As a means of determining compliance with this chapter, with applicable
SPDES permit conditions, and with applicable state and federal law, each industrial
user shall be required to notify the Superintendent of any new or existing
discharges to the POTW by submitting a completed industrial chemical survey
(ICS) form and a completed industrial wastewater survey (IWS) form to the
Superintendent. For discharges into the Mahopac Wastewater Treatment Plant,
industrial users must also provide copies of the ICS and IWS forms and any
discharge reports to the NYCDEP. The Superintendent may require any user discharging
wastewater into the POTW to file wastewater discharge reports and to supplement
such reports as the Superintendent deems necessary. All information shall
be furnished by the user in complete cooperation with the Superintendent.
The Superintendent shall, from time to time, notify each industrial
user of applicable pretreatment standards, and of other applicable requirements
under Section 204(3) and Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, and Subtitles
C and D of RCRA.
No person shall cause the discharge of slugs to the POTW. Each person
discharging into the POTW greater than 100,000 gallons per day or greater
than 5% of the average daily flow in the POTW, whichever is lesser, shall
install and maintain, on his property and at his expense, a suitable storage
and flow control facility to insure equalization of flow over a twenty-four-hour
period. The facility shall have a capacity for at least 50% of the daily discharge
volume and shall be equipped with alarms and a rate of discharge controller,
the regulation of which shall be directed by the Superintendent. A wastewater
discharge permit may be issued solely for flow equalization.
Preliminary treatment and flow equalization facilities, or monitoring
stations, if provided for any wastewater, shall be constructed and maintained
continuously clean, safe, and continuously operational by the owner at his
expense. Where an industrial user has such treatment, equalization, or monitoring
facilities at the time this chapter is enacted, the Superintendent may approve
or disapprove the adequacy of such facilities. Where the Superintendent disapproves
of such facilities and construction of new or upgraded facilities for treatment,
equalization, or monitoring are required, plans and specifications for such
facilities shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer and submitted
to the Superintendent. Construction of new or upgraded facilities shall not
commence until written approval of the Superintendent has been obtained.
No unauthorized person shall negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface, tamper with, prevent access, or render inaccurate, or cause or permit
the negligent breaking, damaging, destroying, uncovering, defacing, tampering
with, preventing access, or rendering inaccurate to:
A. Any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a
part of the Town POTW; or
B. Any measuring, sampling, and/or testing device or mechanism
installed pursuant to any requirement under this chapter except as approved
by the Superintendent.
In order that the industrial user's employees be informed of the
Town of Carmel requirements, a notice shall be permanently posted on appropriate
bulletin boards within the user's facility advising employees of the
Town of Carmel's requirements and whom to call in case of an accidental
discharge in violation of this chapter.
When so requested in advance by an industrial user, and when taking
a sample of industrial wastewater, the Town representative(s) shall gather
sufficient volume of sample so that the sample can be split into two nearly
equal volumes, each of size adequate for the anticipated analytical protocols
including any quality control (QC) procedures. One of the volumes shall be
given to the industry whose wastewater was sampled, and the other shall be
retained by the Town for its own analysis.