All significant industrial users of the Village POTW shall be subject to the pretreatment requirements of this chapter. In addition, any user subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards or which discharges objectionable wastes listed in §
208-8 of this chapter shall be subject to pretreatment requirements.
Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as required to comply with this chapter and shall achieve compliance with all Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards within the time limitations as specified by the Federal Pretreatment Regulations. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the Village shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operation procedures shall be submitted to the Village for review and shall be acceptable to the Village before construction of the facility. All reports, plans and/or specifications that propose pretreatment facilities must be approvable and signed and sealed by a professional engineer, licensed to practice in the State of New York. All such documents shall be subject to the review and approval of the Commissioner. The review of such plans and procedures will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility to modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the Village under the provisions of this chapter. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operating shall be reported to and be acceptable to the Village prior to user's initiation of the changes. The Village shall annually publish in the official daily newspaper(s) of the Village a list of the users which significantly violated any pretreatment requirements or standards at least once during the 12 previous months. The notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the user(s) during the same 12 months. All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall be available to officials of the EPA or approval authority upon request and who shall have the right to made copies of such records. In additon to these requirements, all other appropriate conditions of this chapter shall apply, including those of Article
VI, Permits.
Upon the promulgation of the Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the
federal standards, if more stringent than limitations imposed under
this chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede
the limitations imposed under this chapter. The Commissioner shall
notify all affected users of the applicable reporting requirement
under 40 CFR 403.12.
The Village reserves the right to establish
by law more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to
the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary by the Commissioner.
No user shall ever increase the use of process
water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or
complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with
the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment
Standards or in any other pollutant-specific limitation developed
by the Village or state.
There shall be no bypasses of pretreatment facilities
of untreated or partially treated wastes. Each user shall provide
appropriate protection facilities for prevention of accidential discharge
of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter.
Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials
shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and
expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures
to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Village for review
and shall be approved by the Village before construction of the facility.
All existing users shall complete such a plan within 180 days of the
effective date of this chapter. No user who commences contribution
to the POTW after the effective date of this chapter shall be permitted
to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental discharge
procedures have been approved by the Village. Review and approval
of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial
user from the responsibility to modify the user's facility as necessary
to meet the requirements of this chapter.
In the case of an accidential discharge, it
is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify
the appropriate treatment plant of the incident. The notification
shall include location of discharge, time of discharge, type of waste,
concentration and volume and corrective actions. Within five days
following an accidental discharge, the user shall submit to the Commissioner
a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge and
the measures to be 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 as a result of damage
to the POTW, fish kills or any other damage to person or property;
nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties
or other liability which may be imposed by this article or other applicable
law. A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board
or other prominent place advising employees to notify the POTW in
the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall ensure that all
employees who may cause or suffer such a dangerous discharge to occur
are advised of the emergency notification procedure.