Section 250-RICR-150-05-4.13 - Temporary Groundwater Discharge System ApprovalA. The owner of a facility with a proposed groundwater discharge identified in § 4.10(A) of this Part may be eligible to apply for a Temporary Groundwater Discharge Approval ("Temporary Approval") for a pilot project or a groundwater discharge of limited duration that is non-seasonal in nature provided that the groundwater discharge and the groundwater discharge system meet all requirements of these rules. A groundwater discharge authorized under § 4.13 of this Part shall be conducted in a manner to ensure that the groundwater discharge will not adversely impact the groundwater resources of the State or cause or contribute to a violation of these rules or any other State or federal law, rule, regulation or standard.B. Application Requirements: The owner shall submit to the Director, an Application for a Groundwater Discharge System Approval, prepared in accordance with § 4.8 of this Part, the requirements identified in §§ 4.10(B)(1) through (6) of this Part, as applicable, and any other information required by the application or the Director.C. Waiver of Application Submittal: The Director shall waive the requirement to submit an application for a proposed groundwater discharge defined in § 4.6(E) of this Part and § 4.6(F)(11) of this Part and any similarly defined discharges to the ground surface, provided the groundwater discharge system subject to these rules is reviewed as part of an active waste clean-up activity at a site that is subject to approval by the RIDEM Office of Waste Management. The owner of a facility with a proposed groundwater discharge system that is eligible for an application waiver must be in compliance with all other applicable provisions of these rules. Approval from the RIDEM Office of Waste Management for such discharge shall constitute approval pursuant to these rules. This waiver shall also apply where addition, expansion or other modification is proposed for a temporary groundwater discharge system subject to approval under these rules that has received such approval from the RIDEM Office of Waste Management.D. Notification of Installation: The owner shall submit a Notification of Completion of Construction and Installation to the Director within 30 days after completion of construction and installation of a groundwater discharge system, confirming that construction and installation has been completed in accordance with the approved application and associated plans.E. Notification of Operation: The owner shall submit to the Director, a Notification of Commencement of a Groundwater Discharge within 30 days of the groundwater discharge system start-up.F. Analytical Characterization: The owner shall submit to the Director within 30 days of the groundwater discharge system start-up, a complete set of compliance monitoring results as required by the Temporary Approval. All compliance monitoring required by a Temporary Approval or the Director shall be performed in accordance with § 4.14 of this Part.G. Duration of Approval: A Temporary Approval issued in accordance with § 4.13 of this Part shall be non-renewable and valid only as long as necessary and in no case longer than 180 days from the date of the groundwater discharge system start-up. If a separate Application for a Groundwater Discharge System Approval has been filed with the Director, in accordance with § 4.10 of this Part and prior to the date of expiration of the Temporary Approval, the period for which the Temporary Approval is valid may be extended to the date on which a decision on the application is rendered by the Director.H. Expiration of Approval: An Approval issued under § 4.13 of this Part for a groundwater discharge system that has not been constructed and installed shall expire 5 years from the date of issuance unless extended by a tolling period pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-17.1-2.5. Once an Approval is expired, a new application and application fee shall be submitted for any proposed activity subject to these rules.I. Proposed Changes: Where addition, expansion or other modification as described in § 4.15 of this Part is proposed for a groundwater discharge system authorized under § 4.13 of this Part, the owner shall submit to the Director, an Application to Modify a Groundwater or Stormwater Discharge System and any other information required by the application or the Director. The Director may also require modification at any time if new information that was not available at the time of issuance of a Temporary Approval would have justified the application of additional or different conditions.J. Closure Requirements: Upon completion of a temporary groundwater discharge, the owner shall submit a Notification of Termination of a Groundwater Discharge, prepared in accordance with § 4.18(B) of this Part, and any other information required by the Director.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-150-05-4.13