(a) The city may require an industrial user to monitor its discharge into the sewerage system and report the results of the monitoring to the department periodically. These specific monitoring and reporting requirements shall be listed in the industrial wastewater discharge permit. The director, or the director’s agent, may require additional monitoring and reporting to document compliance with pretreatment requirements.
(1) Sampling. The industrial user shall sample its discharge into the sewerage system at a frequency provided in the industrial wastewater discharge permit or as deemed reasonable and necessary by the director to demonstrate compliance. The director, at the director’s discretion, may require nonpermitted industrial users to conduct sampling and analysis. If sampling indicates a violation, the industrial user shall notify the director within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation and resample within five working days. The results of the resampling shall be submitted to the director within 30 days.
(2) Analytical procedures. All samples shall be taken, preserved, and analyzed in accordance with the procedures outlined in 40 CFR Part 136 (guidelines establishing test procedures for the analysis of pollutants). Where no test procedure is specified by federal regulations, the procedure shall be one that is approved by EPA, or, if there is no EPA-approved procedure, by the city. Unless approved otherwise by the director, all analysis for the specific pollutants and matrix shall be performed by a laboratory certified by DOH.
(3) Sampling records. For each sampling event, an industrial user shall record and maintain, in accordance with 40 CFR § 403.12(o)(i) through (o)(v), the following information:
(A) Date, exact place, method, and time of sampling and the names of the persons taking the samples;
(B) Sample preservation used;
(C) Dates analyses were performed;
(D) Chain-of-custody of samples;
(E) Names of those who performed the analyses;
(F) Analytical techniques and methods used;
(G) Results of such analyses; and
(H) Any unusual observations or conditions (equipment sample) noted during acquisition or analysis.
(b) Baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical standards, and periodic reports on continued compliance shall contain a statement, reviewed by an authorized representative of the industrial user, as defined in § 43-1.2, and certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance or additional pretreatment, or both, are required for the industrial user to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(c) Any authorized representative of the industrial user, as defined in § 43-1.2, signing an application statement or report submitted pursuant to this section shall make the following certification:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
(Sec. 11-5.5, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.); Sec. 14-5.5, R.O. 1990) (1990 Code, Ch. 14, Art. 5, § 14-5.11) (Am. Ords. 91-93, 94-46, 21-28)