Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit or categorical users submitting a baseline monitoring report shall submit the following information as required by 40 C.F.R. § 403.12 or by the WRA Director.
(A) Users applying for a wastewater discharge permit must submit an application form prescribed by the WRA and accompanied by the application fee. All new significant users must submit an application 180 days prior to the date of any wastewater discharge.
(B) Existing users subject to new National Categorical Pretreatment standards must, within 180 days after the effective date of the standard, submit a baseline monitoring report prescribed by the WRA. New users subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards must submit a baseline monitoring report prescribed by the WRA at least 90 days prior to commencement of discharge to the POTW. A baseline monitoring report shall include:
(1) Name, address and location of the facility, if different from the mailing address.
(2) Name of the operator and owners of the facility.
(3) A list of all environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
(4) A description of the operations including the average rate of production, applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, schematic process diagrams, and points of discharge to the POTW from regulated processes.
(5) Daily average and daily maximum flow measurements for regulated process waste streams and non-regulated waste streams where necessary.
(6) The categorical user shall identify the pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and shall submit the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration (or mass, where required) of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards from each regulated process.
(7) The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample immediately downstream of any pretreatment facility or immediately downstream of each regulated process if no pretreatment exists and prior to mixing with other waste to compile that data necessary to comply with this requirement. If non-regulated wastewater is mixed with regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment, the user must measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula of 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(e) in order to evaluate compliance with pretreatment standards. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(e), this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the WRA Director. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 136 or other verified method approved by the WRA Director.
(8) The time, date, and place of sampling, methods of analysis, and certification that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
(9) Historical data may be allowed by the WRA Director so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures.
(10) Certification by an authorized representative of the user as referenced in § 52.033 and certified to by a qualified professional indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet pretreatment standards and requirements.
(11) If additional pretreatment or O&M will be required to meet pretreatment standards, requirements, discharge limits as set forth in §§ 52.010, 52.011, 52.012, or any other limit set by the WRA Director, the user shall supply a compliance schedule indicating the shortest time schedule necessary to accomplish installation or adoption of such additional pretreatment or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions apply to this schedule:
(a) 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. Such schedule shall include, where applicable, but shall not be limited to dates for the hiring of an engineer, completing preliminary plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, beginning operation, and conducting routine operations.
(b) No increment referred to in division (B)(11)(a) of this section shall exceed nine months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed 18 months.
(c) No 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 WRA Director, including, at a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the WRA Director.
(12) A minimum of four grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide, and volatile organic compounds. For all other pollutants required, 24-hour composite samples must be obtained through flow-proportional composite sampling techniques where feasible. The WRA Director may waive flow-proportional composite sampling for any user who demonstrates that flow-proportional sampling is not feasible. In such cases, samples may be obtained through time-proportional techniques or through a minimum of four grab samples where the user demonstrates that such sampling will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged.
(C) New significant users not subject to categorical standards shall submit analysis of wastewater representative of the effluent discharged to the POTW as required in division (B)(7) of this section for all parameters deemed necessary by the WRA Director.
(D) New or existing industrial users not subject to categorical pretreatment standards who fail to meet local, state, or federal pretreatment standards or other permit requirements on a consistent basis shall be subject to compliance schedules for additional pretreatment or O&M as outlined in division (B)(11) of this section.
(E) All applications and reports must contain the certification statement and be signed in accordance with § 52.033.
(Ord. 2010-09, passed 7-13-2010; Am. Ord. 2019-03, passed 2-26-2019; Am. Ord. 2022-09, passed 8-23-2022)