When requested by the POTW Manager, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within ten (10) days of the request. The POTW Manager is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information. If the user changes or adds a process, the user is required to update the information provided to the POTW Manager thirty (30) days prior to the process being changed or added.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
(1) 
No significant industrial user shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit from the POTW Manager, except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely application pursuant to Section 4-14-503 may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.
(2) 
The POTW Manager may require other users to obtain individual wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
(3) 
Any violation of the terms and conditions of an individual wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in this Chapter. Obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all Federal and State pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of Federal, State, and local law.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who was discharging wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future shall, within ninety (90) days after said date, apply to the POTW Manager for an individual wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Section 4-14-505, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW to continue after fourteen (14) days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter except in accordance with an individual wastewater discharge permit issued by the POTW Manager.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW must obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this individual wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Section 4-14-505 must be filed at least ninety (90) days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
(1) 
All users required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit must submit a permit application. All permittees that will be continuing to discharge are required to complete an application ninety (90) days prior to the permit expiring. The POTW Manager may require users to submit all or some of the following information as part of a permit application:
(a) 
Identifying Information.
(i) 
The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner;
(ii) 
Contact information for the authorized representative and the duly authorized representative for the facility; and
(iii) 
The description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises.
(b) 
Environmental Permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
(c) 
Description of Operations.
(i) 
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;
(ii) 
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;
(iii) 
Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation;
(iv) 
Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(v) 
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.
(d) 
Time and duration of discharges.
(e) 
The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the permit.
(f) 
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 set out in Section 4-14-302(4) (40 CFR 403.6(e)).
(g) 
Measurement of Pollutants.
(i) 
The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and any new categorically regulated processes for existing sources.
(ii) 
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the pretreatment standards or by the POTW Manager, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process.
(iii) 
Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported.
(iv) 
The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 4-14-710. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the POTW Manager or the applicable pretreatment standards to determine compliance with the standard.
(v) 
Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 4-14-711.
(h) 
Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the POTW Manager to evaluate the permit application.
(2) 
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
(3) 
Based on information provided by the permittee, in subsection (1) of this section, the City will within thirty (30) days determine if additional information is needed, if a permit is not necessary, or if a permit will be required to be issued before the IU discharge is allowed to the POTW.
(4) 
Should any of the information requested or supplied be considered by the user to be of a confidential nature, the user should request confidential status in accordance with Article 9 of this Chapter. Information regarding sampling and analysis of the discharge is not considered confidential information.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
A user with an expiring individual wastewater discharge permit shall apply for individual wastewater discharge permit reissuance by submitting a complete permit application, in accordance with Section 4-14-505, a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the user's existing individual wastewater discharge permit.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
(1) 
All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the certification statement in Section 4-14-714.
(2) 
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 must be submitted to the POTW Manager prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)
The POTW Manager will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of a complete permit application, the POTW Manager will determine whether to issue an individual wastewater discharge permit. The POTW Manager may deny or conditionally approve any application for an individual wastewater discharge permit.
(Ord. No. 07-2014, 03/19/2014)