(a) Compliance Required. No person shall discharge sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes to any sewer outlet within the jurisdiction of the City, without having first complied with this chapter.
(b) Wastewater Discharge Data Disclosure.
(1) General disclosure. All industrial dischargers proposing to connect to or discharge sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes to the POTW shall comply with this chapter.
(2) Disclosure forms. Industrial dischargers shall complete and file with the City a disclosure declaration in the form prescribed by the City. Existing industrial dischargers shall file disclosure forms within thirty days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new dischargers shall file disclosure forms at least ninety days prior to connecting to the POTW.
(c) Additional Pretreatment.
(1) Where additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this chapter, the discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the discharger will provide such additional pretreatment and/or implement additional operation and maintenance activities.
(2) The schedule shall contain milestone dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the discharger to comply with this chapter, including, but not limited to, dates relating to hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction and all other acts to achieve compliance with this chapter.
(3) Under no circumstances shall the City permit a time increment for any single step directed toward compliance which exceeds nine months.
(4) Not later than fourteen days following each milestone date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the discharger shall submit a progress report to the City, including not less than a statement as to whether or not it complied with the increment of progress represented by that milestone date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for the delay and the steps being taken by the discharger to return the construction to the approved schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the City.
(5) The City will evaluate the complete disclosure form and data furnished by the discharger and may require additional information. Within thirty days after full evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the City shall notify the discharger of the City's acceptance or nonacceptance thereof.
(d) Modifications. Where a discharger, subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard, has not previously submitted a disclosure form as required by this section, the discharger shall file a disclosure form with the City within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard by the U.S. EPA. In addition, any discharger operating on the basis of a previous filing of a disclosure statement shall submit to the City, within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable national categorical pretreatment standard, the additional information required by the City disclosure statement. New sources, and sources that become industrial users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable national categorical pretreatment standard, shall submit to the City the required disclosure form at least ninety days prior to the commencement of any discharge. New sources shall also be required to include in the disclosure form: (1) information on the method of pretreatment the source intends to use to meet applicable national categorical pretreatment standards; and (2) estimates on production, flow and amounts of regulated pollutants. The discharger shall be informed of any proposed change in this chapter at least thirty days prior to the effective date of the change. Any changes or new conditions in this chapter shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
The limitations set on toxic metal discharges shall be evaluated by the dischargers of the toxic metal and the City when one of the following conditions exists:
(1) One year after implementation of this chapter and every year thereafter; or
(2) Anytime the effluent or the sludge from the sewage treatment plant is consistently above or below the water quality standards or effluent limits established by the Ohio EPA.
(Ord. 1991-230. Passed 1-21-92.)
(Ord. 1991-230. Passed 1-21-92.)