A. 
Except upon the issuance of a permit therefor by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent and upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent in the issuance of such a permit, it shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) 
To discharge sewage directly into the sewerage system.
(2) 
To discharge directly or indirectly into the sewerage system, or tributary public sewers or into any private sewer or any combined sewer discharging into a tributary public sewer, sewage combined with industrial wastewater or other wastes, which, at the point of discharge, exceed the concentration limits prescribed for normal sewage under § 231-1 herein, or fall within the categories prohibited or restricted under Article IA herein.
B. 
Each significant industrial user proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall obtain an industrial wastewater permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. Each existing significant industrial user connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain an industrial wastewater permit within 180 days after the effective date of this Part 1.
A. 
Significant industrial users required to obtain an industrial wastewater permit shall complete the application form available from the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent. Existing significant industrial users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation as determined by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent, the following information:
(1) 
Name, address and location, (if different from classification the address);
(2) 
SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended, or its most recent addition;
(3) 
Wastewater constituents and characteristics including, but not limited to, those mentioned in Article IA of this Part 1 as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR 136, as amended;
(4) 
Time and duration of contribution;
(5) 
Average daily and maximum daily wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
(6) 
Site plans, floors plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation;
(7) 
Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged;
(8) 
Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by the county sewer district, state or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O & M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
(9) 
If additional pretreatment and/or O & M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(a) 
The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of dates for commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
(b) 
No increment referred to in Subsection A(9)(a) shall exceed nine months.
(c) 
Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent stating, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the day on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent.
(10) 
Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes rate of production;
(11) 
Type and amount of raw material processed (average and maximum per day);
(12) 
Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
(13) 
Any other information as may be deemed by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
B. 
Upon receipt of all required information, the application shall be processed and the determination of significant industrial user shall be made.
C. 
Permit modification. Within nine months of the promulgation of a national categorical pretreatment standard, the industrial wastewater permit of users subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standards within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where a user subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard has not previously submitted an application for an industrial wastewater permit as required by Article IB of this Part 1, the user shall apply for a permit within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable national categorical pretreatment standard. In addition, the user with an existing industrial wastewater permit shall submit to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable federal categorical pretreatment standard, the information required by Subsection A(8) and (9).
Terms and conditions as may be required and imposed by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent in the issuance of the permit are as follows:
A. 
A limitation upon the volume of sewage and the rate of flow permitted from the premises;
B. 
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of facilities or equipment for intermittent or continuous measurement of sewage, industrial wastewater or other wastes discharged from the premises into a public sewer and maintenance of appropriate records of all measurements;
C. 
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of detention tanks or other facilities or equipment for reducing the maximum rates of discharge of sewage to such a percentage of the twenty-four-hour rate as may be required by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent;
D. 
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of such pretreatment facilities as may be required by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent;
E. 
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of a suitable control or sampling manhole or manholes in any sewer discharging to a public sewer for which a permit is issued;
F. 
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of grease, oil and sand interceptors, separators or traps that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing such substances in excessive quantities or any flammable waste or other harmful ingredients;
G. 
The submission to and approval by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent of the plans for any of the facilities or equipment required to be installed and maintained by the permittee;
H. 
Such other terms and conditions as may be necessary to protect the sewerage system and the public sewer tributary to it and to carry out the intent and provisions of these rules and regulations;
I. 
Such terms and conditions may also provide that subsequent to the commencement of operation of any pretreatment facilities, periodic reports with certified test results shall be made by the permittee to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent, setting forth adequate data upon which the acceptability of the sewage, industrial wastewater or other wastes, after treatment, may be determined;
J. 
Where pretreatment of flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the permittee at his expense;
K. 
A violation by the permittee of the permit shall be a cause for revocation or suspension of the permit.
Whenever sewage, industrial wastewater or other wastes having characteristics other than prescribed for normal sewage as defined in § 231-1 herein, or falling within the categories of waste prohibited or restricted from public sewers pursuant to these rules and regulations, is discharged into public sewers from any premises, the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent shall have the right to take samples and tests as may be necessary to determine the nature and concentration of such wastes, and shall have the right to reassess its determinations by taking samples and test at any time or by periodic rechecks without notice to the person discharging such wastes.
