(A) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the payment of fees from dischargers to the town and the authority’s wastewater disposal system and to compensate the town and the authority for the cost of administration of the pretreatment program established herein.
(B) Charges and fees.
(1) The town shall adopt charges and fees which may include:
(a) Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures;
(b) Fees for filing appeals; and
(c) Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
(2) Permit charges and fees will be due annually or monthly with the program cost being prorated based upon the total of industrial wastewater contributed by each permitted industry or a flat fee based on each industry’s categorical classification. The POTW Superintendent will establish which of these two methods will be used, with approval by the Town Council.
(3) Permit charges and fees will be assessed annually by the POTW Superintendent and approved by the Town Council at its regular meeting. Charges and fees may change from year-to-year based upon verifiable documentation of previous year costs through acceptable accounting practices.
(C) Missing material.
(D) Missing material.
(E) Permit modifications. The Town Council reserves the right and reserves unto the authority the right to amend any wastewater discharge permit issued hereunder in order to assure compliance by the authority with applicable laws and regulations. Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater discharge permit of each discharger subject to such standard shall be revised to require compliance with such standards within the time frame prescribed by such standards. All national categorical pretreatment standards adopted after the promulgation of this subchapter shall be adopted by the authority as part of this subchapter. 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 authority within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard by the U.S. EPA. In addition, the discharger with an existing wastewater discharge permit shall submit to the authority within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable national categorical pretreatment standard, the information required by division (C) above. The discharger shall be informed of any proposed changes in his or her permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(F) Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall specify no less than the following:
(1) Fees and charges to be paid upon initial permit issuance;
(2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics regulated thereby;
(3) Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge and/or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(4) Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities;
(5) Special conditions as the town and the authority may reasonably require under particular circumstances of a given discharge including sampling locations, frequency of sampling number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule;
(6) Compliance schedules;
(7) Requirements for submission of special technical reports of discharge reports where same differ from those prescribed by this subchapter. It is mandatory that the IU submit reports to the POTW, state and EPA for the discharge of any hazardous waste and must notify the POTW in advance of any substantial changes in volume or character of pollutants in their discharges, including hazardous wastes (hazardous waste notifications must comply with 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(p) requirements);
(8) The duration of permits shall be for five years;
(9) The permit is nontransferable;
(10) The permit shall contain applicable federal, state and local limits;
(11) The permit shall contain provisions for self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification and record-keeping requirements; and
(12) A statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties.
(G) Permits duration. All wastewater discharge permits shall be issued for a period not greater than five years, subject to amendment or revocation as provided in this subchapter. Under certain circumstances, a permit may be issued for a stated period or may be stated to expire on a specific date.
(H) Baseline monitoring report. All categorical industrial users (CIU) must, as a minimum, submit a baseline monitoring report. This report must include identifications of the facility, permits held, description of operations and contain flow and pollutant measurements (as required in 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)). Also, this report must contain the proper signatory and certification statements as described in § 52.20 of this code.
(Ord. 2015-6-1, passed 7-13-2015)