(A) Any user or customer who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the town, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities (in writing) of any discharge into the wastewater system of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). If the user or customer discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the wastewater system, the notification shall also contain the following information to the extent that such information is known and readily available to the user or customer: an identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes, an estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream discharged during the calendar month, and an estimation of the mass of constituents in the wastestream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months. All notifications must take place no later than 100 days after the discharge commences.
(B) In the case of any new regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous wastes or listing additional substance as a hazardous waste, the user or customer must notify the town, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
(C) In the case of any notification made under this chapter, the user or customer shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has been determined to be economically practical.
(D) This reporting requirement does not create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted to be discharged by this chapter, a permit issued thereunder, or any applicable federal or state law.
(Ord. 99-04, passed 2-16-99)
Cross-reference:
Administrative enforcement remedies, see §§ 51.040 et seq.