Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information 6obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter, any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements, and documentation associated with best management practices established pursuant to this chapter. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates the analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least three years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the City, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the City.
(A) (1) Any person proposing to discharge industrial waste into the City's sewerage system either directly or indirectly, shall first fill out and file, with the Superintendent, an industrial waste questionnaire, baseline monitoring report or permit application, the form for which will be furnished by the City, in which shall be set forth the quantity and characteristics of the wastes discharged into the City's sewerage system. Any owner desiring to establish a new connection to the public sewer or to establish a new account with sewage works for the purpose of discharging industrial or commercial waste shall 90 days prior to discharge first fill out and file with the Superintendent such a questionnaire, baseline monitoring report or permit application, which shall contain the actual or predicted data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the wastes to be discharged. The Superintendent will evaluate the data furnished by the potential user and may require additional information, the Superintendent will determine whether to issue an individual wastewater discharge permit. The Superintendent may deny any application for an individual wastewater discharge permit.
(2) An individual wastewater discharge permit shall include such conditions as are deemed reasonably necessary by the Superintendent to prevent pass through or interference, protect the quality of the water body receiving the treatment plant's effluent, protect worker health and safety, facilitate sludge management and disposal, and protect against damage to the POTW.
(3) All rules and regulations of the sewer utility must also be followed by a permitted user.
(B) Any user who plans to add, change, or modify manufacturing or pretreatment processes shall first notify the Water Pollution Control Plant, in writing at least 30 days prior to the planned change, and submit a new or revised permit application for review by the Superintendent.
(C) Industrial users must provide 30 days prior written notification to the Superintendent of the WPC Plant before any changes are made to their effluent.
(D) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, report or other document required by this chapter or other applicable regulations shall, upon conviction, be punished by the imposition of a criminal penalty as required by local and/or state statutes.
(E) All significant industrial users, whether categorical or non-categorical, shall comply with the reporting requirements found at 40 CFR 403.12. Data collected to satisfy reporting requirements must be representative of the conditions occurring during the period covered by the report. All samples shall be collected using protocols, including appropriate preservation, specified in 40 CFR Part 136.
(F) Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the documented date transferred to an alternate carrier such as Federal Express or UPS. For hand delivered reports, the date of receipt shall govern.
(G) A penalty of $50 may be assessed to any user for each report required by this chapter, a permit, or order that is submitted 15 days or more after the required submittal date. Actions taken by the City to collect late reporting penalties shall not limit the City's authority to initiate other enforcement actions for late reporting violations.
(H) (1) To be covered by a general control mechanism issued by the Superintendent under this section for indirect dischargers of a particular type with similar characteristics requiring the same discharge limitations and the same monitoring requirements, a significant industrial user must file a written request for coverage that identifies:
(a) Its contact information;
(b) Production processes;
(c) The types of wastes generated;
(d) The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the general control mechanism;
(e) Any requests in accordance with 40 CFR 403.12(e)(2) for a monitoring waiver for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge (waiver is not effective in the general control mechanism until after the City has provided written notice that the waiver has been granted);
(f) Any other information the City deems appropriate; and
(g) Includes the signature of an authorized representative of the user and the certification language included in § 51.032(L).
(2) And the significant industrial user must retain a copy of the general control mechanism documentation to support the City's determination that the user is involved in the same or substantially similar type of operation, discharges the same types of wastes, requires the same effluent limitations, and requires the same or similar monitoring as the general control mechanism category, and a copy of the user's written request for coverage, during the effectiveness of the control mechanism and for a 3 year period following the expiration of the general control mechanism. A significant industrial user subject to a production-based categorical Pretreatment Standard, a categorical Pretreatment Standard expressed as a mass pollutant discharged per day, or based on the Combined Wastestream Formula or Net/Gross calculations, may not be controlled through a general control mechanism.
(Ord. G-5-18, passed 3-13-18) Penalty, see § 51.999