A. 
The following nondomestic dischargers must apply for an NJDEP industrial wastewater discharge permit:
(1) 
Dischargers subject to federal categorical pretreatment limitations and/or defined as "categorical industrial users."
(2) 
Dischargers defined as "significant industrial users."
B. 
The Township reserves the right to permit any nondomestic industries that are not subject to federal categorical standards. The Director of the Department of Water Pollution, or his designee, will determine if the nondomestic discharger may have the potential to discharge waste that has a potential impact to the proper operation of the treatment works.
A. 
Application procedure. Users required to obtain a Township IWD permit shall complete and file with the Township an application in the form prescribed by the Township. Proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. The user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, all information required on the permit application.
B. 
Notice of complete application.
(1) 
Upon receipt of an application for an IWD permit or for a modification, withdrawal or transfer of a permit, the Township will notify the applicant whether the application is complete or whether additional information is required.
(2) 
The Township is not obligated to process any incomplete application.
(3) 
The Township may require any additional information which, in the discretion of the Township or the Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control, is deemed necessary to make the application complete in order to review and act upon the application for a permit. Failure of the applicant to provide such additional information upon request will cause the application to be deemed incomplete.
(4) 
If the Township requests that the applicant provide any additional information before the application is deemed complete, the applicant shall have an additional 30 days from the date of receipt of such request to provide such information, unless the Township expressly designates a longer or shorter time. If the requested information is not provided within 30 days (or such longer or shorter time as the Township expressly allows), the Township may reject and return the application to the applicant and will not be obligated to process the application.
C. 
Final action. The Township shall review a complete application for a permit or for the renewal, modification or withdrawal of a permit and shall determine whether to grant, deny, grant upon condition, modify or revoke a permit as a final action.
A. 
Permit applications. All IWD permit applications shall be signed as follows:
(1) 
For a corporation, by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president; or
(2) 
For a partnership or sole proprietorship, by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively.
B. 
Reports. All reports required by permits and other information requested by the Township shall be signed by a person described in Subsection A or by a duly authorized representative only if:
(1) 
The authorization is made in writing by a person described in Subsection A;
(2) 
The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated facility or activity, such as a position of plant manager, Director of Water Pollution Control or person of equivalent responsibility; and
(3) 
The written authorization is submitted to the Township.
C. 
Changes in authorization. If authorization under Subsection B is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of this facility, notification must be made to the Township prior to ownership or position transfer. A new authorization satisfying the requirements of Subsection B shall be submitted to the control authority prior to or together with any reports, information or application to be signed by an authorized representative. The facility will be required to provide a copy of the existing control mechanism to the new owner or operator.
D. 
Certification. Any person signing any document under Subsections A and B shall make the following certification: "I certify under penalty of the law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this document and all attachments and that, based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining the information, I believe the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and/or imprisonment."
E. 
Delegation of authority. The authorized representative of the user may, in his absence, authorize another responsible high-ranking official to sign a monthly monitoring report if a report is required to be filed during the period of time. The authorized representative of the user shall, however, be liable in all instances for the accuracy of all the information provided in the monitoring report; provided, however, that the authorized representative of the user may file, within seven days of his return, amendments to the monitoring report in accordance with this subsection, which shall not be considered a late filing of a report for purposes of subsection d of § 6 of P.L. 1990, c. 28, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-10.1, or for purposes of determining an SNC.
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period of one year or less or may be slated to expire on a specific date.
IWD permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions established by the Township. The Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control or his designee is authorized to impose any conditions, requirements or terms in a permit, at his discretion, in order to assure compliance with local requirements and to protect the POTW.
A. 
Permits may contain the following:
(1) 
Effluent limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics based upon § 385-23, as appropriate;
(2) 
Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification and recordkeeping requirements. These requirements shall include identification of pollutants to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, and sample type;
(3) 
Requirements for prompt notification of the Township of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any significant change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the POTW and for applying for a new permit if the new or increased discharge would violate any discharge limits or other requirements specified in the permit;
(4) 
The development of a slug/spill control plan or other special conditions, including management practices necessary to adequately provide for notification of slug discharges;
(5) 
Requirements regarding entry and inspection by the Township that may be more expansive than those slated for other users;
(6) 
A waste-minimization plan for the reduction of pollutant loadings discharged into the Department of Water Pollution Control treatment system.
(7) 
The submittal to, and approval by, the Township Department of Water Pollution Control of plans and specifications for any of the facilities and equipment required to meet pretreatment standards and requirements.
B. 
Permits may require that a permittee:
(1) 
Achieve effluent limitations based upon guidelines or standards established pursuant to the Sewer Use Ordinance (SUO);
(2) 
Where appropriate, meet schedules for compliance with the terms of the permit and interim deadlines for progress or reports of progress towards compliance;
(3) 
Ensure that all discharges are consistent at all times with the terms and conditions of the permit and that no pollutant will be discharged more frequently than authorized or at a level in excess of that which is authorized by the permit;
(4) 
Install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment and methods to sample in accordance with such methods, to maintain and retain such records of information from monitoring activities, and to submit to the Director or his designee reports of monitoring results for surface waters as may be stipulated in the permit or required by the Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control;
(5) 
At all times, maintain in good working order and operate as effectively as possible any facilities or systems of control installed to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit and affording the Township access thereto;
(6) 
Report to the Director of the Department of Water Pollution Control or his designee any exceedance of an effluent limitation that causes injury to persons or damage to the environment or poses a threat to human health or the environment, within two hours of its occurrence or of the permittee becoming aware of the occurrence. Within 24 hours of an exceedance or of becoming aware of an exceedance of an effluent limitation for a toxic pollutant, a permittee shall provide the Director or his designee with such additional information on the discharge as may be required by the Director or his designee, including an estimate of the danger posed by the discharge to the environment or POTW, whether the discharge is continuing, and the measures taken or being taken to remediate the problem and any damage to the environment or POTW and to avoid a repetition of the problem. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Director or his designee within 30 days after the exceedance or becoming aware of the exceedance, except the user is not required to resample, if:
(a) 
The Township performs sampling at the user's facility at a frequency of at least once per month; or
(b) 
The Township performs sampling at the user's facility between the time when the user performs its initial sampling and the time when the user receives the results of this sampling;
(7) 
Report to the Director or his designee any serious violation within 30 days of the violation; the permittee shall explain the nature of the serious violation and the measures taken to remedy the cause or prevent a recurrence of the serious violation.
C. 
Notwithstanding the reporting requirements stipulated in a permit for discharges to the POTW, a permittee shall be required to file monthly reports with the Director if the permittee exceeds an effluent limitation for the same pollutant at the same discharge point source by any amount for four out of six consecutive months. The Director or his designee may restore the reporting requirements stipulated in the permit if the permittee has not committed any of the violations identified in this subsection for six consecutive months.