R 323.2151 Review and reissuance of state and national permits.

Rule 2151. (1) Not less than 180 days before the expiration date of a state or national permit issued by the department pursuant to part 31 of the act and these rules, a permittee who wishes to continue the discharge of waste or wastewaters into the surface or groundwaters of the state or on the ground shall submit a written request to the department for reissuance. (2) After receipt of written request for reissuance of a state or national permit by a permittee, the department shall review the request, and before reissuing a permit shall be assured by the permittee of all of the following: (a) The permittee is in compliance with or has substantially complied with the terms, conditions, requirements, and schedules of compliance of the existing state or national permit. (b) The department has up-to-date information on the permittee's production levels, waste treatment practices, and the nature, contents, and frequency of the permittee's discharge. The information shall be available to the department either through the submission of new NPDES forms by the permittee or by means of monitoring records or reports submitted thereto pursuant to R 323.2155. (c) The discharge is consistent with applicable effluent standards and limitations, water quality standards, and other legally applicable requirements, including any additions to, or revisions or modifications of, the effluent standards and limitations, water quality standards, or other legally applicable requirements during the term of the permit. (3) The department shall follow the public notice and public participation procedures specified in R 323.2117 to R 323.2119 and R 323.2124 to R 323.2127 before any state or national permit is reissued pursuant to this rule. (4) A copy of a national permit reissued by the department shall be transmitted to the regional administrator with any other appropriate NPDES forms or other applicable information relating thereto.