When requested by the Department, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within 60 days of the request. The Department is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information.
A.
No industrial user (over 25,000 gpd) discharge shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining an industrial discharge permit from the Department, except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely and complete application pursuant to § 435-5.3 of this regulation may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.
B.
The Department may require other users to obtain industrial discharge permits, or submit an application for an industrial discharge permit, as necessary to execute the purposes of this regulation.
C.
Any violation of the terms and conditions of an industrial discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this regulation and shall subject the industrial discharge permittee to the enforcement actions set out in Articles 10 through 12 of this regulation. Obtaining an industrial discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state and local law.
D.
Effluent limits, including best management practices, based on applicable pretreatment standards.
E.
Requirements to control slug discharge, if determined by the Department to be necessary.
All industrial users with flow greater than 50,000 gpd must receive MADEP approval for any new industrial discharge, or any significant alteration in either flow or waste characteristics, in accordance with the Town's NPDES permit. Such approvals shall be obtained in accordance with § 435-6.1 of this regulation.
Any user required to obtain an Industrial Discharge Permit who was discharging wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of this regulation, and is not currently covered by a valid industrial discharge permit, and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future, shall, within 60 days after said date, apply to the Department for an industrial discharge permit in accordance with § 435-5.2 of this regulation, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW to continue after 120 days of the effective date of this regulation except in accordance with an industrial discharge permit issued by the Department.
Any user required to obtain an industrial discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW shall obtain an industrial discharge permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this industrial discharge permit, in accordance with § 435-5.2 of this regulation, shall be filed at least 90 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.
Within 120 days subsequent to the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, an industrial user subject to such standards shall submit an application for an industrial discharge permit amendment. The application shall contain the information noted under § 435-5.7.
All users required to obtain an industrial discharge permit, and other users subject to these rules, as required by the Department, shall submit a permit application. The Department may require all users to submit as part of an application the following information:
B.
Description of activities, facilities and production processes on the premises, including a list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility that are, or could accidentally be, discharged to the POTW;
C.
A list of all environmental permits held by or for the facility;
D.
Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production;
E.
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
F.
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains and appurtenances by size, location and elevation, and all points of discharge and sampling locations;
G.
The estimated average, maximum and total daily flow for each discharge and the time and duration of discharges;
H.
Copies of existing pollution prevention plans and/or a description of all known pollution prevention opportunities that may exist at the facility;
I.
An indication of whether the conditions referenced in the application are existing or proposed; and
J.
Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Department to evaluate the industrial discharge permit application. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
All industrial discharge permit applications and user reports shall be signed by an authorized representative of the user and shall contain the following certification statement:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. |
A.
Septic tank waste and hauled water from permitted off-site holding tanks may only be introduced into the POTW at a location designated by the Department, and at such times as are established by the Department.
B.
The POTW will not accept any type of hauled industrial waste from any industrial discharger who is connected to the Town's wastewater collection system without written approval from the Department. Only wastewater generated by off-system users from their septage tanks or permitted holding tanks is permissible for discharge at the POTW. The Department shall require all generators of wastewater from off-site holding tanks to obtain industrial discharge permits. The Department shall require haulers of such industrial waste to obtain discharge permits to access Town facilities. All other requirements of this regulation apply to the discharge of off-site holding tanks and septage discharges.
C.
The septage haulers may discharge loads only at locations designated by the Department. No load may be discharged without prior consent of the Department. The Department will collect samples of each hauled load to ensure compliance with applicable standards. The Department may require the generator of the load to provide a waste analysis of any load prior to discharge.
D.
Industrial waste haulers shall provide a waste-tracking form for every load. This form shall include, at a minimum, the name and address of the industrial waste hauler, permit number, truck identification, names and addresses of sources of waste and volume and characteristics of waste. The form shall identify the type of industry, known or suspected waste constituents and a certification that the wastes are not hazardous wastes as defined in the State's Hazardous Waste Rules.