Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)

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THE FOLLOWING ARE LINKS TO THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE MAY 2009 DRAFT OF THE

NPDES PERMIT NUMBER AL0080080

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENET (ADEM)

 

• INTRODUCTION
• Draft permit Issuance
• Receiving Bodies of Water for Sediment Ponds
• Table Of Contents

1. PART 1 Discharge Limitations, Conditions, and Requirements
1. discharge limitations
1. Generally Applicable Discharge Limitations
2. Post Mining Discharge Limitations
3. Precipitation Event Discharge Limitations
2. Monitoring And Reporting
1. Sampling Schedule and Frequency
2. Sampling Location
3. Representative Sampling
4. Test Procedures
5. Recording Of Results
6. Routine Inspection by Permittee
7. Records Retention and Production
8. Reporting
9. Noncompliance Notification
10. Reduction, Suspension or Termination of Monitoring and/or Reporting
11. Permit Issued Based on Estimated Characteristics
3. Schedule of Compliance
4. Termination of Discharge
2. PART 2 Other Requirements, Responsibilities and Duties
1. Management Requirements
1. Facilities Operation and Management
2. Best Management Practices
3. Duty to Mitigate
4. Bypass
5. Upset
6. Removed Substances
7. Loss or Failure of Treatment Facilities
8. Prohibition Against Discharge from Facilities Not Certified
9. Facility Identification
2. Responsibilities
1. Duty to Comply
2. Change in Discharge
3. Compliance with Toxic or Other Pollutant Effluent Standard or Prohibition
4. Compliance with Water Quality Standards and Other Provisions
5. Right of Entry and Inspection
6. Updating Information
7. Permit Modification, Suspension, Termination, Revocation and Automatic Expiration
8. Duty to Provide Information
9. Transfer of Permit
10. Duty to Reapply
11. Groundwater
3. PART3 Other Permit Conditions
1. Civil and Criminal Liability
1. Tampering
2. False Statements
3. Permit Enforcement
4. Relief from Liability
2. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
3. Property and Other Rights
4. Availability of Reports
5. Definitions
6. Severability
7. Prohibitions and Activities Not Authorized
4. PART 4 Individual Permit Rationale
• Allowable TSS loads per Pond site (see legend)
• Pollutant Classifications
5. PART 5 Permit Application
1. Applicant Information
2. Officer Information
3. Legal Structure of Applicant
4. Compliance History
5. Proposed Schedule
6. Other Permits/Authorizations
7. Activity Description
8. Proposed Activity To Be Conducted
9. Material To Be Removed, Processed, Or Transloaded
10. Fuel Handling
11. Pollution Abatement and Prevention Plan
12. Topographic Map Submittal
13. Detailed Facility Map Submittal
14. Proposed New Or Increased Discharges
15. Alternatives Analysis
16. Calculation Of Project Costs
17. Receiving Waters
18. Discharge Characterization
19. Outfall Data
20. Discharge Structure
21. Information
22. Pollution Abatement Plan
23. Professional Engineer Certification
24. Responsible Official Signature
6. PART 6 Attachment 3, Landowners
• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures
• Schematic Diagram of Waste Cycle