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Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit or categorical users submitting a baseline monitoring report shall submit the following information as required by 40 CFR 403.12 or by the WRA Director:
1. Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit must submit an application form prescribed by the WRA and accompanied by the application fee. All new significant users must submit such application 180 days prior to the date of any wastewater discharge.
2. Existing users subject to new NCPS must, within 180 days after the effective date of the standard, submit a baseline monitoring report prescribed by the WRA. New users subject to the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards must submit a baseline monitoring report prescribed by the WRA at least 90 days prior to commencement of discharge to the POTW. A baseline monitoring report shall include:
A. Name, address, and location of facility (if different from the mailing address).
B. Name of the operator and owners of the facility.
C. A list of all environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
D. A description of the operations including the average rate of production, applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, schematic process diagrams, and points of discharge to the POTW from regulated processes.
E. Daily average and daily maximum flow measurements for regulated process waste streams and nonregulated waste streams where necessary.
F. The categorical user shall identify the pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and shall submit the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration (or mass, where required) of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards from each regulated process.
G. The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample immediately downstream of any pretreatment facility or immediately downstream of each regulated process if no pretreatment exists and prior to mixing with other waste to compile that data necessary to comply with this requirement. If non-regulated wastewater is mixed with regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment, the user must measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula of 40 CFR 403.6(e) in order to evaluate compliance with pretreatment standards. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e), this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the WRA director. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with 40 CFR 136 or other verified method approved by the WRA director.
H. The time, date, and place of sampling, methods of analysis, and certification that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
I. Historical data may be allowed by the WRA director so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures.
J. Certification by an authorized representative of the user as referenced in Section 100.30 and certified to by a qualified professional indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet pretreatment standards and requirements.
K. If additional pretreatment or O&M will be required to meet pretreatment standards, requirements, discharge limits as set forth in Sections 100.09, 100.10 and 100.11 of this Article, or any other limit set by the WRA director, the user shall supply a compliance schedule indicating the shortest time schedule necessary to accomplish installation or adoption of such additional pretreatment or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions apply to this schedule:
(1) The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards. Such schedule shall include, where applicable, but shall not be limited to dates for the hiring of an engineer, completing preliminary plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, beginning operation, and conducting routine operations.
(2) No increment referred to in Subsection 2.K(1) of this Section shall exceed nine months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed 18 months.
(3) No later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the WRA director, including, at a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the WRA director.
L. A minimum of four grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organic compounds. For all other pollutants required, 24-hour composite samples must be obtained through flow-proportional composite sampling techniques where feasible. The WRA director may waive flow-proportional composite sampling for any user who demonstrates that flow-proportional sampling is not feasible. In such cases, samples may be obtained through time-proportional techniques or through a minimum of four grab samples where the user demonstrates that such sampling will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged.
3. New significant users not subject to categorical standards shall submit analysis of wastewater representative of the effluent discharged to the POTW as required in subsections 2.G-I of this Section for all parameters deemed necessary by the WRA director.
4. New or existing industrial users not subject to categorical pretreatment standards who fail to meet local, state, or federal pretreatment standards or other permit requirements on a consistent basis shall be subject to compliance schedules for additional pretreatment or O&M as outlined in subsection 2.K of this section.
5. All applications and reports must contain the certification statement and be signed in accordance with Section 100.30.
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Users subject to NCPS shall submit a report to the City or WRA Director containing the information described in subsection 100.20(2), within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable NCPS or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of discharge. Users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits shall provide a reasonable measure of the user's long-term production rate. For all other users subject to NCPS expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period. All reports must contain the certification statement and be signed in accordance with Section 100.30 of this chapter.
(Ord. 2118 - Sep. 22 Supp.)
Wastewater discharge permits shall include such conditions as are reasonably deemed necessary by the WRA Director to prevent pass through or interference, protect the quality of the water body receiving the POTW's effluent, protect worker health and safety, facilitate the WRA's sludge management and disposal program, and protect against damage to the POTW. The WRA Director may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(Ord. 2118 - Sep. 22 Supp.)
1. Limits on the average or maximum rate of discharge, time of discharge, or requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
2. Limits on the average or maximum concentration, mass, or other measure of identified wastewater constituents or properties.
3. Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology or construction of appropriate containment devices, etc., designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW.
4. Development and implementation of spill control plans or other special conditions including additional management practices necessary to adequately prevent accidental, unanticipated, or prohibited discharges.
5. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management of the wastewater discharged to the POTW.
6. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection, sampling, and flow monitoring facilities and equipment for each separate discharge into the POTW.
7. Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for tests, and reporting schedules.
8. Compliance schedules.
9. Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports and which may include production data.
10. Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge, as specified by the WRA Director, and affording the WRA Director or designated representatives access thereto.
11. Requirements for the notification of any substantial change in the manufacturing processes, pretreatment processes, quantity or quality of waste discharged to the POTW 90 days prior to such change. The WRA Director shall approve, deny, or condition a changed discharge prior to a change occurring in accordance with the provisions of Section 100.07(4) of this chapter.
12. Requirements for notification of excessive, accidental, or slug discharges.
13. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the WRA Director to ensure compliance with this chapter, and State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations.
14. A statement that compliance with the permit does not relieve the permittee of responsibility for compliance with all applicable Federal pretreatment standards, including those which become effective during the term of the permit.
Permits shall be issued for a specified period, not to exceed five (5) years. Permit fees shall be due annually to the WRA regardless of the term of permit. Permitted users shall apply for new permit by submitting a completed permit application a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit.
The WRA Director may modify the permit for good cause including, but not limited to, the following:
1. To incorporate any new or revised Federal, State, or local pretreatment standard or requirement (after becoming aware of more stringent standards or requirements, the WRA will update permits within 90 days).
2. Material or substantial alterations or additions to the dischargers’ operation processes, or discharge volume or character which were not considered in drafting the effective permit.
3. A change in any condition in either the industrial user or the POTW that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
4. Information indicating that the permitted discharge poses a threat to the POTW, to the City, the WRA, POTW personnel or the receiving water.
5. Violation of any terms or conditions of the permit.
6. Misrepresentation of or grant of variance from such categorical standards pursuant to 40 CFR 403.13.
7. To correct typographical or other errors in the permit.
8. To reflect transfer of the facility ownership or operation to a new owner/operator.
9. Upon request of the permittee, provided such request does not create a violation of any applicable requirements, standards, laws, or rules and regulations.
The filing of a request by the permittee for permit modification, revocation and reissuance, termination, or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any permit condition.
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