(a) Permit Required. It shall be unlawful to discharge industrial wastes to the POTW without first making application for obtaining and complying with requirements stipulated in a wastewater discharge permit issued by the City.
(b) Permit Application. All significant industrial users, and other users as may be required by the Water/Wastewater Superintendent, shall submit an application for a wastewater discharge permit to the Water/Wastewater Superintendent at least ninety (90) days prior to connecting to or discharging to the POTW. All existing significant industrial users connected to or discharging to the POTW, and which have not previously applied for a wastewater discharge permit, shall apply for a discharge permit within 180 days of the effective date of this chapter. All new sources shall give estimates of the information requested in paragraphs (4) through (7). Each application shall include:
(1) Name and address of applicant;
(2) A list of any environmental control permits held by the facility;
(3) A description of operations, including the nature, rate of production and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of the operation(s). This description shall include a schematic process diagram which indicates the point(s) of discharge to the POTW;
(4) Measured average daily and 30-minute peak wastewater flow, in million gallons per day, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any. All flows shall be measured unless other verifiable techniques are approved by the City due to cost or feasibility.
(5) Results of sampling and analysis of regulated pollutants from each regulated process. For pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organics a minimum of four (4) grab samples must be analyzed. For all other pollutants a minimum of one (1) 24 hour flow proportional composite sample must be obtained. Samples should be taken immediately downstream of pretreatment facilities if such exist or immediately downstream of regulated processes if no pretreatment facilities exist. The samples shall be representative of the daily operations;
(6) Raw materials utilized and their amounts;
(7) Type and amount of product produced. For industrial users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established by the Superintendent, this report shall include a reasonable measure of the user's long term production rate. For industrial users subject to production based standards, this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period;
(8) Where additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this chapter, the discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the discharger 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:
A. The schedule shall contain milestone dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the discharger to comply with the requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction and all other acts necessary to achieve compliance with this chapter.
B. Under no circumstances shall the Water/Wastewater Superintendent permit a time increment for any single step directed toward compliance which exceeds twelve (12) months.
C. Not later than fourteen (14) days following each milestone date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the discharger shall submit a progress report to the Water/Wastewater Superintendent, including no less than a statement as to whether or not it complied with the increment of progress represented by that milestone 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 discharger to return the construction to the approved schedule. In no event shall more than nine (9) months elapse between these progress reports to the Water/Wastewater Superintendent.
(9) All sewers shall have an inspection and sampling structure accessible at all times to the City for use in sampling the industry's discharge to assure compliance with this chapter.
(10) The permit application shall be signed by an authorized representative of the discharger pursuant to OAC or as defined in Section 935.02.
(c) Permit Acceptance. The Water/Wastewater Superintendent shall evaluate the data furnished by the discharger and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Water/Wastewater Superintendent may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein. The Water/Wastewater Superintendent reserves the right to reevaluate all industrial dischargers at any time and require a permit to be issued.
(d) Each IU is required to notify the Superintendent of any significant changes to the IU's operations or system which might alter the nature, quality or volume of its waste water at least thirty (30) days before the change.
(Ord. 4516-20. Passed 1-21-20.)