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 173-226-080 - Other terms and conditions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) In addition to the requirements of WAC
			 173-226-070,
			 173-226-090, and
			 173-226-180, each general permit
			 shall require:
(a) All discharges authorized
			 by the general permit shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of the
			 permit.
(b) Any facility
			 expansions, production increases, or process modifications that would result in
			 new or increased discharges of pollutants causing effluent limitations in the
			 general permit to be exceeded or beyond which was reported in the application
			 for coverage, must be reported to the department by submission of a new
			 application or supplement thereto.
(c) Unless notified to the contrary by the
			 department all notices submitted pursuant to (b) of this subsection shall
			 comply with the application requirements of WAC
			 173-226-200(3).
(d) Any discharge of any pollutant more
			 frequent than or at a level in excess of that identified and authorized by the
			 general permit shall constitute a violation of the terms and conditions of the
			 general permit.
(e) The director
			 may terminate coverage under a general permit for cause. Cases where coverage
			 under a general permit may be terminated include, but are not limited to, those
			 contained in WAC
			 173-226-240(1).
(f) The director may require any discharger
			 to apply for and obtain an individual permit, or to apply for and obtain
			 coverage under another more specific general permit.
(g) General permits may be issued, modified,
			 revoked and reissued, or terminated in accordance with the other provisions of
			 this chapter. Grounds for modification or revocation and reissuance include but
			 are not limited to those contained in WAC
			 173-226-230.
(h) The permittee shall allow the department
			 or its authorized representative, upon the presentation of credentials and such
			 other documents as may be required by law, at reasonable times:
(i) To enter upon permittee's premises in
			 which an effluent source is located or in which any records are required to be
			 kept under terms and conditions of the permit;
(ii) To have access to, and to copy at
			 reasonable cost, any records required to be kept under terms and conditions of
			 the permit;
(iii) To inspect any
			 monitoring equipment or method required in the permit; and/or
(iv) To sample any discharge of
			 pollutants.
(i) The
			 permittee shall at all times properly operate and maintain any facilities or
			 systems of control to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of the
			 general permit. Where design criteria have been established, the permittee
			 shall not allow flows or waste loadings to exceed approved design criteria, or
			 approved revisions thereto.
(j) The
			 discharge of pollutants resulting from activities not covered under the general
			 permit for which the discharger has requested coverage, shall be a violation of
			 the terms and conditions of the general permit.