(a) All industrial users proposing to connect to or to discharge sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes to the sewage treatment system shall complete and file with the City an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit Application/Baseline Monitoring Report in the form prescribed by the City at least ninety days prior to connecting to the sewage treatment system. All existing users shall file an application for an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit with the City within ninety days of becoming subject to any Federal, State or local pretreatment standard. No discharge permit shall be issued unless and until the user has submitted to the City the following required information:
(1) Name, address and location of the user;
(2) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in this chapter, as determined by bonafide chemical and biological analyses. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the U.S. EPA and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended;
(4) Time and duration of discharges;
(5) 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;
(6) 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, as required to evaluate the wastewater discharge;
(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) 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 and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to comply with this chapter. The statement required by this subparagraph shall be certified by a qualified professional;
(9) Where additional pretreatment and/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 such additional pretreatment and/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 completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts 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 fourteen 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 such progress reports to the City.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and average rate of production related to the industrial wastewater discharges;
(11) Type and average amount of raw materials utilized per day relating to the industrial wastewater discharges;
(12) All industrial waste discharge permit applications shall be signed by a principal executive officer, general partner or a duly authorized representative responsible for the overall operation of the facility discharging wastes into the City Sewage Treatment System, which signatory shall be an appropriate "responsible party" as defined by Section 943.23(h). Every application shall also contain the certificate as specified in Section 943.23(h).
(b) The City shall evaluate the complete application and data furnished by the user and shall notify the user if the wastes proposed to be discharged are acceptable or unacceptable for discharge into the City sanitary sewer system, and also shall notify the user whether installation of pretreatment facilities or equipment shall be required. If installation of pretreatment facilities or equipment is required prior to the commencement of discharge, the applicant shall be required to obtain a Permit to Install (PTI) from the Ohio EPA before the issuance of a City Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit. If a PTI is not required, within ninety days of the filing of the application with the City, the City shall notify the applicant of its approval or rejection of the application either by issuance of an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit subject to the terms, conditions and/or limitations provided for therein, or by giving notice of the rejection of the application and the basis for such rejection. If a PTI is required, the City shall notify the applicant of the City's action upon the application within thirty days of the submittal to the City of the PTI issued by Ohio EPA.
(Ord. 182-91. Passed 11-18-91.)