(A) It shall be unlawful for any user to discharge treated groundwater from a groundwater or soil remediation system into the District’s POTW without first obtaining a wastewater discharge permit or general permit from the Director. Any violation of the terms and conditions of a wastewater discharge permit or general permit shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and subjects the permittee to the enforcement and remedies set out in this chapter.
(1) Obtaining a wastewater discharge permit or general permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state and local law.
(2) Any user proposing to begin or recommence discharging treated groundwater into the POTW must obtain a wastewater discharge permit or general permit in accordance with § 58.107(A), prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. A wastewater discharge permit application must be filed at least 90 days prior to the date which any discharge will begin.
(B) A permitted groundwater or soil remediation system will utilize accepted industrial practices and equipment including, but not limited to, oil/water separators for free product capture, particulate removal, air stripping, granular activated carbon and the like.
(C) Each groundwater or soil remediation system will be subject to pollutant parameters specific to the type of remediation activity, including, but not limited to, gasoline, diesel or heating fuel, industrial solvents, heavy metals and the like. Pollutants will be limited as follows.
(1) No discharge of free product in any amount.
(2) Prohibitions and limitations as specified in § 58.081.
(3) No single total toxic organic compound analyzed using approved wastewater methods found in 40 C.F.R. part 136 shall exceed a concentration that is greater than the lowest achievable detection limit for a given compound in an interference-free sample matrix.
(Prior Code, § 54.38) Penalty, see § 58.999