(a) All new industrial users as well as existing industrial users of the wastewater treatment facilities are required to file a disclosure statement and receive approval from the City. The following information must be supplied on the disclosure statement:
(1) Name, address and location (if different from the address).
(2) SIC number according to the SIC Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended.
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics.
(4) Time and duration of contribution.
(5) 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 the size, location and elevation.
(7) 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 any city, 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 and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards.
(9) If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the user will provide and be required to meet the shortest schedule to 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 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 pretreatments required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completion final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
B. No increment referred to in subsection (a) (9) A. shall exceed nine months.
C. Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Service Director 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 delay and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Service Director.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production.
(11) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day).
(12) Number and type of employees and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system.
(13) Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The City will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the City may authorize the industry to discharge subject to the terms and conditions of this chapter.
(b) Any user subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards must submit within nine months of promulgation thereof a revised disclosure form of the information required by subsections (a)(8) and (9).
(c) Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable National Pretreatment Standards or as required by the City, the industry shall submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants and the average and maximum daily flows for those processes which are limited by pretreatment standards or requirements.
(d) Any user subject to a pretreatment standard shall, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard, submit to the City during the months of June and December a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards.
(e) Information and data furnished to the City with respect to the nature and frequency of discharge shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the discharger specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that the release of such information would divulge information, process or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets or proprietary information of the discharger.
When requested by a discharger furnishing a report, the portions of a report which may disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available, upon written request, to governmental agencies for uses related to this chapter, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, state disposal system permit and/or the pretreatment programs; provided, however, that such portion of a report shall be available for the use by the State or any state agency in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the discharger furnishing the report.
Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information. Information accepted by the City as confidential shall not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general public by the City until and unless a 20-day notification is given to the discharger. (Ord. 3261. Passed 12-17-13.)