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§ 52.077  REGULATION OF WASTE RECEIVED FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
   (A)   If another municipality, or user located within another municipality, contributes wastewater to the POTW, the Wastewater Superintendent shall enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the contributing municipality.
   (B)   Prior to entering into an agreement required by division (A) above, the Wastewater Superintendent shall request the following information from the contributing municipality:
      (1)   A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the POTW by the contributing municipality;
      (2)   An inventory of all users located within the contributing municipality that are discharging to the POTW; and
      (3)   Such other information as the Wastewater Superintendent may deem necessary.
   (C)   An intermunicipal agreement, as required by division (A) above, shall contain the following conditions:
      (1)   A requirement for the contributing municipality to adopt a sewer use ordinance which is at least as stringent as this chapter and local limits which are at least as stringent as those set out in § 52.018. The requirements shall specify that such ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to the town ordinance or local limits;
      (2)   A requirement for the contributing municipality to submit a revised user inventory on at least an annual basis;
      (3)   A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including wastewater discharge permit issuance, inspection and sampling, and enforcement, will be conducted by the contributing municipality; which of these activities will be conducted by the Wastewater Superintendent; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the contributing municipality and the Wastewater Superintendent;
      (4)   A requirement for the contributing municipality to provide the Wastewater Superintendent with access to all information that the contributing municipality obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;
      (5)   Limits on the nature, quality and volume of the contributing municipality’s wastewater at the point where it discharges to the POTW;
      (6)   Requirements for monitoring the contributing municipality’s discharge;
      (7)   A provision ensuring the Wastewater Superintendent access to the facilities of users located within the contributing municipality’s jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling and any other duties deemed necessary by the Wastewater Superintendent; and
      (8)   A provision specifying remedies available for breach of the terms of the intermunicipal agreement.
(1996 Code, § 168-31)
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
§ 52.090  BASELINE MONITORING REPORTS.
   (A)   Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the Wastewater Superintendent a report which contains the information listed in division (B) below. At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources and sources that become categorical users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the Wastewater Superintendent a report which contains the information listed in division (B) below. A new source shall also be required to report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source shall also give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged.
   (B)   Users described above shall submit the information set forth below:
      (1)   Identifying information. The name and address of the facility including the name of the operator and owner;
      (2)   Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
      (3)   Description of operations. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classifications of the operations) carried out by such user. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes;
      (4)   Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined waste stream formula set out in 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(e);
      (5)   Measurement of pollutants.
         (a)   The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process.
         (b)   The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Wastewater Superintendent of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in § 52.101.
         (c)   Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in § 52.101.
      (6)   Certification. A statement reviewed by the user’s authorized representative 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 (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements;
      (7)   Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M. The completion date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section must meet the requirements set out in § 52.091; and
      (8)   Signature and certification. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 52.056.
(1996 Code, § 168-32)
§ 52.091  COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE PROGRESS REPORT.
   The following conditions shall apply to the schedule required by § 52.090(B)(7) of this chapter.
   (A)   The schedule shall contain progress increments 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 (such events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting routine operation).
   (B)   No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months.
   (C)   The user shall submit a progress report to the Wastewater Superintendent no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule.
   (D)   In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Wastewater Superintendent.
(1996 Code, § 168-33)
§ 52.092  REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD DEADLINE.
   Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to such pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Wastewater Superintendent a report containing the information described in § 52.090(B)(4) through (B)(6) of this chapter. For users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the procedures in 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the user’s long-term production rate. For all other users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the user’s actual production during the appropriate sampling period All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 52.056.
(1996 Code, § 168-34)
§ 52.093  PERIODIC COMPLIANCE REPORTS.
   (A)   All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined by the Wastewater Superintendent but in no case less than twice per year (in June and December), submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with §§ 52.050 through 52.057.
   (B)   All wastewater samples must be representative of the user’s discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
   (C)   If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Wastewater Superintendent, using the procedures prescribed in §§ 52.090 through 52.103, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
(1996 Code, § 168-35)
§ 52.094  REPORT OF CHANGED CONDITIONS.
   Each user must notify the Wastewater Superintendent of any planned significant changes to the user’s operations or system which might alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater at least 90 days before the change.
   (A)   The Wastewater Superintendent may require the user to submit such information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including the submission of a wastewater discharge permit application under §§ 52.050 through 52.057.
   (B)   The Wastewater Superintendent may issue a wastewater discharge permit under §§ 52.050 through 52.057 or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit under §§ 52.070 through 52.077 in response to changed conditions or anticipated changed conditions.
   (C)   For purposes of this requirement, significant changes include, but are not limited to, monthly average flow increases of 10% or greater, and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants.
(1996 Code, § 168-36)
§ 52.095  NEW OR INCREASED DISCHARGES.
   All industrial user shall promptly notify the POTW in advance of any new or increased discharge. The town may deny or condition new or increased contributions of pollutants, or changes in the nature of pollutants, to the POTW by industrial users where such contributions do not meet applicable pretreatment standards and regulations or where such contributions would cause the POTW to violate its VPDES permit.
(1996 Code, § 168-37)
§ 52.096  REPORTS OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS.
   (A)   In the case of any discharge including, but not limited to, accidental discharges, discharges of a non-routine, episodic nature, a non-customary batch discharge, or a slug load, that may cause potential problems for the POTW, the user shall immediately telephone and notify the Wastewater Superintendent of the incident. This notification shall include the location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, if known, and corrective actions taken by the industrial user.
   (B)   Within five days following such discharge, the user shall, unless waived by the Wastewater Superintendent, submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW, natural resources or any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, penalties or other liability which may be imposed pursuant to this chapter.
   (C)   A notice shall be permanently posted on the .user’s bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a discharge described in division (A) above. Employers shall ensure that all employees, who may cause such a discharge to occur, are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(1996 Code, § 168-38)
§ 52.097  REPORTS FROM PERMITTED USERS.
   All users not required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Wastewater Superintendent as the Wastewater Superintendent may require.
(1996 Code, § 168-39)
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