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...ulated under the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program on an as-needed basis. The director may request that an Ohio EPA laboratory audit be done to substitute for the requirements in paragraphs (B)(2)(a) and (B)(3)(b) of this rule. (4) Data reporting. QDCs choosing to submit data to Ohio EPA shall submit all data collected under the approved study plan. Submis...

... practices that reduce or prevent the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state, typically from a nonpoint source, but could also be from green infrastructure storm water controls. (2) "Bioaccumulative chemical of concern" or "BCC" means bioaccumulative chemical of concern, as defined in rule 3745-1-02 of the Administrative Code. (C) (1) "Concentrated animal feeding operation" or "CAFO...

...ality credits to comply with the no discharge technology limit that applies to a CAFO production area. (3) Load reductions that are achieved by implementing BMPs or habitat restoration projects are eligible for the generation of water quality credits provided the practices or projects are not implemented to comply with a nutrient management plan required under an NPDES permit or a permit-to-opera...

... by the approved TMDL. (2) The current discharge level. (B) For permittees in an area where there is not an approved TMDL or where water quality fully supports designated uses assigned in Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code, the water quality baseline shall be the lower of the following: (1) The existing NPDES permit limit. (2) A technology-based performance standard. (3) The curren...

...ty credits. (b) Reducing its hydraulic discharge or its pollutant loading to waters of the state. (3) Notify the director in writing, within seven days of achieving compliance. (C) Compliance, enforcement and oversight. (1) Any permittee who participates in water quality trading activities is responsible for meeting all applicable permit requirements, including all NPDES permit effluent li...

.... (N) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system. (O) (1) "One year" means two thousand eighty hours when referring to operating experience. This is equal to forty hours per week for fifty-two weeks. When referring to educational experience one year shall constitute at least four hundred fifty hours of applicable course work. (a) "Nine months" means fifteen hundred sixty h...

.... (N) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system. (O) (1) "One year" means two thousand eighty hours when referring to operating experience. This is equal to forty hours per week for fifty-two weeks. When referring to educational experience one year constitutes at least thirty semester hours of applicable course work. (a) "Nine months" means fifteen hundred sixty hours ...

.... (N) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system. (O) (1) "One year" means two thousand eighty hours when referring to operating experience. This is equal to forty hours per week for fifty-two weeks. When referring to educational experience one year constitutes at least thirty semester hours of applicable course work. (a) "Nine months" means fifteen hundred sixty hours ...

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...-install, NPDES permit, or indirect discharge permit issued to the following treatment works: (a) Treatment works that do not discharge to waters of the state. (b) Sewage sludge treatment works. (c) An industrial water pollution control facility that is operated with biological treatment (except lagoons). For the purposes of this chapter activated sludge treatment works means a treatment works ...

...t-to-install, NPDES permit, or indirect discharge permit issued to the following treatment works: (a) Treatment works that do not discharge to waters of the state. (b) Sewage sludge treatment works. (c) An industrial water pollution control facility that is operated with biological treatment (except lagoons). For the purposes of this chapter activated sludge treatment works means a treatment works that produces an...

...the channel required to carry the flood discharge. (4) "Formation stabilizer" or "filter pack" means siliceous, well-rounded, clean and uniform sand or gravel that is free of contaminants and foreign matter, properly sized, washed and placed between the borehole wall and the well screen to prevent formation material from entering through the screen and to stabilize the borehole. (G) (1) "Granu...

...the channel required to carry the flood discharge. (4) "Formation stabilizer" or "filter pack" means siliceous, well-rounded, clean and uniform sand or gravel that is free of contaminants and foreign matter, properly sized, washed and placed between the borehole wall and the well screen to prevent formation material from entering through the screen and to stabilize the borehole. (G) (1) "Gran...

...e attached to the casing, or suction or discharge line by a watertight connection, or shall have a base plate that conforms to paragraph (A)(10) of this rule. (c) A submersible pump motor shall not have a mercury seal. (d) Below ground water service pipe shall be maintained under system pressure at all times. A check valve shall not be installed between a pitless adapter or pitless unit and the pressure tank. (e)...

...e attached to the casing, or suction or discharge line by a watertight connection, or shall have a base plate that conforms to paragraph (A)(10) of this rule. (c) A submersible pump motor shall not have a mercury seal. (d) Below ground water service pipe shall be maintained under positive pressure at all times. A check valve or backflow prevention assembly, shall not be installed between a pitless adapter or pitle...

... under the well cap. (d) Flowing well discharge control shall be provided to conserve ground water and to prevent the loss of artesian head by preventing or reducing continuous discharges. Flow control shall consist of one of the following methods: (i) The extension of the well casing to an altitude corresponding to that of the artesian head. (ii) Installation of a vermin proof cap...

...t does not require a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under section 6111.03 of the Revised Code or an injection well drilling or operating permit issued under section 6111.043 of the Revised Code. (G) "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, building sewer connected directly to treatment works, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating,...

...se in the quantity of pollutants in the discharges from a treatment works or sewerage system, to any waters of the state; and (2) The delivery of wastewater in excess of the capacity of the treatment works or sewerage system beyond its original design capabilities to treat the wastestream; or (3) Violations, or the contribution to a pattern of ongoing violations, of the limits or terms and conditions of a national ...

...nit shall operate the unit so as to discharge, or allow to be discharged, NOx emissions to the atmosphere without accounting for all such emissions in accordance with the applicable provisions of paragraphs (A) to (G) of this rule and 40 CFR Part 75 except as provided for in 40 CFR 75.74. (c) No owner or operator of a NOx budget unit shall disrupt the continuous emission monitoring system, any po...

...nit shall operate the unit so as to discharge, or allow to be discharged, NOx emissions to the atmosphere without accounting for all such emissions in accordance with the applicable provisions of paragraphs (A) to (G) of this rule and 40 CFR Part 75 except as provided for in 40 CFR 75.74. (c) No owner or operator of a NOx budget unit shall disrupt the continuous emission monitoring system, any po...

...aterial, the use of which may cause the discharge of an air contaminant into the open air, but not including that equipment defined as a fossil fuel fired steam generator. (14) "Process weight" means the total weight of all materials introduced into the source operation including solid fuels, but excluding gaseous fuels and liquid fuels when they are used solely as fuels and excluding air introduced for the purpose ...

...aterial, the use of which may cause the discharge of an air contaminant into the open air, but not including that equipment defined as a fossil fuel fired steam generator. (14) "Process weight" means the total weight of all materials introduced into the source operation including solid fuels, but excluding gaseous fuels and liquid fuels when they are used solely as fuels and excluding air introdu...

...ration to whom this rule applies, shall discharge no visible emissions to the outside air during the collection, processing (including incineration), packaging, transporting, or deposition of any asbestos-containing waste material, and use one of the methods specified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(4) of this rule: (1) Adequately wet asbestos-containing waste material by doing all of the following: (a) Mix control dev...

...ration to whom this rule applies, shall discharge no visible emissions to the outside air during the collection, processing (including incineration), packaging, transporting, or deposition of any asbestos-containing waste material, and use one of the methods specified in paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(4) of this rule: (1) Adequately wet asbestos-containing waste material by doing all of the following: (a) Mix control dev...

...fill pipe" means any fill pipe with the discharge opening entirely submerged when the liquid level is six inches above the bottom of the tank; or when applied to a tank which is loaded from the side, shall mean any fill pipe with the discharge opening entirely submerged when the liquid level is eighteen inches above the bottom of the tank. (7) "Volatile photochemically reactive material" means any photochemically re...