Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024
Section 463-76-034 - Fact sheets(1) The council shall prepare and include in any public notice given pursuant to WAC 463-76-041 a fact sheet with respect to the NPDES application described in the public notice. Such fact sheet shall include at least the following:(a) The type of facility or activity which is subject of the application;(b) A sketch or detailed description of the location of the discharge described in the NPDES application;(c) A quantitative description of the type of discharge described in the NPDES application which includes at least the following:(i) The rate and frequency of the proposed discharge; as average daily flow in gallons per day or million gallons per day and whether the flow is continuous or intermittent;(ii) For thermal discharges, the estimated maximum, minimum and average summer and winter temperatures; and(iii) The average daily discharge in pounds per day, or other appropriate units, of any pollutants which are present in significant quantities or which are subject to limitations or prohibition under this chapter and RCW 90.48.010, 90.54.020 and sections 301, 302, 306 or 307 of the act and regulations published thereunder;(d) The tentative determinations required under WAC 463-76-033.(e) The legal and technical grounds for the tentative determination, including an explanation of how conditions meet both the technology-based and water quality-based requirements of the act and chapters 90.48, 90.52, and 90.54 RCW;(f) The effluent standards and limitations applied to the proposed discharge;(g) The applicable water quality standards, including identification of the uses for which receiving waters have been classified by ecology;(h) How the draft permit addresses use or disposal of residual solids generated by wastewater treatment; and(i) A description of the procedures to be used by the council in formulating final determinations for an NPDES permit, which shall include, but not be limited to:(i) Thirty day comment period required by WAC 463-76-041(2);(ii) Procedures for requesting a public hearing and the nature thereof; and(iii) Any other procedures by which the public may participate, either directly or through counsel for the environment, in the formulation of the final determinations, including the availability of any environmental assessments or detailed statements of environmental impact and any public hearings which may be held by the council prior to the final determination on the NPDES application.(2) The name of any person or group will be added to a mailing list upon request for receipt of copies of fact sheets. A fact sheet will be sent to the applicant and each person or group on such mailing list. Each person or group on such mailing list will be sent notice of any subsequent revision of the permit or fact sheet.Wash. Admin. Code § 463-76-034
Statutory Authority: RCW 80.50.040(1) and (12). 04-21-013, amended and recodified as § 463-76-034, filed 10/11/04, effective 11/11/04; Order 114, § 463-38-034, filed 2/4/77. Formerly WAC 463-16-034.