Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-36 - Permit Program Regulating Discharge of Nondomestic Wastewater into a POTW › Section 3745-36-10 - Alternative conditions specific to categorical industrial users

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
				3745-36-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Categorical
			 industrial users shall comply with the requirements in rules
			 3745-36-08
			 and
			 3745-36-09
			 of the Administrative Code, and any alternative condition described in this
			 rule that has been approved by Ohio EPA and incorporated into the categorical
			 industrial user's indirect discharge permit or the director's written
			 approval.
(B) Categorical
			 industrial users may apply for reduced reporting or monitoring requirements, or
			 alternative limits as follows:
(1) The
			 categorical industrial user shall first submit the initial compliance report as
			 described in paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-36-09
			 of the Administrative Code, or a periodic compliance report as described in
			 paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-36-08
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The
			 categorical industrial user shall submit a formal request to Ohio EPA for the
			 approval of an alternative condition initially and prior to each subsequent
			 renewal of such condition. The request shall include the information described
			 in paragraphs (D) to (H) of this rule, as applicable, and the certification
			 statement in paragraph (C)(1) of rule
			 3745-36-08
			 of the Administrative Code, and shall be signed by an authorized
			 representative, as defined in paragraph (C)(2) of rule
			 3745-36-08
			 of the Administrative Code.
(3)
			 Alternative conditions described in paragraphs (D) to (H) of this rule may only
			 be implemented and enforced through the following methods, as applicable:
(a) Renewal of modification of an individual
			 indirect discharge permit that includes alternative conditions described in
			 paragraphs (D), (E), (F), and (H) of this rule.
(b) Renewal or modification of an individual
			 indirect discharge permit or the director's written approval for the
			 alternative condition described in paragraph (G) of this rule.
(4) Conditions described in this
			 rule may only be authorized by Ohio EPA for the duration of the indirect
			 discharge permit, but in no case longer than five years.
(5) Industrial users implementing any of the
			 alternative conditions described in paragraphs (D) to (H) of this rule shall
			 maintain compliance with the records retention requirements described in
			 paragraphs (F) to (I) of rule
			 3745-36-08
			 of the Administrative Code. In addition, the industrial user shall maintain
			 both of the following for a minimum of three years after the date on which they
			 become ineffective:
(a) Documentation of all
			 requests to implement an alternative condition described in paragraphs (D) to
			 (H) of this rule, regardless of whether Ohio EPA approved the
			 request.
(b) Any records which
			 demonstrate compliance with the applicable alternative conditions described in
			 paragraphs (D) to (H) of this rule.
(6) Industrial users implementing any of the
			 alternative conditions described in paragraphs (D) to (H) of this rule shall
			 maintain compliance with the notification requirements described in rule
			 3745-36-05
			 of the Administrative Code.