Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 2 - DISCHARGES, PERMIT REGS › Section 2-5 - Effluent Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
The following process shall be used in the application for,
				  development of, and issuance of effluent permits, except for storm water
				  permits which are addressed under Sections
				  4 and
				  6 of these regulations.
(a) Application for individual permits.
				Completed application forms shall be submitted to the department for permits
				for new facilities, modifications to existing permits, and permit renewals.
(i) Permits for new facilities. The owner or
				operator of any point source within the State of Wyoming who proposes to
				discharge pollution or wastes into surface waters of the state must file with
				the administrator a complete application form either (1) no less than 180 days
				in advance of the date on which it is desired to commence the discharge of
				pollution or wastes, unless otherwise approved by the administrator, or (2) in
				sufficient time prior to any discharge of pollutants to insure compliance with
				the requirements of Section 306 of the Federal Act, or with any applicable
				zoning or siting requirements established pursuant to Section 208(b) (2) (c) of
				the Federal Act, and any other applicable water quality standards and
				limitations. In any event, no person shall commence a discharge without having
				obtained a permit from the department, and no permit shall be issued without
				full compliance by the permittee with all requirements of these
				regulations.
(ii) Modification of
				permits. (Refer to Section
				12 of these regulations.)
(iii) Renewal of permits. (Refer to Section
				10 of these regulations.)
(iv) Application for individual permits.
				Application for individual permits shall be made using forms provided or
				specified by the administrator. Completed application forms shall be submitted
				to the department for permits for new facilities, modifications to existing
				permits, and permit renewals.
(v)
				General information requirements. An application form for all new individual
				permits shall contain the following information unless the administrator
				determines that specific items are unnecessary:
(A) Name of company, entity, or individual
				seeking a permit;
(B)
				Identification of the facility name, location, and telephone number if
				applicable;
(C) Mailing address and
				telephone number of company, entity, or individual seeking a permit;
(D) Applicant status as federal, state,
				private, public, or other entity and status of applicant as owner, operator or
				both;
(E) Name and signature of
				responsible person as required by Section
				14 of these regulations;
(F) Authorization of a duly authorized
				representative under the Signatory Requirements of Section
				14 of these rules, where
				applicable;
(G) Names, addresses,
				and telephone numbers of landowners where outfalls will be located, if property
				owner is other than applicant;
(H)
				Type and location, expressed in latitude and longitude to the nearest 15
				seconds, of the facility from which discharge will occur;
(I) A description of the activities conducted
				by the applicant which require it to obtain an WYPDES permit and where the
				activity includes treatment facilities associated with the discharge, a site
				diagram of the treatment facilities associated with the discharge and the
				outfall locations;
(J) Up to four
				(4) SIC codes which best reflect the principal products or services provided by
				the facility;
(K) Expected quality
				and quantity (including maximum design capacity in million gallons per day and,
				except for POTWs, the average daily flow rate in million gallons per day) of
				effluent proposed for discharge, flow rate in million gallons per day or cubic
				feet per second, and whether the proposed discharge will be continuous or
				intermittent;
(L) Description of
				each treatment process that will be used to reduce pollutant concentrations in
				effluent;
(M) Outfall numbers and
				latitude and longitude of each outfall location to the nearest 15
				seconds;
(N) Outfall numbers, the
				county where each outfall is located and legal description of each outfall
				location to the nearest quarter/quarter of a section;
(O) Distance from shore and depth below water
				surface;
(P) Whether the discharge
				will be continuous or periodic. If the discharge is to be periodic the
				following information for each outfall shall be provided:
(I) Number of times per year the discharge is
				to occur.
(II) Anticipated duration
				of each discharge.
(III)
				Anticipated flow of each discharge.
(IV) Months in which discharge is expected to
				occur.
(Q) Whether any
				outfall is or will be equipped with a diffuser and the type of diffuser
				used.
(R) Outfall number(s) and
				names of surface waters of the state that would or potentially would directly
				receive any portion of the discharge for each outfall, including where
				applicable, a description of the tributary system from the outfall location to
				the main stem;
(S) A topographic
				map extending one mile beyond the property boundaries of the source, showing
				the location of the facility, intake structures and associated outfalls and
				proposed monitoring and/or compliance points; each of its hazardous waste
				treatment, storage, or disposal facilities; each well where fluids from the
				facility are injected underground; and those wells, springs, other surface
				water bodies, and drinking water wells listed in public records or otherwise
				known by the applicant in the map area.
(T) A listing of all active permits or
				construction approvals received or applied for by the applicant for the site
				under any of the following programs:
(I)
				Hazardous Waste Management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery
				Act.
(II) Underground Injection
				Control program under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
(III) NPDES program under the CWA.
(IV) WYPDES program under these
				regulations.
(V) Prevention of
				Significant Deterioration program under the Clean Air Act.
(VI) Non-attainment program under the Clean
				Air Act.
(VII) National Emission
				Standards for Hazardous Pollutants under the Clean Air Act.
(VIII) Section 404 of the CWA.
(IX) Impoundments and/or Appropriation of
				Surface Water under the State Engineer's Office.
(X) Reservoirs under the Oil and Gas
				Conservation Commission.
(XI) Other
				relevant local, state, or federal environmental permits.
(U) Any additional information required in
				accordance with appendices B through M of these regulations.
(V) Any other information the administrator
				may request in order to assess potential impacts to designated uses of surface
				waters of the state as a result of the proposed discharge, to develop permit
				conditions in compliance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 304 of
				the CWA, or to determine whether to issue a WYPDES permit. The additional
				information may include additional quantitative data and bioassays to assess
				the relative toxicity of discharges to aquatic life and requirements to
				determine the cause of the toxicity.
(vi) Signature requirement. A permit
				application and other documents required to accompany said application when
				submitted to the department must be signed and certified in accordance with the
				provisions of Section
				14 of these regulations.
(vii) Records retention. Applicants shall
				keep records of all data used to complete permit applications and any
				supplemental information submitted under this section for a period of three (3)
				years from the date the application is signed.