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1. Existing Users. Within 180 days after either the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the Township and the Director of Public Works a report which contains the information listed in Subsection
3.
2. New Sources and New Categorical Users. At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources, and sources that become categorical users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the Township and the Director of Public Works a report which contains the information listed in Subsection
3. A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards, and give estimates of its anticipated flow and the quantity of pollutants to be discharged.
3. Required Information. Users described in Subsections
1 and
2 shall submit the following information:
A. Identifying Information. The name and address of the facility, including
the name and contact information of the operator and the owner.
B. Environmental Permits. A list of any environmental control permits
held by or for the facility.
C. Description of Operations. A brief description of the nature, average
rate of production, and standard industrial classifications of the
operation(s) carried out by such user. This description should include
a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to
the sewerage system and the POTW from the regulated processes.
D. Description of Wastes. Types of wastes generated, and a list of all
raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are,
or could accidentally or intentionally be, discharged to the POTW.
E. Flow Measurement. Information showing the measured average daily
and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated
process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the
combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
F. Measurement of Pollutants.
(1)
The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated
process and any new categorically regulated process for existing sources.
(2)
Samples should be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment
facilities if such exist or immediately downstream from the regulated
process if no pretreatment exists. If other wastewaters are mixed
with the regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment, the user should
measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the
combined waste stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(e) to evaluate compliance
with the pretreatment standards. Where an alternate concentration
or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e)
this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted
to the City.
(3)
The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to
compile that data necessary to comply with the requirements of this
section.
(4)
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard, the Township, or the Director of Public Works, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with the procedures set out in §
18-810. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the Director of Public Works of the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard.
(5)
Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations,
or mass, where required, shall be reported.
(6)
Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set out in §§
18-810 and
18-811.
(7)
Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Director
of Public Works to evaluate the permit application.
(8)
The Township and the Director of Public Works may allow the
submission of a baseline report which utilizes only historical data
so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the
need for industrial pretreatment measures.
(9)
The baseline report shall indicate the time, date and place
of sampling and methods of analysis, and shall certify that such sampling
and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected
pollutant discharges to the POTW.
G. Statement of Compliance. A statement, reviewed by the user's authorized
representative and certified by a qualified professional, indicating
whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis,
and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance and/or additional
pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
H. Compliance Schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or operation
and maintenance will be required to meet the pretreatment standards,
the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional
pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance. The completion date
in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established
for the applicable pretreatment standard. The schedule shall contain
progress increments 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. No increment shall exceed nine months. Major
events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing
preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components,
commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting
routine operations.
I. Signature and Certification. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with §
18-703, Subsection
2.
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Every user who submits a compliance schedule under §
18-801, Subsection
3H, shall submit a progress report to the Township and the Director of Public Works no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance. The schedule shall contain progress increments 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 (such events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting routine operation). The progress report shall include, at a minimum, whether or not the user has complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between progress reports.
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Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to such pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Township and the Director of Public Works a report containing the information described in §
18-801, Subsection
3D through
G. For users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the user's long-term production rate. For all other users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period. All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with §
18-703, Subsection
2. All sampling will be done in conformance with §
18-811.
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1. In General. All significant industrial users must, at a frequency
determined by the Director of Public Works, submit no less than twice
per year (June and December), or on dates specified, reports indicating
the nature, concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are
limited by pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average
and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. In cases where the
pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice
(BMP) or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation
required by the Director of Public Works or the pretreatment standard
necessary to determine the compliance status of the user.
2. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with §
18-703, Subsection
2, of this chapter.
3. Representative Samples. All wastewater samples must be representative
of the user's discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement
facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean, and maintained
in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep
its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds
for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of
its discharge.
4. Reporting of Additional Voluntary Monitoring. If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Township and the Director of Public Works, using the procedures prescribed in §§
18-801 and
18-802, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
5. All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge.
Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly
operated, kept clean, and maintained in good working order at all
times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good
working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample
results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
6. If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the Director of Public Works, using the procedures prescribed in §
18-802 of this chapter, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
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1. Notification. Each user must notify the Township and the Director
of Public Works of any planned significant changes to the user's operations
or system which might alter the nature, quality, or volume of its
wastewater at least 90 days before the change.
2. Submission of Information. The Township or the Director of Public Works may require the user to submit such information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including the submission of a wastewater discharge permit application under §
18-703.
3. New or Modified Permits. The Township and the Director of Public Works may issue a wastewater discharge permit under §
18-704 or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit under §
18-707 in response to changed conditions or anticipated changed conditions.
4. "Significant" Changes. For purposes of this section, "significant"
changes include, but are not limited to, flow increases of 20% or
greater, and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants.
