001 The following conditions apply to all permits within the categories specified below:
001.01 Existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural dischargers. All existing manufacturing, commercial, mining, and silvicultural dischargers must notify the Director as soon as they know or have reason to believe:
001.01A That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in the discharge, on a routine or frequent basis, of any toxic pollutant which is not limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following notification levels:
001.01A1 One hundred micrograms per liter (100 μ g/l);
001.01A2 Two hundred micrograms per liter (200 μ g/l) for acrolein and acrylonitrile; five hundred micrograms per liter (500 μ g/l) for 2,4-dinitrophenol and for 2-methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol; and one milligram per liter (1 mg/l) for antimony;
001.01A3 Five (5) times the maximum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit application; or
001.01A4 Any other notification level established by the Director in accordance with these regulations.
001.01B That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any discharge, on a non-routine or infrequent basis, of a toxic pollutant which is not limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following notification levels:
001.01B1 Five hundred micrograms per liter (500 μ g/l);
001.01B2 One milligram per liter (1 mg/l) for antimony;
001.01B3 Ten (10) times the maximum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit application
001.01B4 Any other level established by the Director in accordance with these regulations.
001.02 Publicly owned treatment works. All POTWs must provide adequate notice to the Director of the following:
001.02A Any new introduction of pollutants into the POTW from an indirect discharger which would be subject to section 301 or 306 of Federal or State Act if it were directly discharging those pollutants; and
001.02B Any substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants being introduced into that POTW by a source introducing pollutants into the POTW at the time of issuance of the permit.
001.02C For purposes of this paragraph, adequate notice shall include information on:
001.02C1 the quality and quantity of effluent introduced into the POTW, and;
001.02C2 any anticipated impact of the change on the quantity or quality of effluent to be discharged from the POTW.
001.03 Municipal separate storm sewer systems. The operator of a large or medium municipal separate storm sewer system or a municipal separate storm sewer that has been designated by the Director in accordance with chapter 10 of this regulation must submit an annual report by the anniversary of the date of the issuance of the permit for such system. The report shall include:
001.03A The status of implementing the components of the storm water management program that are established as permit conditions;
001.03B Proposed changes to the storm water management programs that are established as permit condition. Such proposed changes shall be consistent with Chapter 10 of this regulation; and
001.03C Revisions, if necessary, to the assessment of controls and the fiscal analysis reported in the permit application.
001.03D A summary of data, including monitoring data, that is accumulated throughout the reporting year;
001.03E Annual expenditures and budget for year following each annual report;
001.03F A summary describing the number and nature of enforcement actions, inspections, and public education programs;
001.03G Identification of water quality improvements or degradation;
Enabling Legislation: Neb. Rev. Stat. §81-1505
Legal Citation: Title 119, Chapter 15, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality