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-moiNotimce of I DEPARTMENT OF To Continue/Obtain Coverage Under the New General ECOLOGY State of. Washington Permit for Biosolids Management You must complete and submit this form by March 9th, 2020. Purpose of this NOI The current General Permit for Biosolids Management expires on September 4, 2020. Ecology is issuing a new General Permit for Biosolids Management that will take effect after the current permit expires. The new permit will remain in effect for five years. All facilities required to be covered under the state biosolids permit program must complete and submit this NOI by the deadline (WAC 173-308-310(5)(a)) in order to continue uninterrupted permit coverage. Completion of this form includes signature by the facility's Responsible Official (generally not the operator). Failure to Respond If you fail to submit a completed NOI by the deadline, your permit coverage will expire on September 4, 2020. If your coverage expires, all activity must stop, you will be required to submit a new application, meet all associated administrative requirements, and pay an additional permit review fee (currently $2,868.28 as well as the cost of additional public notice. Who Needs to Respond? • All facilities that engage in the treatment, storage, land application, or disposal of septage and/or biosolids as applicable under chapter 173-308 WAC. • All publicly owned wastewater treatment works required to have NPDES or State Waste Discharge permits by the Ecology Water Quality program. • All privately owned wastewater treatment works that treat only domestic sewage with no industrial component. • All compost facilities that use biosolids as a feedstock unless approved for a solid waste permit only, under WAC 173-308-310(1)(a). • Any treatment works treating domestic sewage or designated as such, as defined in WAC 173-308-080. DEADLINE: You must complete and submit this form to Ecology by March 9th, 2020. See Submission Instructions below for further information. This form is also available online at: (https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/SummaryPages/ECY07030O.html) ECY 070-300 (Revised 1/20)