(A) General permits and permit modifications. The town reserves the right to amend any wastewater discharge permit issued hereunder in order to assure compliance by the town with applicable laws and regulations.
(1) Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater discharge permit of each discharger subject to these standards shall be revised to require compliance with these pretreatment standards. All national categorical pretreatment standards adopted after the promulgation of this chapter shall be adopted by the town as part of this chapter.
(2) Where a discharger, subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard, has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater discharge permit as required by this section, the discharger shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit from the town within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard by the U.S. EPA.
(3) In addition, the discharger with an existing wastewater discharge permit shall submit to the town within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable national categorical pretreatment standard, the information required by division (C) below.
(4) The discharger shall be informed of any proposed changes in his or her permit at least 90 days prior to the effective date of changes. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include an agreed-upon compliance schedule.
(B) Permit modifications. The town reserves the right to amend any wastewater discharge permit issued hereunder in order to assure compliance by the town with applicable laws and regulations.
(1) Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater discharge permit of each discharger subject to these standards shall be revised to require compliance with these pretreatment standards. All national categorical pretreatment standards adopted after the promulgation of this chapter shall be adopted by the town as part of this chapter.
(2) Where a discharger, subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard, has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater discharge permit as required by this section, the discharger shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit from the town within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard by the U.S. EPA.
(3) In addition, the discharger with an existing wastewater discharge permit shall submit to the town within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable national categorical pretreatment standard, the information required by division (C) below.
(4) The discharger shall be informed of any proposed changes in his or her permit at least 90 days prior to the effective date of changes. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include an agreed-upon compliance schedule.
(C) Permit application.
(1) (a) Industrial dischargers shall complete and file with the town a permit application in the form which the town prescribed on the effective date of this chapter. Existing industrial dischargers shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 120 days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new dischargers shall apply at least 120 days prior to connecting to the wastewater treatment plant.
(b) No discharge permit shall be issued unless and until the following conditions have been met:
1. Disclosure of the name, address and location of the discharger;
2. Disclosure of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
3. Disclosure of wastewater constituents and characteristics;
4. Disclosure of average daily wastewater flow rates, in gallons per day, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any. All flows shall be measured unless other verifiable techniques are approved by the town due to cost or nonfeasibility;
5. Disclosure of the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the industrial wastewater which, because of their nature and concentration, may be prohibited to this chapter, together with a statement regarding whether or not compliance is being achieved with this chapter on a consistent basis, and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance activities or additional pretreatment is required for the discharger to comply with this chapter;
6. Where additional pretreatment or operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this chapter, the discharger shall provide a compliance schedule by which the discharger will provide such additional pretreatment or implementation of additional operational and maintenance activities.
a. The schedule shall contain milestone dates for the commencement and completion of events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the discharger to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
b. Not later than 14 days following each milestone date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the discharger shall submit a progress report to the town. The progress report shall include no less than a statement as to whether or not it complied with the increment of progress represented by that milestone date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and 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 the progress reports to the town.
7. All permit applications for new or modified permits shall be signed by a principal executive officer the level of vice president or higher of the discharger, and a certified wastewater treatment plant operator, and all renewable applications for existing permits shall be signed by a principal executive officer of the level of vice president or higher of the discharger; and
8. All sewers shall have an inspection and sampling manhole or structure with an opening of no less than 24 inches diameter and an internal diameter of no less than 36 inches.
(2) The town will evaluate the complete application and date furnished by the discharger and may require additional information within 15 days. The full evaluation will be completed within 30 days. Within 30 days after full evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the town shall issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
(D) General permits. All industrial dischargers proposing to connect to or to discharge sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes to the wastewater treatment plant shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging to the wastewater treatment plant.
(E) Baseline reports. Within 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or 150 days after the final administrative decision made on a category, whichever is later, existing industrial users subject to the categorical pretreatment standards shall submit to the town a report containing the information listed in 40 C.F.R. Part 403, § 403.12(b), General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
(F) Industrial filing system.
(1) In order to ensure that the town is aware of the status of industrial users discharging to the POTW, a filing system will be developed.
(2) This filing system will include, as required by federal and state guidelines, all of the permitted industrial users and will be used for maintaining correspondence, baseline reports, semi-annual self-monitoring reports, and information developed by industrial waste personnel in visiting and sampling the industries.
(3) Industrial users may inspect their file at any time.
(G) Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall specify no less than the following:
(1) Type of industrial process at permit location;
(2) Limits on the maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics as regulated by this chapter;
(3) Limits on maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization; and
(4) Special conditions as the town may reasonably require under particular circumstances of a given discharge, including sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for test and reporting schedule.
(H) Permit duration. All wastewater discharge permits shall be issued subject to amendment or revocation if the discharger changes as provided in this chapter. Under extraordinary circumstances, a permit may be issued for a stated period or may be stated to expire on a specific date.
(I) Limitations on permit transfers. Wastewater discharge permits issued to a specific discharger are not assignable to another discharger without the prior written approval of the town.
(1991 Code, § 50.40)