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Biosolids Permit Application Process Key - Part IV

Permit application due date

Step 13: Determining when your permit application is due.

• If your facility is either a new or existing facility that is not a publicly or privately owned treatment works (Step 5 or Step 10), go now to Step 14.
• If your facility is a new, small publicly or privately owned treatment works (Step 6), go now to Step 15.
• If your facility is a new, large publicly owned treatment works (Step 7), go now to Step 16.
• If your facility is an existing small publicly or privately owned treatment works (Step 11), go now to Step 17.
• If your facility is an existing large publicly owned treatment works (Step 12), go now to Step 18.

Step 14: Other facilities. You are a new or existing facility which is not a publicly or privately owned treatment works. Your facility is probably a beneficial use facility (a special class of facilities under Chapter 173-308 WAC), a septage treatment facility or septage land application site that requires a permit, or a compost facility using biosolids as one of its feedstocks. You should check and verify whether your facility is subject to permitting under state andlocal solid waste regulations (state rules in Chapter 173-304 WAC). Facilities in this group should work very closely with their regional biosolids contact at the Department of Ecology, as there are a number of factors which can influence your permit process and the due date of your application for coverage. A Notice of Intent may be required in addition to a permit application. Your contact at the department will advise you as to the appropriate steps to begin your permit application process.

NOTE: For facilities that fall under solid waste rules and which were in operation on before March 25, 1998, a solid waste permit application would have been due for renewal not later than March 25, 1999. If you have not applied for coverage under the state biosolids permit, please contact the appropriate regional staff person immediately to arrange a schedule for submittal of your application.

Step 15: Yours is a new, small publicly or privately owned treatment works that began or will begin operation on or after March 25, 1998. You have a valid Notice of Intent on file. Your application for coverage under the statewide general permit for biosolids management is at least 180 days before beginning operation. Go to Step 19.

Step 16: Yours is a new, large publicly owned treatment works that was in operation on or after March 25, 1998. You have a valid Notice of Intent on file. Your permit application is due at least 180 days before beginning operation. Go to Step 19.

Step 17: Yours is an existing, small publicly or privately owned treatment works that was in operation before March 25, 1998. You have a valid Notice of Intent on file. Your biosolids permit application is due on the date when an application for a state waste discharge or NPDES permit, or for renewal thereof, is due, or one hundred eighty days after issuance of the applicable general permit, whichever is later. Go to Step 19.

NOTE: The critical date in Step 17 above is the date on which the application for your NPDES or State Waste Discharge Permit is or was due (not when the permit expires or expired). Facilities whose discharge applications were due on or soon after March 25, 1998 also have an early due date for their application for coverage under the state biosolids program. Those whose application were due shortly before March 25, 1998, will not have a biosolids permit application due to the department until late 2002 when their discharge permit applications are due.

Step 18: Yours is an existing large publicly owned treatment works that was in operation before March 25, 1998. Your permit application was due by June 23, 1998, if you did not submit a Notice of Intent, or by September 21, 1998, if you submitted a Notice of Intent. If you have not applied for coverage under the state biosolids permit program, please contact the appropriate regional staff person immediately to arrange a schedule for submittal of your application. Go to Step 19.

NOTE: The critical date in Step 18 above is the date on which the application for your NPDES or State Waste Discharge Permit is or was due (not when the permit expires or expired). Facilities whose discharge applications were due on or soon after March 25, 1998 also had an early due date for their application for coverage under the state biosolids program. Those whose application were due shortly before March 25, 1998, will not have a biosolids permit application due to the Department until late 2002 when their discharge permit applications are due.

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