(A) Any industrial user, discharging to the POTW as a part of its waste stream any substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a listed or characteristic hazardous waste under 40 C.F.R. § 261, shall notify the POTW in writing of such discharge. All hazardous waste notifications shall include:
(1) An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the waste as set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 261;
(2) The type of discharge (continuous, batch or other);
(3) An estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months; and
(4) A certification that the user has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
(B) In the case of any new regulations under section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the user must notify the Director of the discharge of such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
(C) The Director may prohibit the discharge of any waste to the POTW if it will cause endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, the environment, causes Interference to the POTW or causes the city to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.
(D) This provision does not create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted to be discharged by this chapter, a permit issued hereunder, or any applicable federal or state law.
(Ord. 5746, passed 7-1-2019)