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Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. IPDES Permitting Status & Future Requirements Mary Anne Nelson, Ph.D. Overview. IPDES Program Permitting Compliance Enforcement. IPDES program. 29 FTE. ~2,000 dischargers. $3.1M. Administrative 7 (7). Permitting 8 (8). Fees

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Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

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  1. Idaho Department ofEnvironmental Quality IPDES Permitting Status & Future Requirements Mary Anne Nelson, Ph.D.

  2. Overview • IPDES Program • Permitting • Compliance • Enforcement

  3. IPDES program 29 FTE ~2,000 dischargers $3.1M Administrative 7 (7) Permitting 8 (8) Fees $1.1M State $2M Compliance 14 (11)

  4. Where we are now • Approved program • First permit • Idaho Conservation League petition • Criminal intent • Statue of limitations • CAFOs

  5. Transition to DEQ

  6. What does an IPDES permit cost Fees Capital investment Meeting effluent limits Monitoring Upgrades

  7. Municipal Fee

  8. Fees

  9. POTWs – Permitting Approaches • Permit type • typically individual permits • limited use of general permits for very small facilities • Effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting • numeric technology- and water quality-based limits • influent and effluent monitoring and reporting • Special conditions • pretreatment program • biosolids (sewage sludge) • sanitary sewer management • Flexibility to address emerging technologies

  10. Technology- and Water Quality-based Effluent Limitations Develop TBELs (derived from technology standards) for all applicable pollutants of concern. Develop WQBELs where TBELs are not adequate to meet water quality standards in the receiving water.

  11. Permitting Tools • Compliance schedules • Mixing zones • Water quality trading • Variances • Integrated planning

  12. How to work with DEQ • Permit issuance plan • Pre-application meeting • Permit development • Permit handoff

  13. Compliance • eReporting • Document review • Inspections - type & frequency • Assistance

  14. Inspection Frequency Major POTW: Design flow > 1 MGD or serve a population of >10,000, or cause significant water quality impacts Nonmajor POTW: everybody else.

  15. Enforcement • Enforcement Management System • IPDES Enforcement Procedures Manual • IPDES Enforcement Response Guide

  16. Enforcement Response Guide • Purpose • Details enforcement responses • Provides guidance for consistency • Informal actions • Formal actions

  17. Enforcement Response Guide

  18. What to expect • Compliance letters • Compliance assistance • Permits

  19. Thank you Thank you. Mary Anne Nelson IPDES Program Manager 1410 N. Hilton Boise, ID 83706 208-373-0291 Mary.Anne.Nelson@deq.idaho.gov

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