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7053.0260 EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES OF SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL, AND OTHER WASTES TO PROTECT INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION.
Subpart 1.
Scope.
The effluent limits in this part are in addition to the effluent limits specified elsewhere in this chapter. In the event of a conflict between this part and other applicable regulations, the more stringent requirement applies.
Subp. 2.
Definitions.
Definitions in parts 7050.0150, subpart 4, and 7053.0135 apply to this part.
Subp. 3.
Developing effluent limits to protect industrial consumption.
A.
The commissioner must use the procedures in Class 3 Translator Method, which is incorporated by reference in item D, to determine whether a discharger would cause or contribute to an impairment of the class 3 industrial consumption water quality standard.
B.
Water-quality-based effluent limits must protect water quality at the point at which water is withdrawn for industrial consumption at all flows at or above the specified low flows considered under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.285, subdivision 2, for consumptive appropriations.
C.
When the commissioner determines, using the procedures incorporated in item D, that a discharger requires a water-quality-based effluent limit to protect water used for industrial consumption, the commissioner must include an effluent limit in the discharger's control document.
D.
Class 3 Translator Method, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (April 2021), is incorporated by reference. The document is not subject to frequent change and is available at www.pca.state.mn.us/regulations/incorporations-reference.
History:
46 SR 5
Published Electronically:
July 23, 2021
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