(A) Mandatory permits. Each discharger of industrial wastewaters, if not connected to a town sewer, must obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into a town sewer. Each currently connecting industry must obtain a wastewater discharge permit within 120 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) Optional permits. The town may issue a wastewater discharge permit to any user upon application, in accordance with the terms of this section in the following category: Any user whose wastewater contains no incompatible wastes and whose compatible waste strength is less than the normal range for domestic wastes because of pretreatment, process changes, or other reasons.
(C) Permit application; fee. Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the town an application in the form prescribed by the town and accompanied by a fee determined by the Board of Commissioners from time to time. Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least 60 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the P.O.T.W. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) Name, address, and standard industrial classification number of applicant;
(2) Volume of wastewater to be discharged;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including, but not limited to, those mentioned in § 52.025 as determined by a laboratory approved by the town. The town will make this determination available to industry for a fee;
(4) Time and duration of discharge;
(5) Average and 30-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation;
(7) Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including all materials, processes, and types of materials which are or could be discharged;
(8) Each product produced by type, amount, and rate of production;
(9) Number and type of employees and hours of work;
(10) S.I.C. number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
(11) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any town, state, or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(12) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide the 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 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 as, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plan, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, and the like).
(b) No increment referred to in division (C)(12)(a) above shall exceed nine months.
(c) Not 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 Superintendent, including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than six months elapse between the progress reports to the Superintendent.
(13) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production;
(14) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(15) Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant, and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system; and
(16) Any other information as may be deemed by the town to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(1983 Code, § 17-102) (Ord. passed 9-13-1988) Penalty, see § 52.999