When requested by the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee,
a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of
its wastewater within 60 days of the request. The Director of Wastewater
or his/her designee is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose
and may periodically require uses to update this information.
(a)
No significant industrial user shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit from the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee chapter except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely application pursuant to Section 71-17 of this chapter may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.
(b)
The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee, may require other
users to obtain individual wastewater discharge permits as necessary
to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(c)
Any violation of the terms and conditions of an individual wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in Articles X through XII of this chapter. Obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state, and local law.
Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who was discharging wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of this chapter and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future shall, within 90 days after said date, apply to the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee for an individual wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Section 71-19 of this chapter, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW to continue after 45 days of the effective date of this chapter except in accordance with an individual wastewater discharge permit issued by the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee.
Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW must obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this individual wastewater discharge permit, in accordance with Section 71-19 of this chapter, must be filed at least 90 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.
(a)
All users required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit must submit a permit application. Users that are eligible may request a general permit under Section 71-20. The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee may require users to submit all or some of the following information as part of a permit application:
(2)
Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits
held by or for the facility.
(3)
Description of operations.
a.
A brief description of the nature, average rate of production
(including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate
of production), and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s)
carried out by such user. This description should include a schematic
process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from
the regulated processes.
b.
Types of wastes generated, and a list of all raw materials and
chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally
or intentionally be, discharged to the POTW.
c.
Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and proposed
or actual hours of operation.
d.
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum
per day).
e.
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and
details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size,
location, and elevation, and all points of discharge.
(4)
Time and duration of discharges.
(5)
The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the permit.
(7)
Measurement of pollutants.
a.
The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated
process and any new categorically regulated processes for existing
sources.
b.
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature
and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or
by the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee of regulated pollutants
in the discharge from each regulated process.
c.
Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations
or mass, where required, shall be reported.
d.
The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 71-39 of this chapter. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard.
(8)
Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or a renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge based on Section 71-33(b) [40 CFR 403.12(e)(2).]
(10)
Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Director
of Wastewater or his/her designee to evaluate the permit application.
(b)
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will
be returned to the user for revision.
(a)
All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the certification statement in Section 71-43(a).
(b)
If the designation of an authorized representative is no longer accurate
because a different individual or position has responsibility for
the overall operation of the facility or overall responsibility for
environmental matters for the company, a new written authorization
satisfying the requirements of this section must be submitted to the
Director of Wastewater or his/her designee prior to or together with
any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee will evaluate
the data furnished by the user and may require additional information.
Within 45 days of receipt of a complete permit application, the Director
of Wastewater or his/her designee will determine whether to issue
an individual wastewater discharge permit. The Director of Wastewater
or his/her designee may deny any application for an individual wastewater
discharge permit.