(A) No person, persons, corporation, or other legal entities shall install or operate a facility in a GWPA without first obtaining a groundwater protection operating permit from the Director of Public Works.
(B) The focus of review for all permits shall be on the substances that will be stored, handled, treated, used or produced and the potential for these substances to degrade groundwater quality.
(C) All permits required pursuant to this chapter must be issued prior to or concurrent with the issuance of permits for construction activities or underlying permits.
(D) Existing facilities shall submit an application for a permit within one year of the passage of this chapter or within one year of the facility’s being included in a GWPA. The application must include a proposed schedule for compliance.
(E) The Director of Public Works shall not issue an operating permit for a facility unless adequate plans, specifications, test data, and/or other appropriate information has been submitted by the owner and/or operator showing that the proposed design and construction of the facility meets the intent and provisions of this chapter and will not impact the short term or long term on cumulative quantity or quality of groundwater.
(F) The application for operating permits pursuant to this chapter shall be made on a form provided by the village and shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in the village Annual Fee Schedule. The annual renewal fee shall be as set forth in said fee schedule, and this fee shall accompany the annual certification statement.
(G) Any person who owns or operates more than one facility in a single zone of the GWPA shall have the option of obtaining one permit for all operations if the operations at each facility are similar and the permit requirements under this chapter are applicable to each facility individually.
(H) An operating permit, issued by the Director of Public Works shall be effective for one year. The Director of Public Works shall not issue a permit to operate a facility until he or she determines that the facility complies with the provisions of these regulations.
(I) The facility owner shall apply to the village for permit renewal at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the permit. If an inspection of the facility reveals noncompliance, then the Director of Public Works must verify by a follow-up inspection that all required corrections have been implemented before renewing the permit.
(J) Operating permits may be transferred to a new facility owner/operator if the new facility owner/operator does not change any conditions of the permit, the transfer is registered with the village within 30 days of the change in ownership, and any necessary modifications are made to the information in the initial permit application due to the change in ownership.
(K) Within 30 days of receiving an inspection report from the village, the operating permit holder shall file with the village a plan and time schedule to implement any required modifications to the facility or to the monitoring plan needed to achieve compliance with the intent of this chapter or the permit conditions. This plan and time schedule shall also implement all of the recommendations of the Director of Public Works.
(Ord. 99-18, passed 6-7-1999) Penalty, see § 58.999