Section 216.02. Permit coverage required.

  The following owners or operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems shall obtain coverage under a WPDES municipal storm water permit under this subchapter:

(1)   Owners and operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems serving populations of 100,000 or more. The owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system serving incorporated areas with a population of 100,000 or more as determined by the 1990 decennial census.

(2)   Previously notified owners or operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems. The owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system notified in writing by the department prior to August 1, 2004, to obtain a WPDES municipal storm water permit.

(3)   Urbanized areas. Unless exempted pursuant to s. NR 216.023 , the owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system within an urbanized area as defined by the U.S. bureau of the census.

(4)   Municipal separate storm sewer systems serving over 10,000. An owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system serving a population of 10,000 or more and a population density of 1,000 or more per square mile, as determined by the U.S. bureau of the census based on the latest decennial census unless it is exempted under s. NR 216.024 .

History: CR 03-028 : cr. Register July 2004 No. 583 , eff. 8-1-04.

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