All wastewater discharge permit applications and user reports must be signed by a responsible officer or manager, or sole proprietor or general partner as applicable, or duly authorized representative.
(A) For the purpose of this section, a responsible officer or manager means:
(1) A president, vice-president, secretary, or treasurer of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy- or decision-making functions for the corporation, or
(2) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided, the manager is authorized to make management decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations and initiating and directing other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures. This authorization must be made in writing by the principal executive officer or ranking elected official and submitted to the approval authority prior to or together with the report being submitted of the user and contain the following certification statement:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(B) A duly authorized representative is an individual designated by the responsible officer, manager, sole proprietor or general partner in writing. The written authorization must be submitted to the city and also specifies either an individual or a position having the responsibility of the overall operation of the facility from which the industrial discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company. If an authorization in this section is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of this section must be submitted to the city prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
(Ord. 9399, passed 2-24-2020)