All applications, reports or information submitted to the city shall be signed and certified in accordance with the following requirements. Written designation of the signatory official must be received by the city prior to acceptance of any application or other required document.
(A) All permit applications shall be signed:
(1) For a corporation: by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president;
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
(B) All other correspondence, reports and self-monitoring reports shall be signed by a person described above or by a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative only if:
(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having facility or activity, such as the position of plant manager, superintendent or position of equivalent responsibility.
(C) Certification.
(1) Any person signing a document under this section shall make the following written certification:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person(s) who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations"
(2) A facility determined to be a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User by the Public Works Director pursuant to §§ 51.25 through 51.27 must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in this section. This certification must accompany any alternative report required by the Public Works Director:
"Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the Categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR [Parti, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that during the period from [month/day], [year] to [month/day], [year]:
(a) The facility described as [Facility Name] met the definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as described in § 51.26.
(b) The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards and Requirements during this reporting period; and
(c) The facility never discharged more than one hundred (100) gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
(3) Users that have an approved monitoring waiver based on § 51.63 must certify each report with the following statement that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its wastestream due to activities of the User:
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the Pretreatment Standard for 40 CFR [Parti], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there has been no increase in the level of [list pollutant] in the wastewaters due to the activities at the facility since filing of the last periodic report as required by § 51.63.
(Ord. 92-015, passed 12-14-92; Am. Ord. 2012-001, passed 1-9-12)