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1. Initial Notification. In the case of any discharge, including, but
not limited to, accidental discharges, discharges of a nonroutine,
episodic nature, a noncustomary batch discharge, or a slug load, that
may cause potential problems for the POTW, the user shall immediately
telephone and notify the Township and the Director of Public Works
of the incident. This notification shall include the location of the
discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, if known, and
corrective actions taken by the user.
2. Written Report. Within five days following such discharge, the user
shall, unless waived by the Township and the Director of Public Works,
submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) 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 sewerage system, the POTW, natural resources, or
any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification
relieve the user of any fines, penalties, or other liability which
may be imposed pursuant to this chapter.
3. 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 discharge described in Subsection
1. Employers shall ensure that all employees who may cause such a discharge to occur are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
4. Slug Discharge. Significant industrial users are required to notify
the Township and the Director of Public Works immediately of any changes
at its facility affecting the potential for a slug discharge.
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1. All users not required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall
provide appropriate reports to the Township and the Director of Public
Works as the Township or the Director of Public Works may require.
2. Annual Certification for Nonsignificant Categorical Industrial Users.
A facility determined to be a nonsignificant categorical industrial
user by the Director of Public Works pursuant to the definition of
"significant industrial user" must annually submit the following certification
statement signed by an authorized or duly authorized representative
of the user. This certification must accompany an alternative report
required by the Director of Public Works.
"Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible
for managing compliance with the categorical Pretreatment Standards
under 40 CFR _____, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief that during the period from _____, _____ to __________, _____
[months, days, year]:
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(a)
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The facility described as __________ [facility name] met the
definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as described
in 1.4 II (3);
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(b)
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The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards
and requirements during this reporting period; and
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(c)
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The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total
categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
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This compliance certification is based on the following information:
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If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user
must notify the Township and the Director of Public Works within 24
hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat
the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis
to the Township and the Director of Public Works within 30 days after
becoming aware of the violation. Resampling by the user is not required
if the City performs sampling at the user's facility at least once
a month, or if the City performs sampling at the user between the
time when the initial sampling was conducted and the time when the
user or the City receives the results of this sampling, or if the
City has performed the sampling and analysis in lieu of the user.
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All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be
submitted as part of a wastewater discharge permit application or
report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed
in 40 CFR Part 136, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical
pretreatment standard. If 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling
or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the
EPA determines that the Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques
are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses
shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other
applicable sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures
suggested by the Director of Public Works or other parties approved
by the EPA.
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1. In General. Samples collected to satisfy reporting requirements must
be based on data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis
performed during the period covered by the report, based on data that
is representative of conditions occurring during the reporting period.
2. Authorized Alternatives. Except as indicated in this section, the
user must collect wastewater samples using twenty-four-hour flow-proportional
composite sampling techniques, unless time-proportional composite
sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the Township and the Director
of Public Works. Where time-proportional composite sampling or grab
sampling is authorized by the Township and the Director of Public
Works, the samples must be representative of the discharge.
3. Instantaneous Discharge Limits. In addition to the sampling described in Subsections
1 and
2, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous limits.
4. Required Grab Samples. Using protocols (including appropriate preservation)
specified in 40 CFR Part 136 and appropriate EPA guidance, multiple
grab samples collected during a twenty-four-hour period may be composited
prior to the analysis as follows: for cyanide, total phenols, and
sulfides the samples may be composited in the laboratory or in the
field; for volatile organics and oil and grease, the samples may be
composited in the laboratory. Composite samples for other parameters
unaffected by the compositing procedures as documented in approved
EPA methodologies may be authorized by the Township and the Director
of Public Works, as appropriate.
5. Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, total phenols,
sulfides, and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab
collection techniques.
6. For sampling required in support of baseline monitoring and ninety-day compliance reports required in §§
18-801 and
18-803 [40 CFR 403.12(b) and (d)], a minimum of four grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist; for facilities for which historical sampling data are available, the Director of Public Works may authorize a lower minimum. For the reports required by §
18-804 [40 CFR 403.12(e) and 403.12(h)], the user is required to collect the number of grab samples necessary to assess and assure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
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Written reports required under this chapter will be deemed to
have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports which are
not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the
United States Postal Service, the date of receipt of the report shall
govern.
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Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter
shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records
of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required
by this chapter and any additional records of information obtained
pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent
of such requirements, and any documentation associated with best management
practices that may be developed by the Township by ordinance or in
wastewater discharge permits. Records shall include the date, exact
place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s)
taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed
the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results
of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period
of at least three years. This period shall be automatically extended
for the duration of any litigation concerning the user, the Township,
or the City, or where the user has been specifically notified of a
longer retention period by the Township or the Director of Public
Works.