API 4695 : 1999

UNDERSTANDING AND PREPARING APPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM FACILITY NPDES DISCHARGE PERMITS

American Petroleum Institute

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1 Introduction
2 NPDES Program Basic
3 Types of Permits
4 NPDES Permit Elements
5 Permit Applications
6 The Draft Permit
7 Hearings and Appeals
8 Variances
9 Tool Box
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Bibliography
Appendix 1 - EPA Correspondence on Baseline and Multi-Sector
             Storm Water General Permits
Appendix 2 - EPA Memo on Permit as Shield
Appendix 3 - Example of Standard Conditions in NPDES Permit
Appendix 4 - Individual Permit Application Forms
Appendix 5 - General Storm Water Permit NOI and NOT Forms
Table 3-1 - Examples of Types of Discharges Covered by General
            Permits
Table 3-2 - Petroleum Industry Sectors in the NPDES Multi-
            Sector Storm Water Permit
Table 4-1 - Outline of Standard Conditions of NPDES Permit
Table 5-1 - EPA Application Forms for Individual Permits
Table 5-2 - Contents of Form 1, General Information
Table 5-3 - Contents of Form 2C, Existing Facilities with
            Process Wastewater
Table 5-4 - Contents of Form 2D, New Facilities with Process
            Wastewater
Table 5-5 - Contents of Form 2E, Facilities with Only
            Nonprocess Wastewater
Table 5-6 - Contents of Form 2F, Storm Water from Industrial
            Activity
Table 5-7 - Subcategories of Petroleum Refining in National
            Effluent Guidelines
Table 5-8 - Example of Production Data for Petroleum Refinery
            With Petrochemical Operations
Table 5-9 - Example of Production Data for Petroleum Refinery
            With Petrochemical Operations
Table 6-1 - Reference Materials Commonly Used to Develop
            NPDES Permits
Table 6-2 - Information Typically Included in Fact Sheets
Table 8-1 - Factors Which may be Considered Fundamentally
            Different for an FDF Variance
Table 9-1 - Example Information and Instructions That Should
            be Given to a Laboratory When Requesting NPDES
            Analyses
Table 9-2 - Aquatic Species Used in Standardized Acute WET
            Tests
Table 9-3 - Aquatic Species Used in Standardized Chronic WET
            Tests
Table 9-4 - Examples of Allowable Mixing Zone Dilution
            (Default)
Figure 2-1 - Overview of the NPDES Permit Process
Figure 3-1 - Relationship Between General and Individual
             Permits
Figure 5-1 - Example of Flows, Sources of Pollution and
             Treatment Technologies Information for Section
             II.B, EPA Form 2C
Figure 9-1 - Normal Probability Plot of Effluent Flows
Figure 9-2 - Lognormal Plot of Effluent Vanadium Data
Figure 9-3 - Censored Lognormal Distribution of Effluent
             Vandadium Data
Figure 9-4 - Aquatic Life Mixing Zones
Examples
- Example of NPDES Permit Appeal
- Upper Confidence Limit on Effluent Flow
- Effluent Guideline Calculation of Permit Limits for a
  Petroleum Refinery
- Effluent Guidelines Calculation of Permit Limits for Storm
  Water at a Petroleum Refinery
- Example of WQBEL Calculations
- Alternative Analytical Method Case History
- Calculations for Toxicity Unit Limits
- Site-Specific Partioning Coefficients Case History
- WER Procedure for Alternative Water Quality Criterion for
  Aluminium

Abstract

Assists member companies and others in preparing applications and negotiating with permit authorities for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) permits. Gives permittees and permit applicants a detailed description of the NPDES permitting process, and opportunities in this process to provide data, analyses and information to assure that the final permit is equitable and has achievable limits and conditions.