Completing the Industrial Wastewater Permit Application - TCEQ e ...

state. A minor amendment may also include, but is not limited to: except for TPDES permits,changing an interim compliance date in a schedule of compliance, provided the new date is notmore than 120 days after the date specified in the existing permit and does not interfere withattainment of the final compliance date; and except for TPDES permits, requiring more frequentmonitoring or reporting by the permittee.Minor Modification of Permit - Under 40 CFR §122.63 and 30 TAC §305.62(c)(3), a minormodification may only:• correct typographical errors;• require more frequent monitoring or reporting by the permittee;• change an interim compliance date in a schedule of compliance (not to exceed 120 days ofdate specified in existing permit and not to interfere with final compliance date);• allow for a change in ownership or operational control of a facility where the Directordetermines that no other change in the permit is necessary;• change the construction schedule for a discharger which is a new source;• delete a point source outfall when the discharge from that outfall is terminated; or• incorporate conditions of a POTW pretreatment program as enforceable conditions of thePOTW’s permits.Monthly Effluent Report (MER) - Facilities with Texas Land Application Permits orSludge Permits are required to complete this form or equivalent.NNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) - The national programfor issuing, amending, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits, and imposing andenforcing pretreatment requirements, under CWA Sections 307, 402, 318, and 405. The termincludes an approved program.Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) - Solid, liquid, or gaseous materialor combination of materials, excluding source material, special nuclear material, and byproductmaterial, that in its natural physical state spontaneously emits radiation and that is not exemptunder Texas Health and Safety Code §401.106.New Discharger - Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or maybe a discharge of pollutants that did not commence the discharge of pollutants at a particularsite prior to August 13, 1979, which is not a new source, and which has never received a finallyeffective NPDES permit for discharges at that site.New Facility - Any domestic or industrial wastewater treatment facility which is not anexisting facility.Non-Stormwater Wastestreams - Wastewater that is listed in TXR050000, the TPDESIndustrial Storm Water Multi-Sector General Permit, Part II, Section A, Item 6, as follows:• discharges from emergency firefighting activities and uncontaminated fire hydrantflushings (excluding discharges of hyperchlorinated water, unless the water is firstdechlorinated and discharges are not expected to adversely affect aquatic life);• potable water sources (excluding discharges of hyperchlorinated water, unless the water isfirst dechlorinated and discharges are not expected to adversely affect aquatic life);• lawn watering and similar irrigation drainage, provided that all pesticides, herbicides, andfertilizer have been applied in accordance with the approved labeling;10411_10055-inst (7/14/2014) Instructions for Completing the Industrial Wastewater Application Page 8 of 124