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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))
Users required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge or pollution prevention permit shall complete and file with the director an application, in the form prescribed by the director, accompanied by a fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council.
Permit applicants must submit the following information on their permit application form:
1. Identifying information:
a. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator(s) and owner(s);
b. Contact information, description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises;
c. Standard industrial classification number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
2. Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
3. Description of operations:
a. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production (including each product produced based on product type, amount, processes, and rate of production), and standard industrial classification(s) of operation(s) carried out by the user. This description should include a schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the city’s sanitary sewer system from regulated processes;
b. Types of wastes generated and a list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally, be discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system;
c. Number and type of employees, and proposed or actual hours of operation (i.e., the hours when the premises are physically occupied);
d. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
e. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation, and all points of discharge;
4. Time and duration of discharges;
5. The location for all monitoring all wastes covered by the permit;
6. Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow (in gpd) to the city’s sanitary sewer system from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula (40 CFR Part 403.6(e));
7. Measurement of pollutants:
a. The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and any new categorically-regulated processes for existing sources;
b. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the director, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process;
c. Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required;
d. Samples shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with approved methods. Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in section 15.40.430 of this chapter. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the director or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standards;
8. Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge based on section 15.40.330(2) of this chapter.
9. Any other information as may be deemed by the director to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))
All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports, and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the user 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 that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.”
Annual Certification for Non-Significant Categorical Industrial Users - A facility determined to be a NSCIU by the director pursuant to section 15.40.010(70)(c) must annually submit the following certification statement signed by the authorized representative. This certification must accompany an alternative report required by the director:
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR Part ___ [specify applicable National Pretreatment Standard part(s)], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and believe that during the period from _____ to _____ [months, dates, year]:
1. The facility described as _____ [facility name] met the definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as defined in section 15.40.010(70)(c);
2. The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards and Requirements during this reporting period; and
3. The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
This compliance certification is based on the following information:
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Certification of Pollutants Not Present - Users that have an approved monitoring waiver based on section 15.40.330(2) must certify on each report with the following statement that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its wastestream due to the activities of the user:
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the Pretreatment Standard for 40 CFR Part ___ [specify applicable National Pretreatment Standard part(s)], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there has been no increase in the level of _____ [list pollutant(s)] in the wastewaters due to activities at the facility since the filing of the last periodic report under section 15.40.330(2).
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))
The director shall evaluate the information and data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of a completed application and after evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the director may issue the wastewater discharge permit subject to appropriate conditions or may deny the permit application. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))
Industrial wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to the provisions of this chapter, use charges and fees established by the city, and all other applicable statutes and regulations. Industrial wastewater discharge permits shall contain the following:
1. A statement that indicates the permit issuance date, expiration date, and effective date. The permit duration shall not to exceed five (5) years;
2. A statement of non-transferability;
3. A statement that the unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees, including sampling fees, for the wastewater to be discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system may be amended by the city council;
4. Requirements for installation, and maintenance of pretreatment technology, pollution control or containment devices, and inspection and sampling facilities;
5. Effluent limits, including BMPs, based on applicable pretreatment standards or requirements;
6. Limits on the average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
7. Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification, and recordkeeping requirements. These requirements shall include an identification of pollutants (or BMPs) to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, and sample type based on federal, state, and local law and whether such monitoring is to be performed by the user;
8. Requirements for notification to the city of any new wastewater constituents discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system;
9. Requirements for maintaining and retaining records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the city, and affording city personnel access thereto;
10. A statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties for any violation of pretreatment standards and requirements, or any applicable compliance schedule. Such schedule may not extend the time for compliance beyond that required by applicable federal, state, or local law;
11. Requirements for the development and implementation of an accidental spill and slug discharge control plans or other special conditions including management practices necessary to adequately prevent accidental, unanticipated, or non-routine discharges, if determined by the director to be necessary;
12. The process for seeking a waiver from monitoring for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge in accordance with section 15.40.330(2);
13. Any grant of the monitoring waiver by the director must be included as a condition in the permit; and
14. A statement that compliance with the permit does not relieve the user of responsibility for compliance with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements, including those which become effective during the term of the industrial wastewater discharge permit.
An industrial wastewater discharge permit may contain the following:
1. Development and implementation of waste minimization plans to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system;
2. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities and equipment, including flow measurement devices; and
3. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the director to ensure compliance with this chapter and state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))
Pollution prevention permits shall be expressly subject to the provisions of this chapter, use charges and fees adopted by the city, and all other application statutes and regulations. Pollution prevention permits shall contain the following:
1. A statement that indicates the permit issuance date, expiration date, and effective date. The permit duration shall not to exceed five (5) years;
2. A statement of non-transferability;
3. A statement that the unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees, including sampling fees, for wastewater to be discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system may be amended by the city council;
4. Requirements for implementation of BMPs and inspection and sampling facilities;
5. Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification, and recordkeeping requirements. These requirements shall include an identification of pollutants (or BMPs) to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, sample type based on federal, state, and local law, and whether such monitoring is to be performed by the user;
6. Requirements for notification to the city of any new wastewater constituents discharged to the city’s sanitary sewer system;
7. Requirements for maintaining and retaining records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the city, and affording city personnel access thereto;
8. A description of the mechanism for reclassifying a user requiring a pollution prevention permit to a user requiring an industrial wastewater discharge permit;
9. A statement that compliance with the permit does not relieve the user of responsibility for compliance with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements, including those which become effective during the term of the industrial wastewater discharge permit; and
10. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the director to ensure compliance with this chapter and state and federal laws and regulations.
(Ord. 2481 §1 (part))
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