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The Board may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the city’s pretreatment program which may include:
(A) Fees for monitoring, inspection and surveillance procedures including the costs of collection and analyzing a user’s discharge and reviewing monitoring reports submitted by users;
(B) Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(C) Fees for filing appeals; and/or
(D) Other fees as the Board may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees related solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees, fines and penalties chargeable by the city.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
(A) Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6 (a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the Superintendent a report which contains the information listed in division (B) below. At least 90 days prior to the commencement of their discharge, new sources and sources that become categorical users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard shall submit to the Superintendent a report which contains the information listed in division (B) below. A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged.
(B) Users described above shall submit the information set forth below:
(1) The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner;
(2) A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
(3) A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s) carried out by the user. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes;
(4) Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(3) ;
(5) The following information concerning the measurement of pollutants:
(a) The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process;
(b) The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Superintendent, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process, instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in § 54.36; and
(c) Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in § 54.45. Sampling and analysis may be performed by the POTW in lieu of the industrial user. Where the POTW itself collects all of the information reburied for a reporting requirement, the significant industrial user will not be required to submit the report.
(6) A statement, reviewed by the user’s authorized representative and certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(7) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the additional pretreatment and/or O&M shall be provided. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section must meet the requirements set out in § 54.36;
(8) All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 4.6.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule required by § 54.35(B)(7):
(A) The schedule shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading in the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards. These events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, project status reports, beginning operation, and attaining compliance;
(B) No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;
(C) The user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule; and
(D) In no event shall more than nine months elapse between progress reports to the Superintendent.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
(A) Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to the pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Superintendent a report containing the information described in this chapter.
(B) For users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the user's long-term production rate. For all other users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production, or other measure of operation, this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period.
(C) All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 4.6.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
(A) All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined by the Superintendent but in no case less than twice per year, in June and December, submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards, and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 4.6.
(B) All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
(C) If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Superintendent, using the procedures prescribed in § 54.45, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
Each user must notify the Superintendent of any planned significant changes to the user's operations or system which might alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater at least 90 days before the change.
(A) The Superintendent may require the user to submit any information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including the submission of a wastewater discharge permit application, under § 54.22.
(B) The Superintendent may issue a wastewater discharge permit under § 54.22 or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit under Section 5.4 in response to changed conditions or anticipated changed conditions.
(C) For purposes of this requirement, significant changes include, but are not limited to, flow increases of 20% or greater, and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
(A) In the case of any discharge, including, but not limited to, accidental discharges, discharges of a nonroutine, episodic nature, a noncustomary batch discharge, or a slug load that may cause potential problems for the POTW, the user shall immediately telephone and notify the Superintendent of the incident. This notification shall include the location of the discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, if known, and corrective actions taken by the user.
(B) Within five days following the discharge, the user shall, unless waived by the Superintendent, submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences. The notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of the damage to the POTW, natural resources or any other damage to person or property; nor shall the notification relieve the user of any fines, penalties or liability which may be imposed pursuant to this chapter.
(C) A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a discharge described in division (A) above. Employers shall ensure that all employees who may cause the discharge to occur are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user must notify the Superintendent within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Superintendent within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation. The user is not required to resample if the Superintendent monitors at the user's facility at least once a month, or if the Superintendent samples between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of this sampling.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
(A) Any user who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities, in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. The notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the user discharges more than 100 kilograms of the waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification also shall contain the following information to the extent the information is known and readily available to the user; an identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes, an estimation of the mass and concentration of the constituents in the wastestream discharged during that calendar month, and an estimation of the mass of constituents in the wastestream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months. All notifications must take place no later than 180 days after the discharge commences. Any notification under this paragraph need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharge. However, notifications of changed conditions must be submitted under the conditions of this chapter. The notification requirement in this section does not apply to pollutants already reported by users subject to categorical pretreatment standards following the self-monitoring requirements of this chapter.
(B) Discharges are exempt from the requirements of division (A) above during a calendar month in which they discharge no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e). Discharge of more than 15 kilograms of nonacute hazardous wastes in a calendar month, or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a one-time notification. Subsequent months during which the user discharges more than these quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional notification.
(C) In the case of any new regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA, identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the user must notify the Superintendent, the EPA Regional Waste Management Waste Division Director and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) of the discharge of the substance within 90 days of the effective date of the regulations.
(D) In the case of any notification made under this section, the user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
(E) This provision does not create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted to be discharged by this chapter, a permit issued thereunder, or any applicable federal or state law.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as a part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. If 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures approved by EPA.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
(A) Except as indicated in division (B) below, the user must collect wastewater samples using flow proportional composite collection techniques. In the event flow proportional sampling is not feasible, the Superintendent may authorize the use of time proportional sampling or a minimum of three grab samples where the user demonstrates that this will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous discharge limits.
(B) Samples of oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, phenols, sulfides and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection techniques.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain and make available, for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of the requirements. Records shall include the date, exact place, method and time of sampling and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed, who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of the analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least three years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the city, where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Superintendent.
(Ord. 842, passed 4-1-2000)
COMPLIANCE MONITORING
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