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-150-05-4.13 - Temporary Groundwater Discharge System Approval

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  owner of a facility with a proposed groundwater discharge identified in §
										4.10(A) of
				  this Part may be eligible to apply for a Temporary Groundwater Discharge
				  Approval ("Temporary Approval") for a pilot project or a groundwater discharge
				  of limited duration that is non-seasonal in nature provided that the
				  groundwater discharge and the groundwater discharge system meet all
				  requirements of these rules. A groundwater discharge authorized under §
										4.13 of this Part shall be
				  conducted in a manner to ensure that the groundwater discharge will not
				  adversely impact the groundwater resources of the State or cause or contribute
				  to a violation of these rules or any other State or federal law, rule,
				  regulation or standard.
B.
				  Application Requirements: The owner shall submit to the Director, an
				  Application for a Groundwater Discharge System Approval, prepared in accordance
				  with §
										4.8 of this Part, the
				  requirements identified in §§
										4.10(B)(1) through
				  (6) of this Part, as applicable, and any
				  other information required by the application or the Director.
C. Waiver of Application Submittal: The
				  Director shall waive the requirement to submit an application for a proposed
				  groundwater discharge defined in §
										4.6(E) of
				  this Part and §
										4.6(F)(11) 
				  of this Part and any similarly defined discharges to the ground surface,
				  provided the groundwater discharge system subject to these rules is reviewed as
				  part of an active waste clean-up activity at a site that is subject to approval
				  by the RIDEM Office of Waste Management. The owner of a facility with a
				  proposed groundwater discharge system that is eligible for an application
				  waiver must be in compliance with all other applicable provisions of these
				  rules. Approval from the RIDEM Office of Waste Management for such discharge
				  shall constitute approval pursuant to these rules. This waiver shall also apply
				  where addition, expansion or other modification is proposed for a temporary
				  groundwater discharge system subject to approval under these rules that has
				  received such approval from the RIDEM Office of Waste Management.
D. Notification of Installation: The owner
				  shall submit a Notification of Completion of Construction and Installation to
				  the Director within 30 days after completion of construction and installation
				  of a groundwater discharge system, confirming that construction and
				  installation has been completed in accordance with the approved application and
				  associated plans.
E. Notification
				  of Operation: The owner shall submit to the Director, a Notification of
				  Commencement of a Groundwater Discharge within 30 days of the groundwater
				  discharge system start-up.
F.
				  Analytical Characterization: The owner shall submit to the Director within 30
				  days of the groundwater discharge system start-up, a complete set of compliance
				  monitoring results as required by the Temporary Approval. All compliance
				  monitoring required by a Temporary Approval or the Director shall be performed
				  in accordance with §
										4.14 of this
				  Part.
G. Duration of Approval: A
				  Temporary Approval issued in accordance with §
										4.13 of this Part shall be
				  non-renewable and valid only as long as necessary and in no case longer than
				  180 days from the date of the groundwater discharge system start-up. If a
				  separate Application for a Groundwater Discharge System Approval has been filed
				  with the Director, in accordance with §
										4.10 of this Part and prior
				  to the date of expiration of the Temporary Approval, the period for which the
				  Temporary Approval is valid may be extended to the date on which a decision on
				  the application is rendered by the Director.
H. Expiration of Approval: An Approval issued
				  under §
										4.13 of this Part for a
				  groundwater discharge system that has not been constructed and installed shall
				  expire 5 years from the date of issuance unless extended by a tolling period
				  pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-17.1-2.5. Once an Approval is
				  expired, a new application and application fee shall be submitted for any
				  proposed activity subject to these rules.
I. Proposed Changes: Where addition,
				  expansion or other modification as described in §
										4.15 of this Part is
				  proposed for a groundwater discharge system authorized under §
										4.13 of this Part, the
				  owner shall submit to the Director, an Application to Modify a Groundwater or
				  Stormwater Discharge System and any other information required by the
				  application or the Director. The Director may also require modification at any
				  time if new information that was not available at the time of issuance of a
				  Temporary Approval would have justified the application of additional or
				  different conditions.
J. Closure
				  Requirements: Upon completion of a temporary groundwater discharge, the owner
				  shall submit a Notification of Termination of a Groundwater Discharge, prepared
				  in accordance with §
										4.18(B) of
				  this Part, and any other information required by the Director.