1. Wastewater discharge permits issued by the city shall be of two types:
a. Industrial wastewater discharge permits issued to CIUs and SIUs; and
b. Pollution prevention permits issued to other users.
2. No SIU shall discharge wastewater into the city’s sanitary sewer system without first having obtained an industrial wastewater discharge permit from the director.
3. No user required to obtain a pollution prevention permit shall discharge wastewater into the city’s sanitary sewer system without first having obtained a pollution prevention permit from the director.
4. The director may require other users to obtain industrial wastewater discharge or pollution prevention permits as necessary to carry out the requirements of this chapter. The primary criteria for the requirement of these permits for other users include, but are not limited to:
a. Users which have the potential to be regulated under the pretreatment program in the future;
b. Users which discharge a pollutant of concern; or
c. Users which discharge a substance regulated or proposed to be regulated pursuant to a narrative, numeric, or toxicity-based water quality criterion/objective of the CTR, NTR, or a water quality plan adopted or proposed to be adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to California Water Code section 13170.
5. Any new SIU or CIU proposing to discharge to, connect to, or to contribute to the city’s sanitary sewer system shall obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit before discharging to, connecting to, or contributing to the city’s sanitary sewer system. New SIU, CIU, and other new users required by the director to obtain a permit shall apply for the permit at least ninety (90) days prior to discharging to, connecting to, or contributing to the city’s sanitary sewer system. All existing SIUs or CIUs discharging, connecting to, or contributing to the city’s sanitary sewer system shall obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))