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Coverage issued: October 28, 2021
<br />Permit expires: November 15, 2025
<br />M5400047
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<br />orders against the permittee. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(B)]
<br />26.4
<br />The General Permit does not convey a property right or an exclusive privilege. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(C)]
<br />26.5
<br />The Agency's issuance of a permit does not obligate the Agency to enforce local laws, rules or plans beyond that authorized
<br />by Minnesota statutes. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(D)]
<br />26.6
<br />The permittee must perform the actions or conduct the activity authorized by the permit in accordance with the plans
<br />and specifications approved by the Agency and in compliance with the conditions of the permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150,
<br />subp. 3(E)]
<br />26.7
<br />The permittee must at all times properly operate and maintain the facilities and systems of treatment and control and the
<br />appurtenances related to them which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of
<br />the General Permit. Proper operation and maintenance includes effective performance, adequate funding, adequate
<br />operator staffing and training, and adequate laboratory and process controls, including appropriate quality assurance
<br />procedures. The permittee must install and maintain appropriate backup or auxiliary facilities if they are necessary to
<br />achieve compliance with the conditions of the General Permit and, for all permits other than hazardous waste facility
<br />permits, if these backup or auxiliary facilities are technically and economically feasible. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(F)]
<br />26.8
<br />The permittee may not knowingly make a false or misleading statement, representation, or certification in a record, report,
<br />plan, or other document required to be submitted to the Agency or to the Commissioner by the General Permit. The
<br />permittee must immediately upon discovery report to the Commissioner an error or omission in these records, reports,
<br />plans, or other documents. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(G), Minn. R. 7001.1090, subp. 1(G), Minn. R. 7001.1090,
<br />subp. 1(H), Minn. Stat. 609.671]
<br />26.9
<br />When authorized by Minn. Stat. 115.04, 115B.17, subd. 4, and 116.091, and upon presentation of proper credentials, the
<br />Agency, or an authorized employee or agent of the Agency, must be allowed by the permittee to enter at reasonable times
<br />upon the property of the permittee to examine and copy books, papers, records, or memoranda pertaining to the activity
<br />covered by the General Permit; and to conduct surveys and investigations, including sampling or monitoring, pertaining to
<br />the construction, modification, or operation of the facility covered by the permit or pertaining to the activity covered by the
<br />General Permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(I)]
<br />26.10
<br />If the permittee discovers, through any means, including notification by the Agency, that noncompliance with a condition
<br />of the General Permit has occurred, the permittee must take all reasonable steps to minimize the adverse impacts on
<br />human health, public drinking water supplies, or the environment resulting from the noncompliance. [Minn. R. 7001.0150,
<br />subp. 3(1)]
<br />26.11
<br />If the permittee discovers that noncompliance with a condition of the General Permit has occurred which could endanger
<br />human health, public drinking water supplies, or the environment, the permittee must, within 24 hours of the discovery of
<br />the noncompliance, orally notify the Commissioner. Within five days of the discovery of the noncompliance, the permittee
<br />must submit to the Commissioner a written description of the noncompliance; the cause of the noncompliance; the exact
<br />dates of the period of the noncompliance; if the noncompliance has not been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected
<br />to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance.
<br />[Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(K)]
<br />26.12
<br />The permittee must report noncompliance with the General Permit not reported under item 26.11 as a part of the next
<br />report which the permittee is required to submit under the General Permit. If no reports are required within 30 days of
<br />the discovery of the noncompliance, the permittee must submit the information listed in item 26.11 within 30 days of the
<br />discovery of the noncompliance. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(L), Minn. R. 7090]
<br />26.13
<br />The permittee must give advance notice to the Commissioner as soon as possible of planned physical alterations or
<br />additions to the permitted facility (MS4) or activity that may result in noncompliance with a Minnesota or federal pollution
<br />control statute or rule or a condition of the General Permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp. 3(M)]
<br />26.14
<br />The General Permit is not transferable to any person without the express written approval of the Agency after compliance
<br />with the requirements of Minn. R. 7001.0190. A person to whom the permit has been transferred must comply with the
<br />conditions of the General Permit. [Minn. R. 7001.0150, subp.3(N)]
<br />26.15
<br />The General Permit authorizes the permittee to perform the activities described in the permit under the conditions of the
<br />General Permit. In issuing the permit, the state and Agency assume no responsibility for damage to persons, property, or
<br />the environment caused by the activities of the permittee in the conduct of its actions, including those activities authorized,
<br />directed, or undertaken under the permit. To the extent the state and Agency may be liable for the activities of its
<br />employees, that liability is explicitly limited to that provided in the Tort Claims Act, Minn. Stat. 3.736. [Minn. R. 7001.0150,
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