(A) Compliance schedule reports, non- categorical industries.
(1) Any non-categorical industry which is not in compliance with the limitations of this chapter must develop a compliance schedule, during which time the industry must meet the city’s standards. The schedule should contain increments of progress, such as hiring engineers, starting construction or the like, which correspond to specific dates for their completion. These represent major events leading to the operation of pretreatment equipment to meet the city’s pretreatment standards.
(2) All users subject to these conditions must submit a progress report to the city not later than 14 days following each date in the compliance schedule. This report must include whether the industry complied with the increment of progress to be met on that date, the reason for delay if the date was not met and the steps being taken to return to compliance. In no event can more than nine months elapse between progress reports.
(B) Reports. This requirement calls for the submission of all notices and self-monitoring reports from industrial users which are necessary to assess and assure compliance by users with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. These reports will normally be required on a monthly basis.
(C) Baseline Report (40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)).
(1) Within 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard or 180 days after the final administrative decision made on a category, whichever is later, existing industrial users subject to such categorical pretreatment standard and currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to a POTW will be required to submit to the Agency a report containing the information listed in 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)(1) through 403.12(b)(7).
(2) Upon promulgation of a categorical pretreatment standard, the Control Authority, being the U.S. EPA, state or POTW, will provide the appropriate 12(b) form for distribution to the users who are affected by the promulgated standard. The users are then required to submit the completed report to the Agency.
(D) Compliance schedule reports, categorical industries (40 C.F.R. § 403.12(c)).
(1) These reporting conditions apply to the compliance schedule required in 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)(7). This schedule is necessary whenever a user is not meeting categorical pretreatment standards at the time of promulgation of that standard. The schedule contains increments of progress, such as hiring an engineer, completing plans, commencing construction, completing construction and the like, which correspond to specific dates for their completion. These represent major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable categorical pretreatment standard.
(2) All industrial users subject to these conditions must submit a progress report to the Agency not later than 14 days following each date on the compliance schedule, including the final date for compliance. This report must include, at a minimum, whether or not the user complied with the increment of progress to be met on that date, and if not, the date on which it expects to comply, the reason for delay and the steps being taken by the industrial user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event can more than nine months elapse between such progress reports.
(E) Compliance date report (40 C.F.R. § 403.12(d)).
(1) Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with an applicable pretreatment standard, any industrial user subject to those standards must submit to the Agency a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge generated from the regulated process which are limited by categorical pretreatment standards.
(2) The report must also state whether applicable standards are being met on a consistent basis, and if not, what additional O & M or pretreatment is necessary to bring the discharge into compliance. This statement should be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user.
(F) Periodic reports on continued compliance (40 C.F.R. § 403.12(e)).
(1) Any discharger subject to an applicable pretreatment standard must submit to the Agency during the months of June and December, or more frequently if required by the Agency, a report indicating the nature and concentration of prohibited or regulated substances in the discharge which are limited by the categorical pretreatment standards following the final compliance date of that pretreatment standard. In addition, this report must include a record of all measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows during the reporting period. Flows are to be reported on the basis of actual measurement, except the Agency may accept reports of average and maximum flows estimated by verifiable techniques where cost or feasibility considerations justify.
(2) The Agency, considering such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles or other extenuating factors, may authorize submission of the reports on months other than those specified above.
(Ord. 1084, passed 2-4-1985; Ord. 2020-02, passed 6-1-2020) Penalty, see § 52.999