July 14, 21, 28: 3-PART COURSE ON NPDES PERMITTING

NPDES PERMITTING COURSE FOR PERMITTEES
Gary B. Cohen
Hall & Associates
Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY
Do you know your rights as a permittee and how the conditions in your NPDES permit were developed?  Potentially, you can comply with the underlying statutory/regulatory standard and be subject to less stringent/costly requirements.  Correcting the permit in the future may not be an option.  Furthermore, a permittee generally cannot first raise concerns about the appropriateness of the permit in enforcement actions.

 
JULY 14 • PART 1
The Importance of Being Proactive in NPDES Permitting
 
  1. Welcome and Introduction – NPDES Program Objectives
  2. NPDES Permit Overview
  1. Role of State vs. EPA/ Federal Law vs State Law
  2. Procedures – Draft Permit and Fact Sheet
  3. Opportunities for Permittee to be Proactive
  4. Anti-Backsliding
  5. Enforcement Implications
  1. EPA, State and/or Citizen Suit
  2. Defenses
  3. Coronavirus Implications
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JULY 21 • PART II
Imposition of NPDES Permit Effluent Limitations
 
  1. Basis & Background for NPDES Permit Limits
  1. TBELs
  2. WQBELs
  3. Anti-degradation
  1. Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits
  1. Background
  1. EPA’s Technical Support Document (“TSD”)
  2. Assumptions
  1. Evaluating Parameters for WQBEL Determination
    1. Water quality criteria
    2. Critical flows and Dilution Factors
    3. Ambient Conditions
  2. Other Considerations
  1. Steady State
  2. Drifting Organism
  3. Probabilistic Modeling
  1. Conversion to Permit Limits
    1. Statistical Evaluations
    2. Setting Effluent Limits
  1. Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and § 303(d) Listed Non-Attainment Waterbodies
  1. Effect on Permit/Consistent with TMDL
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JULY 28 • PART III
Nutrients and Wet Weather Issues
 
  1. Wet Weather Issues
  1. Sanitary Sewer Overflows (“SSO”)
  2. Blending vs. Bypass
  3. Combined Sewer Overflows (“CSO”)
  4. Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (“MS4”) Permitting
  1. Permitting Issues Associated with Nutrients
  1. Existing Water Quality Standards
  2. Interpreting Narrative Standards
  3. Assumptions and Causation
  4. Site-Specific Data
  5. Science Advisory Board Recommendations
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