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The Township and the WVSA may inspect the facilities of any nondomestic user to ascertain whether the purpose of this Part 3 is being met and all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater other than domestic sewage is created or discharged shall allow representatives of the Township and WVSA ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and/or copying, or in the performance of any of their duties. The Township, WVSA, PADEP and/or the EPA shall have the right to set up on the nondomestic user’s property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security personnel so that upon presentation of suitable identification, representatives of the Township, WVSA, PADEP and/or the EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.10)
1. It shall be the responsibility of the industrial user to maintain its pretreatment facility in a working order to provide consistent compliance with the limitations set forth in the industrial wastewater discharge permit and/or the rules and regulations of the WVSA. Operation of the pretreatment system shall be undertaken by the user according to the prescribed methods of the manufacturer as approved by the WVSA, to provide consistent compliance with the limitations set forth in this Part 3, the industrial wastewater discharge permit and the rules and regulations of the WVSA. The user shall be required to maintain documentation reflecting operations and maintenance of all pretreatment facilities.
2. If required by the WVSA, a user shall develop and implement a slug control plan containing the elements itemized at 40 C.F.R. § 403.8(f)(2)(vi). The slug control plan shall be submitted to the WVSA for review and approval before implementation.
3. Any user required to install and operate a grease trap or sediment trap shall maintain the equipment in working order to provide consistent compliance with the limitations set forth in any permit issued by the WVSA and/or the rules and regulations of the WVSA. Operation of the trap shall be undertaken by the user according to the prescribed methods of the manufacturer as approved by the WVSA, to provide consistent compliance with the limitations set forth in this Part 3, any permit and the rules and regulations of the WVSA. The user shall be required to maintain documentation reflecting operations and maintenance of all grease and sediment traps for a period of three years or for such period of time as may be required by any permit.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.11)
The volume of flow used in computing loadings or surcharges shall be based on the total water consumption data as obtained from the permittee or the records of the local water utility. If a user has a substantial portion of the metered water that does not reach the sanitary sewer system the user may, at its own expense, and with approval from the Executive Director, install a separate flow metering device to measure the actual discharge into the sanitary system. If the actual flow to the sanitary system is measured, the equipment used for the measurement of the flow must be maintained in proper working order at all times. A separate written record of calibration and maintenance must be kept for the flow metering device and made readily available for inspection by the WVSA.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.12)
The WVSA may conduct periodic monitoring of the following types:
A. Scheduled or unscheduled sampling and inspections of the user’s facilities and records shall be conducted at all Class I users at least once each year.
B. Additional sampling or inspections may be conducted whenever the WVSA determines a need to investigate the discharges of a user.
C. Demand sampling and inspections may be performed in response to a complaint or an unusual or emergency situation, such as when the WVSA determines a change in the normal discharge characteristics of the user’s wastewater flow, if a violation was detected during sampling or self-monitoring under § 18-344, if problems that may be attributable to the user’s discharge occur in the sewer system or WVSA facilities, or if a complaint or report of noncompliance is received by the Township or WVSA.
E. All discharge sampling and analyses conducted by WVSA shall be in accordance with the sampling and analysis requirements for user self-monitoring in § 18-344.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.13)
1. A. Users subject to an industrial wastewater discharge permit may be required, at the user’s expense, to conduct sampling and analyses of their wastewater on a periodic schedule as established by the permit. Should the results of said analyses indicate a violation of any provision of the user’s permit, the user must:
(1) Report the violation to the WVSA within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation.
(2) Repeat the sampling and analysis within 30 days of becoming aware of the violation and report the results to the WVSA.
B. The resampling is not required if:
(A) The WVSA conducts monthly sampling.
(B) The WVSA conducted compliance sampling between the time when the initial sample was collected and when the laboratory results were received.
2. All wastewater sampling shall be representative of the indirect discharge. Unless otherwise specified in the wastewater discharge permit (and documented in the WVSA files), all samples shall be collected as flow-proportional composite samples over a 24-hour period, except for samples for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organic compounds which shall be obtained as grab samples. Grab samples for cyanide, total phenols and sulfides may be obtained as multiple grab samples and composited in the field or the laboratory before analysis; grab samples for oil and grease and volatile organic compounds may be obtained as multiple grab samples and composited in the laboratory before analysis. For constituents required to be collected as grab samples, the permit shall specify the number of grab samples required for each representative analysis.
3. Unless otherwise specified in a permit, all sampling, sample preservation and laboratory analyses shall be according to the requirements in 40 C.F.R. Part 136.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.14)
1. All users subject to an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall be required to submit such reports as required by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12 or the industrial wastewater discharge permit. Said reports include:
A. Baseline monitoring reports for all categorical industrial users, as provided by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b); sampling shall be as provided at 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(g)(4), and shall include a minimum of four grab samples for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist, and a number as established by WVSA for facilities for which historical sampling data are available.
B. Compliance schedule reports as required by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(b)(7) and (c).
C. Ninety-day compliance reports for categorical industrial users, as provided by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(d); sampling shall be as provided at 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(g)(4), and shall include a minimum of four grab samples for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist, and a number as established by WVSA for facilities for which historical sampling data are available.
D. Periodic reports on continued compliance as scheduled in accordance with the user’s industrial wastewater discharge permit and § 18-344 of this Part 3.
E. Immediate notice to the WVSA of any discharge that constitutes a slug discharge.
F. Immediate notice to the WVSA of any change in the user’s facility that could affect the potential to have a slug discharge.
G. Notification of any planned changes or modifications to the volume or character of the industrial wastewater discharge, including any changes to listed or characteristic hazardous waste discharges reported under § 18-346 of this Part 3.
H. Sampling results and resampling reports as required by § 18-344 of this Part 3.
2. Every significant industrial user and any nondomestic user which is required, by permit or by request of the WVSA, to institute any monitoring, BMP, sampling, grease or sediment removal, or any other activity which will produce a record (such as flow meter or pH recorder charts, laboratory results, or hauled waste records) shall retain all such records for a period of at least three years. All sampling records of significant industrial users shall include the information as set forth at 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(o).
3. All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall be made available to officials of the approval authority upon request. The reports and other documents required to be submitted or maintained under this Section may be subject to the provisions of § 309(c)(4) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, and 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4904, as amended, governing false statements, representations or certifications.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.15)
1. All industrial users shall be required, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(p), to report the discharge into the sanitary sewer system of any substance, which if otherwise disposed of, would be a listed or characteristic hazardous waste under 40 C.F.R. Part 261. Said notification shall be in writing to the WVSA, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director and the PADEP hazardous waste authorities, and shall include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (batch, continuous or other).
2. If the user discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the WVSA, the notification shall also contain the following:
A. An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes.
B. An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream to be discharged in that calendar month.
C. An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
3. All notifications must take place within 180 days of the first discharge of said hazardous waste. Any notification under this Section needs to be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged, provided that any planned change in the volume or character of the hazardous waste discharge must be reported as provided in § 18-344 of this Part 3. The notification requirement does not apply to pollutants already reported under the self-monitoring requirements of this Part 3.
4. In the case of any notification made under this Section, the user shall certify that it has in place a program to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated.
(Ord. 2012-4, 9/13/2012, § 4.16)
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