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REISSUANCE OF PERMIT NUMBER FL0021865 FOR EFFLUENT LIMITS CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED I 1 .~\ . ~ UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. AGEN. C(;" -11... u~ REGION IV ' \ ( l s-' "(f V)J 345 COURTLAND STREET ' I ... ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 , A'j (?A' ~J)~ June 20, 1979 ~~ 4AEW:GWW .j\' \.. \~ vi ~ , Q \ (;. (\, c.- 0" ? C,,{"\ vJ ~ (\'" ~. (> . ~\'~o STAI,. ~ <"01' ~ ^ t> <: 7. ;; s...~ ~ o " \ ~ "'1- ....~ ,. Alt PRI1I~(, 1'0 City of Clearwater P. O. Box 4749 Clearwater, Florida 33518 Re: Reissuance of NPDES Permit No. FL0021865 Dear Sir: Enclosed for your information is the Public Notice pertaining to the reissuance of your National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Please note the Public Notice is dated June 20, 1979. Any cQmments you might have should be received by this office not later than July 19, 1979. ( In addition, a draft of the NPDES permit we propose to reissue is enclosed. If you should have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Gilbert W. Wallace of my staff by writing in care of the above address or by calling 404/881-2328. Sincerely, .JJt~~ J ~. Geo{.Je L. Harlow Chief Water Enforcement Branch Enforcement Division Enclosure cc: Mr. Mickey D. Bryant NPDES Permits Administrator FL Dept. of Environmental Regulation ." c.9-t.~ t...Jl 1 I DRAFTl JUN f.J I.J 1979 Pe,..;t No. FL0021865 AUTHORIZATION TO DIRCHARGE UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLtrI'ANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the promion. of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 18 amended. (33 U.S.C. 1261 et, seq; the "ActU), City of Clearwater Post Office Box 4749 Clearwater, Florida 33518 is authorized to dilCharge from a facility located at East Plant Gulf to Bay Blvd. Clearwater, FL to receiving waten named Old Tampa Bay In f!(';: Jldance with effluent limitation., monitoring requirementa and other conditions set forth in Pacts I, 11. and III hereof. . This permit shall become effective on This permit and the authorization to dilCharge ahall expire at midnight. DRAFf JUN 2 0 1979 Date Sanford W. Harvey, Jr. Director Enforcement Division .1 Page 2. of 12 " NPDES NO: FL0021865 PART J A.I. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - INTERIM ., ... During the period beginning the effective date of the permit and lasting until Final Effluent Limite become effective in accordance with the Schedule of Compliance contained in Part It 1.1.. the 1--- permittee Is authorized to discharge from outfall Serial Number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below: .. . .! P ARA."fETER DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS kg/day(lbs/day) Other Units (Specify) Monthly Weekly Monthly Weekly . tfeasurement Sample Sampling Average Average Average Average Frequency Type Point Flow, ~/day (MGD) l/Day Influent Instantaneous [ff1 or uent Biochemical Oxygen 567 (1250) 851(1875) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 l/Week Composite Influent Demand (S Day) & E(fluen~ Suspended Solids 567 (1250) 851 (1875) 30 mg/1 45mg/1 1/Week Composite Influent & Efflue(lt Fecal Coliform Bacteria, Geometric 1/Week Grab Effluent . Hean pH range (std. Jnits) 6.0 minimum 8.5 maximum 1/Week Grab nfluent - There ehall be no discharge 0: f1o~ting solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Any bypass of the treatment facility which is not included in the effluent monitored above, is .to be monitored for flow and reported on a Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form (3320-1). Page 2b of 12 NPDES No. FL0021865 PAR T I A.2. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL (Subject to revision as required by future facilities plan approved under Title II, P.L. 92-500) ,- C E A S E D I S C H A R G E Permittee is required to cease surface discharge from this facility upon completion of deep well injection system according to the Schedule of Compliance given in Part I,B.l. -- '1 I Page 34 of 12 HPDES NO: FL0021865 PART 1 SCHEDULE OF COHPLIANCE 1. The permittee shall achieve compliance with the final effluent limi- tations specified for discharges in accordance with the following 8chedule: a. Complete deep well injection tests by January 31, 1980. Compelte Step II design by March 31, 1980. b. c. Begin construction of deep wells by January 31, 1981. Cease discharge upon completions of deep well injection system by January 31, 1983. d. e. Submit a report of progress every 9 months beginning upon the effective date of this permit and lasting until attainment of the final effluent limitations as given in Part I,A.2. The final effluent limitations shown in Part 1.,A.2., are subject to change based on future 201/303 (e) planning allocations. Permittee shall contact the FL Dept. of Environmental Regulation prior to initiation of design studies or construction for verification of limitations. Permittee shall immediately notify this Agency of any changes recommended by the FL DER. I I Page 3b of 12 NPDES Permit No.: FL0021865 2. Permittee shall at all times provide the operation and maintenance necessary to operate the existing facilities at optimum efficiency. 3(a). No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of progress or, in the case of specific actions being required by identified dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance, any remedial actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next schedules requirements. 3(b). If the notice of compliance or noncompliance required to be submitted involves construction grant related items, compliance with this section can be accomplished by submitting to the Enforcement Division Director a copy of the letter submitted to the Water Division project officer. 