915.307 SIGNATORY REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   Any reports required in Sections 915.302, 915.304, and 915.305 of these rules and regulations shall include the certification statement as follows:
"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."
   (b)   A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the Director pursuant to 915.010(a)(44)(C) must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in 915.010(a)(4). This certification must accompany an alternative report required by the Director:
"Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with categorical pretreatment standards under 40 C.F.R. [specify applicable national pretreatment standard part of parts], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that, during the period from [specify month, day , and year] to [specify month, day, and year]:
      (1)   "The facility described as [insert facility name] met the definition of a non-significant categorical industrial user as described in Section 915.010(a)(44)(C)paragraph (Q) of rule 3745-3-01 of the Administrative Code;
      (2)   "The facility complied with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements during this reporting period; and
      (3)   "The facility never discharged more than 100 one hundred gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period. This compliance certification is based on the following information: [specify information]."
   (c)   Furthermore, all reports shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user. If an authorization under Section 915.010(a)(4), is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of Section 915.010(a)(4) must be submitted to the Director prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)