(A) (1) All significant industrial users shall submit to the district quarterly reports, unless required more frequently in the wastewater contribution permit or by the district, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards or the wastewater contribution permit. The report shall also include all information necessary to determine that best management practices are being implemented as required, the chain-of-custody (COC) forms, field data and any other information required by the district. In addition, this report shall include a record of all daily flows or the average daily flow. At the discretion of the district and in consideration of factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, and the like, the district may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.12 and this section. Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter, any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements, and documentation associated with best management practices as may be required. 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 three years. This period shall automatically be extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the district or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention by the district.
(2) Where compliance schedules are required, the following conditions shall apply:
(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; and
(c) The user shall submit a progress report to the district no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, at 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. The following conditions shall apply to all compliance schedules required by this subchapter:
1. 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.
2. No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months.
3. The user shall submit a progress report to the district 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; and in no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the district.
(B) The district may impose mass limitations on users which are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or requirements, or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations are appropriate. In such cases, the report required by division (A) of this section shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by pretreatment standards in the effluent of the user. These reports shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow and the nature and concentration, or production and mass where requested by the district, of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards. The frequency of monitoring shall be prescribed in the applicable pretreatment standard. All analyses shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the administrator pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 C.F.R. part 136 and amendments thereto or with any other test procedures approved by the administrator. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the administrator. Where 40 C.F.R. part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the EPA publication, “Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,” April 1977, and amendments thereto, or with any other sampling and analytical procedures approved by the administrator.
(Ord. 01-07.28.16, passed 7-28-2016)