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(a) An extrajurisdictional user shall apply for a permit in accordance with this article at least 90 days prior to discharging to the POTW.
(b) This section does not apply to extrajurisdictional users in jurisdictions which have an agreement with the city pursuant to § 12.5-647.
(c) A wastewater discharge permit issued to an extrajurisdictional user shall be in the form of a contract, and must include, at a minimum, the components found in 40 C.F.R. § 403.8(f)(1)(iii) and shall require the approval of the city council. An extrajurisdictional user shall agree to all the terms of this article, the terms of Article I, Division 3 of this chapter, and the terms of its wastewater discharge contract in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 12.5-641 of this chapter prior to discharging into the POTW.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 17074, § 9, passed 7-25-2006)
(a) Deadlines for submission or reports.
(1) Existing categorical users. Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the director a report which contains the information listed in subsection (b) below.
(2) New sources and new categorical users. At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources and sources that become categorical users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the director a report which contains the information listed in subsection (b) below. A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged.
(b) Information submittal. Users described above shall submit the information set forth below:
(1) Identifying information. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner;
(2) Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
(3) Description of operations. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s) carried out by such user. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes;
(4) Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula set out in 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(e);
(5) Measurement of pollutants.
a. The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process;
b. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the director, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in § 12.5-660 of this article. In cases where the standard requires compliance with a best management practice or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the city or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard;
c. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with procedures set out in § 12.5-661 of this article;
d. The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to compile the data necessary to comply with the requirements of this subsection (b)(5). However, the city 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. Historical data that can represent the current discharge only can be accepted as a baseline report; and
e. The baseline 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.
(6) Certification. A statement, reviewed by the user’s authorized representative and certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements;
(7) Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment, best management practices and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M must be provided. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section shall meet the requirements set out in § 12.5-652 of this article; and
(8) Signature and certification. All baseline monitoring reports shall be signed and certified in accordance with § 12.5-633 of this article.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 20043-01-2012, § 11, passed 1-10-2012)
The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule required by § 12.5-651(b)(7) of this article.
(a) The schedule shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (such events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting routine operation);
(b) No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;
(c) The user shall submit a progress report to the director no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule; and
(d) In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the director.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)
(a) Within 90 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 user subject to such pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the director a report containing the information described in § 12.5-651(b)(4) through (b)(6) of this article.
(b) For 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 user’s long-term production rate.
(c) For all other 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 user’s actual production during the appropriate sampling period.
(d) All compliance reports shall be signed and certified in accordance with § 12.5-633 of this article.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)
(a) All significant industrial users discharging to the City of Fort Worth Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility shall, at a frequency determined by the Director but in no case less than twice per year (once in July covering the six-month period December 1 through May 31 and once in January covering the six-month period June 1 through November 30), submit a report to the Director containing at a minimum:
(1) The nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards;
(2) The measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period;
(3) In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation required by city or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the user; and
(4) Contributing information as is determined necessary to account for water usage, materials recovery or disposal practices.
(b) All non-significant categorical industrial users (NSCIU) shall submit a report annually in the month specified by the director. The report shall be completed according to the city’s current reporting requirements, including the submittal of any applicable certification statements.
(c) If the director has determined that a non-significant industrial user (NSIU) needs a permit, then the NSIU shall submit a report annually in the month specified by the director. The report shall be completed according to the city’s current reporting requirements, including the submittal of any applicable certification statements.
(d) All periodic compliance reports shall be signed and certified in accordance with § 12.5-633 of this article.
(e) All wastewater samples shall be representative of the user’s discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring equipment in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
(f) Non-detectable sample results may be used only as a demonstration that a pollutant is not present if the EPA approved method from 40 C.F.R. Part 136 with the lowest minimum detection level for that pollutant was used in the analysis.
(g) If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the director, using the procedures prescribed in §§ 12.5-610, 12.5-661, 12.5-641 and 12.5-663 of this article, the results of this monitoring along with chain-of-custody forms shall be included in the report.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995; Ord. 20043-01-2012, § 11, passed 1-10-2012; Ord. 27308-11-2024, § 7, passed 11-19-2024, eff. 11-29-2024)
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