(a) Proposed new significant major industries and other industrial users shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit, in the form prescribed by the Authority, with a fee set in accordance with Appendix A, currently in effect, at least ninety days prior to connecting to or contributing to the sewerage system and shall have obtained such permit before such connection or contribution is made.
(b) In support of the wastewater discharge permit application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) The name, address and location of the user;
(2) The SIC number, according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended;
(3) The wastewater constituents and characteristics required by the Authority, as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304 (9) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part 136, as amended;
(4) The time and duration of the contribution;
(5) The average daily and peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
(7) A description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(8) The nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by County, State or Federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(9) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest compliance schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
A. The compliance schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (e.g. hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing a contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
B. No increment referred to in paragraph (a)(9)A. hereof shall exceed nine months.
C. No later than fourteen days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a compliance schedule progress report to the Authority, including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for the delay and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established.
D. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Authority.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and the rate of production;
(11) The type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(12) The number and type of employees, the hours of operation of the plant and the proposed or actual hours of operation of the pretreatment system; and
(13) Any other information that may be deemed by the Authority to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(c) The Authority will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Director may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
(Ord. 95-16. Passed 9-18-95; Ord. 2022-18. Passed 5-16-22.)