1. Baseline Monitoring Reports.
A. As soon as possible following the promulgation of a categorical standard, the wastewater discharge permit of industrial users subject to such standards shall be revised, if necessary, to require compliance with such categorical standards within the time frame prescribed by the categorical standard.
B. Where an industrial user, subject to newly promulgated categorical standard, has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater discharge permit as required by § 18-515.8, the industrial user shall, within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable categorical standard:
(1) Apply for a wastewater discharge permit.
(2) Provide the baseline monitoring information required by 40 CFR § 403.12(b). This information may be incorporated into the application for a wastewater discharge permit.
C. Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a) (4), whichever is later, existing categorical industrial users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the City a report which contains the information listed in paragraph .D, below. At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources, and sources that become categorical industrial users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the City a report which contains the information listed in paragraph .D, below. A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged.
D. Users described above shall submit the information set forth below:
(1) All information required in subsection .8 of this Section. (See 40 CFR 403.12(b) (1)).
(2) Measurement of Pollutants.
(a) The user shall provide the information required in subsection .8.G, .N, .P and .Q of this Section.
(b) The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to compile that data necessary to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.
(c) Samples should be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment facilities if such exist or immediately downstream from the regulated process if no pretreatment exists. If other wastewaters are mixed with the regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment the user should measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(e) to evaluate compliance with the pretreatment standards. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e) this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the control authority.
(d) Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with subsections .6 and .7 of this Section.
(e) The City may allow the submission of a baseline report which utilizes only historical data so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures.
(f) The baseline report shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling and methods of analysis, and shall certify that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
(3) Compliance Certification. A statement, reviewed by the user's authorized representative as defined in § 18-513.2 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 (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(4) 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 must be provided. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this Section must meet the requirements set out in subsection .2 of this Section.
2. Compliance Schedule Progress Reports. The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule required by subsection .1.D.(4) of this Part.
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 9 months.
C. The user shall submit a progress report to the City 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 City.
3. Signature and Report Certification.
A. Certification of Permit Applications, User Reports and Initial Monitoring Waiver. The following certification statement is required to be signed and submitted by users submitting permit applications in accordance with § 18-516.7 and .8; users submitting baseline monitoring reports under subsection .1 of this Section (See 40 CFR 403.12 (1)); users submitting reports on compliance with the categorical pretreatment standard deadlines under subsection .4 of this Section (See 40 CFR 403.12(d)); users submitting periodic compliance reports required by subsection .5 of this Section (See 40 CFR 403.12(e) and (h)). The following certification statement must be signed by an authorized representative as defined in § 18-512.
“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 gather and evaluate 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.”
4. Categorical Compliance Report. Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the discharge of industrial waste from processes regulated by categorical standards shall submit to the City a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from the regulated process which are limited by categorical standards and the average and maximum daily flow for those process units in the industrial user's facility which are limited by such categorical standards. The report shall certify that the information contained therein concerning wastewater constituents and flows is representative of discharges during normal work cycles. The report shall also state whether the applicable categorical standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional operation and management practices and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring the industrial user into compliance with the applicable categorical standards, and including a schedule for completion of the required actions in the form described in subsection .2 of this Section.
5. Periodic Compliance Reports.
A. All significant industrial users must, at a frequency determined by the City but no less than twice per year (June and December) submit reports 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. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice (BMP) or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation required by the City or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the user.
B. For significant industrial users subject to categorical standards, if discharge limits are based on mass units per production unit, then production information regarding the regulated processes during the reporting period shall be included in the report, along with flow and concentration values, so that a determination of compliance or noncompliance with categorical standards can be made.
C. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with subsection .3 of this Section.
D. 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.
E. If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this Section monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the City, using the procedures prescribed in subsection .6 of this Section, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report. (See 40 CFR 403.12(g) (6)).
6. Reporting and Re-Sampling of Discharge Limit Violations.
A. If, upon receipt of valid sampling and testing results, a significant industrial user becomes aware that a violation of discharge limits has occurred, the significant industrial user shall, within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation, notify the City of this fact. Within 30 days of becoming aware of the violation, the significant industrial user shall also sample and analyze its discharge(s) for each parameter found to be in violation and report the results of the re-sampling and analysis to the City.
B. Each significant industrial user shall have a duty, on receipt of validly obtained sampling and analysis results, of inspecting the results and determining if any wastewater discharge permit condition has been violated. Failure to examine and compare testing results with wastewater discharge permit conditions shall not be a valid defense for failure to comply with these reporting conditions.
