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Permit No. VA0088641
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8. Any steps planned or taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent a recurrence of the present discharge or any future
discharges not authorized by this state permit.
9. Discharges reportable to the Department under the immediate reporting requirements of other regulations are
exempted from this requirement.
H. REPORTS OF UNUSUAL OR EXTRAORDINARY DISCHARGES
If any unusual or extraordinary discharge including “bypass“ or “upset“, as defined herein, should occur from a
facility and the discharge enters or could be expected to enter surface waters, the permittee shall promptly notify,
in no case later than 24 hours, the Department by telephone after the discovery of the discharge. This notification
shall provide all available details of the incident, including any adverse effects on aquatic life and the known number
of fish killed. The permittee shall produce a written report and submit it to the Department within five days of
discovery of the discharge in accordance with Part III.I.2. Unusual and extraordinary discharges include but are not
limited to any discharge resulting from:
1. Unusual spillage of materials resulting directly or indirectly from processing operations;
2. Breakdown of processing or accessory equipment;
3. Failure or taking out of service some or all of the facilities; and
4. Flooding or other acts of nature.
I. REPORTS OF NONCOMPLIANCE
The permittee shall report any noncompliance, which may adversely affect surface waters or may endanger public
health.
1. A report shall be provided within 24 hours to the Department from the time the permittee becomes aware of the
circumstances. The following shall be included as information, which shall be reported within 24 hours under
this paragraph:
a) Any unanticipated bypass; and
b) Any upset which causes a discharge to surface waters.
2. A written report shall be submitted within 5 days and shall contain:
a) A description of the noncompliance and its cause;
b) The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times, and if the noncompliance has not been
corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue; and
c) Steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance.
The Department or its designee may waive the written report on a case-by-case basis for reports of
noncompliance under Part III.I if the oral report has been received within 24 hours and no adverse impact
on surface waters has been reported.
3. The permittee shall report all instances of noncompliance not reported under Part III.I.2 in writing at the time the
next monitoring reports are submitted. The reports shall contain the information listed in Part III.2.
NOTE: The immediate (within 24 hours) reports required in Parts III G, H and I may be made to theJump to an indexed page (43 of 43)