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(a) Industrial users who shall provide pretreatment of wastewaters as a result of any Federal, State or Local regulation, industrial users who are being surcharged for extra-strength wastewaters or any industrial user designated by the City shall be required to provide and operate, at the user's own expense, monitoring facilities to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of the building sewer(s) which connect to the POTW. The requirement of flow-measurement devices shall be determined on a case-by-case basis by the City. Monitoring facilities shall be situated on the discharger's premises, unless so specified by the City, and shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with local construction standards and specifications.
(b) When required by the City, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install suitable facilities together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, control and measurement of the wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall be easily accessible to the Authority and safely located. The manholes, necessary meters and appurtenances shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible and in proper operating condition at all times. Regardless of whether or not monitoring facilities are required by the City, the owner shall provide convenient access to all sampling points deemed necessary by the City such that independent sampling can be carried out by the City.
The Superintendent shall issue, at any time deemed necessary, an administrative order to any user to control the user's discharge to the sewerage system and ensure compliance with any regulation established by this chapter including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) The general and specific discharge prohibition;
(b) Compliance with specific local discharge limits;
(c) The applicable federal categorical pretreatment standards;
(d) Compliance with applicable reporting requirements.
(e) Effluent limits, including Best Management Practices, based on applicable Pretreatment Standards.
An administrative order shall be in the form of a written notice from the Superintendent and may be served upon any user by a duly authorized representative of the Superintendent by certified mail with return receipt requested.
An administrative order shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five (5) years from the effective date of the order. Each administrative order will indicate a specified date upon which it will expire.
An administrative order shall include such conditions as are deemed reasonably necessary by the Superintendent to prevent pass through or interference, protect the quality of the water body receiving the treatment plant's effluent, protect worker health and safety, facilitate sludge management and disposal, and protect against damage to the POTW.
Any person, including the user, may petition the Superintendent to reconsider the terms of an administrative order within thirty (30) days of notice of its issuance.
The Superintendent may modify an administrative order for good cause.
The Superintendent may revoke an administrative order for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following reasons:
(1) Failure to notify the Superintendent of significant changes to the wastewater prior to the changed discharge;
(2) Failure to provide prior notification to the Superintendent of changed conditions pursuant to Section 926.16 of this chapter;
(3) Misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts in the wastewater discharge disclosure form;
(4) Falsifying self-monitoring reports;
(5) Tampering with monitoring equipment;
(6) Refusing to allow the Superintendent timely access to the facility premises and records;
(7) Failure to meet effluent limitations;
(8) Failure to pay fines;
(9) Failure to pay sewer charges;
(10) Failure to meet compliance schedules;
(11) Failure to complete a wastewater survey or wastewater discharge disclosure form;
(12) Failure to provide advance notice of the transfer of business ownership of a permitted facility;
(13) Violation of any pretreatment standard or requirement, or any terms of the administrative order or this chapter.
Wastewater administrative orders shall be voidable upon cessation of operations or transfer of business ownership. All wastewater administrative orders issued to a particular user are void upon the issuance of a new administrative order to that user.
A user with an expiring wastewater administrative order shall submit an updated Wastewater Discharger Disclosure Form, in accordance with Section 926.14 of this chapter, a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the user's existing wastewater administrative orders. (Ord. 07-14. Passed 1-13-14.)
(a) All industrial users proposing to connect to the POTW shall plan and construct pretreatment and/or monitoring facilities when necessary to comply with applicable Federal, State and City regulations before connecting to the POTW. Detailed plans and operating procedures of proposed monitoring and/or pretreatment facilities shall be submitted to the City before construction of the facilities and shall be approved by the City before construction.
(b) All industrial users proposing to connect to the POTW shall submit to the City, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information at least ninety days before the proposed date of connection to the POTW.
(1) Company name and address, including name of operator and owner.
(2) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number(s) according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, as amended.
(3) Anticipated wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those described in Section 926.03
.
(4) Anticipated pattern of discharge; average and peak flow rates in gallons per day, describing daily, monthly and seasonal variations, time and duration of discharges. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated process.
(5) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical, and plumbing plans and details to show all building drains, buildings, sewers, inspection manholes, sampling chambers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation, and all points of discharge.
(6) Products to be produced by type, amount, process, and rate of production.
(7) Type and amount of raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally be discharged to the POTW and a description of plant processes.
(8) Number of employees, hours of operation and proposed hours of operation.
(9) All disclosure forms shall be signed by a principal executive officer of the discharger and a qualified engineer.
(10) List of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
(11) Results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Director, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. The sample shall be representative of daily operations.
(12) Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 926.18
of this Chapter.
(c) The Director will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of a complete wastewater discharge disclosure form, the Director will determine whether or not to issue an Administrative Order.
(d) All users not required to obtain a wastewater administrative order shall provide appropriate reports to the City as the City may require.
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