921.17 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATION.

   (a)    Permit Required. It shall be unlawful to discharge Industrial Wastes to the POTW without first making application for and complying with requirements stipulated in a Wastewater Discharge Permit issued by the City.

   (b)   Application. All Significant Industrial Users, and other Users as may be required by the Director of Engineering, Utilities and Inspection, shall submit an application for a Wastewater Discharge Permit to the Director of Engineering, Utilities and Inspection at least 90 days prior to connecting to or discharging to the POTW. All existing Significant Industrial Users connected to or discharging to the POTW, and which have not previously applied for a Wastewater Discharge Permit, shall make application to the Director of Engineering, Utilities and Inspection for a Discharge Permit within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter. New Sources shall give estimates of the information requested in subsection (b) (4) through (7). Each application shall include:

      (1)   Name and address of applicant;

      (2)   A list of any environmental control permits held by the facility;

      (3)   A description of operations, including the nature, rate of production and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of the operation(s). This description shall include a schematic process diagram which indicates the point(s) of discharge to the POTW;

      (4)   Measured average daily and maximum flows of regulated process wastestreams and other regulated wastestreams;

      (5)   Results of sampling and analysis of regulated pollutants from each regulated process. For pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organics a minimum of four (4) grab samples must be analyzed. For all other pollutants a minimum of one (1) 24-hour composite sample must be obtained. Samples should be taken immediately downstream of pretreatment facilities if such exist, or immediately downstream of regulated processes if no pretreatment facilities exist. The samples shall be representative of the daily operations;

      (6)   Raw materials utilized and their amounts;

      (7)   Type and amount of product produced. For Industrial Users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established by the Director of Engineering, Utilities and Inspection, this report shall include a reasonable measure of the User's long term production rate. For Industrial Users subject to production based standards, this report shall include the User's actual production during the appropriate sampling period; 

      (8)   Where additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this Chapter, the discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest reasonable schedule by which the Discharger will provide such additional pretreatment according to the conditions in Section 921.20; and,

      (9)   The certification statement signed by an authorized representative as required in Section 921.19(d).

         (Ord. 1997-109. Passed 7-21-97; Res. 1998-196. Passed 10-12-98.)

   (c)   Permit Application Fees. The fee for the issuance of an initial Pre-Treatment Waste Water Discharge Permit is hereby set at five hundred dollars ($500.00), and the fee for the issuance of a Renewal of the Pre-Treatment Waste Water Permit each five years is hereby set at two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). (Ord. 1998-112. Passed 6-22-98.)