All categorical users shall submit to the City a baseline report
within 180 days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in
this section or 180 days after final administrative decision on a
category determination, whichever is earlier. The baseline report
shall contain the information specified in 40 CFR Part 403.12(b) or
as amended. The information required for application for a permit
and/or modification of a permit may fulfill the requirements of the
baseline report. If in submitting information to apply for or to modify
a permit, the categorical user also intends to fulfill the requirements
for the baseline report, the categorical user shall so state.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)
The user shall submit a progress report to the Director of Utilities
no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the
final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it
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.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)
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 will submit to the Director of Utilities a report indicating
the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from
the regulated process which are limited by pretreatment standards
or requirements, the average and maximum daily flow for these process
units, and the actual average production rate for these process units.
For users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established
in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR Part 403.6(c) or as amended,
this report will contain a reasonable measure of the user's long term
production rate. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment
standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and,
if not, what additional operational and maintenance changes and/or
pretreatment is necessary to bring the user into compliance with the
applicable pretreatment standards or requirements. This statement
shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial
user and a certified qualified professional. Filing of this compliance
report cannot relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties, or other
liability which may be imposed by this title or other applicable law,
or failure to meet the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements
subsequent to the date for final compliance with such applicable standard.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)
(A) All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined
by the Director of Utilities, submit a report indicating the nature
and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited
by pretreatment standards or requirements and the measured or estimated
average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. All periodic
compliance reports shall be signed and certified in accordance with
40 CFR Part 403.6(a)(2)(ii) or as amended. The report shall contain
a description of the methods utilized by the user in collecting the
wastewater sample for analysis, including but not limited to the sampling
device(s) used, the sampling period, the amount of each sample collected,
sample handling and preservation techniques used, and date of sample
delivery to the laboratory for analysis.
(B) All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge.
Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities will be properly
operated, cleaned, calibrated, and maintained in good working order
at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility
in good working order is a violation and shall not be grounds for
the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its
discharge.
(C) If a user, subject to the reporting requirement in this section,
monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Director
of Utilities, using the procedures prescribed in this title, the results
of this monitoring will be included in the report.
(D) In the event a sample from a periodic compliance report indicates
that a constituent is in violation of the allowable concentration
levels as set forth in the user's permit or permit contract, the user
shall inform the City within the next business day, repeat the sampling
and pollutant analysis for the parameter in violation, and submit
in writing the results of this second analysis within 30 days of the
discovery of the first violation. The initial sampling and analysis
report shall be submitted within 45 days of the initial sampling date
with a cover report setting forth the causes of the violation, the
remedial actions taken to date with regard to the violation, and the
scheduled additional actions which will be implemented to prevent
a recurrence.
(E) The Director of Utilities may also, at any time, require a signed
statement by the user setting forth management practices and/or material
usage practices which have an effect on the nature, volume, and quality
of the wastewater discharge and/or which potentially will affect the
ability to comply with pretreatment standard requirements.
(F) When required by the Director of Utilities, an industrial user shall
submit a report indicating the concentration of specific pollutants
discharged in the effluent. The determination of said pollutants by
the Director of Utilities shall be based on what is reasonably expected
to be found at the site and the frequency of monitoring shall be based
on the compliance status of the industrial user.
(G) Periodic compliance reports may be waived by the Director of Utilities
if the City is monitoring the user discharge.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008; Ord. 2019-016 § 11)
All users not required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit
shall provide appropriate reports to the Director of Utilities if
required by the Director of Utilities.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)
Each user shall notify the Director of Utilities 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 60
days before the change.
(A) The Director of Utilities 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 as required
by this title.
(B) The Director of Utilities may issue a wastewater discharge permit
as required by this title or modify an existing wastewater discharge
permit.
(C) No user shall implement the planned changed condition(s) until or
unless the Director of Utilities has responded to the user's notice.
(D) For purposes of this requirement, flow increase of 20 percent or
greater, and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants,
shall be deemed significant.
(Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)