(A) General Requirements. All industrial users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing industrial users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain a discharge permit within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Applications. Applications for discharge permits shall be required as follows:
(1) Users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the Mayor application in the form prescribed by the City, and accompanied by the appropriate fee. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least ninety (90) days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW.
(2) The application shall be in the prescribed form of the city and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: name, address and SIC number of application; wastewater volume; wastewater constituents and characteristics; discharge variations - daily, monthly, seasonal and thirty (30) day peaks; a description of all toxic materials handled on the premises; site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details showing all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and evaluation; a description of existing and proposed pretreatment and/or equalization facilities and any other information deemed necessary by the Mayor.
(3) Any user who elects or is required to construct new or additional facilities for pretreatment shall as part of the application for wastewater discharge permit submit plans, specifications and other pertinent information relative to the proposed construction to the City for approval. Plans and specifications submitted for approval must bear the seal of a professional engineer registered to practice engineering in the State of Kentucky. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be issued until such plans and specifications are approved. Approval of such plans and specifications shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the City under the provisions of this chapter.
(4) If additional pretreatment and/or O & M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the application shall include the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. For the purpose of this subsection, "pretreatment standard" shall include either a national pretreatment standard or a pretreatment standard imposed by §§ 50.055 - 50.058 of this chapter.
(5) The City will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the City may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(6) The receipt by the City of a prospective customer's application for wastewater discharge permit shall not obligate the City to render the wastewater collection and treatment service. If the service applied for cannot be supplied in accordance with this chapter or the City's rules and regulations and general practice, the application shall be rejected and there shall be no liability of the City to the applicant of such service.
(7) The Mayor will act only on applications containing all the information required in this section. Persons who have filed incomplete applications will be notified by the Mayor that the application is deficient and the nature of the deficiency and will be given thirty (30) days to correct the deficiency. If the deficiency is not corrected within thirty (30) days or within such extended period as allowed by the Mayor, the Mayor shall submit the application to the City with a recommendation that it be denied and notify the applicant in writing of such action.
(Ord. passed 12-5-91) Penalty, see § 50.999