Section 106.117. Schedules for compliance.

 

(1)  Any point source which has not received a WPDES permit from the department prior to March 23, 1997 or which commenced construction after that date may not receive a schedule for compliance to meet an effluent limitation that is established under the provisions of this chapter. The department may allow a brief period, not to exceed 90 days from the beginning of discharge, for the discharger to correct pollution control equipment start-up problems.

(2)  A reissued or modified permit may include a schedule for compliance with new or more stringent effluent limitations that are established by this chapter. The schedule for compliance shall meet the following conditions:

(a) Be as short as reasonably possible;

(b) May not extend beyond 5 years from the date that the permit is reissued or modified to include the new or more stringent effluent limitation, except as provided in par. (c) ;

(c) If the effluent limitation is based on a secondary value, the compliance schedule may allow the permittee additional time to conduct studies, other than those for site-specific criteria developed under s. NR 105.02 (1) , that are needed to propose a revision to the secondary value upon which the effluent limitation is based. In no case may the compliance schedule for an effluent limitation that is based on a secondary value extend beyond 7 years from the date that the permit is reissued or modified to include the effluent limitation;

(d) May not allow more than one year between interim compliance dates;

(e) May require the permittee to evaluate pollution and waste minimization measures as a means for complying with the effluent limitation; and

(f) May extend beyond the expiration date of the permit if an interim permit limit which is effective upon the permit's expiration date is included in the permit.

Cr. Register, August, 1997, No. 500 , eff. 9-1-97; CR 03-050 : renum. from NR 106.17 Register February 2004 No. 578 , eff. 3-1-04.

Note

An interim permit limit is not necessarily a numerical effluent limitation. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1