2017-02-03_PERMIT FILE - C1980004A (4)

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PART I Page 13 of 48 Permit No.: C00038342 a. General Chronic WET Testing and Reporting Requirements The permittee shall conduct the chronic WET test using Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas, as a static renewal 7 -day test using three separate grab samples. The permittee shall conduct each chronic WET test in accordance with the 40 CFR Part 136 methods described in Short-term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Water to Freshwater Organisms, Fourth Edition, October 2002 (EPA -821-R-02-013) or the most current edition. The following minimum dilution series should be used: 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% effluent. If the permittee uses more dilutions than prescribed, and accelerated testing is to be performed, the same dilution series shall be used in the accelerated testing (if applicable) as was initially used in the failed test. Tests shall be done at the frequency listed in Part I.A.2. Test results shall be reported along with the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) submitted for the end of the reporting period when the sample was taken. (i.e., WET testing results for the calendar quarter ending March 31 shall be reported with the DMR due April 28, etc.) The permittee shall submit all laboratory statistical summary sheets, summaries of the determination of a valid, invalid or inconclusive test, and copies of the chain of custody forms, along with the DMR for the reporting period. If a test is considered invalid, the permittee is required to perform additional testing during the monitoring period to obtain a valid test result. Failure to obtain a valid test result during the monitoring period shall result in a violation of the permit for failure to monitor. b. Violations of the Permit Limit, Failure of One Test Statistical Endpoint and Division Notification A chronic WET test is considered a violation of a permit limitation when both the NOEC and the IC25 are at any effluent concentration less than the IWC. The IWC for this permit has been determined to be 100% effluent. A chronic WET test is considered to have failed one of the two statistical endpoints when either the NOEC or the IC25 are at any effluent concentration less than the IWC. The IWC for this permit has been determined to be 100% effluent. In the event of a permit violation, or when two consecutive reporting periods have resulted in failure of one of the two statistical endpoints (regardless of which statistical endpoints are failed), the permittee must provide written notification to the Division. Such notification should explain whether it was a violation or two consecutive failures of a single endpoint, and must indicate whether accelerated testing or a Toxicity Identification Evaluation or Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TIE or TRE) is being performed, unless otherwise exempted, in writing, by the Division. Notification must be received by the Division within 14 calendar days of the permittee receiving notice of the WET testing results. c. Automatic Compliance Response The permittee is responsible for implementing the automatic compliance response provisions of this permit when one of the following occurs: • there is a violation of the permit limit (both the NOEC and the IC25 endpoints are less than the applicable IWC) • two consecutive monitoring periods have resulted in failure of one of the two statistical endpoints (either the IC25 or the NOEC) • the permittee is otherwise informed by the Division that a compliance response is necessary When one of the above listed events occurs, the following automatic compliance response shall apply. The permittee shall either: • conduct accelerated testing using the single species found to be more sensitive • conduct a Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) or a Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE) investigation as described below. i. Accelerated Testing