(A) Pretreatment of industrial wastes from major contributing industries prior to discharge to the treatment works is required and is subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (40 CFR 403), and Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants (40 CFR 136), in addition to any more stringent requirements established by the Town and any subsequent state or federal guidelines and rules and regulations.
(B) Whenever deemed necessary, as determined at the discretion of the Town and/or the Superintendent, the Superintendent may require users to restrict their discharge during peak flow periods, designate that certain wastewaters be discharged only into specific sewers, relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage waste streams from industrial waste streams, and such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the POTW and determine the user's compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(C) No user shall increase the use of process water or, in any way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in the federal categorical pretreatment standards, or in any other pollutant-specific limitation established by the Town.
(D) Any user discharging to the POTW greater than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day of process wastewater, or greater than (5%) of the average daily flow in the POTW, whichever is lesser, maybe required to install and maintain, on the user's property and at the user's expense, a suitable storage and flow control facility to insure equalization of flow over a twenty-four-hour (24-hour) period. The facility shall have a capacity for at least twenty percent (20%) of the daily discharge volume, and shall be equipped with alarms and a rate of discharge controller, the regulation of which shall be directed by the Superintendent. A discharge permit may be issued to any user solely for flow equalization.
(E) Industrial users with the potential to discharge flammable substances may be required to install and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter.
(F) Industrial users shall provide and maintain in safe and proper condition, on their own property and at their own expense, facilities to allow authorized representatives of the POTW or Control Authority to inspect, sample, or measure discharges subject to regulation pursuant to this ordinance. Such facilities shall have ample space to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis.
(G) Consistent noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements may be the basis for the Town determining that a user is not a responsible party, for the purpose of rejecting the user's bid for the sale of goods or services to the Town.
(`92 Code, § 9-39) (Ord. 96-54, passed 12-12-96; Am. Ord. 2011-06, passed 3-24-11) Penalty, see § 52.99