To determine compliance with this Part 1, permit
conditions and applicable state and federal law, each industrial user
shall be required to notify the Director of any new or existing discharges
to the POTW by submitting a completed industrial chemical survey form
and a completed industrial wastewater survey form to the Director.
The Director may require any user discharging wastewater into the
POTW to file wastewater discharge reports and to supplement such reports
as deemed necessary.
No facility shall cause the discharge of slugs
to the POTW. If the Director determines that flow equalization is
necessary to prevent the discharge of slugs, a facility shall install
and maintain on its property and at its expense a suitable storage
and flow control apparatus or structure to ensure equalization of
flow over a twenty-four-hour period. The flow equalization apparatus
or structure shall be equipped with alarms and a rate of discharge
controller, the regulation of which shall be approved by the Director.
A wastewater discharge permit may be issued solely for flow equalization
purposes.
Preliminary treatment, flow equalization or
monitoring facilities shall be constructed and maintained in a clean,
safe and continuously operational state by the owner at his or her
expense. Where an industrial user has such treatment, equalization
or monitoring facilities at the time this Part 1 is enacted, the Director
may approve or disapprove the adequacy of such facilities. Where the
Director disapproves of such facilities or where construction of new
or upgraded facilities for treatment, equalization or monitoring are
required, plans and specifications for such facilities shall be prepared
by a licensed professional engineer. Construction of new or upgraded
facilities shall not commence until written approval has been obtained.
No person shall intentionally or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with, prevent access
or render inaccurate or cause or permit the negligent breaking, damaging,
destroying, uncovering, defacing, tampering with, preventing access
or rendering inaccurate to:
A. Any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is
a part of the POTW; or
B. Any measuring, sampling and/or testing device or mechanism
installed pursuant to any requirement under this Part 1.
Sampling shall be performed so that a representative
portion of the wastewater is obtained for analysis. All measurements,
tests and analyses shall be carried out in accordance with standard
methods and 40 CFR 136, unless otherwise noted, by a laboratory certified
by NYSDOH to perform the analyses. Samples shall be taken at the approved
monitoring stations or other approved locations. Samples shall be
gathered as flow-proportioned twenty-four-hour composite samples made
up of individual samples taken not less than once per hour for the
period of time equal to the duration of industrial wastewater discharge
during daily operations (including any cleanup shift).
A. Significant industrial user to take daily samples.
(1) Each significant industrial user shall, upon the request
of the Director, obtain and analyze twenty-four-hour composite samples
and measure and record the flow in gallons per day of each discharge
over a typical production period of at least seven consecutive operating
days. One or two grab samples per day shall also be taken during maximum
anticipated waste loadings (i.e., maximum production period, batch
dumping, washing operations). This sampling program shall be carried
out to ensure complete, reliable results which will typify the industry's
discharge. If requested by the significant industrial user, the Director
will provide a written statement giving the basis for such request.
(2) The parameters to be analyzed for and reported on
by each industry shall be determined by the Director.
(3) Grab samples shall be taken for analysis of dissolved
oxygen, oil and grease, pH and any bacteriological analysis.
B. Report by significant industrial user. Each significant
industrial user shall submit a report to the Director within 28 days
after receipt of a request to sample, setting forth the results of
the analyses of the sampling program, the recorded flows during the
sampling period and the following additional data.
(1) The average and peak flow rates in million gallons
per day.
(2) A schematic diagram for the industry, showing the
sources of all wastewater within the plant. The schematic should indicate
the internal processes with a basic description of influent and effluent
parameters for each process.
(3) If the user is subject to a production-based categorical
limit, the maximum daily number of production units (i.e., the highest
average level sustained for seven consecutive days of normal production)
should be specified.
(4) The types and amounts of raw materials consumed to produce the units stated in Subsection
B(3).
C. Periodic sampling by industrial and commercial firms and hospitals. In addition to the specific requirements under Subsections
A and
B above for significant industrial users, periodic sampling, analysis and flow measurement of wastewater shall be made by all industrial and commercial firms and hospitals discharging to the POTW. The parameters to be analyzed for shall be determined by the Director.
D. Measuring devices.
(1) All users required to make flow measurements shall
furnish and install in any control manhole, or other approved location,
a calibrated flume, weir, flow meter or similar device approved by
the Director suitable to measure the industrial wastewater flow rate
and total volume. All significant industrial users must provide a
means of continuous measurement and recording of industrial wastewater
flows. The flow measurement system shall indicate and record total
and peak flows.
(2) Users other than significant industrial users may,
in lieu of making such flow measurements, provide the Director with
records of water usage to determine average flow rates.
