Township of Doylestown, PA Wastewater Control

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will interfere with the operations of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge.

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system.

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system that will harm the collection system, physical facilities or the health and well-being of the operating personnel.

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER

To provide for equitable distribution of the costs of the municipal wastewater system.

This article provides for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors to the municipal wastewater system through the issuance of permits to certain nondomestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that the existing customers' capacity will not be preempted and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.

This article shall apply to the Township of Doylestown and to persons outside the Township who are, by contract or agreement with the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority, users of the POTW.

§ 136-11 Definitions and word usage.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this article, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:

ACT or THE ACT

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.

APPROVAL AUTHORITY

The Director in an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES state or an NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment program.

AUTHORITY

The Doylestown Township Municipal Authority.

AUTHORITY MANAGER

The Manager of the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority, who is the person designated by the Authority to supervise the operation of the publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities of this article, including the administration of the article with respect to the control of industrial wastes.

An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:

A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation;

A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)

A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the industrial waste discharge originates.

The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, five days at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams per liter (mg/l)].

BUILDING SEWER

A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the POTW.

CATEGORICAL STANDARDS

National categorical pretreatment standards or pretreatment standards.

CONTROL AUTHORITY

The term "control authority" shall refer to the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority.

COOLING WATER

The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.

DOMESTIC WASTE

The normal waterborne waste from a residential household, as well as toilet wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, commercial and industrial establishments.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA

The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.

GRAB SAMPLE

A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.

INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT

Any structure used for or intended to be used wholly or in part for the manufacturing, fabricating, warehousing, processing, cleaning or assembling of any product, commodity or article.

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

Any solids, liquids or gaseous substances or form of energy rejected or escaping from an industrial establishment other than domestic sewage.

INTERFERENCE

The inhibition or disruption of the POTW or treatment processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Control Authority's NPDES permit The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with § 405 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1345) or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more stringent state criteria (including those contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.

MEDICAL WASTE

Any and all waste from hospitals, medical facilities or medical laboratories or any other medical source other than domestic waste.

[Added 11-20-1990 by Ord. No. 201]

NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.

NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM or NPDES PERMIT

A permit issued pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).

NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD

Any regulation developed under the authority of § 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.

NEW SOURCE

Any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a § 307(c) (33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated within 120 days of proposal in the Federal Register. Where the standard is promulgated later than 120 days after proposal, a "new source" means any source the construction of which is commenced after the date of promulgation of the standard.

PERSON

Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.

The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.

POLLUTANT

Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.

POLLUTION

The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.

POTW TREATMENT PLANT

That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.

PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT

The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes by the person producing the pollutant or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

Any substantiative or procedural requirement related to pretreatment as mandated by the Authority and contained in this article. These requirements are in addition to those of the national pretreatment standard and they shall take precedent over the national pretreatment standard when the pretreatment requirements are more restrictive.

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned in this instance by the Control Authority. This definition includes all Authority-owned sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER

Any industrial user of the Control Authority's wastewater system who:

Has a discharge flow of 10,000 gallons or more per average work day;

Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the Authority's wastewater treatment system;

Has in its wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;

STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)

Contains substances at concentrations that at any time exceed the quantitative limits contained in § 136-15 of this article; or

(5)

Is found by the Authority Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated by the system.

A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972.

STATE

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

STORMWATER

Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS

The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids and which is removable by laboratory filtering.

TOWNSHIP

The Township of Doylestown.

TOXIC POLLUTANTS

Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of CWA 307(a) or other acts or discharged into the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority sewers at a concentration that has been or can be shown by scientific experiment to inhibit or disrupt any POTW treatment process.

USER

Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Control Authority's POTW.

WASTEWATER

The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutes, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.

WASTEWATER CONTRIBUTION PERMIT

As set forth in § 136-22.

WATERS OF THE STATE

All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.

As used herein, the word "shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.

Abbreviations. As used herein, the following abbreviations shall have the meanings indicated:

	BOD	Biochemical oxygen demand
	CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
	COD	Chemical oxygen demand
	EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
	l	Liter
	mg	Milligrams
	mg/l	Milligrams per liter
	NPDES	National pollutant discharge elimination system
	POTW	Publicly owned treatment works
	SIC	Standard industrial classification
	SWDA	Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
	USC	United States Code
	TSS	Total suspended solids

§ 136-12 General discharge prohibitions.

No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW, whether or not the user is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards or any other national, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute the following substances to any POTW:

Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system or at any point in the system, be more than 5% nor shall any single reading be over 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the Control Authority, Township, state or EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system.

Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities, such as but not limited to grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes.

Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or more than 9.5 or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the POTW.

Any wastewater containing:

Toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW; or

Substances in amounts that exceed any limitations set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard or any limitation in § 136-15.

Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair.

Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under § 405 of the Act, any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or state criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used.

Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources stream discharge permit or the receiving water quality standards.

Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.

Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature so as to cause the entire flow into the POTW to exceed 40° C. (104° F.) at any time.

