Categorical pretreatment standards may be adjusted to reflect the presence of pollutants in the nondomestic user's intake water in accordance with the following:
(a) Application. Any nondomestic user wishing to obtain credit for intake pollutants must make application to the Superintendent. Upon request of the nondomestic user, the applicable standard will be calculated on a "net" basis (i.e. adjusted to reflect credit for pollutants in the intake water) if the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) hereof are met.
(b) Criteria.
(1) The nondomestic user must demonstrate that the processes it proposes or uses to meet applicable categorical pretreatment standards would, if properly installed and operated, meet the standards in the absence of pollutants in the intake waters.
(2) Credit for generic pollutants, such as BOD, total suspended solids and oil and grease, shall not be granted unless the nondomestic user demonstrates that the constituents of the generic measure in the user's effluent are substantially similar to the constituents of the generic measure in the intake water, or unless appropriate additional limits are placed on process water pollutants either at the outfall or elsewhere.
(3) Credit shall be granted only to the extent necessary to meet the applicable categorical pretreatment standards, up to a maximum value equal to the influent value. Additional monitoring may be necessary to determine eligibility for credits and compliance with standards adjusted under this section.
(4) Credit shall be granted only if the user demonstrates that the intake water is drawn from the same body of water as that into which the POTW discharges. The Superintendent may waive this requirement if he or she finds that no environmental degradation will result.
(c) Application of Standards on a Net Basis. The applicable categorical pretreatment standards contained in 40 CFR, Chapter I, subchapter N, specifically provide that they shall be applied on a net basis.
(Ord. 656. Passed 9-15-97.)