A. 
All users (IUs) connected to or proposing to connect to and discharge into any part of the wastewater system, shall submit an industrial user survey to the Director when requested, or in the case of a new connection, prior to discharging to the POTW. If the Director determines the IU is an SIU, the user is then required to apply for and obtain an individual or general wastewater discharge permit (hereinafter "wastewater discharge permit"), prior to discharging to the POTW. A separate wastewater discharge permit may be required for each user, building or complex of buildings. The discharge of wastewater to the POTW without a valid wastewater discharge permit from a SIU shall be a violation of this chapter as specified in subsection C below.
B. 
The Director or their designee shall require other users to obtain wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Director or their designee has the authority to deny an application for a wastewater discharge permit if issuance of the permit otherwise violates the purpose of this chapter.
C. 
Any violation of the terms and conditions of a wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of these City Regulations and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out below in these City Regulations. Obtaining a wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all Federal, State and local pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of Federal, State, and local laws.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
All users connected to, or discharging into any part of the wastewater system, shall submit an industrial wastewater survey to the Director or their designee. Upon determination by the Director or their designee, all users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permits who were discharging wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of these City Regulations and who wish to continue such discharges in the future, shall within 180 days after said date, apply to the Director for a wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Sections 23B-22 and 23B-23 of these City Regulations. After 180 days of the effective date of the wastewater discharge permit, such users shall not exceed discharge limitations or allow prohibited discharges to continue as defined in Sections 23B-8 and 23B-9 of these City Regulations, unless an extension is provided by the Director and at the Director's discretion. The City shall issue all users with existing memorandum of understandings (MOUs) a wastewater discharge permit, utilizing the timeframes for compliance in this section. This Wastewater discharge permit will be in place of the MOU.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
Any user required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW shall obtain such a permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for a wastewater discharge permit, in accordance with these City Regulations, shall be filed at least 90 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
Any user with an expiring wastewater discharge permit shall apply for a new permit by submitting a complete permit application at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing wastewater discharge permit. The user shall file a wastewater discharge permit application on forms provided by the City containing the information specified in Sections 23B-22 and 23B-23. A user with an existing wastewater discharge permit that has filed a complete and timely application may continue to discharge as approved by the Director through an administrative extension of the existing permit.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
Any user that operates its regulated processes so that no industrial waste is discharged to the POTW may request that an individual or general zero-discharge permit be issued by the City. To be eligible for a zero-discharge permit, the user shall demonstrate to the Director's satisfaction that no industrial waste will be discharged and shall either permanently seal all accesses to the POTW other than those required for disposal of domestic sewage or install shutoff devices that will accept City installed, tamper evident seals. Breaking this seal without prior authorization by the Director shall be a violation of the zero-discharge permit and these City Regulations. Examples of permanent seals are sealing a drain with concrete and welding a cap on a metal pipe.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
A. 
All users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit must submit a wastewater discharge permit application. The Director or their designee may require users to submit the following information as part of a wastewater discharge permit application:
1. 
Identifying Information:
a. 
The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner;
b. 
Contact information including phone numbers and email addresses, description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises;
2. 
Environmental Permits: A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility;
3. 
Description of Operations:
a. 
A brief description of the nature, average rate of production (including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and 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 POTW from the regulated processes,
b. 
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,
c. 
Number and type of employees, and proposed or actual hours of operation,
d. 
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day),
e. 
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;
4. 
Time and duration of discharges;
5. 
The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the permit;
6. 
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 wastestream formula of 40 CFR 403.6(e). The Control Authority may allow for verifiable estimates of flow measurements when justified by cost or feasible considerations;
7. 
Measurement of Pollutants:
a. 
The pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and as described in Section 23B-38 for any new categorically regulated processes for existing sources,
b. 
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Director or designees, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum, and average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the Director or designee of the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard,
c. 
Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with Section 23B-49(A) through (D) of this chapter, the techniques described in 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto,
d. 
The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample with the data necessary to comply with the requirements of this section,
e. 
Samples shall 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 formula of 40 CFR 403.6(e) in order 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 Control Authority,
f. 
Where 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the Director determines that the 40 CFR Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analysis shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures suggested by the POTW or other parties, approved by the Director,
g. 
The Control Authority 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,
h. 
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;
8. 
Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or a renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present, nor expected to be present, in the discharge, shall be in accordance with Sections 23B-36(B) and 23B-41(C) of these City Regulations.
B. 
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
A. 
At the discretion of the Director, the Director may use general permits to control user's discharges to the POTW if the following conditions are met. All facilities covered by a general permit must:
1. 
Involve the same or substantially similar types of operations;
2. 
Discharge the same types of wastes;
3. 
Require the same effluent limitations;
4. 
Require the same or similar monitoring; and
5. 
In the discretion of the Director, are more appropriately controlled under a general permit than under Individual wastewater discharge permits.
B. 
To be covered by the general permit, the user must file a written request for coverage that identifies its contact information, production processes, the types of wastes generated, the location for monitoring all wastes covered by the general permit, any requests in accordance with Section 23B-36(B) for a monitoring waiver for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge, and any other information the Director or designee deems appropriate. A monitoring waiver for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge is not effective in the general permit until after the Director or designee has provided written notice to the user that such a waiver request has been granted in accordance with Section 23B-36(B).
C. 
The Director will retain a copy of the general permit, documentation to support the Director or designee's determination that a specific user meets the criteria in subsection (A)(1) through (5) and a copy of the user's written request for coverage for three years after the expiration of the general permit.
D. 
The Director may not control a user through a general permit where the facility is subject to production-based categorical pretreatment standards or categorical pretreatment standards expressed as mass of pollutant discharged per day or for IUs whose limits are based on the combined wastestream formula or net/gross calculations (40 CFR 403.15).
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
A. 
All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports, and certification statements shall be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the certification statement in Section 23B-41(A) of these City Regulations.
B. 
If the designation of an authorized representative is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new written authorization satisfying the requirements of this section shall be submitted to the Director prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
C. 
A facility determined to be a nonsignificant categorical industrial user by the Director pursuant to paragraph (3) of the definition in Section 23B-2 shall annually submit the signed certification statement in Section 23B-41(B).
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)
The Director will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within 90 days of receipt of a complete wastewater discharge permit application, the Director will determine whether to issue a wastewater discharge permit. The Director may deny any application for a wastewater discharge permit for which the Director has good cause to deny such application.
(Ord. 1911, 7-17-2023)