Any pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which a user knows or has reason to know will cause interference to the POTW. In no case shall a slug load have a flow rate or contain concentrations or qualities of pollutants that exceed, for any time period longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.

Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes.

Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance.

Any wastewater containing medical wastes.

[Added 11-2-1990 by Ord. No. 201]

§ 136-13 Prohibition of clean water discharge.

Clean water discharges into the POTW unnecessarily consume sewer and treatment plant capacities as well as reduce the effectiveness of the wastewater treatment processes, and therefore, the discharge of clean water is unacceptable to the Authority.

Specifically, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters such as stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, foundation drainage, water from swimming pools, or cooling water into the POTW. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers that are specifically designed as storm sewers or to be a natural outlet approved by the Authority. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged to a storm sewer or natural outlet upon the issuance of a permit to do so from the United States EPA or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.

§ 136-14 Federal categorical pretreatment standards.

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 article for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this article. The Manager shall notify all affected users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.

§ 136-15 Specific pollutant limitations.

The following limits of concentration are given for guidance to all industrial waste discharges to the POTW. The tabulation presents the maximum permissible concentration of each specific parameter acceptable in an industrial discharge over any eight-hour operating period. The acceptable peak concentration of any substance at any given moment shall be twice the tabulated limits. Lower concentrations may be required of an industrial waste if, in the judgment of the Authority, it is necessary to do so to protect the POTW and its effluent quality. Specific limitations will be contained in the industrial discharge permit, which shall contain the binding control values.

	Item	Milligrams per Liter (mg/l)
	Arsenic	0.1
	Barium	2.0
	Beryllium	1.0
	Biochemical oxygen demand (5-day)	300.
	Biochemical oxygen demand (20-day)	500.
	Bromides	250.
	Cadmium	0.5
	Chemical oxygen demand	500.
	Chlorides	500.
	Chlorine demand (3-minute)	25.
	Chromium (hexavalent)	0.5
	Chromium (trivalent)	1.0
	Cobalt	0.5
	Copper	1.0
	Cyanide (as CN) distilled test	0.5
	Fluorides	10.
	Hydrogen sulfide	0.1
	Iron	5.0
	Lead	0.3
	Manganese	1.0
	Mercury	0.05
	Nickel	2.0
	Ammonia nitrogen (as N)	30.
	Nitrate nitrogen (as N)	10.
	Phenols	0.5
	Phosphates (as PO₄)	50.
	Selenium	0.05
	Sulfates	500.
	Sulfides (metallic)	0.5
	Suspended solids	500.
	Tin	2.0
	Total dissolved solids	2,000.
	Zinc	1.0
	Sum of copper, zinc, lead and nickel	3.0

The above list is subject to additions and modifications as required of the Authority by regulatory agencies or as technical revelations may dictate to the Authority that it is prudent to revise the values tabulated. As tens of thousands of various industrial materials exist, the list is not a tabulation of all industrial substances that are or may be restricted by the Authority.

§ 136-16 State requirements.

State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply in any case where they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those in this article.

§ 136-17 Right of revision.

The Township reserves the right to establish, by ordinance, more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary to comply with the objectives presented in § 136-10 herein.

§ 136-18 Substitutes for adequate treatment prohibited.

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 Township or the state.

§ 136-19 Accidental discharges.

Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this article. 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 Authority for review and shall be approved by the Authority before construction of the facility. All existing users shall complete such a plan by January 1, 1986. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after the effective date of this article shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the Authority. 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 article. In the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility of the user to immediately telephone and notify the Manager of the incident. The notification shall include location of discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume and corrective actions.

Written notice. Within five days following an accidental discharge, the user shall submit to the Manager 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.

Notice to employees. 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 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.

§ 136-20 Fees and charges.

Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the Authority's wastewater disposal system for the implementation of the program established herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be set forth in the Authority's rate schedule as contained in its rules and regulations on file at its business office.

Charges and fees.

The Authority may adopt charges and fees which may include:

(a)

Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the Authority's pretreatment program.

(b)

Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures.

(c)

Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.

(d)

Fees for permit applications.

(e)

Fee for filing appeals.

(f)

Fees for consistent removal by the Authority of pollutants otherwise subject to federal pretreatment standards.

(g)

Other fees as the Authority may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.

These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this article and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the Authority.

§ 136-21 Compliance required.

It shall be unlawful to discharge to the POTW any industrial wastewater except as authorized by the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority in accordance with the provisions of this article.

§ 136-22 Wastewater discharge permits.

General. Any industrial plant proposing to connect to or to contribute industrial waste to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing significant industrial users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 60 days after the effecting date of this article. Those industrial users not defined as significant shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 60 days of being notified to do so by the Manager.

Permit application.

Users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the Authority an application in the form prescribed by the Authority and accompanied by a fee of $250. In support of the application, the applicant shall be prepared to provide the following information as well as the additional data called for by the application form:

(a)

Name, address and plant location (if different from the corresponding address).

(b)

SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended.

(c)

Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those mentioned in §§ 136-12 through 136-19 of this article as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to § 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR 136, as amended; and/or the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.

