06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 522, § 3

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 096-522-3 - Specialized Definitions [see 40 CFR 124.2]

(a) In addition to the definitions given in Chapter 520, the definitions below apply to this chapter.

Consultation with the Regional Administrator ( 40 CFR 124.62(a)(2) ) means review by the Regional Administrator following evaluation by a panel of the technical merits of all 301(k) applications approved by the Department. The panel (to be appointed by the Director of the Office of Water Enforcement and Permits) will consist of Headquarters, Regional, and State personnel familiar with the industrial category in question.

UIC means the Underground Injection Control program under Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act, including an ``approved program.''

Variance (NPDES) means any mechanism or provision under section 301 or 316 of CWA or under 40 CFR part 125, or in the applicable ``effluent limitations guidelines'' which allows modification to or waiver of the generally applicable effluent limitation requirements or time deadlines of CWA. This includes provisions which allow the establishment of alternative limitations based on fundamentally different factors or on sections 301(c), 301(g), 301(h), 301(i), or 316(a) of CWA.

(b) The term Director means the Department or Regional Administrator and is used when the accompanying provision is required of EPA-administered programs and of State programs under Secs. 123.25 (NPDES) or 145.11 (UIC). The term Regional Administrator is used when the accompanying provision applies exclusively to EPA-issued permits and is not applicable to State programs under these sections.

06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 522, § 3