§ 52.112 RECORDKEEPING.

   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 established under § 52.018(C). Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; copies of completed chain-of-custody forms; 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 be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the Board, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Board.

(Ord. 9-2016, passed 6-7-2016)

§ 52.113 CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS.

   (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 § 52.063; SIUs submitting baseline monitoring reports under § 52.100(B)(5); CIUs submitting reports on compliance with the categorical pretreatment standard deadlines under § 52.102; SIUs submitting periodic compliance reports required by § 52.103(A) through (D), CIUs submitting an initial request to forego sampling of a pollutant on the basis of § 52.103(B)(4), and non-SIUs submitting reports required by § 52.107. The following certification statement must be signed by an authorized representative as defined in § 52.004:

   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)   Annual certification for non-significant categorical industrial users. A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the Board pursuant to the definition of pretreatment standards, division (3) in § 52.004 and § 52.063(C) must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in the definition of authorized or duly authorized representative in § 52.004. This certification must accompany an alternative report required by the Board:

   Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR       , I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that during the period from                 ,             to              ,              [months, days, year]:

   (a)   The facility described as                     [facility name] met the definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as described in the definition of pretreatment standards, division (3) in § 52.004 ;

   (b)   The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards and requirements during this reporting period; and

   (c)   The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.

   This compliance certification is based on the following information.

   (C)   Certification of pollutants not present. Users that have an approved monitoring waiver based on § 52.103(B) must certify on each report with the following statement that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its wastestream due to activities of the user.

   Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the Pretreatment Standard for 40 CFR        [specify applicable National Pretreatment Standard part(s)], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there has been no increase in the level of                        [list pollutant(s)] in the wastewaters due to the activities at the facility since filing of the last periodic report under § 52.103 (A).

(Ord. 9-2016, passed 6-7-2016)

SAMPLING AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING

§ 52.130 REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE.

   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.

(Ord. 9-2016, passed 6-7-2016)

§ 52.131 CONTROL MANHOLE.

   All users who discharge pollutants other than sewage to the POTW and who make a new connection or modify an existing connection to the POTW shall install a control manhole unless the Board determines that a control manhole is not required. In addition, the Board shall have the authority to require any user, at the user's expense, to install a control manhole if the Board determines that such a manhole is necessary to protect the POTW.

(Ord. 9-2016, passed 6-7-2016)

§ 52.132 ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS.

   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 Board or other parties approved by EPA.

(Ord. 9-2016, passed 6-7-2016)