All applications, reports or information submitted to the city shall be signed and certified in accordance with the following requirements. Written designation of the signatory official must be received by the City Engineer prior to acceptance of any application or other required document.
(A) All permit applications shall be signed:
(1) For a corporation: by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president;
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively; or
(B) All other correspondence, reports and self-monitoring reports shall be signed by a person described above or by a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative only if:
(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specified either an individual or a position having facility or activity, such as the position of plant manager, superintendent or position of equivalent responsibility.
(C) Certification. Any person signing a document under this section shall make the following certification:
"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(s) 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."
(D) Annual certification for non-significant categorical industrial users. A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the City Engineer must annually submit the certification statement in accordance with 40 CFR 403.12.
(E) Certification of pollutants not present. Users that have an approved monitoring waiver based on § 53.094 must certify at least semi-annually that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its wastestream due to activities of the user. This certification statement is as given in 40 CFR 403.12(e)(2)(v).
(Ord. 477, passed 7-24-91; Am. Ord. B2011-14, passed 8-23-11)