SECTION 252:645-7-2. Septage treatment requirements

(a)   Ownership of property. Septage treatment facilities may only be located on property owned or leased by the licensed pumper and transporter seeking the permit to operate.

(b)   Operational requirements. The permittee shall ensure that the septage treatment facility is operated in compliance with the terms of the permit and the requirements of this Chapter. When in conflict, the terms of the permit shall supersede the requirements of this Chapter.

(c)   Unauthorized wastes. The permittee shall exclude portable toilet waste, marine toilet waste, holding tank waste, grease, unauthorized industrial wastewater, hazardous substances,and chemicals from the septage treatment facility.

(d)   Protection of potable water supplies. The permittee shall prevent cross-connections between wastewater and potable water supplies.

(e)   Discharges prohibited. The permittee shall operate and maintain the septage treatment facility so that no part of the facility bypasses or discharges wastes or wastewater. All such bypasses and/or discharges shall be considered a violation of this Chapter and be subject to enforcement as an unpermitted discharge to waters of the State in violation of the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act.

(1)   Reporting requirement. The permittee shall ensure that any and all bypasses and/or discharges from a septage treatment facility are reported to DEQ at [phone] within 24-hours of the incident and that a completed and signed DEQ Form 645-009 "Self Reporting Septage Bypass Form" is submitted to DEQ within five (5) days of the incident.

(2)   Required response. Whenever a bypass or discharge occurs, the permittee shall ensure that immediate action is taken to stop, contain, clean up and prevent recurrence of the bypass or discharge.

(f)   Treatment requirements. Septage must be treated as follows:

(1)   Effluent from the treatment process may be disposed of in accordance with 252:641, provided the facility:

(A)   generates less than or equal to five thousand (5,000) gallons of effluent per day;

(B)   produces effluent that:

(i)   has a BOD5 of not more than 250 mg/l; and

(ii)   has a TSS of not more than 150 mg/l.

(2)   Residuals from the treatment process shall be disposed of at a DEQ permitted municipal solid waste landfill in accordance with 252:515.

(3)   Facilities treating more than five thousand (5,000) gallons of septage per day must receive an individual permit from the Water Quality Division of the DEQ.

(g)   Testing requirements. The permittee must annually test treated effluent for BOD5 and the TSS, unless otherswise specified in the permit.

(h)   Record keeping. The permittee shall record the following information:

(1)   the date and volume of septage processed by the treatment facility;

(2)   the date and volume and location of final disposal of residuals;

(3)   any maintenance performed on the septage treatment facility; and

(4)   the results of any analyses of the treated effluent.

(i)   Additional reporting and/or sampling. DEQ may require additional reporting and/or sampling in any administrative order, closure plan, or other official document issued by DEQ.

(j)   Use of certified laboratories. All laboratory analyses required to be conducted pursuant to this Chapter shall be performed by laboratories certified by DEQ.

(k)   Separation Distances. Any septage treatment facility may not be located within:

(1)   one hundred feet (100') of a private water supply well, or surface waters (lakes, rivers, streams, intermittent streams, wetlands or ponds);

(2)   three hundred feet (300') of a public water supply well;

(3)   three hundred feet (300') of an occupied residence. If the residence is owned and occupied by the permitee, this separation distance does not apply;

(4)   fifty feet (50') of a property line;

(5)   a one hundred-year floodplain; or

(6)   five feet (5') of any potable water supply lines.

[Source: Added at 27 Ok Reg 2158, eff 7-11-10]