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1.
Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical industrial user(s) currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the Township a report which contains the information listed in accordance with Part 6, Reporting Requirements.
2.
At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources, and sources that become categorical industrial user(s) subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical Standard, shall submit to the Township a report which contains the information listed in accordance with Part 6, Reporting Requirements.
3.
A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to
use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall
give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants
to be discharged.
5.
The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to compile
that data necessary to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
Samples should be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment facilities
if such exist or immediately downstream from the regulated process
if no pretreatment exists. If other wastewaters are mixed with the
regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment, the user should measure
the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined
waste stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(e) to evaluate compliance with
the pretreatment standards.
6.
Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated
in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e), this adjusted limit, along with
supporting data shall be submitted to Cranberry Township.
8.
The Township may allow the submission of a baseline report which
utilizes only historical data so long as the data provides information
sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures.
9.
The baseline report shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling
and methods of analysis, and shall certify that such sampling and
analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant
discharges to the POTW.
10.
Compliance Certification. A statement, reviewed by the user's
authorized representative and certified by a qualified professional,
indicating whether 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 to meet the pretreatment
standards and requirements.
11.
Compliance Schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M must be provided. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section must meet the requirements set out in § 19-602 of this chapter.
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The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule required by § 19-601.11 of this chapter:
A.
The schedule shall contain progress increments 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 including,
hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, final plans, executing
contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing
construction, and beginning routine operation and conducting routine
operation;
B.
No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;
C.
The user shall submit a progress report to the Township no later
than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date
of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied
with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if
appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established
schedule;
D.
In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress
reports to the Township.
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1.
Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to such pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Township a report containing the information described in §§ 19-405 and 19-601 of this chapter.
2.
For user(s) subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the procedures in § 19-202, this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the user's long-term production rate.
3.
For other user(s) subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period. Compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 19-406 of this chapter. Sampling will be done in conformance with § 19-611.
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Significant industrial user(s) shall, at a frequency determined by the Township and stated in the wastewater discharge permit, submit, at a minimum of twice per year, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice (BMP) or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation required by Cranberry Township or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the user. Periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 19-406.
2.
Wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge.
Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly
operated, kept clean, and maintained in good working order. The failure
of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall
not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are not representative
of its discharge.
3.
If a user, subject to the reporting requirement in this section, monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Township, using procedures prescribed in § 19-611, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
4.
The Township may authorize an industrial user subject to a categorical
pretreatment standard to forego sampling of a pollutant regulated
by a categorical pretreatment standard if the industrial user has
demonstrated through sampling and other technical factors that the
pollutant is neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge,
or is present only at background levels from intake water and without
any increase in the pollutant due to activities of the industrial
user. This authorization is subject to the conditions found under
40 CFR 403.12(e)(2).
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1.
Each user must notify the Township of any significant changes to
the user's operations or system which might alter the nature,
quality, or volume of its wastewater at least 90 days before the change.
2.
The Township may require the user to submit such information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including the submission of a wastewater discharge permit application under § 19-405 of this chapter.
3.
The Township may issue an individual wastewater discharge permit
or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit in response to changed
conditions or anticipated changed conditions.
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1.
In case of any discharge, including accidental discharges, discharges
of a non-routine, episodic nature, a non-customary batch discharge,
or a slug load, that may cause potential problems for the POTW, the
user shall immediately telephone and notify the Township of the incident
at the telephone number in the user's wastewater discharge permit.
This notification shall include the location of the discharge, type
of waste, concentration and volume if known, and corrective actions
taken by the user. For any planned discharge of this type, the user
shall give the Township 48 hours' notice. A notice shall be permanently
posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place
advising employees whom to call in the event of such discharge. User(s)
shall insure that employees who may cause or suffer such a discharge
to occur are advised on the emergency notification procedure.
2.
Within five days after such discharge, the user shall, unless waived
by the Township, submit a written report describing the cause of the
discharge and measures taken by the user to prevent similar future
occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense,
loss, damage, or other liability which may be incurred by the Township
as a result of such discharge, nor shall it relieve the user of any
fines, penalties or other liability which may be imposed pursuant
to this chapter.
3.
Significant industrial users are required to notify the Township
immediately of any changes at its facility affecting the potential
for a slug discharge.
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User(s) not required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge
permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Township as deemed
necessary by the Township.
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If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user
must notify the Township within 24 hours of becoming aware of the
violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and
submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Township within 30
days after becoming aware of the violation.
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1.
Hazardous waste, as defined under 40 CFR Part 261, is prohibited
from being discharged to the POTW.
2.
Any user who accidentally discharges hazardous waste to the POTW
shall notify the Township immediately by telephone and follow up with
a written report within seven calendar days with details regarding
the discharge. Any substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would
be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261, is included in this notification.
The notification of the Township does not relieve the user of any
federal, commonwealth or local requirements concerning the handling
or reporting of such waste.
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Pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted
as a part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall
be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR
Part 136 unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment
standard. In such cases, sampling and analysis shall be performed
by using validated analytical methods and must be conducted in accordance
with procedures approved by the Township.
[Ord. No. 2020-498, 9/24/2020]
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Except as indicated in Subsections 3 and 4, below, the user must collect wastewater samples using twenty-four-hour flow-proportional composite collection techniques. In the event flow-proportional sampling is not feasible, the Township may authorize time-proportional sampling or a minimum of four grab samples where the user demonstrates this will provide a representative sample of the effluent.
2.
Using protocols (including appropriate preservation) specified in
40 CFR Part 136 and appropriate EPA guidance, multiple grab samples
collected during a twenty-four-hour period may be composited prior
to the analysis as follows: for cyanide, total phenols, and sulfides,
the samples may be composited in the laboratory or in the field; for
volatile organics and oil and grease, the samples may be composited
in the laboratory. Composite samples for other parameters unaffected
by the compositing procedures as documented in approved EPA methodologies
may be authorized by the Township, as appropriate. In addition, grab
samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous limits.
3.
Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, phenols, sulfides,
and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection
techniques.
4.
For sampling required in support of baseline monitoring and ninety-day compliance reports required in §§ 19-601 and 19-603, a minimum of four grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist; for facilities for which historical sampling data are available, the Township may authorize a lower minimum. For the reports pursuant to § 19-604, the industrial user is required to collect the number of grab samples necessary to assess and assure compliance by with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
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User(s) subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain and make available for inspection records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements, and documentation associated with BMPs established under § 19-203. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of three years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the Township or where the Township has notified the user that a longer retention period is required.
