Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit or submitting a baseline monitoring report shall submit the following information as required by 40 CFR 403.12 or by the WRA Director:
A. Requirements: Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit must submit an application form prescribed by the WRA and accompanied by the application fee. All new significant users must submit such application one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of any wastewater discharge. Existing users subject to new National Categorical Pretreatment Standards must, within one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the standard, submit such an application. The following information is required:
1. Name, address, and location of the facility, if different from the mailing address.
2. The name of a person or agent authorized to accept legal service of process.
3. Standard industrial classification (SIC) code of both the industry as a whole and any processes for which National Categorical Pretreatment Standards have been promulgated and a list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
4. Wastewater constituents and characteristics including any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any Federal, State or local standards with sampling and analysis performed in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency approved methods, and meeting the following requirements:
a. The user shall identify the pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process if the user is a categorical user.
b. All samples shall be representative of daily operations.
c. A minimum of four (4) grab samples, if required, must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organics. For all other pollutants required, twenty four (24) hour composite samples must be obtained through flow- proportional composite sampling techniques where feasible. The WRA Director may waive flow-proportional composite sampling for any user who demonstrates that flow-proportional sampling is not feasible. In such cases, samples may be obtained through time- proportional techniques or through a minimum of four (4) grab samples where the user demonstrates that such sampling will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged.
d. Where the flow of the stream being sampled is less than or equal to two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) gallons per day, the user must analyze three (3) samples within a two (2) week period. Where the flow of the stream being sampled is greater than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) gallons per day, the user must analyze six (6) samples within a two (2) week period.
e. Samples must be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment facilities if such exist or immediately downstream from the regulated process if no pretreatment exists and prior to mixing with other waste. If non-regulated wastewater is mixed with regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment, the user must measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula of 40 CFR 403.6(e) in order to evaluate compliance with pretreatment standards. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e), this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the WRA Director. Users not subject to categorical standards shall submit analysis of wastewater representative of the effluent discharged to the POTW.
f. The WRA Director may allow the submission of an application which utilizes only historical data so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for pretreatment.
g. A statement indicating the time, date and place of sampling, methods of analysis, and certifying that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW shall accompany each application/baseline monitoring report unless such sampling and analysis was performed by WRF.
5. Time and duration of all discharges.
6. Daily maximum, daily average, and monthly average wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any.
7. Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes at the site, including a list of all raw materials and chemicals used at the facility which are or could accidentally or intentionally be discharged to the POTW.
8. The site plans, floor plans and mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location and elevation. The plans shall include a schematic process diagram which indicates all points of discharge to the POTW. All plans must be certified for accuracy by a professional engineer registered in the State.
9. Each product produced by type, amount, process and rate of production.
10. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day).
11. Number and type of employees and hours of operation and proposed or actual hours of operation of the pretreatment facility.
12. A statement, reviewed by an authorized representative of the user and certified to by a professional engineer registered in the State, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not whether additional operation and maintenance or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet pretreatment standards and requirements.
13. If additional pretreatment or O&M will be required to meet pretreatment standards or requirements, the user shall supply a compliance schedule indicating the shortest time schedule necessary to accomplish installation or adoption of such additional pretreatment or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions apply to this schedule:
a. The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards. Such schedule shall include, where applicable, but shall not be limited to dates for the hiring of an engineer, completing preliminary plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, beginning operation, and conducting routine operations.
b. No increment referred to in subsection A13a of this section shall exceed nine (9) months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed eighteen (18) months.
c. No later than fourteen (14) days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the WRA Director, including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and if appropriate the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine (9) months elapse between such progress reports to the WRA Director.
14. If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance will be required to meet the limits on discharge into the POTW set forth in sections 8-3-10, 8-3-11 and 8-3-12 of this chapter, or any other limits set by the WRA Director, a plan shall be provided by the user giving the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the needed equipment, operation, or maintenance changes and additions to meet such limits. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards. For a compliance schedule for meeting National Categorical Pretreatment Standards the following conditions shall apply:
a. The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required to meet the applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standards. Such schedule shall include, where applicable, but not be limited to dates for the hiring of an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction and completing construction.
b. No time increment in the schedule may exceed nine (9) months.
c. No later than fourteen (14) days after each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the WRA Director stating whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return to the schedule established. In no case shall more than nine (9) months elapse between such progress reports to the WRA.
15. Any additional information required by the WRA Director to evaluate a permit application.
B. Certification: All applications and reports must contain the certification statement and be signed in accordance with section 8-3-27 of this chapter. (Ord. 1069, 3-14-2019)