(a) Certification Statement. The following certification statement is required to be signed and submitted by Users submitting Baseline Monitoring Reports under section 930.13(a); Users submitting applications for unusual discharges; Users submitting reports on compliance with the Categorical Pretreatment Standard deadlines; Users submitting periodic compliance reports and sampling. An authorized representative of the User must sign the certification statement:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the Person or Persons who manage the system, or those Persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(b) Confidential Information. Subject to applicable public records law or court order, information and data furnished to the Director of Public Utilities with respect to the nature and frequency of discharge shall be available to the public or other governmental agencies without restriction unless the Industrial User specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director that the release of the information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets or proprietary information. When requested in writing by an Industrial User furnishing a report, the portions of a report which may disclose trade secrets or proprietary information will not be made available for public inspection but rather be made available upon written request to governmental agencies for uses relating to this chapter, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, State Disposal System Permit and/or the Pretreatment Program and in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the User. Wastewater constituents and characteristics shall not be recognized as confidential information. Such confidential information accepted by the Director will not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general public by the Director unless ten (10) days' prior notification is given to the Industrial User.
(Ord. 210-12. Passed 5-8-12.)