All users shall submit the information required by this section on the user permit application form supplied by the POTW (or attached thereto) at a level of detail and in units and terms as determined necessary by the POTW to adequately evaluate the application, accompanied by payment of a permit application review fee. A separate application and supporting documentation shall be submitted for each separate location for which a user permit is required.
(a) The name, address, and location of the facility or premises from which discharge will be made, including the names of the owner(s) and operator(s) of the facility or premises.
(b) Corporate or individual name, federal employer identification number, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(c) Whether the user is a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other type of entity, and the name of the person(s) responsible for discharges by the user.
(d) Name and title of the local authorized representative of the user who will have the authority to bind the applicant financially and legally, and who is authorized by the applicant as its agent to accept service of legal process, and the address and telephone number of such representative.
(e) The standard industrial classification (SIC) numbers of all processes at the location for which application is made, according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, as amended (or, if applicable, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) designation).
(f) Actual or proposed wastewater constituents and characteristics for each parameter listed in the permit application, including, but not limited to, any pollutants that are limited or regulated by any federal, state, or local standards or requirements. The information provided for such parameters shall include all of the following:
(1) Pollutants having numeric or narrative limitations as provided by this chapter.
(2) Pollutants limited by National Categorical Pretreatment Standards regulations for similar industries.
(3) For each parameter, the expected or experienced maximum and average concentrations during a one year period shall be provided.
(4) For industries subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or requirements, the data required shall be separately shown for each categorical process wastestream.
(5) Combined wastestreams proposed to be regulated by the combined wastestream formula shall be specified,
(g) For purposes of information required by the application, sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the following; Procedures established by EPA pursuant to Section 304 (g) of the Act and as contained in 40 CFR 136, as amended. If 40 CFR 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question, sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures in EPA publication “Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,” April 1977, and amendments or revisions thereto, or where appropriate and applicable, in accordance with any other sampling and analytic procedures approved by EPA.
(h) A listing and description of the following: plant activities, plant facilities, and plant processes on the premises for which the permit is being applied for. Processes which are subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or requirements shall be so designated, and identification of which pollutants are associated with each process shall be stated.
(i) A listing of raw materials and chemicals that are either used in the manufacturing process or could yield the pollutants referred to in this section. Any user claiming immunity from having to provide such information for reasons of national security shall furnish acceptable proof of such immunity.
(j) (1) A statement containing information on the spill containment and prevention of accidental/spill discharges program for each of the pollutants referred to in this section. The information provided shall include the following:
A. The approximate average and maximum quantities of such substances kept on the premises in the form of the following: (i) raw materials; (ii) chemicals; and/or (iii) wastes therefrom; and
B. The containment capacity for each of the above items.
(2) The following requirements apply for purposes of the spill containment and prevention statement required by this subsection:
A. For raw materials, chemical solutions or waste materials that do not contain any substance on the Critical Materials Register promulgated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, only substances which are in a form which could readily be carried into the sewerage system and which constitute a concentration of 5% or greater on a dry weight basis in the raw material, chemical solution or waste material are required to be included in the statement. Volumes of less than 55 gallons or the equivalent need not be included unless lesser quantities could cause interference or pass through to the sewerage system.
B. For raw materials, chemical solutions or waste materials that contain any amount of any substance on the Critical Materials Register promulgated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the statement shall include the name of the substance and the expected concentration so that the POTW Manager can determine whether or not it may constitute a threat to the POTW if a spill occurs.
(k) The name and address of each laboratory performing analytical work for the user submitting the application.
(l) A description of typical daily and weekly operating cycles for each process in terms of starting and ending times for each of the seven days of the week.
(m) Average and maximum 24 hour wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any; and a list of each national categorical process wastestream flow rate and the cooling water, sanitary water and storm water flow rates separately for each connection to the POTW, and list showing each combined wastestream.
(n) A drawing showing all sewer connections and sampling manholes by the size, location, elevation and points or places of discharges into the POTW;
(o) A flow schematic drawing showing which connections receive each national categorical process wastestream or other process wastestreams, and which connections receive storm water, sanitary water or cooling water;
(p) A schematic drawing showing which sewers handle each combined wastestream.
(q) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and the rate of production as pertains to processes subject to production-based limits under national categorical standards or requirements shall be specified.
(r) Actual or proposed hours of operation of each pretreatment system for each production process.
(s) A description and schematic drawing showing each pretreatment facility, identifying whether each such facility is of the batch type or continuous process type.
(t) If other than potable water is used, identification of the user’s source of intake water together with the types of usage and disposal method of each water source and the estimated wastewater volume from each source.
(u) A statement regarding whether the requirements of this chapter and the national categorical pretreatment standards and requirements are being met on a consistent basis; and if not, what additional operation and maintenance work and/or additional construction is required for the user to comply with applicable standards and requirements.
(v) A list of all environmental permits (and, if requested by the POTW Manager, a copy of any environmental permit) held by the user applicable to the premises for which the user permit is being sought.
(w) Whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet all applicable federal, state and local pretreatment standards and requirements. If additional O&M or additional pretreatment will be required to meet the applicable standards and requirements, then the user shall indicate the shortest time schedule necessary to accomplish installation or adoption of the additional O&M and/or pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(1) The schedule shall contain progress increments 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 (including, without limitation, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, beginning operation, and conducting routine operation). No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed 18 months.
(2) No 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 POTW including, at 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 months elapse between submission of the progress reports to the POTW.
(x) Any other information determined necessary by the POTW to adequately evaluate the application. To the extent that actual data is not available for a new source, the applicant shall supply estimated or expected information.
(y) All applications shall be signed and certified by an “authorized representative” of the user as defined by this chapter.
(Ord. 2009-02. Passed 5-11-09.)