Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 05 - Water Quality › Part 4 - Groundwater Discharge Rules (Rules for the Discharge of Non-Sanitary Wastewater and Other Fluid to or Below the Ground Surface) (250-RICR-150-05-4) › Section 250-RICR-150-05-4.11 - Stormwater Discharge System Registration

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The owner of a
				  facility with a proposed injection well identified in §
										4.6(F)(9) 
				  of this Part or a proposed stormwater discharge system shall obtain a
				  Stormwater Discharge System Registration prior to initiation of construction
				  and installation activities and shall comply with all requirements of §
										4.11 of this Part. The
				  design, selection and placement of appropriate means of discharge and/or
				  pretreatment for any stormwater discharge system regulated under §
										4.11 of this Part shall
				  adhere to the Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual,
				  Subchapter 10 Part 7 of this Chapter. Notwithstanding the redevelopment
				  definition in the Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards
				  Manual, Subchapter 10 Part 7 of this Chapter, the requirements in this rule
				  also apply to projects with a disturbed area of less than 10,000 square
				  feet.
B. Application Requirements:
				  The owner of a facility with a proposed stormwater discharge system not covered
				  under §§
										4.11(C) through
				  (E) of this Part, shall submit to the
				  Director, an Application for a Stormwater Discharge System Registration,
				  prepared in accordance with §
										4.8 of this Part, and any
				  other information required by the application, the Rhode Island Stormwater
				  Design and Installation Standards Manual, Subchapter 10 Part 7 of this Chapter
				  or the Director.
C. Exemption from
				  Registration: The following activities are exempt from registration under these
				  rules:
1. Stormwater from a residential lot,
				  which is infiltrated onto the same property, for any project proposed to
				  infiltrate stormwater from [LESS THAN]10,000 square feet of impervious
				  area;
2. Stormwater from a land use
				  that is not a Land Use of Higher Potential Pollutant Load (LUHPPL) that is
				  delivered through permeable pavement, filtering systems or open channel systems
				  provided that the practices are designed, installed and maintained in
				  accordance with the Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards
				  Manual, Subchapter 10 Part 7 of this Chapter; or,
3. Stormwater from a non-residential lot,
				  which is infiltrated onto the same property, for any project proposed to
				  infiltrate stormwater from [LESS THAN]10,000 square feet of impervious area,
				  provided that no stormwater is infiltrated from parking or driveway areas or
				  areas defined as a LUHPPL in the Rhode Island Stormwater Design and
				  Installation Standards Manual, Subchapter 10 Part 7 of this Chapter;
				  or,
4. Stormwater delivered through
				  infiltration basins or surface infiltration trenches where the design is
				  approved or deemed non-jurisdictional by RIDEM or the Rhode Island Coastal
				  Resources Management Council (RICRMC) or the municipality before December 31,
				  2012 and the stormwater discharge system is installed prior to July 1,
				  2017.