(a) 
The director shall provide an application requiring all users discharging to the POTW(s) to provide information necessary to evaluate discharges to the POTW(s) and satisfy EPA requirements.
(b) 
Existing users and significant industrial users shall update the application under the following conditions:
(1) 
A minimum of every five (5) years.
(2) 
If significant changes to the user’s operations (e.g. additional wastestreams, increased discharge volume, additional or increased pollutants, addition of a categorical wastestream, etc.) cause the application filed with the city to be inaccurate.
(c) 
Existing significant industrial users.
If a significant industrial user is currently operating under a wastewater discharge permit issued by the director and is discharging wastewater into the POTW(s) prior to the effective date of this division and wishes to continue such discharges in the future, the user shall, within ninety (90) days after said date, or for a shorter time period if allowed by the director, submit a revised wastewater discharge application in accordance with this section, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW(s) to continue after one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this division except in accordance with a wastewater discharge permit reissued by the director.
(d) 
New users.
(1) 
In order to comply with the objectives of section 13-2-101, any user, deemed necessary by the director, who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW(s) must complete such application prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge.
(2) 
Wastewater discharge applications are mandatory for significant industrial users proposing to begin or recommence discharge to the POTW(s).
(e) 
The control authority reserves the right to take the following time periods from the receipt of the completed application to review the application information to determine the conditions which must be met prior to discharge:
(1) 
New users: Thirty (30) days.
(2) 
Significant industrial users: One hundred eighty (180) days.
(3) 
Existing users who propose to implement process changes that will result in changing their user classification significant industrial user: One hundred eighty (180) days.
(f) 
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision. The timeframe established in subsection (c) of this section will not begin until the control authority receives an application which it deems to be complete.
(Ordinance 2011-01, sec. 1, adopted 1/11/11)
The director may require users to submit all or some of the following information as part of the permit application:
(1) 
Information, in part or whole, as required by section 13-2-261 of this division;
(2) 
Description of activities, standard industrial classification code, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including a list of all raw materials, wastes generated and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally be, discharged to the POTW(s);
(3) 
Number of employees, hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation;
(4) 
Flow measurement in gallons per day to the POTW from regulated processes;
(5) 
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size and location, and all points of discharge;
(6) 
Location of monitoring facilities for all wastes covered by the permit;
(7) 
Time and duration of the discharge;
(8) 
A statement as to whether or not discharges will be in compliance with the conditions of this division. If additional pretreatment and/or operational and maintenance activities will be required to comply with the conditions of this division, the user shall provide:
(A) 
Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures for the control authority to review prior to construction of the facilities. The review of such plans and operational procedures will in no way relieve the user of modifying the facilities or procedures as necessary to produce an effluent which is in compliance with the requirements of this division.
(B) 
Declaration of the shortest schedule by which the pretreatment facilities will be built or operational changes implemented. Increments of progress, including completion of major events leading to final compliance, shall be included. No increment shall exceed nine (9) months.
(C) 
Other requirements as deemed necessary by the director may be imposed if necessary to comply with the objectives of section 13-2-101 of this division.
(9) 
Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the director to evaluate the wastewater discharge application.
(Ordinance 2011-01, sec. 1, adopted 1/11/11)
(a) 
Certification of permit applications.
The wastewater discharge application and reports required by wastewater discharge permits or as designated by the director must be signed by an authorized representative of the user as defined by this division and 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.”
(b) 
Fraud and false statements.
The reports and other documents required by this division shall be subject to:
(1) 
The provisions of 18 U.S.C. section 1001 relating to fraud and false statements;
(2) 
The provisions of section 309(c)(4) of the act, as amended, governing false statements, representation or certification; and
(3) 
The provision of section 309(c)(6) regarding responsible corporate officers.
(Ordinance 2011-01, sec. 1, adopted 1/11/11)