N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-6.17 - Adjustment of DSW limitations for alternative disposal of pollutants
(a) When part of a
discharger's process wastewater is not being directly discharged into surface
waters of the State or contiguous zone because it is disposed into a well, into
a DTW, or by land application thereby reducing the flow or level of pollutants
being discharged into surface waters of the State, applicable effluent
standards or limitations for the discharge in a NJPDES permit shall be adjusted
to reflect the reduced raw waste resulting from such disposal.
(b) Effluent limitations and standards in the
permit shall be calculated by one of the following methods:
1. If none of the waste from a particular
process is discharged into waters of the State, and effluent limitation
guidelines provide separate allocations for waste from that process, all
allocations for the process shall be eliminated from calculation of permit
effluent limitations or standards;
2. In all cases other than those described in
(b)1 above, effluent limitations shall be adjusted by multiplying the effluent
limitation guidelines to the total waste stream by the amount of wastewater
flow to be treated and discharged into surface waters of the State and dividing
the result by the total wastewater flow. Effluent limitations and standards so
calculated may be further adjusted under 40 CFR Part 125, Subpart D, to make
them more stringent if discharges to wells, DTWs, or by land application change
the character or treatability of the pollutants being discharged to receiving
waters.
i. This method may be algebraically
expressed as:
(1) P = E x N/T
(where: P is the permit effluent limitation,
E is the limitation derived by applying effluent guidelines to the total waste stream,
N is the wastewater flow to be treated and discharged to surface waters of the State, and
T is the total wastewater flow).
(c) Subsection (a)
above shall not apply to the extent that promulgated effluent limitation
guidelines:
1. Control concentrations of
pollutants discharged but not mass; or
2. Specify a different specific technique for
adjusting effluent limitations to account for well injection, land application,
or disposal into DTWs.
(d) Subsection (a) above does not alter a
discharger's obligation to meet any more stringent requirements established
under this chapter.
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