B.
The Township reserves the right to permit any nondomestic industries
that are not subject to federal categorical standards. The Director
of the Department of Water Pollution, or his designee, will determine
if the nondomestic discharger may have the potential to discharge
waste that has a potential impact to the proper operation of the treatment
works.
A.
Application procedure. Users required to obtain a Township IWD permit
shall complete and file with the Township an application in the form
prescribed by the Township. Proposed new users shall apply at least
90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. The user
shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, all information
required on the permit application.
B.
Notice of complete application.
(1)
Upon receipt of an application for an IWD permit or for a modification,
withdrawal or transfer of a permit, the Township will notify the applicant
whether the application is complete or whether additional information
is required.
(2)
The Township is not obligated to process any incomplete application.
(3)
The Township may require any additional information which, in the
discretion of the Township or the Director of the Department of Water
Pollution Control, is deemed necessary to make the application complete
in order to review and act upon the application for a permit. Failure
of the applicant to provide such additional information upon request
will cause the application to be deemed incomplete.
(4)
If the Township requests that the applicant provide any additional
information before the application is deemed complete, the applicant
shall have an additional 30 days from the date of receipt of such
request to provide such information, unless the Township expressly
designates a longer or shorter time. If the requested information
is not provided within 30 days (or such longer or shorter time as
the Township expressly allows), the Township may reject and return
the application to the applicant and will not be obligated to process
the application.
C.
Final action. The Township shall review a complete application for
a permit or for the renewal, modification or withdrawal of a permit
and shall determine whether to grant, deny, grant upon condition,
modify or revoke a permit as a final action.
B.
Reports. All reports required by permits and other information requested by the Township shall be signed by a person described in Subsection A or by a duly authorized representative only if:
(2)
The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having
responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated facility
or activity, such as a position of plant manager, Director of Water
Pollution Control or person of equivalent responsibility; and
(3)
The written authorization is submitted to the Township.
C.
Changes in authorization. If authorization under Subsection B is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of this facility, notification must be made to the Township prior to ownership or position transfer. A new authorization satisfying the requirements of Subsection B shall be submitted to the control authority prior to or together with any reports, information or application to be signed by an authorized representative. The facility will be required to provide a copy of the existing control mechanism to the new owner or operator.
D.
Certification. Any person signing any document under Subsections A and B shall make the following certification: "I certify under penalty of the law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this document and all attachments and that, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and/or imprisonment."
E.
Delegation of authority. The authorized representative of the user
may, in his absence, authorize another responsible high-ranking official
to sign a monthly monitoring report if a report is required to be
filed during the period of time. The authorized representative of
the user shall, however, be liable in all instances for the accuracy
of all the information provided in the monitoring report; provided,
however, that the authorized representative of the user may file,
within seven days of his return, amendments to the monitoring report
in accordance with this subsection, which shall not be considered
a late filing of a report for purposes of subsection d of § 6
of P.L. 1990, c. 28, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-10.1, or for purposes of determining
an SNC.
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to
exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period of one year
or less or may be slated to expire on a specific date.
IWD permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions established
by the Township. The Director of the Department of Water Pollution
Control or his designee is authorized to impose any conditions, requirements
or terms in a permit, at his discretion, in order to assure compliance
with local requirements and to protect the POTW.
A.
Permits may contain the following:
(1)
Effluent limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics based upon § 385-23, as appropriate;
(2)
Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification and recordkeeping
requirements. These requirements shall include identification of pollutants
to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, and sample
type;
(3)
Requirements for prompt notification of the Township of any new introduction
of wastewater constituents or any significant change in the volume
or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into
the POTW and for applying for a new permit if the new or increased
discharge would violate any discharge limits or other requirements
specified in the permit;
(4)
The development of a slug/spill control plan or other special conditions,
including management practices necessary to adequately provide for
notification of slug discharges;
(5)
Requirements regarding entry and inspection by the Township that
may be more expansive than those slated for other users;
(6)
A waste-minimization plan for the reduction of pollutant loadings
discharged into the Department of Water Pollution Control treatment
system.
(7)
The submittal to, and approval by, the Township Department of Water
Pollution Control of plans and specifications for any of the facilities
and equipment required to meet pretreatment standards and requirements.
B.
Permits
may require that a permittee:
(1)
Achieve effluent limitations based upon guidelines or standards established
pursuant to the Sewer Use Ordinance (SUO);
(2)
Where appropriate, meet schedules for compliance with the terms of
the permit and interim deadlines for progress or reports of progress
towards compliance;
(3)
Ensure that all discharges are consistent at all times with the terms
and conditions of the permit and that no pollutant will be discharged
more frequently than authorized or at a level in excess of that which
is authorized by the permit;
(4)
Install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment and methods to
sample in accordance with such methods, to maintain and retain such
records of information from monitoring activities, and to submit to
the Director or his designee reports of monitoring results for surface
waters as may be stipulated in the permit or required by the Director
of the Department of Water Pollution Control;
(5)
At all times, maintain in good working order and operate as effectively
as possible any facilities or systems of control installed to achieve
compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit and affording
the Township access thereto;
(6)
Report to the Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control
or his designee any exceedance of an effluent limitation that causes
injury to persons or damage to the environment or poses a threat to
human health or the environment, within two hours of its occurrence
or of the permittee becoming aware of the occurrence. Within 24 hours
of an exceedance or of becoming aware of an exceedance of an effluent
limitation for a toxic pollutant, a permittee shall provide the Director
or his designee with such additional information on the discharge
as may be required by the Director or his designee, including an estimate
of the danger posed by the discharge to the environment or POTW, whether
the discharge is continuing, and the measures taken or being taken
to remediate the problem and any damage to the environment or POTW
and to avoid a repetition of the problem. The user shall also repeat
the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis
to the Director or his designee within 30 days after the exceedance
or becoming aware of the exceedance, except the user is not required
to resample, if:
(7)
Report
to the Director or his designee any serious violation within 30 days
of the violation; the permittee shall explain the nature of the serious
violation and the measures taken to remedy the cause or prevent a
recurrence of the serious violation.
C.
Notwithstanding
the reporting requirements stipulated in a permit for discharges to
the POTW, a permittee shall be required to file monthly reports with
the Director if the permittee exceeds an effluent limitation for the
same pollutant at the same discharge point source by any amount for
four out of six consecutive months. The Director or his designee may
restore the reporting requirements stipulated in the permit if the
permittee has not committed any of the violations identified in this
subsection for six consecutive months.
