Permit Conditions

(1) Duration of Permits. Permits shall be effective for a fixed term not to exceed five years. The Department may issue any permit for a lesser duration to provide for and assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the State and Federal Acts and regulations adopted thereunder. (2) Monitoring, Record Keeping, and Reporting Requirements. (a) A permit may contain monitoring requirements to assure compliance with permit limitations and to provide for and assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the State and Federal Acts and regulations adopted thereunder. The type, intervals, and frequency of monitoring shall be sufficient to yield data which are representative of the monitored activity including, when appropriate, continuous monitoring. (b) A permit may contain requirements to report monitoring results with a frequency dependent on the nature and effect of the discharge. (c) The permittee shall retain records of all required monitoring information for a period of three years from the date recorded unless extended by the Department. This period also shall be extended for the duration of any enforcement action. (3) Schedule of Compliance. A permit may, when appropriate, specify a schedule leading to compliance with the State and Federal Act and regulations adopted thereunder. Any such schedule shall require compliance as soon as possible. (4) Other Conditions. (a) In addition to the conditions established under 314 CMR 7.10(1) through (3), a permit may include other conditions as follows: 1. Requirements to control or abate the discharge of certain pollutants through the application of best management practices. 2. Requirements to prepare and submit periodic operating reports for pretreatment facilities. 3. Requirements governing the disposal of sludge from pretreatment facilities. 4. Requirements to implement the provisions of 314 CMR 12.00: Operation and Maintenance and Pretreatment Standards for Wastewater Treatment Works and Indirect Dischargers. (b) In addition to 314 CMR 7.10(4)(a)1. through 4. applicable to all permits [314 CMR 7.10(1) through (4)], the Department may establish other conditions relative to the design, construction or use of the Sewer Extension or Sewer Connection, as deemed necessary by the Department on a case by case basis: to provide for and assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the State and Federal Acts and regulations adopted thereunder; to assure that the discharge does not have a deleterious effect upon the treatment works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters: or to assure that the sewer user's activity does not pose a threat to public health or the environment, or create a public nuisance. These conditions may establish effluent limitations, standards and applicable pretreatment requirements (314 CMR 12.08: Prohibitions and Standards for Discharge to POTWs); the removal of an adequate amount of infiltration/inflow and/or the provision of funding and other arrangements to ensure the removal of an adequate amount of infiltration/inflow.