Users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the City an application in the form prescribed by the City. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within thirty days after the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 163, passed January 23, 1990) and proposed new users shall apply at least ninety 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) The user's name, address and location (if different from the address);
(b) The SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(c) The wastewater constituents and characteristics, including, but not limited to, those mentioned in Sections 1040.22 through 1040.26, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 C.F.R. Part 136, as amended;
(d) The time and duration of the contribution;
(e) The average daily and thirty-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
(f) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation;
(g) A description of the activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(h) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutant in the discharge which is 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;
(i) If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance 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 contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
(2) No increment referred to in paragraph (i)(1) hereof shall exceed nine months.
(3) Not later than fourteen days following each date in the schedule and final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such 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 such progress reports to the Superintendent.
(j) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and the rate of production;
(k) The type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(l) The number and type of employees and the hours of operation of the plant and the proposed or actual hours of operation of the pretreatment system; and
(m) Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The City will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the date furnished, the City may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to the terms and conditions provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 163. Passed 1-23-90.)