(A) Wastewater analysis. When requested by the town, a user or customer must submit information on the nature and characteristics of the user's or customer's wastewater. The town is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update the information. Failure to provide the information shall be reasonable grounds for denying or terminating service to the user or customer and shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
(B) Existing connections. Any user or customer required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit that was discharging wastewater into the wastewater system prior to the effective date of this chapter and that wishes to continue such discharges in the future, shall within 90 days after said date, apply to the town for an industrial wastewater discharge permit in accordance with this chapter and shall not cause or allow to continue after 180 days of the effective date of this chapter, except in accordance with an industrial wastewater discharge permit issued by the town.
(C) Existing connections. Any user or customer required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit that proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the wastewater system must obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this industrial wastewater discharge permit must be filed at least 60 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or commence.
(D) Contents.
(1) All users or customers required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit must submit a permit application.
(2) The town may require a user or customer to submit as part of an application the following information:
(a) The information required by §§ 51.120 et seq. of this chapter;
(b) A description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including a list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are or could accidentally or intentionally be discharges to the wastewater system;
(c) Number of employees, hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation;
(d) Each product produced by type, amount, process, or processes, and rate of production;
(e) Type and amount of raw materials processes (average and maximum per day);
(f) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, chemical storage areas, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation, and all points of discharge;
(g) Time and duration of discharges; and
(h) Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the town to evaluate the industrial wastewater discharge permit application.
(3) Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed but will be returned to the user or customer for revision.
(E) Signatories and certification. All industrial wastewater discharge permit applications and user or customer reports must be signed by an authorized signatory of the user or customer and contain the following certification statement:
“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 there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
(F) Decisions. The town will evaluate the date furnished by the user or customer and may require additional information. Within 60 days of receipt of a complete industrial wastewater discharge permit application, the town may determine whether or not to issue an industrial wastewater discharge permit. The town may deny any application for an industrial wastewater discharge permit.
(Ord. 99-04, passed 2-16-99)