(A) All significant users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing significant users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Permit application. Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the Water and Sewer Commission, an application in the form prescribed by the Commission, and accompanied by a permit fee. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least thirty (30) days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following evaluation:
(1) Name, address, and location if different from the address;
(2) SIC numbers according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, United States Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics as determined by an analytical laboratory acceptable to the Commission; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended;
(4) Time and duration of contribution;
(5) Average daily and 30-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variation if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location, and elevation;
(7) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(8) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by city, state, or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(9) If additional pretreatment will be required to meet the pretreatment standards; the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard; the following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(a) The schedule must be acceptable to the Commission.
(b) The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards.
(c) Not later than fourteen (14) days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Commission including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on that date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the users to return the construction to the schedule established.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production;
(11) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(12) Number of employees, and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
(13) Any other information as may be deemed by the Commission to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(C) A Baseline Monitoring Report (BMR) must be submitted to the Manager by all categorical industrial users at least ninety (90) days prior to initiation of discharge to the sanitary sewer. The BMR must contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Production data including a process description, SIC code number, raw materials used, chemicals used, and final product(s) produced;
(2) Name of facility contact person;
(3) Wastewater characteristics such as total plant flow, types of discharges, average and maximum flows from each process;
(4) Nature and concentration of pollutants discharged to the public sewer system that are regulated by this chapter, state and/or federal pretreatment standards and sample type and location;
(5) Information concerning any pretreatment equipment used to treat the facility's discharge; and
(6) New source categoricals shall comply with standards upon commencement of discharge.
(D) The Commission shall evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Commission may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(Ord. - -, passed 6-7-84; Am. Ord. 91-07-18, passed 7-18-91)