Title 401 | Chapter 005 | Regulation 080


401 KAR 5:080.Criteria and standards for the Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

Section 1.

Definitions. Definitions established in 40 C.F.R. 122.2 shall apply for the interpretation of the federal regulations cited within this administrative regulation.

Section 2.

Criteria and standards for technology-based treatment standards shall be as established in:

(1)

40 C.F.R. 125.1;

(2)

40 C.F.R. 125.2; and

(3)

40 C.F.R. 125.3.

Section 3.

Criteria for issuance of permits to aquaculture projects shall be as established in:

(1)

40 C.F.R. 125.10; and

(2)

40 C.F.R. 125.11.

Section 4.

Criteria and standards for determining fundamentally different factors shall be as established in:

(1)

40 C.F.R. 125.30;

(2)

40 C.F.R. 125.31; and

(3)

40 C.F.R.125.32.

Section 5.

Criteria for determining alternative effluent limitations for the control of a thermal component of a discharge shall be as established in:

(1)

40 C.F.R. 125.70;

(2)

40 C.F.R. 125.71;

(3)

40 C.F.R. 125.72; and

(4)

40 C.F.R. 125.73.

Section 6.

Special KPDES program requirements related to new sources and new discharges shall be as established in 40 C.F.R. 122.29.

Section 7.

Toxic pollutants shall be as established in 40 C.F.R. 401.15..

Section 8.

The level of effluent quality attainable through the application of secondary or equivalent treatment shall be as established in:

(1)

40 C.F.R. 133.100;

(2)

40 C.F.R. 133.101;

(3)

40 C.F.R. 133.102;

(4)

40 C.F.R. 133.103;

(5)

40 C.F.R. 133.104; and

(6)

40 C.F.R. 133.105.

Section 9.

Modifications, Exceptions, and Additions to Cited Federal Regulations.

(1)

"Waters of the United States" shall be modified to "Waters of the Commonwealth" in the federal regulations cited in this administrative regulation;

(2)

"Director" shall be modified to "cabinet" in the federal regulations cited in this administrative regulation;

(3)

"NPDES" shall be modified to "KPDES" in the federal regulations cited in this administrative regulation; and

(4)

The notification requirements related to applications for a thermal variance shall be modified to add the notification of interstate agencies in 40 C.F.R. 125.72(d).

HISTORY: (9 Ky.R. 879; 1141; eff. 6-1-1983; 12 Ky.R. 559; eff. 12-10-1985; 20 Ky.R. 3290; 21 Ky.R. 436; eff. 8-24-1994; TAm eff. 8-9-2007; 35 Ky.R. 2559; 36 Ky.R. 403; eff. 9-25-2009; 44 Ky.R. 2625; eff. 11-1-2018.)

7-Year Expiration: 11/1/2025

Last Updated: 12/15/2021


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