Intermittent Discharges

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014733",
  "term": "Intermittent Discharges",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Facilities may have one or more outfalls that do not continuously discharge wastewater for one or more months. Some facilities may only discharge in emergency situations. Search Considerations: ICIS-NPDES has reporting parameters for discharge duration. However, not all permits require reporting of this information. If this information is not provided on a facility's DMR then the loading tool must assume the discharge occurred continuously for the entire monitoring period. Consequently, the tool may overestimate pollutant discharges for intermittent dischargers that only discharge in emergency situations (i.e., facilities with unscheduled limit sets). EPA will work with states to improve pollutant discharge calculations for these intermittent dischargers. These data are from ICIS-NPDES.",
  "subject": "Enforcement and compliance",
  "references": [
    "Glossary of Frequent Terms in the Loading Tool"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/intermittent-discharges/"
}