Section 309.242  Duration of Permits Issued Under Subpart B

a)         Construction permits for sewers and wastewater sources shall require that construction be completed within two years.  Construction permits for treatment works and pretreatment works shall require that construction be completed within three years.  In situations where the magnitude and complexity of the project require it, the Agency may issue a construction permit, requiring completion within a period not to exceed five years.

b)         No operating permit shall have duration in excess of five years.  All operating permits other than those issued under Section 309.203 for newly constructed sewers shall have a duration not to exceed five years.  The Agency may issue operating permits for a short a period of time as may be necessary in order to facilitate basin planning, to coordinate operating permits with future compliance deadlines, to maintain intensive control over new or experimental processes and to provide for emergency situations.