Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-226 - Waste discharge general permit program › Section 173-226-110 - Fact sheets

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
			 department shall prepare a fact sheet for every draft general permit
			 determination. Such fact sheets shall summarize the following:
(a) The type of facility or activity which is
			 the subject of the general permit;
(b) The geographical area for which the
			 general permit is valid;
(c) The
			 criteria for which coverage under a general permit will be approved;
(d) A listing or some other means of
			 identifying the facilities proposed to be covered under the general
			 permit;
(e) The information
			 required by WAC
			 173-226-200(3),
			 to be submitted as part of the application for coverage under the general
			 permit;
(f) The effluent
			 characteristics for the category of dischargers being authorized under the
			 general permit, including the following:
(i)
			 The average rate or frequency of the proposed discharge;
(ii) For thermal discharges, the average
			 summer and winter temperatures; and
(iii) The average and estimated range in
			 pounds per day, or other appropriate units, of any pollutants which are present
			 in significant quantities or which are subject to limitations or prohibition
			 under RCW
			    90.48.010,
			 90.52.040,
			 90.54.020, and sections 301, 302,
			 306, or 307 of the FWPCA and regulations published thereunder;
(g) The effluent standards and
			 limitations applied;
(h) The
			 applicable water quality standards, including identification of the uses for
			 which receiving waters have been classified;
(i) The conditions in the proposed general
			 permit;
(j) The legal and technical
			 grounds for the conditions contained in the general permit, including;
(i) An explanation of how conditions meet
			 both the technology-based and water quality-based requirements of the FWPCA and
			 chapters
			 90.48, 90.52, and
			 90.54 RCW;
(ii) An explanation of how the conditions
			 meet the water quality standards of chapters 173-200 and 173-201A WAC;
			 and
(iii) An explanation of how the
			 conditions meet the sediment standards contained in chapter 173-204
			 WAC;
(k) If a dilution
			 zone is authorized, pursuant to chapter 173-201A WAC, within which water
			 quality standards are modified:
(i) A
			 description of the allowed dilution zone;
(ii) The legal basis for providing a dilution
			 zone; and
(iii) The technical basis
			 for allowing a dilution zone and the basis for determining the size of the
			 dilution zone;
(l) Any
			 compliance schedules proposed as part of the general permit or as a part of the
			 application process pursuant to WAC
			 173-226-180 and
			 173-226-200;
(m) How the draft permit addresses use or
			 disposal of residual solids generated by wastewater treatment;
(n) The procedures for the formulation of
			 final determinations (in more detailed form than that given in the public
			 notice) including:
(i) The thirty-day comment
			 period required by WAC
			 173-226-130(3),
			 including the date and time after which public comments will not be considered
			 by the department in formulating the final determination on the draft general
			 permit;
(ii) The time and place of
			 the public hearing(s); and
(iii)
			 Any other procedures by which the public may participate in the formulation of
			 the final determination; and
(o) A summary of the economic impact analysis
			 required by WAC
			 173-226-120, including any
			 mitigation proposed pursuant to WAC
			 173-226-120(2) for small business.