(A) All significant users proposing to connect to or contribute to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing significant industrial users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(1989 Code, § 52.067)
(B) (1) Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the GWSC an application in the form prescribed by the Water and Sewer Commission. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 45 days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(a) Name, address and location, if different from the address;
(b) SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(c) Wastewater constituents and characteristics including, but not limited to, those mentioned in this chapter, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to § 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 C.F.R. Part 136 and 40 C.F.R. Part 261, as amended;
(d) The categorical pretreatment standards, applicable to each regulated process and any new categorically regulated processes for existing sources;
(e) The sample shall be representative of daily operations. Where the standard required compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the pretreatment coordinator or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard;
(f) Time and duration of contribution;
(g) Average daily and three-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
(h) Suitable sketch showing sewer connections, with line sizes, in relation to building location;
(i) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(j) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any city, state or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the 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 for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(k) If additional pretreatment and/or O & M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
1. The schedule shall contain increments of progress 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 (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction and the like).
2. The schedule must meet the approval of the GWSC.
3. Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Manager including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on that date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between these progress reports to the Manager.
(l) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production;
(m) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(n) Number and type of employees and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
(o) Any other information as may be deemed by the GWSC to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(p) All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the certification statement requirements found in § 51.087.
(2) The GWSC will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Commission may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(1989 Code, § 52.068)
(Ord. 1619, passed - -1984; Am. Ord. 1948, passed 3-9-1992; Am. Ord. 2647, passed 1-26-2009; Am. Ord. 2752, passed 7-25-2011)