Facilities with active biosolids or septage management programs must submit an application for coverage under the statewide general biosolids permit.
To address specific local conditions, we can impose additional or more stringent requirements on a facility covered by the general biosolids permit. Depending on timing and the nature of operations, facilities need to submit a notice of intent (NOI) to be covered under the general permit and/or an application for coverage.
Public hearings may also be held for individual facilities. We will determine the need for a hearing on an individual facility proposals based on an overall assessment of the proposal, and with consideration to the level of interest.
Automatic approvals
Coverage for facilities that do not have active biosolids management programs will be in effect on the statewide general permit's effective date. Examples of facilities this would apply to include treatment works with lagoons that don't expect to remove biosolids, possibly for many years, and others that only send biosolids to other facilities for treatment. For those facilities without active biosolids programs, this will be the only notice. There may be additional notice for other facilities, later. Some proposals will include public hearings.