(A) Mandatory permits. All industries proposing to connect or to commence a new discharge to the wastewater treatment system shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into the wastewater treatment system if the discharge would result in the industry being classified as a significant industrial user. All existing significant industrial users or industrial users subject to national categorical pretreatment standards under § 307(b) and (c) of the Act, being , being 33 U.S.C. § 1317(b) and (c), connected to or discharging into the wastewater treatment system shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit within 180 days after the effective date of this subchapter.
(B) Permit applications.
(1) Users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the City Engineer a permit application in the form as required. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 30 days after the effective date of this subchapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting or discharging to the wastewater treatment system.
(2) The City Engineer will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be issued until an application is complete. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the City Engineer shall issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(C) Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this subchapter and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the city. Permits may contain the following:
(1) The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to the wastewater treatment system;
(2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics, in terms of concentration, mass limitations or other appropriate units;
(3) Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulation and equalization;
(4) Requirements for installation, maintenance and operation of sampling and monitoring facilities;
(5) Requirements for installation, operation and maintenance of pretreatment facilities;
(6) Specifications for self-monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule;
(7) Compliance schedules;
(8) Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports;
(9) Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the City Engineer, but in no case less than three years, and affording the City Engineer access thereto;
(10) Requirements for notification to and acceptance by the City Engineer for any new introduction of wastewater constituents or of any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system if they may have a significant impact on the sewer collection or treatment systems;
(11) Requirements for notification of slug or accidental discharges as provided in § 53.079 of this code, and reporting of permit violations;
(12) Requirements for disposal of sludges, floats, skimmings and the like; and
(13) Other conditions deemed appropriate by the city to ensure compliance with this subchapter.
(D) Permit duration and renewal.
(1) Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. The user shall apply for permit renewal a minimum of 90 days prior to the expiration of the user’s existing permit by filing with the City Engineer a renewal application in the form as required.
(2) The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the City Engineer during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in this subchapter are modified or other just cause exists. The City Engineer, upon a determination that the permittee has been in compliance with the expiring permit and is capable of complying with the renewed permit, shall renew a wastewater discharge permit upon the terms and conditions specified for an additional time period, not to exceed five years. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his or her permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule agreeable to the permittee and the City Engineer for compliance.
(E) Permit modifications.
(1) A wastewater discharge permit may be modified, in whole or in part, by the City Engineer during its term for the following causes:
(a) Amendment of this subchapter where permit provisions are affected;
(b) A change in the city’s wastewater treatment system which results in the permittee’s discharge having a significantly different and negative impact on the system;
(c) A change in the permittee’s wastewater volume or characteristics which will or is likely to have, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, a negative impact on the wastewater treatment system; or
(d) Promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard. Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater discharge permit of users subject to that standard shall be revised to require compliance with the standard within the time frame prescribed by that standard. All users, whether or not they have an existing wastewater discharge permit, shall apply for a new permit as required by this section within 150 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard.
(2) Any modifications in the wastewater discharge permit shall specify a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(F) Permit transfer. Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation without the approval of the City Engineer. Any succeeding owner or user shall also comply with the terms and conditions of the existing permit.
(2004 Code, § 53.076) (Ord. 727, passed 12-12-1985)