(A) The industrial wastewater discharge permit must constitute the performance specification to which each industrial user must conform in order to maintain authorization to use the city's sewer system.
(B) Industrial wastewater discharge permits must be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter, federal pretreatment standards and regulations pursuant to § 307 et seq. of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1317 et seq.) and all other regulations, user charges and fees established by the city.
(C) Permit conditions must be uniformly enforced in accordance with this chapter and applicable state and federal regulations.
(D) Permit conditions may include without limitation the following, in accordance with 40 CFR § 403.12(b):
(1) Limits on the average and/or maximum wastewater constituent concentrations and other relevant qualitative characteristics;
(2) Mass emission discharge rates or any more stringent federal pretreatment standards and user's average daily wastewater discharge for the past three years. When not available, data for a year or that, which is mutually acceptable to the user and the city, will be used;
(3) Limits on rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(4) Requirements for installation of inspection and sampling facilities and specifications for monitoring programs;
(5) Requirements for maintaining and submitting technical self-monitoring reports and plant records relating to Industrial wastewater discharges;
(6) Compliance schedules;
(7) Applicable federal pretreatment standards which are more stringent than local limitations;
(8) Other conditions to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 1093, passed 2-17-04)