Permits - General Requirements

(1) The permits required by 360 CMR 10.000 are in addition to permits that may be required by other federal, state, or local laws or regulations. The following permits are required by 360 CMR 10.000: (a) Sewer Use Discharge Permit. Any Person who directly or indirectly discharges Industrial Wastewater or other Industrial Waste to the Authority Sewerage System, or whose operation within the Authority Sewerage District (regardless of whether the operation discharges to the Authority Sewerage System) is subject to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, is required to have a Sewer Use Discharge Permit issued by the Authority and the appropriate Municipality, unless specifically exempted by 360 CMR 10.000 from the requirement to have a permit. This requirement to have a Permit includes Persons who discharge Industrial Waste into a septic or other holding tank whose contents are transported and discharged to the Authority Sewerage System. A Person issued a Group Permit, General Permit, or Combined Permit is not required to have a Sewer Use Discharge Permit for the discharge covered by the Group Permit, General Permit, or Combined Permit. (b) Septage Discharge Permit. Any Person who commercially pumps, transports, or discharges Septage and/or Industrial Waste mixed with Septage and who directly or indirectly discharges Septage and/or Industrial Waste mixed with Septage to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Septage Discharge Permit issued by the Authority. (c) Direct Connection Permit. Any Person seeking to make or modify a direct connection to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Direct Connection Permit for such a connection issued by the Authority. (d) Municipal Permit. Any Municipality that connects a Sewer to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Municipal Permit issued by the Authority. (e) Landfill Permit. Any Person who directly or indirectly discharges Landfill Leachate to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Landfill Permit issued by the Authority. (f) Temporary Construction Site Dewatering Permit. Any Person who directly or indirectly discharges Wastewater from a construction site to the Authority Sewerage System is required to have a Temporary Construction Site Dewatering Permit issued by the Authority and appropriate Municipality. (g) Group Permit. Any Person who is required to be covered by a Group Permit is required to have that Group Permit to discharge Industrial Waste directly or indirectly to the Authority Sewerage System. The following Group Permits are in effect: 360 CMR 10.061: Group Permit for Photo Processing and Printing Operations; 360 CMR