360 CMR 10.064 - Combined Permit

(1) Permit Overview and Coverage. The Combined Permit is intended to cover a Person who would be required to be covered by a Group Permit, except that the Person has one or more other processes or discharges that make it ineligible for coverage by that Group Permit and all those other processes and discharges are eligible to be covered by the General Permit for Low Flow and Low Pollutant Dischargers, 360 CMR 10.062. The Combined Permit includes:

(a) the equivalent of the conditions and requirements of the Group Permit discharges that are eligible for that Group Permit;

(b) the equivalent of the conditions and requirements of the General Permit for Low Flow and Low Pollutant Dischargers for the discharges that are eligible for the General Permit; and

(c) other conditions considered appropriate by the Authority.

(2) Combined Permit Required. A Person with a facility eligible for coverage by the Combined Permit must apply for and receive the Combined Permit in order to discharge from the facility. Such Person is not eligible for a Group Permit set forth in 360 CMR 10.061, 10.063, or 10.065, the General Permit set forth in 360 CMR 10.062, or the Sewer Use Discharge Permit set forth in 360 CMR 10.051 through 10.057 for such facility.

(3) Application for the Combined Permit. Before beginning a Discharge for which the Combined Permit is required, the Person who will Discharge shall file with the Authority a Notice of Intent to Discharge (NOI) or other application as required by the Authority, on a form available from the Authority, and shall not begin discharging until it is issued the Combined Permit by the Authority. The Authority may:

(a) require a Person to renew its Combined Permit by filing a new application or NOI;

(b) require additional information relating to the application or NOI; and

(c) deny an application or NOI for a permit for an incomplete or inadequate application or NOI.

(4) Permit and Regulatory Compliance. A Person who must apply for and receive the Combined Permit for a facility shall not Discharge or cause or allow to be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the Authority Sewerage System, any Industrial Waste from the facility, unless such Discharge complies with the Combined Permit issued to the Person. Unless specifically modified by the Combined Permit, a Person issued the Combined Permit shall comply with 360 CMR 10.000 and is subject to enforcement pursuant to 360 CMR 2.00: Enforcement and Administrative Penalties, and St. 1984, c. 372 and St. 1987, c. 307.

(5) Sampling Location. Any new facility that will be covered by the Combined Permit, or any substantial change to an existing facility that is covered by the Combined Permit, must include plumbing to assure that a representative sample of the discharge from all operations may be taken at a safe and accessible location after treatment and before combining with any other streams.

(6) Posting of Permit. A Person issued the Combined Permit shall post a copy of the Combined Permit on a bulletin board in its facility or such other conspicuous location as the Authority shall allow and shall post with the Combined Permit the name of the individuals at the facility responsible for compliance with the Combined Permit and the names of the individuals at the facility to be notified in the event of an Upset or other event requiring notice to the Authority.

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360 CMR 10.064

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1399, eff. 9/6/2019.