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(A) Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter.
(B) Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner’s or user’s own cost and expense.
(C) Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Superintendent for review, and shall be approved by the town before construction of the facility.
(D) All existing users shall complete such a plan by January 1, __________. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after the effective date of this chapter shall be permitted to introduce pollutants until accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the town.
(E) Review and approval of the plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the responsibility to modify the facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter. In the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify the Superintendent of the incident. The notification shall include location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume and corrective actions.
(F) Within five days following an accidental discharge, the user shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge and the measures to be taken to prevent similar future occurrences. The notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the wastewater disposal system, fish kills or any other damage to person or property; nor shall the notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed by this article or other applicable laws.
(G) A notice shall be permanently posted on the user’s bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall ensure that all employees who may cause the discharge to occur or suffer from the discharge are advised of the emergency notification procedures.
(Prior Code, § F-II-11)
DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
(A) Any person who is now discharging any industrial wastewater into the wastewater disposal system or who desires to discharge any industrial wastewater shall complete an official application and file it with the town. Approval shall be evidenced by written notice from the Superintendent.
(B) Any person now so discharging industrial wastewater shall complete and file an application within 180 days from the date of passage of this chapter.
(C) Any person desiring to commence discharging industrial wastewater after this chapter becomes effective shall complete and file an application in order to obtain discharge permission from the town prior to commencing the discharge of the wastes into the wastewater disposal system.
(Prior Code, § F-III-1) Penalty, see § 54.999
(A) Name, address and location, if different from the address);
(B) SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of Budget, 1972, as amended;
(C) Wastewater constituents and characteristics including, but not limited to, those mentioned in §§ 54.043 and 54.046 as determined by a qualified laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to § 304(g) of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1314(g) and contained in 40 C.F.R. part 136, as amended;
(D) Time and duration of discharge;
(E) Average daily and three minutes peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
(F) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all building drains, building sewers and appurtenances by the size, location and elevations;
(G) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(H) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any local government, state or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional O&M and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(I) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment.
(1) The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard.
(2) The following conditions shall 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 (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction and the like).
(b) No increment referred to in division (I)(2)(a) above shall exceed nine months.
(c) Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance the user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on that 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 the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between the progress reports to the Superintendent.
(J) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production;
(K) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and minimum per day);
(L) Number of type of employees, and hours of operations of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system; and
(M) Any other information as may be deemed by the local government to be necessary to evaluate the application.
(1) The Superintendent will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information.
(2) After evaluation and acceptance of the date provided, the town will grant permission to discharge subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
(3) Significant industrial users which through changes in the use of the premises or water usage cause a significant change in wastewater volume, strength or characteristic shall require a new application filed prior to making the change or alteration.
(Prior Code, § F-III-2)
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