J- -07 MDE STATE DISCHARGE PERMIT

Aug 1, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

Mr. Rodney Miley, Utilities and Energy Management Branch Manager Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis WWTP
Public Works Department Annapolis – Environmental Division 181 Wainwright Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
RE: Discharge Permit for NSA Annapolis WWTP {located at 107 NS Carr Creek Road, Annapolis, MD 21402}State Discharge Permit 20-DP-2534; NPDES Permit MD0023523 Dear Mr. Miley:
Enclosed is the above discharge permit with the effective date indicated on the cover page. The permittee is responsible for complying with all permit conditions. You are therefore advised to read the permit carefully and become thoroughly familiar with the requirements in order to maintain compliance with the permit.
Your facility has been approved by MDE to electronically submit Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) through NetDMR. Therefore you are required to submit monthly DMRs by the 28th of the following month and all other documents as listed in the discharge permit electronically through NetDMR. Should you encounter problems in electronic submission for any month, please consult the MDE’s Compliance Program by calling at (410) 537-3510 to avoid missing the deadline for submission of the above stated documents.
Also, enclosed please find the following documents for your future reference pertaining to the above discharge permit:
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A copy of the Federal Register published on May 19, 2021, with final rule to update the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, Part 136 - "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants" which is in effect from July 19, 2021. For future reference, please be advised to visit the U.S Government Publishing Office (USGPO) website https://mdewwp.page.link/40CFR136 (this link is case-sensitive) regularly to obtain updated guidelines. Unless otherwise specified, the most updated guidelines in 40 CFR Part 136 are required to be used for the analyses of pollutants specified in this permit.

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A copy of the table of the Minimum Monitoring Requirements.

Rodney Miley

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A copy of transmittal cover sheet for the WWTP Effluent Toxic Chemical Monitoring Data.

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A copy of the most updated Department's "Toxic Pollutant Monitoring Protocol and Reporting Requirements for Toxic Chemical Testing Analytical Data, as amended” which can be downloaded from Department’s website link: https://mdewwp.page.link/Biomonitoring (this link is case-sensitive).

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A copy of the most updated Department’s “Effluent Biotoxicity Testing Protocol for Industrial