outfalls covered by this provision include, but are not limited
			 to, discharges of process wastewater, non-contact cooling water, sewage or
			 discharges from remediation sites, and bypass or combined sewer overflow
			 discharges. The director may waive this requirement for outfalls discharging to
			 municipal storm sewers if the outfall is not in close proximity to a lake,
			 reservoir, pond, river, stream, creek or other surface water of the state.
			 Signs are not required at in-plant sampling outfalls, or at outfalls that are
			 not accessible to the public by land or by recreational use of the water
			 body.
(b) The
			 sign shall include, at a minimum, the name of the permittee, the permit number,
			 and the outfall number identified in the permit. The information shall be
			 printed in letters not less than two inches high.
(c) The sign shall be a minimum of two feet
			 by two feet and the bottom of the sign shall be a minimum of three feet above
			 the ground.
(d) The
			 director may approve variations from these dimensions to increase the
			 legibility or information of the sign.