A. Permit Contents: Wastewater discharge permits shall include such conditions as are reasonably deemed necessary by the WRA Director to prevent pass through or interference; protect the quality of the water body receiving effluent from the POTW; protect worker health and safety; facilitate the WRA's sludge management and disposal program; protect ambient air quality; and protect against damage to the POTW. The WRA Director may include the following items in the permit, and such additional items as the Director determines necessary or prudent:
1. Limits on the average or maximum rate of discharge, time of discharge, or requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
2. Limits on the average or maximum concentration, mass, or other measure of identified wastewater constituents or properties.
3. Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology or construction of appropriate containment devices, etc., designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW.
4. Development and implementation of spill control plans or other special conditions including additional management practices necessary to adequately prevent accidental, unanticipated, or prohibited discharges.
5. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management of the wastewater discharged to the POTW.
6. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection, sampling, and flow monitoring facilities and equipment for each separate discharge into the POTW.
7. Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for tests, and reporting schedules.
8. Compliance schedules.
9. Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports and which may include production data.
10. Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the WRA Director and affording the Director or the Director's representatives access thereto.
11. Requirements for the notification of any substantial change in the manufacturing processes, pretreatment processes, quantity or quality of waste discharged to the POTW ninety (90) days prior to such change. The WRA Director shall approve, deny or condition a changed discharge prior to a change occurring in accordance with subsection 8-3-9A4 of this chapter.
12. Requirements for notification of excessive, accidental, or slug discharges.
13. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the WRA Director to ensure compliance with this chapter, and State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations.
14. A statement that compliance with the permit does not relieve the permittee of responsibility for compliance with all applicable Federal pretreatment standards, including those which become effective during the term of the permit.
B. Permit Duration And Renewal: Permits required under this chapter shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five (5) years. Permit fees shall be due annually to the WRA regardless of the term of the permit. Permitted users shall apply for a new permit by submitting a completed permit application a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit.
C. Continuation Of Expired Permits: Expired permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall remain effective and enforceable until the permit is reissued unless the user is notified of permit termination by the WRA Director.
D. Permit Modifications:
1. The WRA Director may modify the permit issued pursuant to this chapter for good cause, including but not limited to the following:
a. To incorporate any new or revised Federal, State, or local pretreatment standard or requirement. After becoming aware of more stringent standards or requirements, the WRA will, as necessary, update permits within ninety (90) days;
b. To make material or substantial alterations or additions to the discharger's operation processes, or discharge volume or character which were not considered in drafting the effective permit;
c. To make a change in any condition in either the industrial user or the POTW that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge;
d. Upon receipt of information indicating that the permitted discharge poses a threat to the POTW, to the City, the WRA or operating contractor personnel, or to the receiving water;
e. Upon occurrence of a violation of any terms or conditions of the permit;
f. Misrepresentation of, or grant of variance from, such categorical standards pursuant to 40 CFR 403.13;
g. To correct typographical or other errors in the permit;
h. To reflect transfer of ownership or operation of the permitted facility to a new owner or operator; or
i. Upon request of the permittee, provided such request does not create a violation of any applicable requirements, standards, laws, or rules and regulations.
2. The filing of a request by the permittee for permit modification, revocation and reissuance, termination, or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance shall not have the effect of staying or delaying the implementation or effective date of any permit condition.
E. Permit Transfer: An industrial wastewater discharge permit is not transferable to any other person or entity. A new owner or operator must apply for a new wastewater discharge permit sixty (60) days prior to taking ownership or undertaking operation of a permitted facility.
F. Denial Of Permit: The WRA Director may deny a wastewater discharge permit to any user whose discharge of material to the POTW, whether shown upon application, including test results submitted by the applicant, or determined after inspection or testing conducted by the WRA or its operating contractor, is not in conformity with this chapter or whose application is incomplete or does not comply with the requirements of section 8-3-23 of this chapter.
G. Permit Violations: Any violation of the terms, conditions, or limits of a user's wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and shall subject the user to all enforcement procedures outlined in this chapter. (Ord. 1069, 3-14-2019)