(A) In 1998, the EAJSA IPP initiated a compliance recognition program. The program was designed to recognize permitted industries that have exhibited complete compliance with their individual discharge permit and the EAJSA rules and regulations for an entire calendar year. To date, the program has included a certification of recognition and notice in the local newspaper.
(B) As an added incentive to the compliance recognition program, the EAJSA will be offering a reduced monitoring plan which would include the following requirements and implementation procedures.
(1) (a) The industry must be in complete compliance with the EAJSA rules and regulations and their individual industrial discharge permit for two consecutive calendar years (start date to be determined by EAJSA).
(b) COMPLETE COMPLIANCE is defined as a user being consistently below 80% of his, her or its limit for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, mercury, nickel, total oil and grease, petroleum oil and grease, phenols, silver and zinc.
(c) For pH, color and any other specific limitations, complete compliance is based on the limits outlined in the user’s individual discharge permit
(2) Reduced monitoring would be for routine compliance testing parameters only (does not include surcharge or investigative sampling).
(3) Any compliance issues would cause the industry to be returned to its original or more stringent monitoring schedule immediately.
(4) The reduced monitoring schedule for significant industrial users would be semiannual and for minor industrial users would be annual.
(5) The reduced monitoring does not apply to federal categorical monitoring requirements.
(6) The EAJSA reserves the right to modify the procedures to ensure the integrity of the POTW.
(Ord. 197, passed 11-4-2002)