(d)

Time and duration of contribution.

(e)

Average daily, three-minute peak and fifteen-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any.

(f)

Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation.

(g)

Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged.

(h)

Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by Township, state or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the 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 for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards.

(i)

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. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:

[1]

The schedule shall contain increments of progress 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 (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).

(j)

Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production.

(k)

Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day).

(l)

Number and type of employees and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system.

(m)

Any other information as may be deemed by the Authority to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.

The Authority will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Authority may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.

Permit modifications. Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the wastewater discharge permit of users subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standards 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 Subsection B above, the user shall apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard. In addition, the user with an existing wastewater discharge permit shall submit to the Manager, within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable federal categorical pretreatment standard, the information required by Subsection B(1)(h) and (i) above.

Permit conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this article and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the Authority. Permits may contain the following:

The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer.

Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics.

Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization.

Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities.

(5)

Specifications for monitoring programs, which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule.

(6)

Compliance schedules.

(7)

Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports (see § 136-23.)

(8)

Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge, as specified by the Authority, and affording Authority access thereto.

(9)

Requirements for notification of the Authority of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system.

(10)

Requirements for notification of slug discharges as per § 136-28B.

(11)

Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Authority to ensure compliance with this article.

Permit duration. Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period less than a year or may be stated to expire on a specific date. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 90 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 Authority during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in §§ 136-12 through 136-19 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.

Permit transfer. Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises or a new or changed operation without the approval of the Authority. Any succeeding owner or user shall also comply with the terms and conditions of the existing permit.

§ 136-23 Reporting requirements for permittee.

Compliance date report. Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Manager a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from the regulated process which are limited by pretreatment standards and requirements and the average and maximum daily flow for those process units in the user facility which are limited by such pretreatment standards or requirements. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O & M and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring the user into compliance with the applicable standards or requirements. This statement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and certified to by a qualified professional.

Periodic compliance reports.

Any user subject to a pretreatment standard, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard or, in the case of a new source, after commencement of the discharge into the POTW, shall submit to the Manager during the months of March, June, September and December, unless required more frequently in the pretreatment standard or by the Manager, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards. In addition, this report shall include a record of all daily flows which, during the reporting period, exceed the average daily flow reported in Subsection A of this section. At the discretion of the Manager and in consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the Manager may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted.

The Manager may impose mass limitations on users which are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or requirements or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations are appropriate. In such cases, the report required by Subsection B(1) above shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by pretreatment standards in the effluent of the user. These reports shall contain the results of the sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow and the nature and concentration or production and mass where requested by the Manager of pollutants contained herein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards. The frequency of monitoring shall be prescribed in the applicable pretreatment standard and/or in the permit conditions in the wastewater discharge permit. In the case of an inconsistency, the most demanding requirement shall apply.

§ 136-24 Monitoring facilities.

The Authority shall require to be provided and operated at the user's own expense, monitoring facilities to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of the building sewer and/or internal drainage system. The monitoring facility should normally be situated on the user's premises, but the Authority may, when such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user, allow the facility to be constructed in the public street or sidewalk area and located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles.

There shall be ample room in or near such sampling manhole or facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility and sampling and measuring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user.

Whether constructed on public or private property, the sampling and monitoring facilities shall be provided in accordance with the Authority's requirements and all applicable local construction standards and specifications. Construction shall be completed within 90 days, following written notification by the Authority.

§ 136-25 Inspection and sampling.

The Authority shall inspect the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this article is being met and all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the Authority or its representative ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination or in the performance of any of their duties. The Authority, approval authority and (where the NPDES state is the approval authority) EPA shall have the right to set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations. Where a user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the Authority will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

§ 136-26 Pretreatment.

Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as required to comply with this article and shall achieve compliance with all federal categorical pretreatment standards within the time limitations as specified by the federal pretreatment regulations or as specified in the permit conditions of the wastewater discharge permit. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the Authority shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the Authority for review and shall be acceptable to the Authority before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the Authority under the provisions of this article. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and be acceptable to the Authority prior to the user's initiation of the changes.

§ 136-27 Confidentiality of information.

Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Authority that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user.

When requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public or anyone with the Doylestown Township Municipal Authority organization without the technical need to know the information. If at some time it is deemed germane that the regulatory agencies know that such information exists, they may be advised that it exists but will be referred to the user to secure the information. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.

§ 136-28 Enforcement.

Harmful contributions.

The Authority may suspend the wastewater treatment service and/or a wastewater discharge permit when such suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the Authority, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, cause interference to the POTW or cause the Authority to violate any condition of its state and/or NPDES permit.

Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or the wastewater discharge permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Authority shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The Authority shall reinstate the wastewater discharge permit and/or the wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the Authority within 15 days of the date of occurrence.

Revocation of wastewater discharge permit. Any user who violates the following conditions or this article or applicable state and federal regulations is subject to having his permit revoked in accordance with the procedures of this section:

Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge;

Failure of the user to report significant changes in operations or wastewater constituents and characteristics;

Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring; or