E. Conduct of sampling, analyses and flow measurements.
All sampling, analysis and flow measurement shall be performed by
a qualified employee of the significant industrial user or an engineering
firm approved by the Director. All analyses shall be performed by
a laboratory approved by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation.
F. Periodic measurements. Composite samples of industrial
wastewater shall be obtained for all required analyses. Users who
are required to sample on a less than monthly schedule shall sample
during the period of highest wastewater flow and wastewater constituent
discharges.
G. Required data.
(1) The precision and accuracy of the data obtained shall
be consistent with that achieved by the prescribed standard analytical
procedure.
(2) Calibration and maintenance shall be performed on
all monitoring and analytical instrumentation to ensure accuracy of
measurements.
(3) Sampling shall be representative of the volume and
quality of wastewater effluent discharged over the sampling and reporting
period. When required by permit, dischargers shall install and maintain
in proper order automatic flow proportional sampling equipment and/or
automatic analysis and recording equipment.
(4) The industrial wastewater discharger is responsible
to ensure reliable analysis methodology. Such discharger must be able
to demonstrate to the Director that it has a viable quality control
program.
H. Recordkeeping; data and retention.
(1) The industrial wastewater discharger shall maintain
and record the results of all required analyses and measurements and
shall record, for all samples, the date and time of sampling, the
sample method used, the dates analyses were performed, who performed
the sampling and analyses and the results of such analyses.
(2) All records shall be retained for a minimum of three
years, or longer when so requested by the Director. The industrial
wastewater discharger shall also retain all original stripchart recordings
from any continuous monitoring instrumentation and any calibration
and maintenance records for a minimum of three years, or for any extended
period when so requested by the Director.
I. Required reports to Director.
(1) Results of all sampling, analysis and flow measurement
shall be reported by the industrial wastewater discharger to the Director.
A report or a written statement shall be submitted even if no discharge
occurred during the reporting period. A report shall also be submitted
if there have been any modifications in industrial wastewater pretreatment
facilities, changes in operations procedures, changes in wastewater
characteristics resulting in the discharge of a substance which was
indicated by the discharger or other significant activities which
alter the quality and quantity of the discharges. Permanent elimination
of a discharge shall be promptly reported by the discharger in writing
to the Director.
(2) The industrial wastewater discharger shall include
in this report any previously approved nonstandard analytical methods
used.
(3) In addition, all industrial wastewater dischargers
providing pretreatment of their industrial wastewaters shall also
include in their reports the following information:
(a)
The sources of the screenings, sludge and other
solids and precipitates removed from the wastewater to be disposed
of.
(b)
The approximate volumes and weights of these
materials.
(c)
The method by which they were removed and transported.
(d)
Their final disposal locations.
(4) Copies of the report should be sent to the Director
on the 10th of each month following the month in which the sampling
occurred. The report shall be in a form approved by the Director.
J. Signature of reports. All reports required to be submitted
by an industrial wastewater discharger must be signed by the following,
or their duly authorized representative: a principal of the industrial
firm and a principal of the laboratory or engineering firm that secured
and analyzed the wastewater samples. For corporations, the reports
must be signed by an executive at the level of manager, Vice President
or higher. In the case of a partnership or a sole proprietorship,
all reports must be signed by a general partner or the proprietor
respectively.
(1) A duly authorized representative is meant when:
(a)
The authorization is made in writing by the individual described in Subsection
I(1).
(b)
The authorization specifies either an individual
or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the
facility from which the industrial discharge originates, such as the
position of plant manager, operator of a well or well field superintendent,
or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility
for environmental matters for the company.
(c)
The written authorization is submitted to the
Director.
(2) If an authorization under this section is no longer
accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility
for the overall operation of the facility or overall responsibility
for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying
the requirements of this subsection must be submitted to the Director
prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized
representative.
A notice shall be permanently posted on bulletin
boards within the user's facility advising employees who to call in
case of an accidental discharge in violation of this Part 1.
When requested in advance by an industrial user,
the city's representative(s) shall gather sufficient sample volume
so that it can be split into two nearly equal volumes, each of size
adequate for the anticipated analytical protocols, including any quality
control (QC) procedures. One of the volumes shall be given to the
industrial user whose wastewater was sampled, and the other shall
be retained by the city for its own analysis.
The Director may limit discharges to only certain
locations within the POTW, or only at specific times, days or months
of the year. The time and conditions for such discharges, as may be
revised by the Director, shall be provided to each licensee.
All discharges of trucked or hauled wastes shall
be made only with the approval of the Director or his or her designee.
The Director may require inspection, sampling and analysis of any
load prior to its discharge. Any costs associated with such inspection,
sampling or analysis shall be paid by the licensee.