Section 33.1-16-01-04 - Transmission of data to the regional administratorThe department shall enter into a formal agreement with the regional administrator, setting out procedures for the following actions:
1. Transmittal to the regional administrator of a complete copy of any national pollutant discharge elimination system form received by the department.2. Transmittal to the national data bank of a complete copy of any appropriate national pollutant discharge elimination system form received by the department.3. Procedures for acting on the regional administrator's written waiver, if any, of the regional administrator's rights to receive copies of national pollutant discharge elimination system forms with respect to classes, types, and sizes within any category of point sources and with respect to minor discharges or discharges to particular navigable waters as such are defined by section 502(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or parts thereof.4. An opportunity for the regional administrator to object in writing to deficiencies in any national pollutant discharge elimination system application or reporting form received by the regional administrator and to have such deficiency corrected. If the regional administrator's objection relates to a national pollutant discharge elimination system application, the department shall send the regional administrator any information necessary to correct the deficiency and, if the regional administrator so requests, shall not issue the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit until the department receives notice from the regional administrator that the deficiency has been corrected.5. An opportunity for the regional administrator to identify any discharge which has a total volume of less than fifty thousand gallons [189,250 liters] on every day of the year as a discharge which is not a minor discharge. If the regional administrator so identifies a discharge and notifies the department, the latter shall require the applicant for such discharge to submit additional national pollutant discharge elimination system application forms or any other information requested by the regional administrator in the regional administrator's notification to the department.6. Procedures for the transmittal. if requested by the regional administrator, of copies of notice received by the department from publicly owned treatment works pursuant to subsection 4 of section 33.1-16-01-16.N.D. Admin Code 33.1-16-01-04
Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 370, October 2018, effective 1/1/2019.General Authority: NDCC 61-28-04; S.L.2017, ch.199, § 1
Law Implemented: NDCC 61-28-04