4. Requirements Under Section 201(b)-(g) of the Clean Water Act: The issuance of this permit under section 301(i)(I) of the Act, is based in part on the award of a construction grant. As a condition of a construction grant award, the grantee/permittee is required to demonstrate compliance with sections 201(b)-(g) of the Act. Therefore, compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit is deemed to be compliance with sections 201(b)-(g) of the Act. I I PART I Page A.. of ~ Permit No.: FL0021865 c. MONITORING AND REPORTING 1. Representative Sampling Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be representatlv~ of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge. 2. Reporting Monitoring lesults obtained during the previous 3 months shall be summarized for each month and reported on a Discharge Monitoring Report Form (EPA No. 3320-1 or T-40) postmarked no later than the 28th day of the month folloWing the completed reporting period. The first report is due on * Duplicate signed copies of these, and all other reports required herein, shall be submitted to the Regional Administrator and the State at the following addresses: Water Enforcement Branch Environmental Protection Agency Region IV 345 COURTLAND STREET N.E. ATLANTA GA 30308 3. Definitions a. The monthly average. other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the arithmetic mean of all the composite samples collected in a one-month period. The ~nthly average for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-month period. b. The weekly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the arithmetic mean of all the composit samples collected during a one~eek period. The weekly average for fecal colifrom bacteria is the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-week period. c. Flow. MJ/day (MGD): The flow limit expressed in this permit is the 24 hour average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the arithmetic mean of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar month. d. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the summation of the individual values divided by the number'of individual values. the first full quarter , , I PART I Page -L of -1.2 Permit No.:~L0021865 e. Geometric Mean: The aeometric mean of any set of values is the Nth root of the product of the individual values where N is equal to the number of individual values. The geome tric mean is equivalent to the antilog of the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of the individual values. Por purposes of calculating the geometric mean, values of zero (0) shall be considered to be one (1). f. Composite Sample: A "composite aample" is any of the following: (1) Not less than,four influent or effluent portions collected at regular intervals over a period of 8 hours and compos1ted in proportion to flow. (2) Not less than four equal volume influent or effluent portions collected over a period of 8 bours at intervals proportional to the flow. (3) An influent or effluent portion collected continuously over a period of 24 hours at a rate proportional to the flow. g. Grab Sample:, A "grab sample" is a single influent or effluent portion which is not a composite sample. The sample(s) shall be collected at the period(s) most representative of the total discharge. 4. Test Procedures Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to .' regulations published pursuant to Section 304 (h) of the Clean Water Act, as amended. (Federal Register, October 16, 1973; Title 40, Chapter I. Sub-chapter D, Part 136 "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the AnalYlis of Pollutants".) 5. Recording of a.lults For each mealurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this permit, the permittee ahall record the following information: a. The exact place, date, and ttme of sampling; b. The dates the analyses were performed.; c. The person(s) who perfo~ the analyses. d. The analytical techniques or metbods used; and e. The results of all required analyses I , PAllT I "Page.6... of.12 Permit No.: FL0021865 6. Additional Monitoring by Permittee If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location(s) designated herein more frequently than requirad by this permit, using approved analytical methods a. specified above, the results of such monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the values required in the Discharle Monitoring "port Form (EPA No. 3320-1 or T-40). Such increased frequency shall also be indicated. ." 7. Records bteneion All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities required by this permit including all records of analyses performed and calibration and maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from continuous monitoring instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of three (3) years, or longer if requested by the Regional Administrator or the State water pollution control asency. '-""'.N I ' I PART II ..- Page.l- of u.... Permit No.: FL0021865 A. MANAGEMJ::NT REQUIREMENTS 1. Change in Discharle All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications which will result in new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must be reported by submission of a new NlDES application or, if such changes will not violate the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by notice to the permit issuing authority of such changes. Following such notice, the permit may be modified to specify and limit any pollutants not previously Umi ted . 2. Non compliance Notification If, for any reason, the permittee does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any effluent limitation specified in this permit, the permittee shall provide the Regional Administrator and the State with th~ following information, in writing, within five (5) days of becoming aware of such condition: a. A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; and b. The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times; or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected to continue, and steps beiua taken to reduce, eliminate ~nd prevent recurrence of the noncomplying discha~ge. 3. Facilities Operation The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and operate al efficiently as possible all treatment or. control facilities or systems installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit. 4. Adverse Impact The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any effluent limitations specified in this permit, including such accelerated or addi- t:lonal monitoring a. necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncomplyi~g discharge. 