TITLE 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SUBCHAPTER D - WATER PROGRAMS

PART 124 - PROCEDURES FOR DECISIONMAKING

subpart d - SPECIFIC PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO NPDES PERMITS

124.56 - Fact sheets.

(Applicable to State programs, see 123.25 (NPDES).) In addition to meeting the requirements of 124.8, NPDES fact sheets shall contain the following: (a) Any calculations or other necessary explanation of the derivation of specific effluent limitations and conditions or standards for sewage sludge use or disposal, including a citation to the applicable effluent limitation guideline, performance standard, or standard for sewage sludge use or disposal as required by 122.44 and reasons why they are applicable or an explanation of how the alternate effluent limitations were developed.

  (b)(1) When the draft permit contains any of the following conditions, an explanation of the reasons that such conditions are applicable: (i) Limitations to control toxic pollutants under 122.44(e) of this chapter; (ii) Limitations on internal waste streams under 122.45(i) of this chapter; (iii) Limitations on indicator pollutants under 125.3(g) of this chapter; (iv) Limitations set on a case-by-case basis under 125.3 (c)(2) or (c)(3) of this chapter, or pursuant to Section 405(d)(4) of the CWA; (v) Limitations to meet the criteria for permit issuance under 122.4(i) of this chapter, or (vi) Waivers from monitoring requirements granted under 122.44(a) of this chapter.

  (2) For every permit to be issued to a treatment works owned by a person other than a State or municipality, an explanation of the Director's decision on regulation of users under 122.44(m).

  (c) When appropriate, a sketch or detailed description of the location of the discharge or regulated activity described in the application; and (d) For EPA-issued NPDES permits, the requirements of any State certification under 124.53.

  (e) For permits that include a sewage sludge land application plan under 40 CFR 501.15(a)(2)(ix), a brief description of how each of the required elements of the land application plan are addressed in the permit.

[48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 38051, Sept. 26, 1984; 54 FR 18786, May 2, 1989; 65 FR 30912, May 15, 2000]