(A) All industrial users proposing to connect to or to discharge sewage, industrial wastes, and other wastes to the sewage treatment works shall complete and file with the city, a permit application in the form prescribed by the city. Existing industrial users shall file an application within 30 days after receiving an official request by the Director to do so, and proposed new users shall file an application at least 90 days prior to connecting to the sewage treatment works. No discharge permit shall be issued unless and until the user has submitted to the city the following required information.
(1) Disclosure of name, address, and location of the user.
(2) Disclosure of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended.
(3) Disclosure of wastewater constituents and pretreatment or operations and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in this chapter, as determined by bona fide chemical and biological analyses. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the USEPA and contained in 40 CFR 136, as amended.
(4) Disclosure of time and duration of discharges.
(5) Disclosure of average daily and instantaneous peak wastewater flow rates, in gallons per day, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any. All flows shall be measured unless other verifiable techniques are approved by the city due to cost or nonfeasibility.
(6) Disclosure of site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, inspection manholes, sampling chambers, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation.
(7) Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or may be discharged to the sewers or works of the city.
(8) Disclosure of the nature and concentration of any pollutants or materials prohibited by this chapter in the discharge, together with a statement regarding whether or not compliance is being achieved with this chapter on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance activities or additional pretreatment is required for the user to comply with this chapter.
(9) New sources, as defined in § 50.001, shall include information on any pretreatment methods they intend to use.
(10) Where additional pretreatment or operations and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this chapter, the user shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment or implementation of additional operational and maintenance activities.
(a) The schedule shall contain dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to comply with the requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, dates relating to hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, and all other acts to achieve compliance with this chapter.
(b) Under no circumstances shall the city permit a time increment for any single step directed toward compliance which exceeds nine months.
(c) Not later than 14 days following each completion date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the city, including no less than a statement as to whether or not it complied with the increment of progress represented by that 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 approved schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between the progress reports to the city.
(11) Disclosure of each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production.
(12) Disclosure of the type and amount of raw materials utilized, average and maximum per day.
(13) All disclosure forms shall be signed by a principal executive of the user, as defined in § 50.001 (responsible corporate official) and a qualified engineer licensed to practice in the state.
(B) The city will evaluate the complete application and data furnished by the user. Within 30 days and after full evaluation, the city will notify the user of the city's acceptance by issuing a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions or limitations provided for herein or rejection thereof and the basis therefor.
(Ord. 64-92, passed 8-10-92)