Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities
and operating procedures shall be submitted to the LLVSA, acting as
agent for the Borough of Old Forge, for review and shall be acceptable
to the LLVSA 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 LLVSA under the provisions of this Part
4. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method
of operating shall be reported to and be acceptable to the LLVSA,
acting as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, prior to the user's
initiation of the changes.
Users shall apply to the LLVSA, the agent for
the Borough of Old Forge, for a list of standard construction design
criteria as prepared by and available through the LLVSA's Consulting
Engineering Department in accordance with current pretreatment design
requirements. Users may deviate from standard construction design
criteria only with permission of the Executive Director of the LLVSA.
The LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of
Old Forge, shall inspect the facility of a user to ascertain whether
the purpose of this Part 4 is being met and all requirements are being
complied with. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is
created or discharged shall allow representatives of the LLVSA ready
access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the
purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and/or copying,
or in the performance of any of their duties. The Borough of Old Forge,
the LLVSA, PADEP and/or 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 their premises, the user shall make
necessary arrangements with their security personnel so that, upon
presentation of suitable identification, representatives of the municipality,
LLVSA, PADEP and/or EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay,
for the purpose of performing their specific responsibilities.
It shall be the responsibility of the user to
maintain its pretreatment facility in a working order to provide consistent
compliance with the limitations set forth in the industrial wastewater
discharge permit and/or rules and regulations of the LLVSA. Operation
of the pretreatment system shall be undertaken by the user according
to the prescribed methods of the manufacturer as approved by the LLVSA,
the acting agent for the Borough of Old Forge, to provide consistent
compliance with the limitations set forth in the industrial wastewater
discharge permit and/or the rules and regulations of the LLVSA. The
user shall be required to maintain documentation reflecting operations
and maintenance of all pretreatment facilities.
The volume of flow used in computing loadings
or surcharges shall be based on the total water consumption data as
obtained from the permittee or the records of the local water utility.
If a user has a substantial portion of the metered water that does
not reach the sanitary sewer system, the user may, at its own expense
and with approval from the Executive Director of the LLVSA, acting
as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, install a separate flow metering
device to measure the actual discharge into the sanitary system. If
the actual flow to the sanitary system is measured, the equipment
used for the measurement of the flow must be maintained in proper
working order at all times. A separate written record of calibration
and maintenance must be kept for the flow metering device and made
readily available for inspection by the LLVSA.
The LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of
Old Forge, will conduct periodic monitoring of the following types:
A. Scheduled sampling and inspections shall be conducted
of all permitted users at least once during the permit period. Said
inspection will include a complete tour of the facility, including
manufacturing, pretreatment, and storage areas.
B. Unscheduled sampling and inspections shall be conducted
whenever the LLVSA, the acting agent of the Borough of Old Forge,
determines a need to routinely investigate the discharge of a user.
Users governed by categorical pretreatment standards will be sampled
on an unscheduled basis at least once every six months.
C. Demand sampling and inspections shall be performed
in response to a complaint or an emergency situation. Demand sampling
shall be initiated whenever the LLVSA, the acting agent for the Borough
of Old Forge, determines a change in the normal discharge characteristics
of the user's wastewater flow or if a violation was detected during
either a scheduled or unscheduled sampling.
D. Resampling in the event a violation is discovered
during a period where no SIU self-monitoring is required.
If the user required to pretreat its waste pursuant
to this Part 4 has an emergency caused beyond the user's control that
affects the pretreatment program and/or facility and may cause a violation
of the industrial wastewater discharge permit, the user may appeal
to the Executive Director of the LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough
of Old Forge, for an emergency discharge permit. Before the Executive
Director of the LLVSA may issue an emergency discharge permit, the
user shall submit plans and a compliance schedule showing what methods
will be used to bring the discharge into compliance with the current
industrial wastewater discharge permit and when this will be done.
An emergency discharge permit shall not be issued for longer than
30 days and may be renewed only after a new application has been made.
An accidental discharge does not require an emergency discharge permit
unless it was caused by a failure of the pretreatment facility and
the failure is of a permanent nature.