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PART II <br />Page 18 <br />Permit No. COG-850000 <br />• <br />A. HANAGEME.*IT REQUIRE.'SENTS <br />5. Bwass (continued) <br />a) Bypass vas unavoidable co prevent loss of life, personal injury, <br />or severe property damage; <br />b) There •+e re no feasible alternatives to the hypass, such as the <br />use of auxiliary creacaenc facilities, retent_on of untreated <br />wastes, or maintenance during normal periods of equipment <br />downtime. This condition is not sat'_sfied if the permictee could <br />have installed acequate backup equipment to prevent a bypass <br />which occurred during normal periods of equipment downtime or <br />preventative maintenance; and <br />c) The permittee submitted notices as required in "Bypass <br />Notification", tart II.A.6. <br />6. Byt9S No cification <br />If the permittee knows in advance of the need for a bypass, a nor_ice <br />shall be submitted, ac least ten days before the date of tae bypass, <br />to the Division and the Environmental Protection agency (EPA). The <br />• bypass shall be subject to Division approval and limitations imposed <br />by the Civision and EPA. <br />7. Upsets <br />a) °F~ect of an Upset <br />An upset constitutes an affirmative defense to an action brought <br />for noncompliance with permit effluent limitations if the <br />requirements of paragraph b of this seccior. are met. (No <br />determination made during administrative review of claims that <br />noncompliance was caused by upset, and before an action for <br />noncompliance, is final administrative action subject to judicial <br />review.) <br />b) Conditions Necessary for a Demonstration of UDS2t <br />A pernictae who •+ishes to establish the aff_rmati•~e defense of <br />unsec shall demonstrate :h rough properly signed contemporaneous <br />operating logs, of ocher relevant evidence chat: <br />(i) an upset occurred and that the permictae can identi?y tae <br />specific cause(s) of the unsec; and <br />(ii) The permitted facility was at the time being ?roperly <br />. operated; and <br />