The city constructed the IBCS to allow qualified industrial
dischargers to discharge certain industrial brine wastewater into
the IBCS. These industrial processes create concentrated dissolved
minerals and salts that naturally exist in potable water and recycled
water supplies, resulting in elevated concentrations of TDS in the
discharge. industrial brine wastewater discharged into the IBCS is
not to be treated by the HARRF's preliminary, primary, or secondary
treatment facilities. The purpose of this article is to minimize the
discharge of salts to the sewer system and wastewater treatment plant.
dischargers under this article are subject to individual NPDES permits,
under regulations of the California State Water Resources Control
Board.
(Ord. No. 2011-18, § 9, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
Industrial brine users are permitted to discharge the following
into the IBCS:
(a)
Industrial
brine wastewater or blowdown from evaporative cooling processes; and
(b)
Industrial
brine from reverse osmosis, water softener, and other types of water
treatment processes.
(Ord. No. 2011-18, § 9, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
It is unlawful for any user to discharge any waste into the
IBCS that does not meet the following criteria:
(a)
Compliance
with discharge prohibitions of the California Ocean Plan.
(b)
Compliance
with applicable discharge prohibitions contained in the Basin Plan.
(c)
Any
flow discharge entering the IBCS at a temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit
or higher.
(Ord. No. 2011-18, § 9, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
The discharger of effluent through the IBCS shall comply with
the following:
(a)
Wastewater
management systems that discharge to the Pacific Ocean through IBCS
must be designed and operated in a manner that will maintain the indigenous
marine life and a healthy and diverse marine community.
(b)
Wastewater
discharged to the Pacific Ocean through IBCS must be free of:
(1)
Material that is floatable or will become floatable upon discharge;
(2)
Settleable materials or substances that may form sediments that will
degrade benthic communities or other aquatic life;
(3)
Substances that will accumulate to toxic levels in marine waters,
sediments, or biota;
(4)
Substances that significantly decrease the natural light to benthic
communities and other marine life; and
(5)
Materials that result in aesthetically undesirable discoloration
of the ocean surface.
(c)
Waste
that contains pathogenic organisms or viruses shall be discharged
through the IBCS at a sufficient distance from shell fishing and water
contact sports areas to maintain applicable bacterial standards without
disinfection. Where conditions are such that an adequate distance
cannot be attained, reliable disinfection in conjunction with a reasonable
separation of the discharge point from the area of use must be provided.
Disinfection procedures shall be used that do not increase effluent
toxicity and that constitute the least environmental and human hazard.
(e)
The
discharge of effluent shall not affect the natural temperature of
designated areas of special biological significance.
(f)
The
discharger shall not cause pollution, contamination, or nuisance,
as those terms are defined in this chapter and California Health and
Safety Code section 13050, as a result of the treatment or discharge
of wastes.
(g)
Collected
screenings, sludges, and other solids removed from liquid wastes shall
be disposed of in a manner approved by the RWQCB.
(h)
The
discharger shall not discharge any material or quantity of material
that will cause HARRF's effluent to exceed the concentration limits
of its NPDES permit as established by the RWQCB, and any subsequent
amendments as are duly adopted from time to time by the RWQCB.
(Ord. No. 2011-18, § 9, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2018-01, § 17, 4-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
Discharge
reports. The director may require discharge reports, including but
not limited to technical reports, sampling reports, test analyses,
and periodic reports of IBCS wastewater discharge.
(b)
Reports
of potential problems. In the case of any incident involving a discharge,
including but not limited to accidental discharges; discharges of
a non-routine, episodic nature; a non-customary batch discharge; or
a slug load, that may cause potential problems to the ICBS, the user
shall immediately telephone and notify the director of the incident.
This notification shall include providing the director with the caller's
name; phone number; location of the discharge; type, concentration,
and volume of waste, if known; and any corrective action taken by
the user.
(c)
Notice
of violation/repeat sampling and reporting. If sampling performed
by a user indicates a violation, the user must notify the director
within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation.
(Ord. No. 2011-18, § 9, 12-14-11; Ord. No. 2018-01, § 18, 4-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
Editor's note—Ord. No. 2021-16, adopted 10-27-21,
repealed §S 22-201—22-202, pertaining to confidential information
and facility inspection, which derived from Ord. No. 2011-18, § 3,
12-14-11
The director shall establish, apply and enforce an industrial
user's evaluation and regulatory program which will establish discharge
regulations, discharge prohibitions, and requirements under which
industrial dischargers will be allowed to discharge to the IBCS.
(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 19, 4-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
For
purposes of this section, a spill is a discharge of industrial brine
wastewater that occurs at a location from the IBCS in violation of
the discharge prohibitions of this chapter. This section does not
include sanitary sewer overflows reportable under separate waste discharge
requirements.
(b)
The
IBCS discharger shall maintain a spill prevention plan (SPP) for the
IBCS in an up-to-date condition and shall amend the SPP whenever there
is a change (e.g., in the design, construction, operation, or maintenance
of the IBCS) that materially affects the potential for spills. The
city shall review the SPP as appropriate after each spill from the
IBCS. The SPP and any amendments thereto shall be subject to director's
approval. The IBCS discharger shall ensure that the up-to-date SPP
is readily available to the discharger's personnel at all times and
that the discharger's personnel are familiar with it.
(c)
The
IBCS discharger shall maintain a spill response plan (SRP) for the
IBCS in an up-to-date condition and shall amend the SRP, as necessary.
The IBCS user shall review and amend the SRP as appropriate after
each spill from the IBCS. The SRP and any amendments thereto shall
be subject to the director's approval. The IBCS discharger shall submit
the SRP and any amendments thereto to the director upon the city's
request. The IBCS discharger shall ensure that the up-to-date SRP
is readily available to the discharger's personnel at all times and
that the discharger's personnel are familiar with it.
(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 20, 4-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 10-27-21)
(a)
Report
the spill to the industrial waste environmental inspector by telephone,
voicemail, or email within 24 hours from the time the discharger becomes
aware of the spill. The IBCS discharger shall inform the RWQCB of
the date of the spill, the location of the spill and its final destination,
the time the spill began and ended, the estimated total spill volume,
and the type of spill material. The IBCS discharger shall submit a
written report, as well as any additional pertinent information, to
the RWQCB no later than five days following the starting date of the
spill event.
(b)
For
spills of material other than industrial brine wastewater that cause,
may cause, or are caused by significant operational failure, or endanger
or may endanger human health or the environment, the IBCS discharger
shall notify the RWQCB and industrial waste environmental inspector
by telephone, voicemail, or email within 24 hours from the time the
IBCS becomes aware of the spill. The IBCS discharger shall inform
the RWQCB and industrial Waste inspector of the date of the spill,
the location of the spill and its final destination, the time the
spill began and ended, the estimated total spill volume, and the type
of spill material.
(c)
The
spill reporting requirements do not relieve the IBCS discharger of
responsibilities to report to other agencies, such as the California
Office of Emergency Services and the County of San Diego Department
of Environmental Health.
(Ord. No. 2018-01, § 21, 4-4-18; Ord. No. 2021-16, § 3, 12-15-21)
