Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 10 - Wastewater And Storm Water › Part 1 - Regulations for the Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System › Section 250-RICR-150-10-1.9 - Activities Which do not Require a RIPDES Permit

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any
				  discharge of sewage from vessels, effluent from properly functioning marine
				  engines, laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes, or any other discharge
				  incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. This exclusion does not apply
				  to rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged overboard, nor
				  to other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a
				  means of transportation such as when used as an energy or mining facility, or
				  when secured to a storage facility or a seafood processing facility, or when
				  secured to the bed of the ocean, contiguous zone or waters of the United States
				  for the purpose of mineral or oil exploration or development.
B. Any discharge of dredged or fill material
				  into waters of the United States which are regulated under
				  33 U.S.C. §
											1344 (Section 404 of the Clean Water
				  Act).
C. Any discharge in
				  compliance with the instruction of an On-Scene Coordinator pursuant to
				  40 C.F.R. §
											300 (The National Oil and Hazardous
				  Substances Pollution Plan), incorporated above at §
										1.3(B) of
				  this Part, or 33 C.F.R.
				  §
											153.1 (Pollution by Oil and Hazardous
				  Substances), incorporated above at §
										1.3(A) of
				  this Part.
D. Any introduction of
				  pollutants from nonpoint source agricultural and silvicultural activities,
				  including storm water runoff from orchards, cultivated crops, pastures, range
				  lands, and forest lands but not discharges from concentrated animal feeding
				  operations, discharges from concentrated aquatic animal production facilities,
				  discharges to aquaculture projects, and discharges from silvicultural point
				  sources.
E. Return flows from
				  irrigated agriculture.
F.
				  Discharges of pollutants into a privately-owned treatment works, except as the
				  Director may otherwise require to ensure compliance with applicable state and
				  federal law and regulations.
G.
				  Discharges covered by a general permit pursuant to §
										1.33 of this Part except
				  that the Director may, pursuant to §
										1.55 of this Part, require
				  a person authorized by a general permit to apply for and obtain an individual
				  RIPDES permit.
H. The introduction
				  of sewage, industrial wastes, or other pollutants into publicly owned treatment
				  works by indirect discharge. Plans or agreements to switch to this method of
				  disposal in the future do not relieve a discharger of the obligation to have
				  and comply with permits until all discharges of pollutants into waters of the
				  United States are eliminated. This exclusion does not apply to the introduction
				  of pollutants to privately owned treatment works or to other discharges through
				  pipes, sewers, or other conveyances owned by a State, municipality or other
				  party not leading to treatment works.
I. Discharges or disposal of pollutants into
				  an underground or subsurface disposal well except that such activity must be
				  approved by the Department pursuant to Subchapter 05 Part 4 of this
				  Chapter.
J. Discharges from a water
				  transfer. Water transfer means an activity that conveys or connects waters of
				  the United States without subjecting the transferred water to intervening
				  industrial, municipal, or commercial use. This exclusion does not apply to
				  pollutants introduced by the water transfer activity itself to the water being
				  transferred.