Mich. Admin. Code R. 323.2210 - Items permitted to be discharged without permit
Rule 2210. A
(a)
Sanitary sewage in either of the following circumstances if the sanitary sewage
is not mixed with other waste :
(i) The
discharge is less than 1,000 gallons per day and the disposal system is
approved by the county, district, or city health department that has
jurisdiction in accordance with either the requirements of the local sanitary
code or the provisions of the publication entitled "Michigan Criteria for
Subsurface Sewage Disposal ," April 1994. Copies of the publication may be
obtained without charge at the time of adoption of these rules from the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Drinking Water and Radiological
Protection Division , P.O. Box 30630, Lansing, Michigan 48909.
(ii) The discharge is less than 6,000 gallons
per day, the disposal system is designed and constructed in accordance with the
provisions of the publication entitled "Michigan Criteria for Subsurface Sewage
Disposal ," April 1994, and the system is approved by the county, district, or
city health department that has jurisdiction. Copies of the publication may be
obtained without charge at the time of adoption of these rules from the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Drinking Water and Radiological
Protection Division , P.O. Box 30630, Lansing, Michigan 48909.
(b) Controlled application of any
of the following:
(i) An authorized substance
to suppress dust. The following are authorized substances:
(A) Water.
(B) Calcium chloride.
(C) Lignosulfate products.
(D) Emulsified asphalt or resin
stabilizers.
(E) Vegetable
by-products.
(ii) A
deicing substance .
(iii)A substance
for a natural resource or right-of-way maintenance program.
(iv) A substance for a domestic
activity.
(v) A commercially
manufactured pesticide or fertilizer for its intended use.
(c) Stormwater, other than from a secondary
containment facility , when discharged through surface infiltration.
(d) Stormwater from a secondary containment
facility that does not contain leaks or spills if the stormwater is inspected
to ensure it meets the standards established in R 323.2222.
(e) Water from a well used temporarily for
dewatering at a construction site if the water pumped does not create a site of
environmental contamination under part 201 .
(f) A discharge from an animal feeding
operation that has less than 5,000 animal units if the discharge is determined
by the director of the department of agriculture or his or her designated
representative, to be in accordance with generally accepted agricultural and
management practices, as defined in Act No.93 of the Public Acts of 1981, as
amended, being §§286.471 to 286.474 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
and known as the Michigan right to farm act . For purposes of this rule, 5,000
animal units is equal to 5,000 head of slaughter or feeder cattle, 3,500 mature
dairy cattle, 12,500 swine weighing more than 25 kilograms or approximately 55
pounds, 50,000 sheep or lambs, 2,500 horses, 275,000 turkeys, 150,000 laying
hens or broilers, or 25,000 ducks. An animal feeding operation is a lot or
facility , or series of lots or facilities under 1 ownership which are adjacent
to one another or which use a common area or system for the disposal of wastes,
that meets both of the following conditions:
(i) Animals, other than aquatic animals, have
been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of
45 calendar days or more in any 12-month period.
(ii) Crops, vegetation, forage growth, or
postharvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over the
portion of the lot or facility where animals are confined.
(g) Less than 50 gallons of wastewater per
day from a commercial animal care facility .
(h) Observation or monitoring well
development or evacuation water.
(i) Potable water used for a domestic or
domestic equivalent activities other than sanitary sewage disposal .
(j) Step test or pump test water from any of
the following:
(i) A potable well or well used
to develop a potable water supply.
(ii) A well producing water that meets state
or federal criteria for use as potable water.
(iii) A test well where the quality of the
test well discharge water is equal to or better than the background groundwater
quality of the aquifer receiving the discharge .
(k) Exfiltration from sanitary sewer
collection systems.
(l) Wastewater
from a heat pump that has a heat exchange capacity of 300,000 Btu per hour or
less if there is no chemical additive to the system .
(m) Wastewater from a portable power washer
when used in either of the following circumstances:
(i) By the occupant of a household for
washing buildings, vehicles, or other surfaces associated with the domestic
occupation of the household.
(ii)
By a commercial operator or in a commercial or industrial setting to remove
nonpolluting substances from vehicles or surfaces when no additives are used
and the washing process does not add significant pollutants to the
water.
(n) Swimming pool
drainage and backwash water discharged in accordance with sections 12521 to
12534 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being
§§333.12521 to 333.12534 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(o) Water treatment filter backwash water if
disposal is in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the
department under Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being
§325.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and known as the safe
drinking water act .
(p) Carpet
cleaning wastewater discharged by a noncommercial operator or by a commercial
operator at a site receiving wastewater from not more than 1 location where
carpet cleaning has occurred.
(q)
Less than 10,000 gallons per day of noncontact cooling water that does not
contain additives if the source of the cooling water is any of the following:
(i) A municipal water supply.
(ii) A water supply meeting state or federal
criteria for use as potable water.
(iii) Another source of water meeting the
standards of R 323.2222.
(iv)
Another source approved by the department .
(r) Land application of process sludge from a
wastewater treatment facility treating sanitary sewage when applied in
accordance with applicable state and federal law.
(s) Land application of process sludge from
an industrial or commercial wastewater treatment facility when authorized under
R 299.4101 to R 299.4922, the administrative rules implementing part
115 .
(t) Placement of other solid
waste on the ground when authorized under part 115 . This provision does not
apply to the disposal of wastewater generated through the operation of a
facility licensed under part 115 .
(u) Wastewater associated with an
environmental response activity described in any of the following paragraphs if
the discharge is to the plume of groundwater contamination , including an area
100 feet hydraulically upgradient of the edge of the plume, and any additive
used in the treatment process that is not part of the contamination plume meets
the standards of R 323.2222:
(i) A pump test
discharge that does not change the physical dimensions of the plume in
groundwater or, if the dimensions are changed, the changes are accounted for in
the design of the final groundwater remediation plan .
(ii) A remedial investigation, feasibility
study, or remedial action discharge that is at or below the residential
criteria authorized by section 20101a(1)(a) of the act , if applicable, or
section 21304(a) of the act , if applicable.
(iii) A discharge for a remedial
investigation, feasibility study, or remedial action above the residential
criteria authorized by section 20101a(1)(a) of the act , if applicable, or
section 21304(a) of the act , if applicable, if a remediation investigation,
feasibility study, or remediation plan has been approved by the department
division that has compliance oversight. The remediation plan shall indicate
that the treatment system is designed and will be operated so that contaminated
groundwater will eventually meet the appropriate land use-based cleanup
criteria authorized by section 20120a(1)(a) to (d) of the act , if applicable,
or section 21304(a) of the act , if applicable.
(v) Precipitation and snow melt drainage off
vehicles discharged through a general purpose floor drain in a parking
structure in which maintenance activities do not occur.
(w) A discharge that has been specifically
authorized by the department under a permit if the permit was not issued under
this part.
(x) A discharge that
occurs as the result of placing waste materials on the ground in compliance
with a designation of inertness issued under part 115 or leaving contaminated
materials in place in compliance with part 201 or 213.
(y) A discharge that has been determined by
the department to have an insignificant potential to be injurious based on
volume and constituents. In making the determination, the department shall
follow the public notice and comment procedures of R 323.2117 and R 323.2119.
The department may establish criteria, limitations, or conditions applicable to
the discharge to ensure that it meets the terms of this subdivision.
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