(A) Individual wastewater discharge permits or general permits are required for all significant industrial users. All SIUs proposing to connect to or discharge into any part of the wastewater treatment system must first obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit. All existing SIUs connected to or discharging to any part of the city system must obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit immediately upon approval of this chapter. The control authority may require any other industrial users discharging or proposing to discharge into the treatment system to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any existing SIU located beyond the city limits and discharging into the city sewer system shall submit an individual wastewater discharge permit or general application, in accordance with division (B) below. New SIUs located beyond the city limits shall submit an application the control authority at least 60 days prior to any proposed discharge into the system.
(B) Permit application. Users seeking an individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit shall complete and file with the office of the city utilities an application on the form prescribed by the control authority and accompanied by the applicable fee. This application must be reviewed and approved by the control authority. In support of the application, the user shall submit the following information:
(1) Name and address of the facility, name of the operator and owner, and contact information.
(2) Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation.
(3) Brief description of the nature and average rate of production (including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate of production).
(4) Volume of wastewater to be discharged.
(5) The location for monitoring and sampling all wastes covered by the permit. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in § 51.011 regarding analytical requirements. Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in § 51.044(C).
(6) Time and duration of discharge.
(7) Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams.
(8) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation, and all points of discharge.
(9) Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including types and characteristics of wastes generated and all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility that could accidentally or intentionally be discharged to POTW. Include any standard industrial classifications (SICs) that pertain to operations at the facility.
(10) Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or a renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge based on § 51.045(A)(4).
(11) Any request to be covered by a general permit based on § 51.043.
(12) Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the control authority to evaluate the permit application.
(13) (a) All individual wastewater discharge permit and general permit applications, industrial user reports, and monitoring waiver requests shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user as defined in § 51.002 and contain the following certification statement: