(A) User notification to POTW of hazardous waste discharges. Industrial users shall notify the POTW, the EPA regional waste management division director, and state hazardous waste authorities in writing of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which is not identified in the self-monitoring requirements of the industrial discharge permit, and, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). If the industrial user discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification shall also contain the following information to the extent such information is known and readily available to the industrial user:
(1) An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes;
(2) An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream discharged during that calendar month; and
(3) An estimation of the mass of constituents in the wastestream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
(B) Reporting period for hazardous waste notification. All notifications must take place within 180 days of the effective date of this chapter. Industrial users who commence discharging after the effective date of this chapter shall provide the notification no later than 180 days after the discharge of the listed or characteristic hazardous waste. Any notification under this section need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged.
(C) Discharger exemptions. Dischargers are exempt from the requirements of divisions (A)(1) of this section during a calendar month in which they discharge no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous waste as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e). Discharge of more than 15 kilograms of non-acute hazardous wastes in a calendar month, or any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a one-time notification.
(D) Subsequent notifications. Subsequent months during which the industrial user discharges more than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional notification.
(E) Notification as a result of changes to regulations. In the case of any new regulations under section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the industrial user must notify the POTW, and the EPA regional waste management waste division director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
(F) Program certification. In addition to the above notification requirements, the industrial user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
(Ord. 17-1121, passed 11-21-2017)