SECTION .0900 ‑ LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS

15A NCAC 02H .0901      PURPOSE

(a)  The rules in this Section are designed to implement North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.3(a)(14) and 143-215.1 and provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the "Clean Water Act" or "CWA") regarding the discharge of non-domestic wastewater into publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). They establish responsibilities of state and local government, industry, and the public to implement pretreatment standards to control pollutants that pass through or interfere with treatment processes in POTWs, may contaminate sewage sludge, or otherwise have an adverse impact on the POTW, its workers, or the environment.

(b)  Copies of rules and regulations referenced in this Section may be obtained from the Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Permitting Section, free of charge, at the following locations:

(1)           http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/percs/pretreatment-permits; and

(2)           the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources Offices of the Pretreatment¸ Emergency Response, and Collection Systems (PERCS) Unit

Physical Address: Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St.

Raleigh, N.C. 27604

Mailing Address: 1617 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑215.3(a)(14);

Eff. March 28, 1980;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2011; November 1, 1994; October 1, 1987; December 1, 1984;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2019.