2016-08-29_PERMIT FILE - C1981035A (3)

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PART U Page No. 19 Penn it No, COG- 500000 a. Bypass: The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a treatment facility . b. Severe Property Damage: Substantial physical damage to property at the treatment facilities which causes them to t inoperable, or substantial and permanent loss of nattral resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of a bypass. It does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production. c. Spill: An incident in which flows or solid materials are accidentally or unintentionally allowed to flow or escape so as to be lost fiom the treatment, processing or manufacturing system which may cause or threaten pollution of state waters. d. Upset: An exceptional incident in which thare is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with permit effluent limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventative maintenance, or careless or improper operation. 4. Numngplianoe Notification a. It for any reason, the permittee does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any discharge limitations or standards specified in this permit, the permittee shall, at a minimum, provide the Division and EPA with the following information: i) A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; ii) The period ofnoncompliance, inchddmig exact dates and times and/or the anticipated time when the discharge will return to compliance; and W) Steps being taken to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of the noncomplying discharge. b. The permittee shall report the following circumstances oralb within twenty-t K (241 hours from the time the permittee becomes aware of tie circumstances, and shall maul to the Division a written report containing the information requested in Part II.A.4 (a) within•tive (S)dtyLafter becoming aware of the following circumstances: i) Circumstances leading to any noncompliance which may endanger health or the environment regardless of the cause or one incident; ii) Circumstances leading to any unanticipated bypass which exceeds any effluent limitations in the permit; iii) Circumstances leading to any upset or spill which causes an exceedance of any effluent limitation in the permit; iv) Daily maximum violations for any of the pollutants limited by Part IA of this permit and specified as requiring 24 -hour notification. This mchtdes any toxic pollutant or hazardous substance or any pollutant specifically identified as the method to control any toxic pollutant or hazardous substance. c. The permittee shall report instances of rion- compliance which are not required to be reported within 24 -hours at the time Discharge Monitoring Reports are submitted. The reports shall contain the information listed in sub- paragraph (a) of this section 5. Other Notification Requirements Reports of compliance or noncompliance with, or any progress reports on, interim and final requirements contained in any compliance schedule in the permit shall be submitted no later than fourteen (14) days following each scheduled date, unless otherwise provided by the Division The permittee shall notify the Division, in writing, thirty (30) days in advance of s. proposed transfer of permit as provided in Part II3.3. The permittee's notification of all anticipated noncompliance does not stay any permit condition. All existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural dischargers miler notify the Division as soon as they know, reason to believe: a. That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in the discharge, on a routine or frequent basis, of any toxic pollutant which is not limited in the pemnit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following "notification levels ":