(a) Records Retention. Any industrial user subject to these regulations shall retain and preserve, for no less than three years, any records, books, documents, memoranda, reports, correspondence and any and all summaries thereof, relating to monitoring, sampling and chemical analyses made by or on behalf of a user in connection with its discharge, including documentation associated with Best Management Practices. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling; the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. All records which pertain to matters which are the subject of administrative adjustment or any other enforcement or litigation activities brought by the City pursuant hereto shall be retained and preserved by the user until all enforcement activities have concluded and all periods of limitation with respect to any and all appeals have expired.
(b) Signatory and Certification Requirement. All wastewater discharge permit applications and user reports shall be signed in ink by an Authorized Representative of the User and contain the following certification statement:
“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 assessment and imprisonment for knowing violations.”
(Ord. O91-24, passed 4-2-1991; Am. Ord. O2016-65, passed 12-6-2016; Am. Ord. O2021-22, passed 3-16-2021.)