(A) Upon request of the county, any discharger or potential discharger of industrial wastes into the POTW may be required to submit plans, reports, questionnaires, notices, or analytical data to evaluate waste discharge characteristics and ensure compliance with this chapter. These may include baseline monitoring reports, compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, compliance schedule progress reports, violation reports, and notice of slug loadings, upset, bypass, or any other reporting requirement specified in 40 C.F.R. § 403.12. Reports shall be submitted to the county (and the Maryland Department of the Environment if required) at least once every six months or more frequently on dates specified by the county or the Maryland Department of the Environment.
(B) All industries subject to categorical pretreatment standards and all industrial users submitting self-monitoring reports shall include and sign the certification statement as required by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)(6). This statement is contained in 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(a)(2)(ii) and is as follows:
“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 or persons 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. All reports and certification statements must also be signed by an authorized representative as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 403.12(1).”
(2004 Code, § 181-26) (Ord. 57, passed 2-18-1986; Ord. 57-A, passed 10-5-1993)