(A) Existing permitted industries; temporary permits.
1. All persons discharging industrial wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of this chapter and who have obtained a permit or approval on industrial wastewater discharge from the city, are granted a temporary permit to discharge industrial wastewaters.
2. This temporary permit shall expire six months from the date of written notification by the Director of Public Works that a new permit is to be obtained.
3. Prior to the expiration of the temporary permit, the industrial user shall apply for and obtain a new industrial wastewater discharge permit.
(B) Application procedure; conditions for approval.
1. Applicants for a permit for industrial wastewater discharge shall complete a city application form available at the office of the Director of Public Works. The city may require plans, specifications, lab analyses or additional information on the characteristics of the wastewater discharge beyond that required on the application form.
2. Any person signing the application statement submitted pursuant to this section shall make the following certification:
I certify under penalty of perjury 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.
3. Upon approval of the application and payment of the required fees as adopted by resolution of the City Council, an industrial wastewater discharge permit will be issued and the application, plans, specifications and data (the compliance schedule in the case of an interim permit) submitted in support will be considered as part of the permit.
4. (a) The application shall be approved if the applicant has complied with all applicable requirements of this chapter and furnished to the city all requested information and if the Director of Public Works determines that there is adequate capacity in the POTW to convey, treat and dispose of the wastewaters.
(b) The city may deny any application for an industrial wastewater discharge permit.
(C) Duration. An industrial wastewater discharge permit shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years from the effective date of the permit. An industrial wastewater discharge permit may be issued for a period less than five years, at the discretion of the Director of Public Works. Each permit will indicate a specific date upon which it will expire.
(D) Change of restrictions.
1. The Director of Public Works may change the restrictions or conditions of an industrial wastewater discharge permit from time to time as circumstances may require.
2. The city shall allow an industrial user a reasonable period of time to comply with any changes in the industrial wastewater discharge permit required by the city.
(E) Suspension and conditions for reinstatement.
1. The Director of Public Works may suspend a permit for industrial wastewater discharge when such suspension is necessary in order to stop a discharge which presents an actual or threatened hazard to the public health, safety or welfare, to the environment or to the city’s POTW.
2. Any user notified of a suspension of its permit shall immediately cease and desist the discharge of all industrial wastewater to the POTW. In the event of a failure of the user to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Director of Public Works shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary to ensure compliance. In the event of an emergency, the city may terminate the discharge of all industrial wastewater to the POTW immediately. All sewer discharges from the user may be terminated if industrial and domestic wastewaters are combined prior to discharge to the city sewer.
3. The Director of Public Works shall reinstate the permit upon proof of satisfactory compliance with all discharge requirements of the city.
(F) Revocation. The Director of Public Works may revoke an industrial wastewater discharge permit for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following reasons:
1. Failure to provide written notification to the Director of Public Works of significant changes to the wastewater, at least 30 days prior to discharge to the sewer of the changed industrial wastewater;
2. Failure to provide prior notification to the Director of Public Works of changed conditions pursuant to § 9-6-19(E) of this chapter;
3. Misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts in the industrial wastewater discharge permit application;
4. Falsifying self-monitoring reports;
5. Tampering with monitoring equipment;
6. Refusing to allow the Director of Public Works timely access to the facility premises and records;
7. Failure to meet effluent limitations;
8. Failure to pay connection fees;
9. Failure to pay fines and/or penalties;
10. Failure to pay sewer charges;
11. Failure to meet compliance schedules;
12. Failure to complete an industrial wastewater survey or the industrial wastewater discharge permit application;
13. Failure to provide 90 days’ prior written advance notice of the transfer of business ownership of a permitted facility; or
14. Violation of any pretreatment standard or requirement, or any provisions of:
(a) The industrial wastewater discharge permit;
(b) This chapter;
(c) This code; or
(d) Any applicable federal, state or local law, regulation, statute or ordinance.
(G) Permit nontransferability. Industrial wastewater discharge permits shall be void upon cessation of operations or transfer of business ownership or substantially all the assets of the industrial user. All industrial wastewater discharge permits issued to a particular user are void upon the issuance of a new permit to that user.
(Ord. 497, passed 6-20-2000)