(a) Submission of Data on Industrial Wastes. Any person who discharges industrial wastes into the Village’s sewerage system either directly or indirectly, shall, upon the written request of the Village Administrator, fill out and file with the Village within ninety (90) days an Industrial Waste Questionnaire to be furnished by the Village, in which he shall set out the quantity and characteristics of the wastes discharged into the Village’s sewerage system. Similarly, any person desiring to establish a new connection to a public sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial wastes shall be required to fill out and file such a questionnaire, which shall include actual or predicted data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the wastes to be discharged. When special circumstances such as the size or complexity of his sewage disposal problem would make complying with the time schedule cited above an unreasonable burden on the person, an extension of time, not to exceed ninety days, may be granted by the Village upon presentation of a proper application.
(b) Control Manholes. Any person discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer, either directly or indirectly, may be required by the Village, upon the recommendation of the Sewer Engineer, to construct and maintain at his own expense one or more control manholes at a specified location or locations to facilitate the observation, measurement and sampling of his wastes. Such manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications of the Village. The Village may also require the person to install and maintain in any such manhole at said person’s expense an approved volume-measuring device. Plans for the installation of control manholes and related equipment must be approved by the Village, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent or the Sewer Engineer, before construction is begun.
(c) Waste Sampling.
(1) In addition to the requirements of the Industrial Cost Recovery Ordinance, any industrial wastes discharge din to the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection and determination of character and concentration. The examination shall be made as often as the Sewer Engineer deems it necessary (but at least one a year) and may include the use suitable continuously monitoring instruments in appropriate cases. Samples shall be collected either manually or be approved mechanical devices and in such a manner as to be representative of the overall composition of the wastes. Sampling period shall be for a period of time to be determined by the Sewer Engineer. Every care shall be exercised in collecting the samples to insure their preservation, until analyzed, in a state comparable to that at the time the samples were collected.
(2) The installation and maintenance of the sampling facilities shall be the responsibility of the person discharging the wastes and shall be subject to the approval of the Village. Access to sampling facilities shall be granted at all times to the Sewer Engineer or his duly authorized representative. Operation and testing may be required to be done by the Village and paid for by the industrial user. All testing procedures will be performed to meet all the requirements or Federal Regulations 40 CFR 136.
(d) Waste Analysis. Laboratory procedures used in the examination of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in “Standard Methods” or other methods approved by both the Village and E.P.A. However, alternative methods for certain analyses of industrial wastes may be used subject to mutual agreement between the Sewer Engineer and the customer. The Village shall make and charge the industrial user for all analyses of the industrial user’s wastes as well as other tests the Sewer Engineer may deem advisable. Analyses made by the Village at the request of the customer shall be charged to the customer according to the standard work order billing practices. All such analyses shall be binding in determining strength-of-wastes surcharges and other matters dependent upon the character and concentration of wastes.
(e) Use of Representative Analyses. Until an adequate analysis of a representative sample of customer’s wastes has been obtained, the Village shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, make a determination of the character and concentration of the customer’s wastes by using data based on analyses of similar processes or data for his type of business that are available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or from industry-recognized authoritative sources. This method, if selected by the Village, shall continue at the Village’s pleasure or until an adequate analysis has been made.
(f) All data collected pertaining to industrial wastes includes records kept by each industrial user shall be subject to audit and review by the Environmental Protection Agency and Village.
(Ord. D-12-94-1. Passed 12-12-94.)