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•. i Duration of This Permit This general permit Ss Issued Eor a period of approximately S years. The permictee's authority to discharge under this permit is approved until the expiration date of the general permit. Application For Renewal of Authority Under This Permit 180 days prior co the expiration of this general permit, the permittee must submit a renewal application for authority to continue the discharge. Prior co the expiration of this permit, each permittee under the permit must submit an application so chat the Division can determine whether the discharge and operations still comply with the terms of the permit, os an individual permit should be written and issued. Regardless of when a permit applicant applied for and received certification under this general permit, he must re-apply for continued authority prior to the permit expiration date. _ Permit Rationale The owner, operator and/or authorized agent for a facility shall submit an application as provided by the Water Quality Control Division. This application will be evaluated utilizing the criteria outlined previously. IE Che general permit is applicable to the applicant's operation, then a rationale will be developed and the applicant will be certified under the general permit. The rationale shall include the name and address of the contact person, a discussion of compliance under the previous permit, IE applicable, the receiving water Eor the discharge, number of discharge points, a determination of the need for salinity monitoring and the expiration date of the general permit certification for the specific Facility. Lf after evaluation of the application, it is found chat the general persic 1s not applicable to the operation, then [he application will be processed as ` an individual permit. For an individual permit, 180 days will be required to process the application and issue the permit. In this ease discharge cannot cake place until the permit is issued and becomes effective. The general permit itself will contain the effluent limitations and the monitoring requirements for the permitted discharge points. The following text details the raeionale for the conditions of the general permit. Effluent Limitations The following table presents a comparison of effluent limitations based upon Besc Practicable Control Technology (H PT) 40 CFR 436 Subparts B and C, Stale Effluent Standards (SES) and Water Quality Standards (WQS): Total Suspended Solids, mg/1 011 and Grease, mg/1 pA, s. u. Salinity BPT SES - 30/45 - - 10 - 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0 6.5-9.0 - 3 -