(a) When requested by the Director, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within ninety (90) calendar days of the request. The Director is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information.
(b) All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 C.F.R. Part 136, as amended, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. The Director is authorized to require, at his or her discretion, one or all of the approved techniques as set forth above. If Part l36 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the OEPA determines that the Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures suggested by the Director or other parties approved by OEPA.
(Ord. 2008-375. Adopted 9-29-08; Ord. 2012-261. Adopted 6-25-12.)