Pollutants of concern definition

Pollutants of concern or "POC" means total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total suspended solids.

Pollutants of concern means pollutants specifically identified in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved total maximum daily load report as causing a water quality impairment.

Pollutants of concern means a pollutant that is contributing to the impairment of a water body.

Examples of Pollutants of concern in a sentence

• Pollutants of concern are those pollutants for which the water body is listed as impaired and which contribute to the listed impairment.

• Pollutants of concern are those that either have technology-based limits or may need water quality-based limits.

• Pollutants of concern are those for which the water body is listed as impaired or has an approved TMDL.

• Pollutants of concern are those for which the water body is listed as impaired.Discharges of the pollutants of concern to impaired water bodies for which there is a TMDL are not eligible for coverage under this general permit unless they are consistent with the approved TMDL.

• Pollutants of concern (POCs) identified for the Chesapeake Bay include total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total suspended solids (TSS).

More Definitions of Pollutants of concern

Pollutants of concern or "POC" means total nitrogen and total phosphorus.

Pollutants of concern means a prioritized list of pollutants identified in the Ventura County SMP as requiring additional investigation.

Pollutants of concern means a prioritized list of pollutants identified in the SWMP as requiring additional investigation.

Pollutants of concern means biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), sediment or a parameter that addresses sediment (such as total suspended solids, turbidity, or siltation), pathogens, oil and grease, and any pollutant that has been identified as a cause of impairment of any water body that will receive a discharge from a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).

Pollutants of concern means pollutants that are anticipated in the effluent at a facility of this nature including, but not limited to, those listed in Part 2 of this permit; pollutants which a facility must monitor as part of a Waste Load Allocation (WLA) due to a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

Pollutants of concern means any pollutants that might reasonably be expected to be discharged to a publicly or privately owned treatment works in sufficient amounts to pass through or interfere with the works, contaminate sludge generated by the works, cause problems in the collection system of the works, or jeopardize the health of employees at the works and the public.

Pollutants of concern means chemical, physical, or biological components of stormwater that impair the beneficial uses of receiving waters, including those defined in the Federal Clean Water Act section 502(6 ) (33 United States Code section