Wastewater discharge permits shall include such conditions as are reasonably deemed necessary by the WRA director to prevent pass through or interference; protect the quality of the water body receiving effluent from the POTW; protect worker health and safety; facilitate the WRA’s sludge management and disposal program; and protect against damage to the POTW. The WRA director may include the following items in the permit, and such additional items as the director determines necessary or prudent.
(Ord. 22-07 – Oct. 22 Supp.)
1. Limits on the average or maximum rate of discharge, time of discharge, or requirements for flow regulation and equalization.
2. Limits on the average or maximum concentration, mass, or other measure of identified wastewater constituents or properties.
3. Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology or construction of appropriate containment devices, etc., designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW.
4. Development and implementation of spill control plans or other special conditions including additional management practices necessary to adequately prevent accidental, unanticipated, or prohibited discharges.
5. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management of the wastewater discharged to the POTW.
6. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection, sampling, and flow monitoring facilities and equipment for each separate discharge into the POTW.
7. Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for tests, and reporting schedules.
8. Compliance schedules.
9. Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports and which may include production data.
10. Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the WRA Director and affording the director or the director's representatives access thereto.
11. Requirements for the notification of any substantial change in the manufacturing processes, pretreatment processes, quantity or quality of waste discharged to the POTW 90 days prior to such change. The WRA Director shall approve, deny or condition a changed discharge prior to a change occurring in accordance with Subsection 100.10(1)(D) of this chapter.
12. Requirements for notification of excessive, accidental, or slug discharges.
13. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the WRA Director to ensure compliance with this chapter, and state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
14. A statement that compliance with the permit does not relieve the permittee of responsibility for compliance with all applicable federal pretreatment standards, including those which become effective during the term of the permit.