When the Director determines that any industrial waste will be harmful to the structures, treatment processes or operation of the wastewater treatment works, or detrimental to the water pollution control plant effluent, the person discharging the waste shall provide, at his or her own expense, preliminary treatment or processing facilities as may be determined by the director as necessary to make the waste acceptable for admission to the public sanitary sewers.
When the director determines that an industrial waste must be pretreated, the owner shall submit plans and specifications of the proposed pretreatment facilities, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities by an approved registered professional engineer authorized to do business in the State of Nebraska to the to the director for review, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. After the plans and specifications are reviewed as submitted, or as amended by the director, the owner shall proceed to provide pretreatment facilities. If the pretreatment facilities are completed according to the plans and specifications, and the owner provides a proper sewer connection permit from the plant to the sanitary sewers, the director will issue the owner an industrial waste discharge permit authorizing such connection and permitting the owner to discharge waste into the sanitary sewers at the rate, quantity, quality and other conditions stated in the permit. These pretreatment facilities shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at the owner's expense.