---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 124.56"
title: "40"
number: "124.56"
heading: "Fact sheets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/124.56"
---

# §124.56. Fact sheets.


(Applicable to State programs, see [§ 123.25 (NPDES)](/cfr/40/123.25.md?p=NPDES).) In addition to meeting the requirements of [§ 124.8](/cfr/40/124.8.md), NPDES fact sheets shall contain the following:

- (a) Any calculations or other necessary explanation of the derivation of specific effluent limitations and conditions or standards for sewage sludge use or disposal, including a citation to the applicable effluent limitation guideline, performance standard, or standard for sewage sludge use or disposal as required by [§ 122.44](/cfr/40/122.44.md) and reasons why they are applicable or an explanation of how the alternate effluent limitations were developed.
- (b)
  - (1) When the draft permit contains any of the following conditions, an explanation of the reasons that such conditions are applicable:
    - (i) Limitations to control toxic pollutants under [§ 122.44(e)](/cfr/40/122.44.md?p=e) of this chapter;
    - (ii) Limitations on internal waste streams under [§ 122.45(i)](/cfr/40/122.45.md?p=i) of this chapter;
    - (iii) Limitations on indicator pollutants under [§ 125.3(g)](/cfr/40/125.3.md?p=g) of this chapter;
    - (iv) Limitations set on a case-by-case basis under § [125.3 (c)(2)](/cfr/40/125.3.md?p=c-2) or [(c)(3)](/cfr/40/125.3.md?p=c-3) of this chapter, or pursuant to [Section 405(d)(4)](/cfr/40/405.md?p=d-4) of the CWA;
    - (v) Limitations to meet the criteria for permit issuance under [§ 122.4(i)](/cfr/40/122.4.md?p=i) of this chapter, or
    - (vi) Waivers from monitoring requirements granted under [§ 122.44(a)](/cfr/40/122.44.md?p=a) of this chapter.
  - (2) For every permit to be issued to a treatment works owned by a person other than a State or municipality, an explanation of the Director's decision on regulation of users under [§ 122.44(m)](/cfr/40/122.44.md?p=m).
- (c) When appropriate, a sketch or detailed description of the location of the discharge or regulated activity described in the application; and
- (d) For EPA-issued NPDES permits, the requirements of any State certification under [§ 124.53](/cfr/40/124.53.md).
- (e) For permits that include a sewage sludge land application plan under [40 CFR 501.15(a)(2)(ix)](/cfr/40/501.15.md?p=a-2-ix), a brief description of how each of the required elements of the land application plan are addressed in the permit.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 38051, Sept. 26, 1984; 54 FR 18786, May 2, 1989; 65 FR 30912, May 15, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 38051, Sept. 26, 1984; 54 FR 18786, May 2, 1989; 65 FR 30912, May 15, 2000]