(A) All industrial users as defined in § 51.001, any other user and any new discharger, prior to connecting to the sewer, on demand of the Pretreatment Coordinator, shall within 90 days of notice provide the POTW with sufficient information to determine if the user is or will be a major contributor, and shall be required to obtain a permit which describes the wastewater constituents and characteristics allowed and which sets forth the applicable surveillance schedule and the monitoring requirements the user shall be subject to in order to discharge into the POTW’s sewage system. A major contributor permit shall be valid for up to 5 years. If process changes are made that alter the wastewater constituents and characteristics, a new application shall be filed accordingly. A permit shall be renewed by a new application at the end of 5 years. The application for renewal will be subject to normal application fees in force at the time of reapplication. Nothing in a major contributor permit on wastewater admissibility as set forth herein, except for compatible pollutants and/or discharges approved for surcharges. Major contributors are subject to all applicable fees, rates and charges set forth in this chapter. All new sources must install and start up all pollution control technology prior to discharge, and must achieve compliance with categorical standards within the shortest time feasible, not to exceed 90 days from commencement of discharge. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) Name, address and location (if different from the address);
(2) SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics mentioned in §§ 51.020 through 51.037 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 Title 40 C.F.R. part 136, as amended.)
(4) Time and duration of contribution;
(5) Average daily wastewater flow rates, including estimates for daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any, in gallons per day; (All flows shall be measured by verifiable techniques unless cost and feasibility prevent the measurement. In such cases, other techniques may be used if approved by the Pretreatment Coordinator, and approved by the Board of Commissioners.)
(6) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required by the POTW the shortest reasonable schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule can not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(a) The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the forms of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment requirements 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).
(b) No increment referred to in division (A)(6)(a) of this section shall exceed 9 months for any single step directed toward compliance.
(c) No 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 Pretreatment Coordinator including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on the 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 established schedule. In no event shall no more than 9 months elapse between the progress reports to the Pretreatment Coordinator.
(d) Any compliance schedule longer than 1 year must be approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(7) Type and amount of raw materials processes (average and minimum per day);
(8) Number of employees, and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
(9) Description of accidental spill prevention control plan;
(10) Any other information as may be deemed by the POTW to be necessary to evaluate the permit application;
(11) Signature of an authorized representative of the user and certified to be a qualified professional indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance and additional pretreatment is required;
(12) The nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited or prohibited by city, state of federal pretreatment standards;
(13) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans along with details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation; and
(14) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials (each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of productions, and any toxic pollutant which the applicant uses or manufacturers as an intermediate or final product or byproduct) which are or could be discharged.
(B) The POTW will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information by written request and shall state the reason for requesting same. The POTW shall issue within 30 days of the date of receipt of same, a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein. Within the 30-day period, the industrial user may review a draft permit and provide comments to the POTW. The POTW may require compliance by industries in the non-major classification which have a potential for discharging toxicant and prohibited substances, by issuances of a general discharge permit.
(C) A general discharge permit may be issued to users who are classified as non-major, informing them of general prohibitive standards, limitations, accidental spill notification requirements, residue disposal requirements and potential for being sampled by the POTW and subject to the requirements of major contributors’ permits. Nothing contained herein shall require a user to disclose process data and/or secrets.
(Prior Code, § 51.065) (Ord. 7650, passed 2-14-1994)