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(A) Each person who submits a notice of intent to comply with the general permit Shall do so in accordance with deadlines specified in the general permit. Notice of intent for coverage under the general permit for storm water associated with construction activity shall not exceed ninety days prior to the initiation of ground disturbing activities. For all other general permits, the notice of intent deadline shall not exceed one hundred eighty days prior to the commencement of discharge.
(B) Notices of intent shall be made only on forms approved by the Ohio EPA and shall be considered, for the purpose of fee collection, as applications for NPDES general permits.
(C) Such notice of intent shall contain:
(1) The general permit number under which authorization to discharge is requested,
(2) Name, address, telephone number, contact person, and title of owner or operator of the point source,
(3) Location of the point source including the latitude and longitude of the approximate center of the facility to the nearest fifteen seconds,
(4) Description of the process generating the discharge, up to four four-digit Standard Industrial Classification codes that best represent the principle products or activities provided by the facility, any existing quantitative data describing the concentration of pollutants in the discharge, and volume to be discharged,
(5) A map showing the location of the discharge,
(6) The name of the receiving water(s) or, if the discharge is to a separate storm sewer, the name of the operator of the storm sewer and the ultimate receiving waters, and
(7) Any other information deemed necessary by the director.
(D) Notices of intent submitted to the director pursuant to this chapter shall be signed as specified in paragraph (D) of rule 3745-33-03 of the Administrative Code.
(E) The director shall notify each person submitting a notice of intent in writing as to whether their discharge is authorized pursuant to the general permit. The director shall maintain a list of each person authorized to discharge under each general permit.
(F) Failure to submit a notice of intent or request an individual permit will result in an unpermitted discharge subject to enforcement.
(G) A source excluded from a general permit solely because it already has an individual permit may request that the individual permit be revoked and that it be covered by the general permit. Upon revocation of the individual permit, the general permit shall apply to the source.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/24/2004 and 08/24/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6111.03(G), 6111.035
Rule Amplifies: 6111.035
Prior Effective Dates: 09/01/1991; 5/19/00