Kentucky Statutes 224.16-090 – Discharge permits requiring rapid and complete mixing — Permit application request requirement
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(1) As used in this section, “rapid and complete mixing” means the limited area surrounding or downstream from a wastewater discharge location where complete mixing of treated wastewater and receiving water occurs rapidly through the use of a submerged high-rate multi-port outfall structure.
(2) If a permit applicant specifically requests in an application for the issuance, modification, or renewal of a Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit that the cabinet take into account rapid and complete mixing occurring at one (1) or more of its wastewater outfalls, the cabinet shall apply rapid and complete mixing in establishing water quality-based effluent limitations and conditions for any discharge regulated under the Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the discharge occurs through a submerged high-rate multi-port outfall structure.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2023. — Created
2021 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 2, effective March 24, 2021.
(2) If a permit applicant specifically requests in an application for the issuance, modification, or renewal of a Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit that the cabinet take into account rapid and complete mixing occurring at one (1) or more of its wastewater outfalls, the cabinet shall apply rapid and complete mixing in establishing water quality-based effluent limitations and conditions for any discharge regulated under the Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the discharge occurs through a submerged high-rate multi-port outfall structure.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.16-090
- area: means any geographical area established or designated by the cabinet in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Effluent limitations: means any restrictions or prohibitions established under state
law which include, but are not limited to, effluent limitations, standards of
performance for new sources, and toxic effluent standards on quantities, rates, and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, and other constituents which are discharged into waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010 - Pollutant: means and includes dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, sewage sludge, garbage, chemical, biological or radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, soil, industrial, municipal or agricultural waste, and any substance resulting from the development, processing, or recovery of any natural resource which may be discharged into water. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 37, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2023. — Created
2021 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 2, effective March 24, 2021.