(A) General permits. All significant users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing significant users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Permit application.
(1) Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the city, an application in the form prescribed by the city, and accompanied by a fee of $150. Proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(a) Name, address, and location, (if different from the address):
(b) SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(c) Wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in this chapter as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section B04(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended;
(d) Time and duration of contribution;
(e) Average daily and three-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
(f) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location, and elevation;
(g) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(h) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any city, state, or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O & M) or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(i) If additional pretreatment or O & M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the user will establish the shortest schedule of corrective action which will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
l. The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (for example hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, and the like).
2. No increment referred to in division (B) (1) (i) 1. shall exceed nine months.
3. Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Superintendent.
(j) Each product produced by type, amount, process, and rate or production;
(k) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(l) Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system; and
(m) Any other information as may be deemed by the city to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(2) The city will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the city may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.
(C) Permit modifications. Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater contribution permit of users subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standard within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where a user, subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard, has not previously submitted application for a wastewater contribution permit as required by division (B) above, the user shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard. In addition, the user with an existing wastewater contribution permit shall submit to the Superintendent within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable federal categorical pretreatment standard the information required by division (B) (1) (h) and (i) of this section.
(D) Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other applicable regulations, user charges, and fees established by the city. Permits may contain the following:
(1) The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer;
(2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics;
(3) Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(4) Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities;
(5) Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards or tests and reporting schedule;
(6) Compliance schedules;
(7) Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports (see § 52.091);
(8) Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the city, and affording city access thereto;
(9) Requirements of notification to the city of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system;
(10) Requirements for notification of slug discharges as set forth in this chapter;
(11) Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the city to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(F) Limitations on permit transfer. Users shall be issued wastewater discharge permits for specific operation and are not assignable to another discharger without prior written approval of the city, or transferable to any other location.
(Ord. 85-2, passed 3-25-85) Penalty, see § 52.999