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Proposed NPDES Permit

September 09, 2010

SUMMARY OF PRIMARY COMPONENTS

 

The NPDES permitting process has not been officially enacted as of 1-1-08. The following information is intended only as a guideline and may differ from the final permit requirements.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mark Gramley, Director of Environmental Health
David Remmert, Public Health Administrator
DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department
Phone: 217-762-7911 or 217-935-3427
Fax: 217-762-3422 or 217-935-4037

 

NPDES-National Pollution Discharge Elimination System.

 

Requirement for permit originates from the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972. ** this requirement for permit is not a Dewitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department or Illinois Department of Public Health mandate.

 

The NPDES Permit does not apply to subsurface private sewage disposal systems, only surface discharging types of septic systems. Approximately 150,000 existing surface discharging systems. Approximately 5,000 new surface discharging systems per year. Examples of surface discharging systems are sand filters and aerobic treatment units.

 

The homeowner would have to apply to the IEPA and receive the NPDES approval before a permit to construct a system can be approved by the health department. Owner must also sign a notice of intent to operate and maintain system.

 

There will not be a charge for obtaining the permit.

Each request for an NPDES will be required to go through a 30 day public comment period before being approved.

 

Owners will be required to provide proof of an active maintenance agreement. Requires 2 inspections per year by an individual licensed by the State. Inspections must include sampling and testing of the effluent by a certified lab. Non-compliant systems will have to be tested every 30 days until the system is again in compliance.

 

Permits are not transferable from owner to owner.

 

Owners who discharge pollutants to the surface of the ground or to waters of the state without an NPDES permit are in violation of the Clean Water Act and the Code of Illinois.

 

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