Reasonable potential definition
Reasonable potential means the likelihood of a pollutant to cause or contribute to an excursion of a water quality standard. For chemical-specific determinations, a grouping system for assessing whether to establish WQBELs as limits in NPDES permits consists of five categories that rank the reasonable potential.
Reasonable potential means a scenario with a credible chance of occurrence without considering extreme or highly unlikely circumstances.
Reasonable potential means the likelihood of a pollutant to cause or contribute to an excursion of water quality standards.
More Definitions of Reasonable potential
Reasonable potential means a process in which an effluent is projected or calculated to cause an excursion of a water quality criterion at the point of compliance in the receiving water based on a number of factors including, as a minimum, the four factors listed in 40 CFR 122.44(d)(1)(ii).
Reasonable potential under this chapter means that the depart- ment has determined, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 122.44 (d)(v) and based on a whole effluent toxicity performance standard, that the ef- fluent could cause in-stream toxicity in violation of WAC 173-201A-040(1).
Reasonable potential means causes, or has a reasonable potential to cause or contribute to an exceedance of a water quality criterion.