(a) All Industrial Users shall monitor discharges to the POTW, as required by the Discharger’s Industrial Waste Discharge Permit or other orders of the Director, and provide necessary reports, data and other information to the Director. All information submitted and collected shall be retained in accordance with Section 924.18 of this chapter.
(b) Discharge Monitoring Reports.
(1) Periodic Compliance Reports: Any Industrial User subject to an Industrial Waste Discharge permit shall periodically submit to the City a report indicating compliance with the applicable pretreatment standards or other limits and requirements as required by the City. Such reports shall be submitted according to the frequency prescribed in the Industrial Users’ wastewater discharge permit and include the following information for the reporting period:
A. The nature and/or concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards or other limits as required by the City;
B. Results from sampling and an analysis of regulated pollutants from each regulated process and a City-determined frequency of monitoring necessary to assess and ensure compliance by Industrial Users with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements;
C. Results based upon data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis performed during the period covered by the report, with data representative of conditions occurring during the reporting period;
D. A record of measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the discharge to the POTW. The reported flows should include the regulated process streams and other streams necessary to allow the use of the controlled wastestream formula (as defined in 40 CFR 403.6(e)) and any other details the Director deems necessary;
E. Where the City has imposed mass limitations on the Industrial User, the Industrial User shall report the mass of pollutants in the discharge relevant to the mass limitations;
F. For Industrial Users subject to Categorical Pretreatment Standards expressed only in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation) in accordance with Section 924.06(c), the Industrial User shall include the actual average production rate;
G. For Industrial Users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established by the Director, this report shall include a reasonable measure of the Industrial User’s long-term production rate;
I. In cases where the Pretreatment Standard requires compliance with a BMP, the Industrial User must submit determination required by the Director or the Pretreatment Standards necessary to determine the compliance status of the Industrial User; and
J. If an Industrial User monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the City, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the periodic discharge monitoring report.
(2) Categorical Industrial User Compliance Report. Any Industrial User subject to Categorical Pretreatment Standards shall submit a report indicating whether the Categorical Industrial User has achieved compliance to such standards.
A. This report is to be submitted to the Director within ninety (90) days following:
1. The date for final compliance with applicable Categorical Pretreatment Standards; or
2. Commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, in the case of a new source Discharger (as defined in Section 924.02).
B. The following information shall be included in this report:
1. Measured average daily and maximum flows of regulated process streams and other nonregulated streams.
2. Results from sampling and an analysis of regulated pollutants from each regulated process and a City-determined frequency of monitoring necessary to assess and ensure compliance by Industrial Users with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
3. Results based upon data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis performed during the period covered by the report, with data representative of conditions occurring during the reporting period.
4. For Categorical Industrial Users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established by the Director, this report shall include a reasonable measure of the Categorical industrial User’s long-term production rate.
5. For Categorical Industrial Users, subject to production-based standards, as described in Setion 924.06(c), this report shall include the Categorical Industrial User’s actual production during the appropriate sampling period.
6. For Categorical Industrial Users subject to monitoring waivers a certification that there has been no increase in pollutants as described in Section 924.16(j)(1)E.
(3) Hazardous Waste Discharge Notifications.
A. All Dischargers shall notify the POTW and Ohio EPA in writing of any discharge into the POTW of substance(s), which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. The Discharger shall provide the information specified in 40 CFR 403.12(p).
B. All Dischargers shall promptly notify the City in advance of any substantial change in the volume or character of pollutants in their discharge, including the listed or characteristic hazardous wastes for which the IU has submitted initial notification in 40 CFR 403.12(p).
(c) Signatory Requirements. All reports submitted by the Industrial User (including the industrial wastewater discharge permit application materials in Section 924.12) shall include the following requirements:
(1) A statement that the information reported is representative of the discharge and operations; and
(2) Contain the following certification statement:
“I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direct 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.”
(3) The signature of the Duly Authorized Representative of the Industrial User, as defined in Section 924.02:
(4) Specific Signature Requirements - Additional signatory requirements include:
A. Periodic Compliance Reports where the Director has authorized a monitoring waiver for the Industrial User, in accordance with Section 924.16(j) Monitoring Waivers, the Industrial User shall also include the following certification statement, signed by a Duly Authorized Representative of the Industrial User:
“Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the pretreatment standards under 40 C.F.R. [specify applicable Categorical Pretreatment Standards part(s)]. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there has been no increase in the level of [list pollutant(s)] in the wastewaters due to the activities at the facility since the submittal of the last period report under Section 924.14 of the City of Warren Ordinance.”
B. Categorical Industrial User Compliance Reports must also include:
1. A statement, signed by a Duly Authorized Representative of the Industrial User (as defined in Section 924.02), indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and if not, a statement indicating whether additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) will be required to meet the pretreatment standards in the industrial wastewater discharge permit.
2. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the Discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the Director will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M.
(Ord. 12966/2020. Passed 10-14-20.)