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. .. .... J ~. 1.. .. .. ' \ ' ...,. <br />kacie,uale ~ Page 4. PERMIT NUMBER: COG-850000 <br />APPLICATION AND CF.RTIFI(:ATION: <br />The owner, ~~perator and/or authorized agent for a facility shall submit an <br />application as provided by the Water Quality Control Division. This application <br />will be evaluated utilizing the criteria outlined previously. If tha general <br />permit is applicable to the applicant's operation, then a rationale wall be <br />developed and the applicant will be certified under the general permi~. The <br />rationale shall include [he name and address of the contact per:ion, a discussion <br />of compliance under any previous permit, if applicable, the receiving water for <br />the discharge, number of outfalls, a determination of the need for salinity <br />monitoring and a statement of whether active mining or post-minting limitations <br />apply to each outfall. <br />If after e~~aluation of the application, it is found that the general permit is <br />not applic+3ble to the operation, then the application will be processed as one <br />for an individual permit. Every applicant will be notified of the Di.vision's <br />decision. For an individual permit, 180 days wLll be required to process the <br />applicatiol and issue the permit. In this case discharge cannot take:. place <br />until the permit is issued and becomes effective. <br />Addition or deletion of a sedimentation pond/outfall will require separate <br />application, which will be subject to the 30-day time frame also. <br />If after evaluation of the application for an e.: ',.ting source with a valid <br />permit, it is found [hat the general permit is not applicable to the operation, <br />then the applicant will continue operation under the existing individual permit. <br /> <br />If a facility operating under the general permit encounters mine drainage or , <br />other source not covered by this general permit, it will be necessary to apply <br />for an inetividual permit. Coverage will continue under the general permit until <br />issuance of the individual permit. <br />The general permit itself contains the effluent limitations and the monitoring <br />requirements for the authorized outfalls. The following text detai:Ls the <br />rationale for the conditions of the general permit. <br />EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS: <br /> <br />Effluent limitations are based on State Effluent Standards (SGS), State Water <br />Quality standards (WQS), Federal Best Practicable Control Technology (BPT), and <br />Federal F,est Available Technology Economically Achievable (BA'T) or Federal New <br />Source Performance Standards (NSPS). Briefly, a new source is a facility or a <br />major alteration to a facility which was constructed after May 4, 1.984. Tables <br />1 and 3 i~resent a comparison of appropriate limitations (active miming/post- <br />mining r::spectively). Tables 2 and 4 show limitations selected as being the <br />most strLngent of those in Tables 1 and 3, with the exception of Total Suspended <br />Solids ('PSS). The reason for the selected TSS limitation is explained after the <br />tables. Some of the limitations shown in Tables 2 and 4 may be exempted under <br />certain conditions upon submission by the permictee and approval b:y the division <br />of specific proof. A detailed explanation follows the tables. <br /> <br />