283.13 Effluent limitations.

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(1)Categories and classes of point sources. The department shall promulgate a list of categories and classes of point sources which is at least as comprehensive as the list appearing in section 1316

(A)of the federal water pollution control act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 to 1376 .

(2)Sources other than public treatment works. The discharge from any point source, other than a publicly owned treatment works or a source of storm water permitted under s. 283.33 , shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)Best practicable technology. The application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

(b)Requirements for certain pollutants. For pollutants identified under pars.

(c),

(d)and

(f):

a. The application of the best available technology economically achievable for a point source or a category or class of point sources which will result in reasonable further progress toward the national goal of eliminating the discharge of all pollutants as stated in the federal water pollution control act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 to 1376 ; or

b. The application of the best available technology which will result in the elimination of the discharge of all pollutants if the department finds on the basis of information available to it that the elimination is technologically and economically achievable for a category or class of point sources.

2. The application of any applicable pretreatment requirements or any other requirements under s. 283.21 to any point source discharging pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works.

(c)Certain toxic pollutants; compliance by July 1, 1984. Compliance with the effluent limitations under par.

(b)with respect to all toxic pollutants referred to in table 1 of committee print number 95-30 of the committee on public works and transportation of the U.S. house of representatives by no later than July 1, 1984.

(d)Other toxic pollutants; compliance within 3 years after limitations are established. Compliance with effluent limitations under par.

(b)with respect to all toxic pollutants included on the list promulgated under s. 283.21

(a)but which are not included in the table referred to under par.

(c)not later than 3 years after the date the effluent limitations are established.

(e)Conventional pollutants; compliance by July 1, 1984. The application of the best conventional pollutant control technology for pollutants identified under section 1314

(4)of the federal water pollution control act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 to 1376 by no later than July 1, 1984.

(f)Other pollutants. Compliance with effluent limitations under par.

(b)with respect to all pollutants not included under pars.

(c)to

(e)not later than 3 years after the date effluent limitations are established, but in no case before July 1, 1984 or after July 1, 1987.

(g)Certain innovative processes; compliance before July 1, 1987.

1. For a facility which proposes to comply with the requirements of par.

(b)by utilizing an innovative production process, innovative control technique or innovative system by a date established by the department after consulting with U.S. environmental protection agency but not later than July 1, 1987.

2. An innovative production process is a process to replace existing production capacity with a process which will result in an effluent reduction significantly greater than that required by the applicable effluent limitation and which moves toward the goal of eliminating the discharge of all pollutants.

3. An innovative control technique is a technique which has a substantial likelihood of enabling the facility to achieve a significantly greater effluent reduction than that required by the applicable effluent limitation and which moves toward the national goal of eliminating the discharge of all pollutants as stated under the federal water pollution control act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 to 1376 .

4. An innovative system is a system which has the potential for significantly lower costs than the systems which the department has determined to be economically achievable if the department determines that the system has the potential for industrywide application.

(3)Modifications.

(a)Maximum use of technology and reasonable progress. The department may modify the requirements of sub.

(f)in accordance with s. 283.63 for any point source for which a permit application is filed after July 1, 1977 if the owner or operator of the point source satisfactorily demonstrates to the department that the modified requirements will represent the maximum use of technology within the economic capability of the owner or operator and will result in reasonable further progress toward the national goal of elimination of the discharge of pollutants as stated in the federal water pollution control act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 to 1376 .

(b)Minimum compliance.