at a specific place) or general (issued to an entire class of dischargers in a geographic location), see 40 C.F.R. §§ 122.21, 122.28(a)(2), 124.1-.21, 124.51-66. The permit here is a general permit. Permits can impose two different types of standards on discharges: (1) technology-based standards and (2) water quality-based standards. See 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(b)(1)(C) and (b)(2)(A), 1313, 1342(a). The 2013 YGP imposes both. a. Technology-Based Effluent Limits Technology-based effluent limits (“TBELs”) set effluent limitations on a point source based on how effectively technology can reduce the pollutant being discharged. See 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(b), (e), 1314(b); see also PUD No. 1 of Jefferson Cty. v. Wash. Dep’t of Ecology, 511 U.S. 700, 704, 114 S.Ct. 1900, 128 L.Ed.2d 716 (1994) (<HOLDING>). Congress designed this standard to be
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