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))