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Permit Number: 1500A Expiration Date: 6/30/2000 Page 5 of 10 Pages SCHEDULE F NPDES GENERAL CONDITIONS SECTION A. STANDARD CONDTTIONS Dutv to Comply The permittee must com 1y with all condirions of this permit. Any permit noncompliance consritutes a violarion of Oregon Revised Statutes ~ORS) 468B.025 and is grounds for enforcement acnon; for permit termination, suspe~sion, or modification; or for denia of a permit renewal application. 2. Penalties for Water Pollution'and Permit Condirion Violations Oregon Law (ORS 468.140) allows the Director to impose civil penalties up to $10,000 per day for violation of a term, condirion, or requirement of a permit. Under ORS 4E8.943, unlawful water pollutior.•., if co~r,r:itte~ ~~ a pe:son ~vitn criminal iiegligence, s punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. Each day on wtuch a violation occurs or continues is a separately punishable offense. Under ORS 468.946, a person who laiowin~gly discharges, places or causes to be placed any waste into the waters of the state or in a location where the waste is likely to escape into the waters of the state, is subject to a Class B felony punishable by a fine not to exceed $200,000 and up to 10 years in prison. Dutv to Mitigate The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any discharge or sludge use or disposal in violarion of this permrt which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting human health or the environment. In addirion, upon request of the Deparnnent, the permittee shall correct any adverse unpact on the environment or human health resulhng from noncompI~ance with ihis permit, including such accelerated or addirional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncomplymg discharge. Duty to Reapply If the permittee wishes to continue an activity regulated by this permit after the expirarion date of this permit, the « permittee must apply for and have the permit renewed. The applicahon shall be submitted at least 180 days before the expiration date of th~s permit. The Director may grant permission to submit an application less than 180 days in advance but no later than the permit expiration date. Permit Actions This permit may be modified, suspended, revoked and reissued, or terminated for cause including, but not limited to, the following: a. Violarion of any term, condirion, or requirement of this permit, a rule, or a statute; b. Cbtair~ing this per~nit by misrepreseatarioa or fau~.:re ±o ~sclose fi,~lly all ~aterial fact~; or c. A change in any condirion that requues either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge. The filing of a request by the permittee for a permit modification or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any permrt condinon. Toxic Pollutants The permittee shall comply with any applicable effluent standards or prohibitions established under Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants withm the time provided in the regulations that establish those standards or prohibitions, even if the permit has not yet been modified to uicorporate the requuement. 7: Proaertv RiQhts The issuance of this permit does not convey any property righs of any sort, or any exclusive privilege. 8. Permit References Except for effluent standards or prohibitions established under Secrion 307(a) of the Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants and standards for sewage sludge use or disposal established under Secrion 405(d) of the Clean Water Act, all rules and statutes referred to in this permit are those in effect on the date this permit is issued. ' SECTION B. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF POLLUTION CONTROLS