N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-11.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:14A-11.13 - NJPDES/DSW PCB pollutant minimization plans for major facilities discharging to PCB-impaired waterbodies

(a) The following conditions apply to any major facility that discharges to a PCB-impaired waterbody segment.

1. PCB-impaired waterbody segments are those listed on Sublist 5 of the New Jersey List of Water Quality Limited Waters (also known as the 303(d) List or as the Impaired Waterbodies List), as being impaired or threatened for one or more designated uses due to PCBs. The reference in this paragraph to the List of Water Quality Limited Waters includes all amendments, supplements, and updates thereto. The current list of Water Quality Limited Waters is included in the New Jersey Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report, which can be found on the Department's web site at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/wmm/sgwqt/wat/integratedlist/2004report.html.

2. Major facility is defined at 7:14A-1.2.

(b) Facilities subject to an adopted TMDL that establishes requirements for PCBs shall be subject to that TMDL. The adopted TMDL shall supercede the requirements of this section.

(c) Monitoring requirements shall be in accordance with 7:14A-14.4 and include the following:

1. The permittee shall analyze its effluent for the 209 PCB congeners.

2. Sanitary wastewater treatment plants and publicly owned treatment works shall perform three dry weather and three wet weather samples on the facility's main outfall by 24 months after the effective date of the modification or renewal of the facilities' permits under (e) below. Industrial facilities with discharges consisting of process wastewater, as defined at 7:14A-1.2, shall perform three dry weather samples by 24 months after the effective date of the modification or renewal of the facilities' permits under (e) below. Industrial facilities with commingled process wastewater and stormwater discharges shall perform three dry weather and three wet weather samples by 24 months after the effective date of the modification or renewal of the facilities' permits under (e) below.

i. Dry weather sampling shall be conducted when less than 0.1 inches of rainfall has occurred within the previous 72 hours.

ii. Wet weather conditions are defined as following the onset of a precipitation event of 0.1 inches or greater and an increase in wastewater flow, provided that no rainfall (defined as less than 0.1 inches) has occurred within the previous 72 hours. Sampling should start no sooner than two hours prior to the start of the rising hydrograph or no later than 30 minutes after the start of the rising hydrograph for the discharge.

iii. Samples collected from continuous discharges during dry and wet weather flows will be taken as 24 hour time-weighted composite samples at a frequency not greater than one aliquot every hour for a nominal sample volume of two liters for both the sample and the field replicate. For short term wet weather discharges, the sample shall be taken using a grab sample.

3. Discharges consisting of non-contact cooling water only shall not be subject to this section.

4. All samples shall be collected at least 30 days after the previous sampling event.

5. All sampling shall be performed during periods which are representative of normal facility operations.

6. All testing shall be performed using Method 1668A, Revision A: Chlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Water, Soil, Sediment, and Tissue by HRGC/HRMS. EPA-821-R-00-002, December 1999, as supplemented or amended, and incorporated by reference herein.

(d) After submission of the PCB monitoring required under (c) above and under the facility's permit, the Department will determine whether each permittee must complete a PCB Pollutant Minimization Plan (PMP), and will notify each permittee of this decision in writing.

1. If the Department determines that a permittee is required to complete a PMP, the permittee shall prepare and submit the PMP by the date specified in the permit or as otherwise directed by the Department.

2. The PMP shall be developed to achieve maximum practical reduction in accordance with the PMP Technical Manual, which can be found on the Department's web site at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/techmans.

3. The permittee shall implement the PMP within 30 days after written notification from the Department that the PMP is complete.

4. If the Department determines that the permittee is required to perform a PMP, the permittee shall submit an annual report every 12 months from the implementation of the PMP. The annual report shall contain:

i. Any revisions to the PMP as a result of ongoing work shall be reported in the Annual Report; and

ii. At a minimum, a detailed discussion of the specific progress and actions taken by the permittee during the previous 12-month period that addresses reducing PCB loadings and implementation of the PMP.

(e) The Department will modify the permits of the major facilities identified in (a) above in accordance with the procedures at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16. For any permit that is expired as of January 16, 2007, the requirements set forth in this section and 7:14A-14.4 will be incorporated into the permit at the next renewal of the permit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-11.13

New Rule, R.2007 d.22, effective 1/16/2007.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4723(a), 39 N.J.R. 187(a).
Amended by R.2009 d.7, effective 1/5/2009.
See: 40 N.J.R. 1478(a), 41 N.J.R. 142(a).
Section was "NJPDES/DSW PCB pollutant minimization plans for major facilities discharging to PCB impaired waterbodies". Rewrote (c)2ii; and added (c)2iii and (d)4.