(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:
(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:
(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:
(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.
(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:
(Ordinance 2011-01, sec. 1, adopted 1/11/11)
