3745-38-07 Criteria for issuing and renewing general permits.

(A) Criteria for issuing and renewing general permits:

(1) If, on the basis of all information available to the Ohio EPA, the director determines that:

(a) The discharges authorized by the permit will have only minimal adverse effects on the environment;

(b) The discharges authorized by the permit are more appropriately authorized by a general permit than an individual permit;

(c) Adequate monitoring to obtain required pollutant discharge information is provided; and

(d) The authorized discharge levels meet the criteria specified in paragraph (A)(1) of rule 3745-33-05 of the Administrative Code,

The director may issue a general permit or renewal of the general permit for the discharge.

(2) The director shall not issue a general permit or renewal if the regional administrator objects in writing to the issuance or renewal of the general permit in accordance with section 402 of the act.

(B) Permit duration. An NPDES general permit shall be effective for a fixed term not to exceed five years.

(C) Fact sheets. The director shall prepare for each NPDES general permit a fact sheet that sets forth the principal facts and significant factual, legal, methodological, and policy questions considered in preparing the general permit.

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