CHRONIC VIOLATIONS definition
CHRONIC VIOLATIONS. - means violations of pretreatment standards in which sixty six percent or more of all the measurements taken during a six month period exceed by any magnitude, the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter. When a User is providing continuous pH recording, a measurement equals any calendar month. A pH violation occurs when the recorded pH exceeds the alkaline limitations for more than 1 percent per month, or 7 hours 26 minutes, provided that no single excursion exceeds 1 hour in duration.
CHRONIC VIOLATIONS means violations of wastewater discharge limits in which 66 percent or more of all of the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a 6-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l).
CHRONIC VIOLATIONS. - means violations of pretreatment standards in which sixty-six percent or more of all the measurements taken during a six-month period exceed by any magnitude, the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter.