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Regulation 61-9, Water Pollution Control Permits
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61-9.3. Cross-Media Electronic Reporting
61-9.122. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
61-9.124. Procedures for Decision Making
61-9.125. Criteria and Standards for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
61-9.127. NPDES Electronic Reporting
61-9.129. Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards
61-9.133. Secondary Treatment Regulation
61-9.403. General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
61-9.503. Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge
61-9.504. Standards for the Use or Disposal of Industrial Sludge
61-9.505. Land Application Permits and State Permits
Regulation 61-9.3, Cross-Media Electronic Reporting
Regulation 61-9.122, The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- Part A: Definitions and General Program Requirements
- Part B: Permit Application and Special NPDES Program Requirements
- Part C: Permit Conditions
- Part D: Transfer, Modification, Revocation, and Reissuance and Termination of Permits
- Appendix A
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Appendix F
- Appendix G
- Appendix H
- Appendix I
- Appendix J
Regulation 61-9.124, Procedures for Decision Making
Regulation 61-9.125, Criteria Standards for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- Part A: Criteria and Standards for Imposing Technology-Based Treatment Requirements Under Sections 301(b) and 402 of the CWA
- Part B: Criteria for Issuance of Permits to Aquaculture Projects
- Part D: Criteria and Standards for Determining Fundamentally Different Factors Under Sections 301(b)(1)(a), 301(b)(2)(a) and (e) of the CWA
- Part H: Criteria for Determining Alternative Effluent Limitations Under Section 316(a) of the CWA
Regulation 61-9.127, NPDES Electronic Reporting
Regulation 61-9.129, Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards
Regulation 61-9.133, Secondary Treatment Regulation
- Section 100: Purpose
- Section 101: Definitions
- Section 102: Secondary treatment
- Section 103: Special considerations
- Section 104: Sampling and test procedures
- Section 105: Treatment equivalent to secondary treatment
Regulation 61-9.403, General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution
- Section 403.1: Purpose and applicability
- Section 403.2: Objectives of general pretreatment regulations
- Section 403.3: Definitions
- Section 403.4: State or local law
- Section 403.5: National pretreatment standards: Prohibited discharges
- Section 403.6: National pretreatment standards: Categorical standards
- Section 403.7: Removal Credits
- Section 403.8: POTW Pretreatment Program Requirements: Development and Implementation by POTW
- Section 403.9: POTW pretreatment programs and/or authorization to revise pretreatment standards: Submission for approval
- Section 403.11: Approval procedures for POTW pretreatment programs and POTW granting of removal credits
- Section 403.12: Reporting requirements for POTW’s and industrial users
- Section 403.13: Variances from categorical pretreatment standards for fundamentally different factors
- Section 403.14: Confidentiality
- Section 403.15: Net/Gross calculation to adjust Categorical Pretreatment Standards to reflect the presence of pollutants in the Industrial User’s intake water
- Section 403.16: Upset provision
- Section 403.17: Bypass
- Section 403.18: Modification of POTW Pretreatment Programs
- Appendix B: 65 Toxic Pollutants
- Appendix C: Industrial Categories Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards
- Appendix D: Selected Industrial Subcategories Considered Dilute for Purposes of the Combined Wastestream Formula
- Appendix E: Sampling Procedures
- Appendix G: Pollutants Eligible for a Removal Credit
Regulation 61-9.503, Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge
- Part A: General Provisions
- Part B: Land Applications
- Part C: Surface Disposal
- Part D: Pathogens and Vector Attraction Reduction
- Part E: Incineration
- Appendix A: Procedure to Determine the Annual Whole Sludge Application Rate for a Sewage Sludge
- Appendix B: Pathogen Treatment Processes
Regulation 61-9.504, Standards for the Use or Disposal of Industrial Sludge
- Part A: General Provisions
- Part B: Land Application
- Part C: Land Disposal
- Part D: Pathogens and Vector Attraction Reduction
- Appendix A: Procedure to Determine the Annual Whole Sludge Application Rate for an Industrial Sludge
- Appendix B: Pathogen Treatment Processes
- Appendix C: PCB. Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Regulation 61-9.505, Land Application Permits and State Permits
- Part A: Definitions and General Program Requirements
- Part B: Land Application Permit and State Permit Application and Special Program Requirements
- Part C: Land Application Permit and State Permit Conditions
- Part D: Transfer, Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, and Termination of Land Application Permits and State Permits
Regulation 61-9.600, Viability Requirements
- Section 600.1: Purpose and Applicability
- Section 600.2: Definitions
- Section 600.3: General Requirements
- Section 600.4: New Wastewater Systems and Transfers of Systems
- Section 600.5: Existing Systems
Regulation 61-9.610, Operation and Maintenance of Satellite Sewer Systems
- Section 610.1: Purpose
- Section 610.2: Authority and Applicability
- Section 610.3: General Requirements
- Section 610.6: Permitting of Satellite Sewer Systems
- Section 610.7: Sewer System Permit (General and Individual) Administration