It shall be unlawful to discharge without a permit to the POTW any wastewater except as authorized by the Commissioner of Public Works and/or the Director of Utilities or their designee in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
All new industrial users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall complete and submit a wastewater discharge permit application before a building permit is granted and 90 days prior to connecting to the POTW. All existing significant users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall complete and submit a wastewater discharge permit within 180 days after the effective date of this chapter. Users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the City an application in the form prescribed by the City and accompanied by a fee.
B. 
Within 14 days of receipt of the application, the Commissioner of Public Works and/or the Director of Utilities or their designee will acknowledge receipt and will indicate the acceptability for consideration and completeness of information contained in the application. Within an additional 45 days, the Commissioner of Public Works and/or the Director of Utilities or their designee will issue a wastewater discharge permit or will notify the applicant that a wastewater discharge permit will not be required for discharge to the POTW.
Within nine months of the promulgation of a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the wastewater discharge permits of users subject to such standard shall be revised to require compliance with such standard within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where a user subject to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater discharge permit as required by § 150-39, the user shall do so within 180 days following the promulgation of the applicable standard.
Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the City. In addition, permits may contain the following:
A. 
The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to the POTW.
B. 
Limits on the average and maximum wastewater flow and pollutant concentration or mass.
C. 
Limits on the average and maximum rate and time of flow discharge and requirements for flow equalization prior to discharge to the POTW.
D. 
Requirements for installation and maintenance of monitoring, inspection and sampling facilities.
E. 
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting requirements.
F. 
Compliance schedules.
G. 
Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports as specified in § 150-45.
H. 
Requirements for maintaining records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the City and affording City access thereto.
I. 
Requirements for notification of the City of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater being introduced into the POTW.
J. 
Requirements for notification of any discharge to the POTW of a substance which if otherwise disposed of would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261.
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Applicable civil and criminal penalty clauses.
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Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the City to ensure compliance with this chapter.
Wastewater discharge permits shall be issued for a specified time period not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period less than one year or may be stated to expire on a specific date. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the City during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements are modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific user at a specific facility. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned, transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation.
A. 
All persons owning transport trucks or other hauling vehicles and desiring to discharge industrial wastes or other wastewaters to sewerage facilities of the City of Lockport or to facilities that discharge directly or indirectly to such sewerage facilities may be required to first have a valid City of Lockport Waste Hauler's Discharge Permit depending on the nature and strength of the wastewater. All applicants for a Waste Hauler's Discharge Permit shall complete an application form, pay the appropriate permit fee as specified in the latest edition of the City of Lockport Schedule of Sewer Rents and Other Charges, receive a copy of the Sewer Ordinance provisions governing discharge to City of Lockport Facilities of wastes from trucks and shall agree, in writing, to abide by these provisions.
B. 
Discharge of trucked or hauled wastes shall be made only at the location specified by the POTW Director of Utilities or his/her designee. Unless otherwise authorized by the Director of Utilities or his/her designee, the only acceptable discharge point for such wastes is at the Lockport POTW septic well discharge pit on the south side of the grit/screen building.
C. 
The City shall require payment for treatment and disposal costs of the waste or may refuse permission to discharge prohibited wastes.
D. 
Any person violating the City's requirements for liquid waste discharges from trucks may have his permit revoked.
E. 
The discharge of septage will not be permitted.