(A) Self-monitoring reports. All SIUs shall submit all notices and self-monitoring reports that are deemed necessary by the Director to assess and assure compliance by SIUs with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. These reports shall be required according to the conditions specified in an SIU's industrial wastewater discharge permit and shall be accompanied by a certification statement that shall be signed as required in § 52.41(B)(3)(c).
(1) Re-sampling requirement. If sampling performed by the SIU indicates a violation, the SIU shall notify the Director within 24 hours after becoming aware of the violation. The SIU shall repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Director within 30 calendar days after notification unless a shorter time is specified by the Director.
(2) Additional self-monitoring. If an SIU monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Director, using procedures established by 40 C.F.R. § 136, the SIU shall include the results of this monitoring in the report .
(B) Baseline monitoring report. Upon promulgation of a new or revised national categorical pretreatment standard, all affected industrial users shall submit the following reports to the Director on forms provided by the Director:
(1) Within 180 calendar days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, existing sources subject to such categorical pretreatment standards who are currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall be required to submit a report containing the information listed in division (B)(3) of this section;
(2) At least 90 calendar days prior to commencement of discharge to the POTW, new
sources and sources that become industrial users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical pretreatment standard shall be required to submit a report which contains the information listed in divisions (B)(3)(a) through (e) of this section. New sources shall also be required to include in this report information on the method of pretreatment the industrial user intends to use to meet applicable pretreatment standards. New sources shall give estimates of the information requested in divisions (B)(3)(d) and (e) of this section;
(3) The baseline monitoring report shall contain the following information;
(a) Identifying information. The industrial user shall submit the name and address of the facility including the name of the owner and operator;
(b) Applicable permits. The industrial user shall submit a list of any other environmental control permits held by the owner or operator of the facility;
(c) Description of operations. The industrial user shall submit a brief description of the nature, average rate of production, and standard industrial classification of the operations performed by such industrial user. This description should include a schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes;
(d) Flow measurement. The industrial user shall submit information showing the measured average and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from each regulated process stream;
(e) Measurement of pollutants.
1. The industrial user shall identify the pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process;
2. In addition, the industrial user shall submit the results of required sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration or mass of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Where required, both the daily maximum and the average concentration or mass shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations;
3. A minimum of 4 grab sampling events shall occur. All samples shall be properly collected and analyzed for pH, cyanide, phenol, FOG, and volatile organics;
4. For all other pollutants at facilities in which historical sampling data do not exist, a minimum of four 24-hour composite samples shall be obtained through flow-proportional composite sampling techniques. The Director may waive flow-proportional composite sampling for any industrial user that demonstrates that flow- proportional sampling is not feasible. In such cases, samples may be obtained through time-proportional composite sampling techniques or through a minimum of 4 grab samples over a period greater than 1 hour, where the industrial user demonstrates that this will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged. At facilities for which historical sampling data are available, the Director may authorize a lower minimum;
5. The industrial user shall take a minimum of 1 representative sample to compile data necessary to comply with the requirements of this division (B)(3)(e);
6. Samples shall be taken immediately downstream from a pretreatment facility if such a facility exists or immediately downstream from the regulated process if no pretreatment facility exists;
7. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 C.F.R § 136, as amended. Where 40 C.F.R § 136, does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the Director determines that the sampling and analytical techniques described in 40 C.F.R § 136, are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, then sampling and analysis shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures, approved by the Director;
8. The Director may allow the submission of a baseline report which utilizes only historical data so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures; and
9. The baseline monitoring report shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling, and methods of analysis, and shall certify that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
(f) Certification statement. The industrial user shall submit a statement certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis. If pretreatment standards are not being met, then the certification statement shall specify whether additional O & M or additional pretreatment is required for the industrial user to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements;
(g) Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment or O & M are required to meet the pretreatment standards, the industrial user shall provide a compliance schedule by which the industrial user will provide such additional pretreatment or O & M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The conditions contained in § 52.27 shall apply to the schedule required by this section; and
(h) Other. Industrial users shall submit any other information required as listed in 40 C.F.R. §§ 403.12(b)(1) through (7).
(C) 90-day compliance report. Within 90 calendar days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards or in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any industrial user subject to such pretreatment standards and pretreatment requirements shall submit to the Director a report containing the information described in § 52.41. For industrial users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the procedures in 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the industrial user's long-term production rate. For all other industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production or other measure of operation, this report shall include the industrial user's actual quantity of product produced during the appropriate sampling period.
(D) Periodic compliance reports. Except as specified in § 52.43, all significant industrial users must, at a frequency determined by the Director, submit no less than twice per year reports indicating the nature, concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice (BMP) or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation required by the Director or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the SIU.
(E) Reports from unpermitted users. All users not required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Director as the Director may require.
(F) Signatory requirements and report certification.
(2) The signatory may designate a duly authorized representative provided:
(a) The authorization is made in writing by the person described in § 52.41(B)(3)(a) or (b);
(b) The authorization specifies either the individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the industrial discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and
(c) The written authorization is submitted to the Director.
(3) The Director shall be notified in writing prior to or together with any reports or information to be signed by a new signatory or authorized representative, if the signatory under division (F) (1) or authorization under division (F)(2) above is no longer accurate.
(Ord. 5746, passed 7-1-2019)