(A) Within 90 days following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the wastewater system, a new permittee shall submit to the town a baseline monitoring report on forms furnished by the town indicating the nature and concentration of all prohibited or regulated substances contained in its discharge, and the average and maximum daily flow in gallons. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and if not, what additional operations, maintenance and/or pretreatment activities are necessary to bring the discharger into compliance with the applicable standards.
(B) Any permittee subject to a pretreatment standard set forth in this section shall submit to the town during the months of June and December, unless required more frequently by the discharge permit, a periodic compliance report on forms provided by the town indicating the nature and concentration of prohibited or regulated substances in the effluent. Included in the report shall be a record of all measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows during the reporting period, computed by verifiable techniques as required by the applicable discharge permit.
(C) Each permittee shall monitor the discharge with the frequency prescribed in its wastewater discharge permit. All sampling and analyses shall be performed in accordance with 40 C.F.R. part 136 and amendments thereto.
(D) Reports of monitoring events shall be filed with the town as required by the wastewater discharge permit. The reports shall contain all results of analyses required by the permit, including flow conditions and the nature and concentration of those prohibited substances specified in the applicable categorical standards. The reports shall also specify sampling location; date, time, and techniques; analysis date; analyst and analysis methods; and results of all analyses.
(E) All permittees shall retain and preserve for no less than 3 years any records, books, documents, memoranda, reports, correspondence, and any and all summaries thereof, relating to monitoring, sampling, and analyses made in connection with its discharge. All records which pertain to matters which are the subject of administrative adjustment or any other enforcement or litigation activities brought by the town pursuant hereto shall be retained and preserved by the permittee until all enforcement activities have concluded and all periods of limitation with respect to any and all appeals have expired.
(F) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this subchapter, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by the imposition of a civil penalty as set forth in the Fee Schedule, Chapter 98.
(G) All permittees subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards will be required to file all reports as described in 40 C.F.R. part 403. These reports shall include baseline monitoring reports, compliance schedule reports, compliance date reports, and periodic compliance reports.
(H) Compliance schedule reports must be submitted by any nonresidential discharger not subject to categorical standards who is not in compliance with the terms and conditions of this subchapter.
(1992 Code, § 9-109) (Ord. 755, § 1(i), passed 1-23-1990)