Minnesota Administrative Rules

7049.0700 NOTIFICATION.

Subpart 1.

General.

A.

A POTW that is not delegated pretreatment authority under parts 7049.0800 to 7049.1020 shall notify the agency in writing of any:

(1)

significant industrial user discharging to the POTW that has not been previously disclosed to the agency;

(2)

anticipated or actual changes in the volume or quality of discharge by an industrial user that could result in the industrial user becoming a significant industrial user; and

(3)

anticipated or actual changes in the volume or quality of discharge by a significant industrial user that would require changes to the local limits imposed on the significant industrial user by the POTW authority.

B.

The notification under this subpart shall be submitted within 30 days of identifying an industrial user as significant. POTWs with existing significant industrial users shall submit a notification within 30 days of October 27, 2008. Changes to local limits imposed on existing significant industrial users shall be submitted prior to changes being made.

Subp. 2.

Contents.

The notification under subpart 1 shall include:

A.

the identity of the significant industrial user and a description of the significant industrial user's operation and process;

B.

a characterization of the significant industrial user's wastewater discharge;

C.

the required limits that will be imposed on the significant industrial user by the POTW authority;

D.

a technical justification of the required local limits; and

E.

a plan for monitoring the significant industrial user that is consistent with the monitoring requirements in part 7049.0710.

Subp. 3.

Additional requirements.

In addition, upon agency request, the POTW authority shall submit the following:

A.

additional information on the significant industrial user and its processes or discharges;

B.

a copy of the individual control mechanism used by the POTW authority to impose limitations and requirements on the significant industrial user;

C.

a copy of the POTW authority's legal authority to regulate the significant industrial user; or

D.

the POTW authority's procedures for enforcing the requirements imposed on the significant industrial user.

Subp. 4.

Agency review.

Notifications required in this part are subject to review by the agency.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03

History:

33 SR 696

Published Electronically:

November 6, 2008