5. Bypassing Any 4i~er.ion from or bypass of facilities necessary to maintain compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit is prohibited, except (i) where I I PART II Page ~ of 11..: Permit No.: FL0021865 unavoidabl~ to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or (ii) where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities necessary for compliance with the effluent limitations and prohibitions of this permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses or overflows of this discharge shall submit, not later than six months from the date of issue of this permit, detailed data or engineering estimates which identify: a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow; b. I . The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from each sewer system bypass or overflow. This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are scheduled to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency facilities planning project. 6. Removed Substances Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such materials from entering navigable waters. 7. Power Failures The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards to pre- vent the discharle of untreated or inadequately treated wastes during electrical power failures either by means of alternate power sources, standby lenerators or retention of inadequately treated effluent. Should the treatment works not include the above capabilities at time of permit issuance, the permittee must furnish within six months to the permitting authority, for approval, an tmplementation schedule for their installing, or documentation demonatratinl that auch measures are not necessary to pravent di.charla of untreated or inadequately treated wastes. Such docu- mentation .hall include frequency and duration of power failures and an e.timete of retention capacity of untreated effluent. 8. Onshore or Offshore Construction This permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore or offshore physical atructures or facilities or the undertakinl of any work in any navilable vaters. I I PART II Page ...2. of II Permit No.: FL0021865 B. RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Right of Entry The permittee shall allow the head of the State water pollution control agency. the Regional Administrator. and/or their authorized representa- tives. upon the presentatione of credentials: , . a. The enter upon the permittee's premises where an effluent source is located or in which any records are required to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; and b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect any monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in this permit; and to sample any discharge of pollutants. 2. Transfer of Ownership or Control In the event of any change in control or ownership or facilities from which the authorized discharges'emanate. the permittee shall notify the succeeding owner or controller of the existence of this permit by letter, a copy of which .hall be forwarded to the Regional Administrator and the State water pollution control agency. 3. Availability of Reports : Except for data determined to be confidential under Section 308 of the Act, all reports prepared in accordance with the terms shall be available for public inspection at the offi~es of the State water pollution control agency and the Regional Administrator. As required by the Act. effluent data shall not be considered confidential. Knowingly making any false statement on any such report may result in the imposition of criminal penalties as provided for in Section 309 of the Act. . I 4. Permit MOdification After notice and opportunity for a hearing, this permit may be modified, suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause in- cluding, but not limited to. the following: a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit; b. Obtaining this permit by aierepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts; or c. A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge. I I PART II ".age..lD of ~ Permit No.: FL0021865 5. Toxic Pollutants Notwithstanding Part II, B-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or prohibition) is established under Section 3D7(a) of the Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge and such standard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation for such pollutant in this permit, this permit shall be revised or modified in accordance with the toxic effluent standard or prohibition and the permittee 80 notified. 6. Civil and Criminal Liability Except as provided in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II, A-5) and "Power Failures" (Part II, A-7), nothing in this permit shall be construed to relieve the permittee from civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance. 7. Oil and Hazardous St,bstance Liability Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject under Section 311 of the Act. 8. State Laws l'htt hsuance of this permt does not convey any property rights in either reul or perlonal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it author- ize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any infringement of Federal.State,or local laws or regulations. ~ ( I :'-l' ...... 10. Severability The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to .any circum- stance, is held invalid, the application 'of such provision to other cir- cumstances, and the remainder of this permit shall not be affected thereby. , , I I PART II Page 11 of 12 Permit NO.:FL0021865 11. Expiration of Permit Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date. In order to receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration date, the permittee shall submit such information, forms, and fees as are required by the agency authorized to issue permits no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date. 12.. Industrial Pretreatment Standards Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted system to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403) promulgated in response to Section 307(b) of the Act. The permittee shall provide yearly reports to the permitting agency regarding the pretreatment requirements which have been imposed on each industrial user and the results achieved therefrom. Other information may be needed regarding new industrial discharges"and this will be requested from the permittee after.the permitting agency has received notice of the new industrial discharge. Yearly' reports are due December 31 of each year. 13.. Control of User Discharges to the System: . (a) Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the following wastes into the waste treatment system: 1. Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works. .2. Wastes which will cause corrosive. structural damage to treatmentworks. , 3. Solids or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to the flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the treatment works. 4. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant discharge rate which is excessive over relatively short time periods so as to cause a loss of treatment efficiency. 5. Beat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the treatment works, and in no case, heat in such quantities that the temperature of the influent exceeds 40 C(104 F) unless the works is designed to accommodate such heat. Compliance with items 1 through 4 is required immediately; compliance with item 5 must be achieved prior to August 25, 1981. I I PART II Page -l2 of J.2 Penni t No.: FL0021865 (b) The permittee shall notify the permitting agency of any of the following changes in user discharge to the system no later than 180 days prior to change of discharge: '(1) New introductions into 8uch works of pollutants from any source which would be a' new 80urce as defined in Section 306 of the Act if 8uch 80urce were discharging pollutants. (2) New introductions of pollutants. into such works from a 80urce which would be 8ubject to Section 301 of the Act if it were di8charging 8uch pollutants. (3) A 8ubstantial change in volume or character of pollutants being introduced into such works by a source already dis- charging pollutants into 8uch works at the time the permit i8 is8ued. This notice will include information on the quantity and quality of the wastewater introduced by the new 80urce into the publicly owned treatment works, and on any anticipated impact on the effluent discharged from 8uch works. .; , I '! Jon'! P::BLIC NOTICE V.S, Environmental Protection Agency R~iion IV, ~&ter Enforcement Branch 345 Courtland Street Atlanta, Georgia 30308 4G4/851-2328 in conjunction with Florida Depart;;,ent of Environmental Regulation Twin Towers Office Bldg" 2600 Blair Stone Road Tal~bh&s~ee, Florida 32301 '104/488-4807 Public Notice No. 79FL0066 June 20, 1979 NOTICE OF PROPOSED REISSUANCE OF NATIO;\AL POLLUTA:;"[ DISCtiARGE EUXr;;ATIOK SYSTE"'; PERl'fIT At-i"D NOTICE OF COl\SIDERATIOi\ FOR STATE CERTIFICATIO:;- The V.S, Environmental Protection Agency proposes to reissue a National Pollutant Discharge Elimina t ion System (1\'1'DES) permit to thef adl i ty listed below for an existing discharge from their sewage treatment plant (STP) SIC Code 4952. The discharge from this plant enters a receiving stream classified as class III waters. City of Clearwater, P.O. Box 4749, Clearwater, FL 33518, for the East Plant located on Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Pine11as County, Clearwater, FL NPDES application #FL0021865. The applicant describes one discharge to Old Tampa Bay. The proposed NPDES permit contains limitations on the amounts of pollutants allowed to be discharged and was drafted in accordance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S,C, Section 1251 et seq.) and other lawful standards and regulations, The pollutant limitations and other permit conditions are tentative and open to comment from the public. Persons wishing to comment upon or object to permit issuance or to the ~noyosed permit limitations and conditions are invited to submit same in writing t.;ithin thirty days of the date of this notice to the Enforcement Division, V, S, Environmental Protection Agency, 345 Courtland Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, ^TTN: Mona Ellison. The application munber and/or NPDES number should be incJuded in the first page of COI;~Ttents. J; 1''>'... '-..,." f.... o ("'""l o All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in the formulation of final determinations rega:ding the permit, wnere there is a 'dgnUicant degree of public inte:est in the proposed pemit issuance, the EPA Regional Administrator will h...,Jd a public hearing, I , . ,; After consideration of all written comments and of the requirements and policies in the Act and appropriate regulations, the EPA Regional Administrator will make determinations regarding permit issuance. If the determinations are substantially unchanged from those announced by this notice, the EPA Regional Administrator will 80 notify all persons submitting written comments. If the determinations are substantially changed, the EPA Regional Administrator will issue a public notice indicating the revised determinations. Requests for adjudicatory hearing ~y be filed after the Regional Administrator makes the above-described determinations. Additional information regarding adjudicatory hearing is available in 40 CFR 125.36, or by contacting the Legal Support Branch at the address above or at 404/881-3506. A fact sheet containing additional details about the application and the propused determinations, a sketch showing the exact location of the discharge. and additional information on hearing procedure, is available by writing the EPA address above. A copy of the draft permit is also available from EPA, The application, comments received, and other informatton are available for review and copying at 345 Courtland Street, 3rd floor, Atlanta, Georgia, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A copying machine is available for public use at a charge of 20C per page. The Florida Department of Environmental ~e.8ulation has been requested to certify the diRCn.~l~(s) in accordance with the provisions of Section 401 of the Clean ~ater Act (33 V.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.). Comments on issuance of certi- fication, 1ncludine a request for public hearing, cust be submitted to Mr. Mickey Bryant, NPDES Permit Section, Floriea Department of Environmental Regulation, at the state agency address above, within thirty (30) days from the date of this public notice. If a public hearing 1s held, as described above, the state agency will co-chair the he.riDg in order to receive comments relative to state certification. Please bring the foregOing to the attention of persons who you know will be interested in this matter.