(a) Each SIU shall complete and file with the Superintendent a permit application and a Wastewater Discharge Disclosure Declaration therefor in the form prescribed by the Superintendent and accompanied by the required fee. Proposed new dischargers shall apply at least ninety days prior to connecting to the POTW. Any nonsignificant industry which, via changes in process or facilities use, will cease to be a nonsignificant industry shall apply for a permit within ninety days prior to the change. Fees and charges for initial permits shall be established by the Superintendent. Each permit shall include the following:
(1) The limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics regulated thereby, including Pretreatment Standards, local limitations and State and local law. Permits may include a limit on total flow, which shall not be exceeded by the discharger without obtaining the prior written approval of the Village.
(2) The requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities.
(3) Special conditions as the Superintendent may reasonably require under particular circumstances of a given discharge, including self-monitoring, sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for tests, reporting schedule and notification and recordkeeping requirements.
(4) Compliance schedules, if deemed necessary by the Superintendent of the Village.
(5) Requirements for submission of special technical reports or discharge reports where same differ from those prescribed by this section, if deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
(b) As a precedent to the issuance of any permit, each permit application shall include:
(1) The name, address and location of the discharger;
(2) The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number of the discharger according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1987, as amended;
(3) The wastewater constituents and characteristics in the anticipated discharge as determined by bona fide chemical and biological analyses. Sampling and analysis will be performed in accordance with procedures established by the United States EPA and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended;
(4) The anticipated time and duration of discharges, the average and peak flows and seasonal variations, if any;
(5) A description of the activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are discharged to the POTW and their discharge points in the discharger's sewer collection system;
(6) Disclosure of nature and extent of the discharger's operations and the product manufactured or processed by the discharger by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production as requested;
(7) Disclosure of the type and amount of raw materials utilized as requested;
(8) All permit applications for new or modified permits and all renewal applications for existing permits shall be signed by an authorized representative of the discharger.
(9) All dischargers required to submit baseline monitoring reports shall provide the information for permit application or modification according to 40 CFR 403.12 as currently promulgated or as subsequently amended or modified;
(10) If requested by the Superintendent, all waste manifests or approved summary sheets and material safety data sheets; and
(11) If requested by the Superintendent, site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, inspection manholes, sampling chambers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation of the discharger's premises.
(c) The Village shall evaluate the completed application and data furnished by the discharger and may require, at that time, additional information. Within a reasonable time after the data and application are deemed by the Superintendent to be complete, the Village shall notify the discharger of the granting or rejection of the application.
(d) All Wastewater Discharge Permits are issued to a specific discharger for a specific operation, at a specific location or facility, and for a specific period of time (in no case more than five years). Permits are not assignable or transferable to another discharger or location without prior notification to the POTW with proof that the discharger has provided the proposed transferee with a copy of the Permit, and written approval of the Superintendent.
(e) Permit Modifications: The Village reserves the right to amend any Wastewater Discharge Permit issued hereunder in order to assure compliance by the Village with applicable laws and regulations. All National Categorical Pretreatment Standards adopted after the promulgation of this chapter shall, without further action by the Village, become part of this chapter upon their effective date. A discharger with an existing Wastewater Discharge Permit shall submit to the Village, within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the amended information required by Section 905.09 and 905.11. New source dischargers shall submit to the Village at least ninety days prior to commencement of discharge, the amended information required by Sections 905.09 and 905.11. The discharger shall be informed of any proposed changes in its permit at least thirty days prior to the effective date of change in such permit. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(f) Permit Duration: New and modified Wastewater Discharge Permits shall be issued for a specific time period, not to exceed five years. A discharger shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of any existing permit.
(g) Compliance Schedules:
(1) Where additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this chapter, the discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the discharger will provide such additional pretreatment and/or implementation of additional operation and maintenance activities. The schedule shall contain milestone dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the discharger to comply with the requirements of this chapter or any applicable Pretreatment Standard including, but not limited to, dates relating to hiring an engineer, hiring other appropriate personnel, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, startup of operations and all other acts necessary to achieve compliance with this chapter.
(2) Upon completing final plans, all required construction permits shall be obtained by the discharger. If required by Ohio EPA, a Permit to Install shall be obtained by the discharger prior to construction. Final plans shall be signed by an authorized representative of the discharger and certified by a qualified engineer who is a licensed professional.
(3) Under no circumstances shall the Village permit a time increment in the compliance schedule for any single step directed toward compliance which exceeds nine months.
(4) Not later than fourteen days following each milestone date in the schedule and final date for compliance, the discharger shall submit a progress report to the Village including, at a minimum:
A. A statement as to whether or not the discharger complied with the increment of progress represented by that milestone date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply;
B. The reason for any delay; and
C. The steps being taken by the discharger to return the construction to the approved schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Village.
(Ord. 94-122. Passed 6-16-94.)