Section 0400-40-05-.04 - PROHIBITIONSNo permits shall be issued authorizing any of the following discharges:
(1) The discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent;(2) The discharge of radioactive waste into waters (though this does not prohibit radioactivity from authorized discharges provided such discharge is in accordance with state water quality standards);(3) Any discharge that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the chief of engineers, finds would substantially impair anchorage and navigation;(4) Any discharge to which the Regional Administrator has objected in writing in a timely fashion according to Section 402(d)(2) of the federal CWA;(5) Any discharge from a source with effluent limitations less stringent than those included in an approved area-wide waste treatment management plan;(6) When the conditions of the permit do not provide for compliance with the applicable requirements of either the federal CWA or the Act; or(7) To a new source or a new discharger, if the discharge from its construction or operation will cause or contribute to the violation of water quality standards.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-40-05-.04
Original rule filed November 20, 2013; effective February 18, 2014. Amendments filed February 14, 2022; effective 5/15/2022.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq. and 69-3-101, et seq.