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PART II <br />Page No. 11 <br />Permit No. COG-850000 <br />Guidelines for Conducting Whole Effluent Toxicity Tests. The pennittee shall conduct an acute 48-hour WET test <br />using Ceriodaphnia sp., and an acute 96-hour WET test using fathead minnows. Acute tests will be replacement <br />static tests of a single effluent grab sample. <br />2. Failure of Test and Division Notification <br />An acute WET test is failed whenever the LC50i which represents an estimate of the effluent concentration which is <br />lethal to 50% of the test organisms in the time period prescribed by the test, is found to be less than or equal to <br />100% effluent. The permittee must provide written notification of the failure of a WET test to the Division, along <br />with a statement as to whether the Preliminary Toxicity Incident (PTI)/Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) <br />investigation or accelerated testing is being performed. Notification must be received by the Division within 14 <br />calendar days of the demonstration of acute WET in the routine required test. Demonstration for the <br />purposes of Parts LA.3.b., c., d. and (f) means no later than the last day of the laboratory test. <br />b. Chronic WET Testing (See also Part I.B.7.c for WET requirements applicable to both chronic and acute WET testing) <br />1. Testing and Reporting Requirements <br />Tests shall be done at the frequency listed in Part I.B.1. Test results shall be reported along with the Discharge <br />Monitoring Report (DMR) submitted for the reporting period during which the sample was taken. (i.e., WET <br />testing results for the first calendar quarter ending March 31 shall be reported with the DMR due Apri128.) The <br />results shall be submitted on the Chronic Toxicity Test report form, available from the Division. Copies of these <br />reports are to be submitted to the Division along with the DMR. <br />The pennittee shall conduct each chronic WET test in general accordance with methods described in Short Term <br />Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Or anisms <br />EPA/600/4-89/001 or the most current edition, except as modified by the most current Division guidance document <br />entitled Guidelines for Conducting Whole Effluent Toxici Tests. The permittee shall conduct such tests using <br />Ceriodaphnia dubia and fathead minnows. <br />2. Failure of Test and Division Notification <br />A chronic WET test is failed whenever 1) there is a statistically significant difference in lethality between the <br />control and any effluent concentration less than or equal to the instream waste concentration (IWC) and, 2) the <br />IC25i which represents an estimate of the effluent concentration at which 25% of the test organisms demonstrate <br />inhibition as reflected by lethality, is at any effluent concentration less than or equal to the 1WC. The IWC for this <br />permit has been determined to be 21.5% at Outfal1001A and 100% at Outfall 002A. The permittee must provide <br />written notification of the failure of a WET test to the Division, along with a statement as to whether a Preliminary <br />Toxicity Investigation (PTI)/Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) or accelerated testing is being performed (see <br />Part I.A.3.d.). Notification must be received by the Division within 21 calendar days of the demonstration of <br />chronic WET in the routine required test. Demonstration for the purposes of Parts LA.3.b., c., d. and f. means <br />no later than the last day of the laboratory test. <br />c. Other WET Testing Requirements Applicable to both Chronic and Acute WET Testing <br />1. Automatic Compliance Schedule Upon Failure of Test <br />If a routine chronic WET test is failed, regardless of whether the limit is in effect, the following automatic <br />compliance schedule shall apply. As part of this, the permittee shall either: <br />i. Proceed to conduct the PTUTIE investigation as described in Part I.A.3.d., or <br />ii. Conduct accelerated testing using the single species found to be more sensitive. <br />If accelerated testing is being performed, the permittee shall provide written notification of the results within 14 <br />calendar days of completion of the Pattern of Toxicity/No Toxicity demonstration. Testing will be at least once <br />every two weeks for up to five tests until; 1) two consecutive tests fail or three of five tests fail, in which case a <br />pattern of toxicity has been demonstrated or 2) two consecutive tests pass or three of five tests pass, in which case <br />no pattern of toxicity has been found. If no pattern of toxicity is found the toxicity episode is considered. to be <br />ended and routine testing is to resume. If a pattern of toxicity is found, a PTI/TIE investigation is to be performed. <br />If a pattern of toxicity is not demonstrated but a significant level of erratic toxicity is found, the Division may <br />require an increased frequency of routine monitoring or some other modified approach. <br />