The Mayor and Council may require that any person discharging or proposing to discharge wastewater into a community sewer file a periodic discharge report. The discharge report may include, but not be limited to, wastewater volume, rates of flow, constituent concentrations and mass emission rates, hours of operation, number of employees or other information which relates to the wastewater discharge to the sewers. In addition to discharge reports, the Mayor and Council may require information in the form of wastewater discharge permit applications and self-monitoring reports.
Nondomestic users proposing to connect or to discharge into a public sewer must obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into a public sewer. All existing nondomestic users connected to or discharging into a public sewer, when notified by the Mayor and Council, must apply for a wastewater discharge permit within 90 days of notification.
A. 
Users seeking a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the Mayor and Council an application in the form prescribed by the Mayor and Council and accompanied by any applicable fees. The applicant may be required to submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) 
Name, address and telephone number of applicant or responsible party;
(2) 
Volume of wastewater to be discharged;
(3) 
Wastewater constituents and characteristics as determined by a laboratory mutually approved by the Mayor and Council and by a user;
(4) 
Time and duration of discharge;
(5) 
Average and hourly peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly, seasonal variations, if any;
(6) 
General site and plumbing plans to show all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
(7) 
A general description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged to the public sewers;
(8) 
Each product produced by type;
(9) 
Number of employees and hours of work; and
(10) 
Any other information as may be deemed by the Mayor and Council to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
B. 
The Mayor and Council will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Mayor and Council will issue, within 45 days, a draft wastewater discharge permit. A forty-five-day comment period shall be allowed all users, and 30 days thereafter the Mayor and Council shall issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to the terms and conditions herein.
[Amended 9-9-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04]
Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other regulations, user charges, and fees as established in the currently effective Town of Milton Fee Schedule. The conditions of wastewater discharge permits shall be uniformly enforced by the Mayor and Council. Wastewater discharge permits may contain the following:
A. 
The unit for charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer;
B. 
The maximum permissible composite concentration of wastewater constituents;
C. 
Limits on rate and the time of discharge or requirements for flow regulation;
D. 
Requirements for installation of inspection and sampling facilities;
E. 
Pretreatment requirements;
F. 
Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedule;
G. 
Requirements for submission of technical reports for discharge reports;
H. 
Requirements for maintaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the Mayor and Council and affording access thereto;
I. 
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Mayor and Council to insure compliance.
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. A permit shall be issued for a period of not less than a year and may be stated to expire on a specific date. If the user is not notified by the Mayor and Council 30 days prior to the expiration of the permit, the permit shall be extended one additional year. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification and change by the Mayor and Council during the life of the permit as limitations or requirements are modified and changed. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 90 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 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.
Any user who violates the following conditions of the permit or of this chapter is subject to having his permit revoked:
A. 
Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge;
B. 
Failure of the user to report significant changes in wastewater constituents of characteristics;
C. 
Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring; or
D. 
Violation of the conditions of the permit.
At all times and at their discretion, the Mayor and Council shall have the power to take samples of any user's discharge to the public sewers in accordance with the following:
A. 
The Mayor and Council and other duly authorized employees of the Town of Milton bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all premises at a reasonable hour for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The user shall not be held liable for any unsafe acts performed by the Mayor and Council or their representative while on the user's premises. The Mayor and Council or their representative shall have no authority to inquire into any manufacturing process beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B. 
Samples shall be taken and flow measurements made, whenever possible, at a common manhole into which all flows from such premises are combined. Such manholes shall be constructed by the owner of such premises, at his own expense, when directed by order of the Mayor and Council. Whenever the installation of such a common manhole is impossible or impractical, the owner of such premises shall construct and maintain, at his own expense, in lieu of the common manhole, two or more manholes as required by order of the Mayor and Council, for accurate measurement of all flows discharged from such premises into the sewer system; in the event that no special manhole has been required, the control sample shall be taken at a point or points to be mutually selected by representatives of the Mayor and Council and the user.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" and shall be determined at the control manhole, or upon suitable sample taken at said control manhole. Sampling shall be carried out by the customarily accepted methods to reflect the composition of the user's discharge to the public sewers.