(A) Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific Significant Industrial User for the process activity specified in the permit. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be assigned, transferred or sold to a new owner or new user in different premises or to a new or changed operation in the same or different premises without the approval of the POTW. If the premises are sold or otherwise transferred by the permittee to a new owner who will maintain the operation in the same premises, then the permit held by the seller shall be reissued by the POTW to the new owner; provided that the new owner shall apply for a new permit in accordance with this ordinance.
(B) Wastewater discharge permits may be transferred to a new owner or operator only if the permittee gives at least ninety (90) days advance notice to the City Manager and the City Manager approves the wastewater discharge permit transfer. The notice to the City Manager must include a written certification by the new owner or operator which:
(1) States that the new owner and/or operator has no immediate intent to change the facility’s operations and processes;
(2) Identifies the specific date on which the transfer is to occur; and
(3) Acknowledges full responsibility for complying with the existing wastewater discharge permit.
(4) The POTW shall have the same remedies for violation as it has for violation of other discharge permits.
(C) Failure to provide advance notice of a transfer renders the wastewater discharge permit void as of the date of facility transfer.
(Prior Code, Art. 16B, § 5.5)