This article sets forth minimum requirements for nondomestic
users (and any other users as required by the Director) to prepare
for, respond to, and report, accidental discharges to the POTW. Additional
or more restrictive requirements may be required for particular users
under a user permit, a slug control plan, or by other applicable laws
and regulations.
A.
Each nondomestic user shall provide and continuously maintain
protection from accidental discharge of materials or other substances
regulated by this chapter as provided by this article. The City may
refuse to accept current or proposed discharges from any user that
fails to comply with the requirements of this article.
B.
Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to
provide the protections required by this article shall be submitted
to the POTW for review prior to construction of the facilities. All
existing users shall submit the required plans and information with
their permit applications or upon request of the POTW. For new sources,
facilities and operating procedures to provide the protections required
by this article shall be approved by the Director prior to commencing
discharge. No user who commences discharging to the POTW after the
effective date of this chapter shall be permitted to introduce pollutants
into the system until accidental discharge facilities and procedures
as provided by this article are in place and have been approved by
the Director.
C.
Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of regulated materials
or substances shall be provided and maintained at the user's
cost and expense. Review and approval by the Director of plans and
operating procedures shall not relieve the user from the responsibility
to modify the user's facility as necessary to meet the requirements
of this chapter. Compliance with the requirements of this article
shall not relieve a user of any expense, loss, damage, or other liability
that may be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW, or for any
other damage to persons or property, or for any other liability that
may be imposed under this chapter or under other applicable laws and
regulations.
D.
No change shall be made in any plan or procedure approved by
the Director as provided by this article without the prior review
and approval of the POTW.
E.
All users shall notify the POTW in writing within five days
of any change in the information required to be provided to the POTW
as set forth below in this article (including, without limitation,
information regarding the person in charge of discharge operations,
the description of chemicals stored, used or manufactured by the user,
the description of user discharges, and the description of user premises).
Each nondomestic user shall designate at least one person to
be in charge of and responsible for the user's discharges to
the POTW, including responsibility for maintaining pretreatment facilities
and operations, if any, and prevention of accidental discharges (person
in charge). The person so designated shall be an individual with knowledge
of all toxic wastes or hazardous substances routinely or potentially
generated by the user, and of all process alterations that could,
in any manner, increase or decrease normal daily flow or waste strength
to the POTW. The names of the person (or persons) designated as provided
by this section and a phone number where the person can be reached
for twenty-four-hour contact shall be submitted by each user to the
POTW.
Unless the Director determines that all of the following information
has already been appropriately provided to the POTW pursuant to other
requirements of this chapter, each nondomestic user shall:
A.
Catalog all chemicals stored, used, or manufactured by the user
at the user's premises. The list of chemicals shall include specific
chemical names (not just manufacturer's codes) and shall be provided
to the POTW.
B.
Provide the POTW with a written description of the user's
discharge practices, including an estimate of daily average flows,
waste strengths, and flow types, separated according to appropriate
categories including process, cooling, sanitary, etc.
C.
Provide to the POTW a detailed, scaled professionally prepared
drawing of the user's plant building(s), including the location
of pretreatment equipment, process and chemical storage areas, waste
storage areas, floor drains located near process and storage areas,
manhole or other control structures, and sewer locations at the user's
point of discharge into the POTW.
Nondomestic users shall segregate wastewaters requiring pretreatment
(including, without limitation, spent concentrates, toxics, and high
strength organic wastes) as necessary to prevent pollutants from interfering
with or passing through the POTW. All sludges generated by pretreatment
shall be used and disposed of only as permitted by applicable local,
state and federal laws and regulations.
All nondomestic users shall post a clearly legible set of instructions
in the area where the user manages wastewater so that the applicable
reporting and notice requirements are made known and are available
to the user's employees. In addition, all nondomestic users shall
instruct their employees on the applicable reporting and notice requirements
of this section.