(a) Baseline Monitoring Reports (BMR).
(1) Existing sources shall submit a BMR within 180 days of promulgation of a new national categorical pretreatment standard.
(2) A new source shall submit an Initial Compliance Report (ICR) to accompany its permit application at least ninety days prior to commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW. Sampling requirements are the same for the BMR.
(3) The BMR shall include information on pretreatment methods and provide the nature and concentration of all pollutants and discharge flow rate as set forth in 40 CFR 403.12(b), as amended. New sources shall install and have in operating condition and shall start up all pollution control equipment required to meet applicable standards before beginning to discharge into the POTW. Within ninety (90) days after commencement of discharge, new sources shall meet all applicable standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.6(b), as amended. The BMR shall also include documentation indicating compliance with a BMP when determined to be necessary by the Water/Wastewater Superintendent.
(b) Ninety-Day Compliance Reports.
(1) Within ninety days following the date for final compliance by the discharger with applicable national categorical pretreatment standards set forth in its permit or ninety days following the commencement of discharge to the POTW by a new source, any discharger subject to these regulations shall submit to the Superintendent a report indicating the nature and concentration of prohibited or regulated pollutants in the discharge which are limited by the pretreatment standards thereof.
(2) In addition, this report shall include a record of all measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows during the reporting period. Flows shall be reported on the basis of actual measurement, provided however, where cost or feasibility considerations justify, the Water/Wastewater Superintendent may accept reports of average and maximum flows estimated by verifiable techniques.
(c) Additional periodic compliance reports shall be submitted by all categorical and non categorical users at a frequency specified in the permit, indicating the nature and concentration of all prohibited or regulated pollutants in the discharge. These reports shall also include a record of all measured average and maximum flows during the reporting period, the results of sampling analyses and any other information required by the City. If a discharger's sampling data indicates a violation, the discharger shall notify the Superintendent within twenty-four hours of becoming aware of the violation. The discharger shall then repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results to the Superintendent within thirty days unless the City samples the user's discharge.
(d) All sampling and analysis for purposes of reporting shall conform to 40 CFR 136. Grab samples are required for pH, hexavalent chromium, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organic compounds. All other pollutant samples shall be measured by flow proportional sampling unless justification for an alternate sampling type, representative of the discharge and is documented in the industrial user file.
(e) All reports required under this section shall contain a statement indicating whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O and M and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring the discharger into compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or requirements.
(f) All reports shall be certified to and signed by an authorized representative of the discharger in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(a)(2)(ii) or Section 935.02 and OAC 3745-3-06(F).
(g) Submission of documentation indicating compliance with BMP when determined to be necessary.
(h) Multiple grab samples collected during a twenty- four-hour period may now be composited prior to analysis as follows: for hexavalent chromium, cyanide, total phenols, and sulfides the samples may now be composited in the laboratory or in the field; for volatile organics and oil & grease the samples may now be composited in the laboratory.
Protocols (including appropriate preservation) specified in 40 C.F.R. 136 and appropriate U.S. EPA guidance must be followed.
(i) If a violation is detected through sampling and analysis conducted by the City in lieu of the industrial user, the City shall perform the repeat sampling and analysis within thirty (30) days of becoming aware of the violation unless it notifies the user of the violation and requires the user to perform the repeat sampling and analysis.
(Ord. 4516-20. Passed 1-21-20.)