(a) No person shall discharge wastewater to any natural outlet within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, and/or to the wastewater treatment facilities as authorized by the City in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) All significant users proposing to connect or to contribute to the wastewater treatment facilities are required to file a disclosure statement and receive approval from the City. The following information must be supplied on the disclosure statement:
(1) Name, address and location (if different from the address);
(2) SIC number according to the SIC Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics;
(4) Time and duration of contribution;
(5) Average daily and peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation;
(7) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(8) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any City, State, or federal pretreatment standards and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O & M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(9) If additional pretreatment and/or O & M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this- schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard.
The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
A. 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 (e.g. hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
B. No increment referred to in subsection (b)(9)A. hereof shall exceed nine months.
C. Not later than fourteen days, following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date, and if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Superintendent.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production;
(11) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(12) Number and type of employees and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system; and
(13) Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The City will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the City may authorize the industry to discharge subject to the terms and conditions of this chapter.
(c) Any user subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards must submit within nine months a revised disclosure form of the information required by subsections (b)(8) and (9) hereof.
(d) Within ninety days following the date for final compliance with applicable National Pretreatment Standards or as required by the City, the industry shall submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants and the average and maximum daily flows for those processes which are limited by pretreatment standards or requirements.
(e) Any user subject to a pretreatment standard shall, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard, submit to the City during the months of June and December, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards.
(f) As ordered by the City, the owner or operator of any premises or facility discharging industrial wastes into the system shall install at his own cost and expense suitable monitoring equipment to facilitate the accurate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes. Such equipment shall be maintained in proper working order and kept safe and accessible at all times.
(g) The monitoring equipment shall be located and maintained on the industrial user's premises outside of the building. When such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, the City may allow such facility to be constructed in the public right of way, with the approval of the public agency having jurisdiction over such right of way, and located so that it will not be obstructed by public utilities, landscaping or parked vehicles.
(h) When more than one user can discharge into a common sewer, the City may require installation of separate monitoring equipment for each user. When there is a significant difference in wastewater constituents and characteristics produced by different operations of a single user, the City may require that separate monitoring facilities be installed for each separate discharge.
(i) Whether constructed on public or private property, the monitoring facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the City requirements and all applicable construction standards and specifications.
(j) Compliance determinations with respect to the prohibitions and limitations stated in Section 931.02 may be made on the basis of either instantaneous grab samples or composite samples of wastewater. Composite samples may be taken over a twenty-four hour period, or over a longer or shorter time span, as determined necessary by the City in order to meet the needs of specific circumstances.
(k) Laboratory analysis of industrial wastewater samples shall be performed in accordance with the current edition of "Standards Methods", "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Waste", published by the U.S. EPA or the "Annual Book of Standards, Part 23, Water, Atmospheric Analysis", published by the American Society for Testing and Materials. Analysis of those pollutants not covered by these publications shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA).
(l) Sampling of industrial wastewater for the purpose of compliance determination with respect to the prohibitions and limitations stated in Section 931.02 will be done at such intervals as designated by the City. All records of sampling and other information must be kept for a period of at least three years.
(m) Duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(n) Duly authorized City employees may obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry may withhold information considered confidential provided that the industry establishes that revealing such information to the public might result in an advantage to competitors.
(o) While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in subsection (j) hereof, the City or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises.
(Ord. 9(82-83). Passed 5-24-82.)