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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.
The WRA Director may deny a permit to any user whose discharge of material to POTW, whether shown upon application, including test results submitted by applicant, or determined after inspection and testing conducted by the WRA or its operating contractor, is not in conformity with this chapter or whose application is incomplete or does not comply with the requirements of Section 100.20.
Periodic compliance reports are required as follows:
1. Significant users shall submit to the WRA Director, during the months of January and July, a report indicating the nature, concentration, and flow of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by permit or pretreatment standards for the preceding six month period. This report shall include a record of the monthly average flows and the daily flow for each analysis date during the reporting period. At the discretion of the WRA Director and in consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the or WRA Director may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted. More frequent reports may be required by the WRA Director.
2. The WRA Director may impose mass limitations on users. In such cases, the report required by the above paragraph shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by pretreatment standards in the effluent of the user. All analyses shall be performed using EPA approved methods using sampling techniques approved by IDNR.
3. Users shall meet the certification and signatory requirements in Section 100.30 for each report submitted under this section. Where the WRA itself collects all the information required for the report, including flow data, the industrial user will not be required to submit a periodic compliance report.
4. Users must notify the WRA of all violations identified as a result of self-monitoring by telephone, during normal business hours, within 24 hours of the time the User becomes aware of such violation. The user must also submit the results of repeat analyses to the WRA within thirty (30) days after becoming aware of the violation together with a complete report on all steps taken to resolve the violation. The user need not repeat the analyses if:
A. The WRA performs sampling of the industrial user at a frequency of at least once per month, or
B. The WRA performs sampling of the user between the time when the user performs its initial sampling and the time when the user receives the results of this sampling.
5. Users who monitor any pollutant more frequently than required or who self-monitor in addition to WRA monitoring, using EPA methods or standard methods, shall report the monitoring results to the POTW in accordance with this section.
1. All applications or reports submitted by a user shall contain the following certification statement:
“I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.”
2. All applications and reports shall be signed by an authorized representative of the user as defined in Section 100.01. Users shall maintain a current and accurate authorization on file with the WRA Director.
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