Permit and inspection charges and requirements shall be established by resolution of the city council as follows:
A. Building Sewer Permit. A lump sum fee as required by Section 15.04.010, shall be paid to the city for inspecting the system from the end of the building drain to a public sewer or private sewage-disposal system.
B. Public Sewer Construction Permit. A fee as required by Section 16.36.170 shall be paid to the city for inspecting the installation of sewer mains that shall become a public sewer.
C. Private Sewage Disposal System Permit. A fee as set by resolution of the city council for evaluating design adequacy and inspection of installation shall be paid to the city for the issuance of a permit for the construction of a new private sewage disposal system under the terms of Article 4 of this chapter. Should the installation be of excessive magnitude or complexity, the city may impose such additional charges as required to provide sufficient funds to cover all costs incurred by the city.
D. Industrial Discharge Permit. The permit fees shall be based on time, materials and analyses required to process the permit and shall be paid to the city for each industrial discharge permit.
1. Prior to consideration of any industrial discharge permit, each industrial user shall furnish the following information on forms to be provided by the city:
a. Name and address of applicant;
b. Volume of wastewater to be discharged;
c. Wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in Section 13.08.550;
d. Average and thirty (30) minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
e. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details showing all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
f. Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all types of materials which are or could be discharged;
g. Any other information deemed by the city to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
2. The city shall evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the city may issue an industrial discharge permit subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
3. Industrial discharge permits shall contain the following:
a. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer;
b. The average and maximum allowable wastewater constituents and characteristics;
c. Limits on rate and time of discharge, or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
d. Requirements for installation of inspection, metering, and sampling facilities;
e. Pretreatment requirements;
f. Specifications for monitoring programs which shall include sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule. Sampling and pollutant analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures established under Section 304 (h) of the Act, detailed in 40 CFR 136;
g. i. Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports, including but not limited to baseline monitoring reports, compliance schedule progress reports, ninety (90) day compliance reports, and periodic reports on continued compliance (see Sections 13.08.824 to 13.08.827 of this ordinance) as may be required from industrial users to assess compliance with federal, state and local limitations and standards with permit conditions, and, where applicable, with compliance schedule milestones or deadlines. In addition, all users shall submit to the city notices of potential problem discharges including slug loading;
ii. Reports submitted to the city by industrial users must be signed and certified by an authorized representative of the discharger. The name of such individual(s) shall be presented to the city for approval prior to issuance of any permit. A change in the authorized representative without prior notification to and approval by the city may result in rescission of the discharge permit. All baseline monitoring reports and other reports related to compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines must contain a certification by a qualified professional, indicating whether or not pretreatment standards are being consistently met, and if any additional operation and maintenance and/or pretreatment is required to meet the applicable standards. The reports required pursuant to this Section are subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1001 relating to fraud and false statements and the provisions of Section 309(c)(2) of the Act governing false statements, representations or certifications in reports required under the Act.
h. Requirements for specific language in the certification by an authorized representative. Said certification shall state,
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.
i. Requirements for maintaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the city, and affording the city access thereto;
j. Mean and maximum mass emission rates, or other appropriate limits when incompatible pollutants, as defined by Section 13.08.040, are proposed or present in the user's wastewater discharge;
k. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the city to ensure compliance with this chapter.
4. Industrial discharge permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed two years. It shall be the responsibility of permittee to initiate renewal within ninety (90) days prior to permit expiration. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
5. Industrial discharge permits are issued to a specific discharger for a specific operation. If operational changes cause any new, increased or changed discharge, the city may rescind, condition or modify the discharger's industrial discharge permit. An industrial discharge permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new discharger, different premises, or a new or changed operation without the prior approval of the city. Provided, that the city approves of such reassignment, transfer or sale of the permit, the permitted discharger shall provide a copy of the existing permit to the new owner or operator of the facility prior to completing the transaction.
6. Any discharger who violates the following conditions of the permit or of this chapter, or applicable state and federal regulations, is subject to having his permit revoked, after due notice and hearing by the city council.
a. Failure of a discharger to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge;
b. Failure of the discharger to report significant changes in operations or wastewater constituents and characteristics;
c. Refusal of reasonable access to the discharger's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring;
d. Violation of conditions of the permit.
E. Nonsignificant Discharge Permit. The permit fees shall be based on time, material and analyses required to process the permit and shall be paid to the city for each nonsignificant discharge permit. Nonsignificant discharge permits shall be issued to certain small industries and some commercial users whose individual discharges do not significantly impact the treatment system, degrade receiving water quality, or contaminate sludge. Industries that have the potential to discharge a nondomestic or process wastestream, but at the present time discharge only sanitary waste, are also included in this group. this group also includes septage waste haulers.
1. Information similar to that required for an industrial discharge permit shall be required for a nonsignificant discharge permit, and shall be furnished on forms to be provided by the city;
2. Nonsignificant discharge permits may contain the same information as industrial discharge permits;
3. Nonsignificant discharge permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed four years;
4. Nonsignificant discharge permits are issued to a specific discharger for a specific operation, and shall not be reassigned, transferred or sold without the prior approval of the city;
5. Violators of the conditions of the nonsignificant discharge permit shall be subject to the same penalties as violators of the conditions of the industrial discharge permit.
F. Special Use Sewer Permit. Special use permits shall be required under the following circumstances:
1. Storm or drainage water discharge (Section 13.08.490);
2. Discharge of unpolluted waters (Section 13.08.500);
3. Direct discharge to sewer (Section 13.08.530);
4. Monitoring well discharge (Section 13.08.490).
Under any of the above circumstances, or any other special condition that may be determined by the city to warrant a permit, the applicant shall, prior to confirmation of such permit, pay a fee in an amount to be determined on an individual case basis by the city.
G. Reinspection Fee. A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when such portion of work for which inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. (Ord. 2006-02 (part), 2006: Prior code § 4279)