WORK IN OR NEAR WATER
WATER USE
DISCHARGE TO GROUND OR SURFACE WATER
| If you will |
You may need this permit/license |
| Discharge wastewater to a publicly owned
treatment facility |
Coordinate
w/WPC Pretreatment program and municipality |
| Discharge wastewater to surface water |
WPC NPDES Permit
WPC Non-Stormwater General Permits
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| Construct a subsurface sewage disposal
system |
GWP Subsurface Sewage
Disposal System Installer Permit |
| Discharge wastewater into a subsurface
system |
GWP Septic System
Construction Permit [Local program permits in eight counties :
Blount, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Sevier, Shelby and Williamson] |
| Discharge stormwater runoff from an industrial
or commercial facility |
WPC NPDES General
Permit for Industrial Stormwater (TMSP) |
| Discharge commercial or industrial wastewater
into a subsurface system |
DWS Underground
Injection Control (UIC) Permit |
| Collect or treat wastewater that does not
discharge to any surface or subsurface waters |
WPC State Operation
Permit |
| Remove and/or dispose of domestic septage
from septic tanks, holding tanks, portable toilets, etc. |
GWP Septic Tank
Pumping Contractor
GWP Domestic Septage Disposal Site Permit
|
| Operate a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
(CAFO) |
WPC Class II CAFO General
Permit
WPC NPDES Discharge Permit (for Class I operations)
|
| Discharge hydrostatic test water to the
waters of Tennessee |
WPC General NPDES
Permit for Discharges of Hydrostatic Test Water |
| Operate a ready mix concrete facility with
discharges of washwater, stormwater, or a no-discharge recycle system |
WPC NPDES Permit
for Discharges of Storm Water Runoff and Process Waste Water Associated
with Ready Mix Concrete Facilities |
| Discharge groundwater associated with remediation
of contaminated groundwater at an underground storage tank (UST) |
WPC General NPDES
Permit for Discharges of Treated Groundwater Associated with Underground
Storage Tank Remediation |
| Discharge filter backwash and sedimentation
basin washwater from water treatment plants to the waters of Tennessee |
General NPDES Permit
for Discharges of Filter Backwash and Sedimentation Basin Washwater
from Water Treatment Plants |
| Clear, grade, or excavate an area of 1
or more acres |
WPC Construction
Stormwater General Permit |
AIR
WASTE
| If you will |
You may need this permit/license |
| Generate more than 100 kg of hazardous
waste or more than 1 kg of acutely hazardous waste in any calendar
month |
SWM Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity/EPA identification number |
| Treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste |
SWM Hazardous Waste
Permit
APC Construction Permit
APC Operating Permit
|
| Transport hazardous waste |
SWM Hazardous Waste
Transporter Permit |
| Design, construct and/or operate a solid
waste landfill to take household, industrial, land clearing, landscaping,
and/or construction and demolition waste. |
SWM Landfill Permit |
| Collect, transport, process, and/or refine
used oil |
SWM Notification
for Used Oil Management |
| Dispose of special wastes such as sludge,
metal finishing residual, incinerator ash, process filters, medical
wastes, paint chips, or sandblast grind media |
SWM Special Waste
Approval |
| Operate a solid waste processing, collections,
and/or recycling facility including convenience center, tire storage,
or coal ash fill disposal |
SWM Permit-by-Rule
for Non-hazardous Solid Waste
|
| Land dispose of domestic septage from septic
tanks or other sewage treatment or disposal facilities |
GWP Domestic Septage
Disposal Site Permit |
| Install or permanently close an underground
storage tank |
UST Notification
General NPDES Permit for Discharges of Treated Ground
Water Associated with UST Remediation
|
| Own or operate a drycleaning facilities
or instate wholesale distribution facilities (IWDF). drycleaning solvents
and supplies. |
- DSF Drycleaner Environmental Response Program
Registration (DCERP)
|
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
LAND RESOURCES
| If you will |
You may need this permit/license |
| Own or operate a shale, barite, phosphate or clay surface
mine |
WPC Surface Mining Permit
WPC NPDES Permit
|
| Own or operate a coal mine |
WPC NPDES Permit |
| Own or operate a sand, limestone, gravel, dimension stone,
chert or marble quarry |
WPC NPDES Permit
WPC Surface Mining Permit (if located in Shelby
County)
APC Construction Permit (if processed
on site)
APC Operating Permit (if processed on
site)
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| Drill, deepen or reopen an oil and gas well |
TDG Oil and Gas
Well Permit |
| Drill any hole in excess of one hundred (100) feet for the
specific purpose of exploring for minerals, excluding oil and gas |
TDG Mineral Test Hole
Permit |
| Do significant work affecting federally controlled properties
(i.e. work in which federal funds are used, work requiring federally issued permits such
as USA COE Section 10 and Section 404 permits or TVA Section 26a permits) |
NEPA (National Environmental
Policy Act) Coordinate with Policy Office
Section 106 Review and Compliance
|
| Clear, grade, or excavate an area of 1 or
more acres |
WPC Construction
Stormwater General Permit |
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