A. 
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 Manager of Water Resources a report which contains the information listed in Subsection C.
B. 
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 Manager of Water Resources a report which contains the information listed in Subsection C. 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.
C. 
Required information. Users described in Subsections A and B shall submit the following information:
(1) 
Identifying information. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner.
(2) 
Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
(3) 
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 sewer system and the POTW from the regulated processes.
(4) 
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).
(5) 
Measurement of pollutants.
(a) 
The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process.
(b) 
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard, the Township, or the Manager of Water Resources, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with the procedures set out in § 390-59.
(c) 
Users described above shall submit the information set forth below.
[Amended 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-3]
[1] 
Measurement of pollutants;
[2] 
The user shall provide the information required in § 390-42A;
[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] 
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 the pretreatment the user should measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow the 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 40 CFR 403.6(e) this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the control authority;
[5] 
Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with § 390-60;
[6] 
The Manager of Water Resources 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; and
[7] 
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 representatives of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
(6) 
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.
(7) 
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.
(8) 
Signature and certification. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 390-42B.
Every user who submits a compliance schedule under § 390-50C(7) shall submit a progress report to the Township and the Manager of Water Resources no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance. 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.
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 Manager of Water Resources a report containing the information described in § 390-50C(4) through (6). 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 § 390-42B.
A. 
In general. All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined by the Township and the Manager of Water Resources but in no case less than twice per year (in June and December), submit a report indicating the nature and 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. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 390-42B.
B. 
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.
C. 
Reporting of additional voluntary monitoring. If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the Director of Public Works, using the procedures described in §§ 390-59 and 390-60 of this Part 3, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
[Amended 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 18-1]
A. 
Notification. Each user must notify the Township and the Manager of Water Resources 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.
B. 
Submission of information. The Township or the Manager of Water Resources 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 § 390-42.
C. 
New or modified permits. The Township and the Manager of Water Resources may issue a wastewater discharge permit under § 390-43 or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit under § 390-46 in response to changed conditions or anticipated changed conditions.
D. 
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.
A. 
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 Manager of Water Resources 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.
B. 
Written report. Within five days following such discharge, the user shall, unless waived by the Township and the Manager of Water Resources, 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 sewer 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 Part 3.
C. 
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 A. Employers shall ensure that all employees who may cause such a discharge to occur are advised of the emergency notification procedure.
D. 
Significant industrial users are required to notify the Manager of Water Resources or the Township immediately of any change at its facility affecting the potential for slug discharge.
[Added 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-3]
[Amended 2-12-2018 by Ord. No. 18-1]
All users not required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Director of Public Works as the Director of Public Works may require from time to time.
[Amended 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-3]
If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user must notify the Township and the Manager of Water Resources within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the result of the repeat analysis to the Township and the Manager of Water Resources within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation. The user is not required to resample if the Township or the Manager of Water Resources samples between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of the sampling or if the Township or the Manager of Water Resources performs the sampling at the user's facility at least once per month.
A. 
Initial notification. Any user who commences the discharge of hazardous wastes greater than 15 kilograms in any calendar month or any hazardous waste which is an acute hazardous waste as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(c) shall notify the Township, the Lehigh County Authority, the Manager of Water Resources, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and Pennsylvania state hazardous waste authorities, in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of any substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). Any notification under this Subsection A need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged. All notifications must take place no later than 180 days after the discharge commences.
B. 
Additional information for large quantity dischargers. If a user discharges more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification shall also contain the following information to the extent such information is known and reasonably available to the user:
(1) 
An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes;
(2) 
An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the waste stream discharged during that calendar month; and
(3) 
An estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
C. 
Notification in the event of new RCRA regulations. If any new regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA[1] identify additional characteristics of hazardous waste or list any additional substance as a hazardous waste, a user described in Subsection A shall notify the Township, the Lehigh County Authority, the Manager of Water Resources, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and Pennsylvania state hazardous waste authorities, in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of any substance not previously reported which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under the new regulations. The notification shall be in the form prescribed in Subsection A and, if applicable, Subsection B. All notifications must take place no later than 90 days after the effective date of the new regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 6921.
D. 
Certification of hazardous waste program. In the case of any notification made under this section, the user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
E. 
Notifications of changed circumstances. Submission of one-time reports under this section does not relieve a user from the obligation to submit a notice of changed circumstances when required under § 390-54.
F. 
Exception. The notification requirements in this section do not apply to pollutants already reported by users subject to categorical pretreatment standards under the self-monitoring requirements of §§ 390-50, 390-52, and 390-53.
G. 
No additional rights conferred. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted to be discharged under this Part 3, any permit issued under this Part 3, or any applicable federal or state law.
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, sampling and analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures approved by the EPA.
[Amended 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-3]
A. 
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.
B. 
Except as indicated in Subsections C and D below, 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 Manager of Water Resources. Where time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the Township, the samples must be representative of the discharge. 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 corn positing procedures as documented in approved EPA methodologies may be authorized by the Township, as appropriate. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous limits.
C. 
Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, total phenols, sulfides, and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection techniques.
D. 
For sampling required in support of baseline monitoring and ninety-day compliance reports required in §§ 390-50 and 390-52 [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 Manager of Water Resources may authorize a lower minimum. For the reports required by § 390-53 [40 CFR 403.12(e) and 403.12(h)], the industrial user is required to collect the number of grab samples necessary to assess and assure compliance by with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
Written reports required under this Part 3 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.
Users subject to the reporting requirements of this Part 3 shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this Part 3 and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements. Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling; the name(s) of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; the person(s) performing the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods use; 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 city, or the Township, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Township or the Manager of Water Resources.