(A) Significant industrial user determination. All persons proposing to discharge non-domestic wastewater, or proposing to change the volume or characteristics of an existing discharge of non-domestic wastewater, shall request from the POTW Director a significant industrial user determination. If the POTW Director determines or suspects that the proposed discharge fits the significant industrial user criteria, he or she will require that a significant industrial user permit application be filed.
(B) Significant industrial user permit application. Users required to obtain a significant industrial user permit shall complete and file with the town, an application in the form prescribed by the POTW Director, and accompanied by an application fee in the amount prescribed in the schedule of charges and fees. Significant industrial users shall apply for a significant industrial user permit within 90 days after notification of the POTW Director’s determination in division (A) above. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) Name, address and location (if different from the address);
(2) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for pretreatment, the industry as a whole, and any processes for which categorical pretreatment standards have been promulgated;
(3) Analytical data on wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those mentioned in §§ 50.085 through 50.094 of this code, any of the priority pollutants (as discussed in § 307(a) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317(a)) which the applicant knows or suspects are present in the discharge as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory and any other pollutant of concern to the POTW; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to § 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 C.F.R. part 136, as amended;
(4) Time and duration of the indirect discharge;
(5) Average daily and 30-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, floor drains, sewer connections, direction of flow and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation;
(7) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be accidentally or intentionally discharged;
(8) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any town, state or federal pretreatment standards; and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis; and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(9) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions apply to this schedule:
(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. No increment in the schedule shall exceed nine months; and
(b) No later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the POTW Director 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. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between progress reports to the POTW Director.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production;
(11) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(12) Number and type of employees, hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
(13) If subject to a categorical standard, a baseline monitoring report in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b) and 15A NCAC 02H .0908(a), as outlined in § 50.125 of this code; and
(14) Any other information the POTW Director deems necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(Prior Code, § 50.091) (Ord. O-00-001, passed 2-24-2000)