7. Sampling and Analysis.
A. All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. If 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the EPA determines that the Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures suggested by the City or other parties approved by EPA.
B. Monitoring results submitted to satisfy reporting requirements must be based on data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis performed during the period covered by the report that is representative of conditions occurring during the reporting period.
C. Except as indicated in paragraph .D and .E below, the user must collect wastewater samples using 24-hour flow-proportional composite sampling techniques, unless time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the City. Where time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the City, the samples must be representative of the discharge. Using protocols (including appropriate preservation) specified in 40 CFR Part 136 and appropriate EPA guidance, multiple grab samples collected during a 24-hour period may be composited prior to the analysis as follows: for cyanide, total phenols, and sulfides the samples may be composited in the laboratory or in the field; for volatile organics and oil and grease, the samples may be composited in the laboratory. Composite samples for other parameters unaffected by the compositing procedures as documented in approved EPA methodologies may be authorized by the City, as appropriate. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous limits.
D. Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, total phenols, sulfides, and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection techniques.
E. For sampling required in support of baseline monitoring and 90-day compliance reports required in § 18-517.1 and .2 [40 CFR 403.12(b) and (d)], a minimum of four grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist; for facilities for which historical sampling data are available, the City may authorize a lower minimum. For the reports required by paragraphs in § 18-517 (40 CFR 403.12(e) and 403.12(h)), the industrial user is required to collect the number of grab samples necessary to assess and assure compliance by with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
8. Monitoring Facilities.
A. The City may require an industrial user to provide and operate, at the industrial user's own expense, monitoring facilities to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of the wastewater or industrial waste discharge. The monitoring facility should normally be situated on the industrial user's premises, but the City may, when such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the industrial user, allow the facility to be constructed in the public street or sidewalk area and located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles.
B. There shall be ample room in or near such sampling manhole or facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, sampling and measuring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the industrial user.
C. Whether constructed on public or private property, the sampling and monitoring facilities shall be provided in accordance with the City's requirements and all applicable local construction standards and specifications. Construction shall be completed within 90 days following written notification by the City.
9. Individual Wastewater Discharge Permit Reissuance. A user with an expiring individual wastewater discharge permit shall apply for individual wastewater discharge permit reissuance by submitting a complete permit application, in accordance with § 18-516.8 of this Part, a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing individual wastewater discharge permit.
10. Inspections. The City shall have the right to enter the premises of any user to determine whether the user is complying with all requirements of this Part and any individual wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder. Users shall allow the City ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of any additional duties.
A. Where a user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, The Superintendent or Pretreatment Coordinator shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
B. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Superintendent or Pretreatment Coordinator and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the user.
C. Unreasonable delays in allowing the City access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this Part.
11. Reports from Unpermitted Users. All users not required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Superintendent as the City may require.
12. Date of Receipt of Reports. Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports, which are not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the United States Postal Service, the date of receipt of the report shall govern.
13. Recordkeeping.
A. Users subject to the reporting requirements of this Part shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this Part, any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least 3 years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the City, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the City.
B. The City shall keep and maintain all records relating to the administration and enforcement of the industrial pretreatment program including, but not limited to, wastewater discharge permit applications, investigations and calculations, wastewater discharge permits, inspection reports, industrial user reports, sampling results and enforcement activities for a minimum of 3 years. In case of ongoing litigation, records shall be maintained as long as they may be required.
14. Confidentiality.
A. Information and data on a user obtained from reports, surveys, wastewater discharge permit applications, individual wastewater discharge permits, and monitoring programs, and from the Superintendent's inspection and sampling activities, shall be available to the public without restriction, unless the user specifically requests, and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City, that the release of such information would divulge information, processes, or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets under applicable State law. Any such request must be asserted at the time of submission of the information or data.
B. When requested and demonstrated by the user furnishing a report that such information should be held confidential, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available immediately upon request to governmental agencies for uses related to the NPDES program or pretreatment program, and in enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics and other effluent data, as defined at 40 CFR 2.302 shall not be recognized as confidential information and shall be available to the public without restriction.
C. The City shall maintain a secure place to store records containing confidential information and shall insure that all records marked as confidential are kept secure from casual or public scrutiny.
D. When information accepted by the City as confidential is transmitted to any government agency, a notification to the industrial user shall be provided listing the confidential information transmitted and the governmental entity requesting it.
(Ord. 7-6-2010, 7/6/2010, § 3.7)