A. 
Samples shall be taken and flow measurements made normally at the control manhole or manholes.
B. 
In the event that the requirement for a control manhole or manholes has been specifically waived, the samples shall be taken at a point or points to be selected by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent.
C. 
When required by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastewater and classified as a significant industrial user shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such meters and other appurtenances in the building sewers as are necessary, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
D. 
Measurement and analyses of wastes. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in these rules and regulations shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Waste Water," published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the sampling part, or upon suitable samples taken at said sampling part. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
A. 
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed three years. A permit may be issued for a period of less than a year or may be stated to expire on a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements, as identified in Article IA, are modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
B. 
Permit transfer prohibited. An industrial wastewater permit is issued to a specific user for a specific operation, A permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises, or a new or changed operation.
A. 
Compliance date report. Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent a report indicating the nature and concentration of all pollutants in the discharge from the regulated process which are limited by such pretreatment standards or requirements. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O & M 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 certified by a qualified professional.
B. 
Periodic compliance reports.
(1) 
Any user subject to a pretreatment standard, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard, or, in the case of a new source, after commencement of the discharge into the POTW, shall submit to the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent during the months of June and December, unless required more frequently in the pretreatment standard or by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are limited by such pretreatment standards. In addition, this report shall include a report of average daily flow which occurred during the reporting period. At the discretion of the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent and in consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted.
(2) 
The Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent may impose mass limitations on users which are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or requirements or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations are appropriate. In such cases, the report required by Subsection B(1) of this section shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by pretreatment standards in the effluent of the user. These reports shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the wastewater, including the concentration, or production and mass where requested by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent, of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards. The frequency of monitoring shall be prescribed in the applicable pretreatment standard. All analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter Administrator) pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136 and amendments thereto or with any other test procedures approved by the Administrator. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent.
A. 
Users shall provide necessary wastewater pretreatment as required to comply with this Part 1 and the Sewer Use Ordinance of the County Sewer District and shall achieve compliance with all federal categorical pretreatment standards within the time limitations as specified by the federal pretreatment regulations. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the County Sewer District shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans and descriptions of the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works and the County Sewer District for review, and shall be acceptable to the Department of Public Works and the County Sewer District before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the Department of Public Works and the County Sewer District under the provisions of this Part 1 and the Sewer Use Ordinance of the County Sewer District. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and be acceptable to the Department of Public Works and the County Sewer District prior to the user's initiation of the changes.
B. 
The Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent shall annually publish in a newspaper of general circulation a list of the users which were not in compliance with any pretreatment requirements or standards at least once during the 12 previous months. The notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the user(s) during the same 12 months.
C. 
All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall be made available to officials of the EPA or approval authority upon request.
A. 
Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user.
B. 
When requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available upon written request to governmental agencies for uses related to this Part 1, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, state disposal system permit and/or the pretreatment programs; provided, however, that such portions of a report shall be available for use by the County Sewer District, state or any state agency in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person finishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.
C. 
Information accepted by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent as confidential shall not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general public by the Department of Public Works or its duly authorized agent until and unless a ten-day notification is given to the user.
D. 
Required notice of change in volume or character of wastes. Any industrial user, which is connected to the County Sewer District POTW and is discharging wastewater thereto, shall notify the Department of Public Works and County Sewer District 15 days prior to the commencement of any action, alteration or construction that will result in a significant change in the flow volume or character of this discharge. Notification of discharge under emergency conditions and spillage of wastewater not in accordance with standards shall be made as required in this article.
In compliance with Public Laws 84-660 and 92-500 of the Water Pollution Control Acts and amendments thereto, these regulations adopt and use as a guide the national pretreatment standards and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pretreatment guidelines. The Department of Public Works recognizes that, in some cases, these pretreatment standards may not be sufficient to protect the operation of the County Sewer District's POTW treatment plant and enable it to comply with the terms of the County Sewer District's SPDES permit. In such cases, the Department of Public Works and County Sewer District reserve the right to impose more stringent pretreatment standards than those specified in the EPA regulations.