Village of South Glens Falls, NY Article X Monitoring of Effluent Discharge

§ 111-68 Sampling and monitoring facilities.

A. Each significant industrial user shall, at its own cost and expense, construct and operate a sampling manhole and associated facilities located on its premises to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of its discharge into the POTW and shall at all time maintain said facilities or alternate facilities as provided in this section in a safe and proper operating condition at the significant industrial user's own cost and expense.

B. There shall be ample room in or near such sampling manhole or alternative facility as set forth in this section to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analyses.

C. The Village, in its discretion, may upon application by a significant industrial user and a showing of hardship, allow the sampling manhole and associated facilities to be constructed off the significant industrial user's premises in a public street or sidewalk area, provided that such facilities will be located so as not to obstruct the landscaping, parking or driving of vehicles, flow of pedestrian traffic or in any other way interfere with or detract from the local environment or neighborhood character.

D. The Village, in its discretion, may, upon application by a significant industrial user and a showing of hardship, allow a significant industrial user to dispense with such sampling manhole and associated facilities, provided that the Village assures that such relaxation of this requirement will not lead to a violation of the terms or policies of this chapter; and provided, further, that the significant industrial user maintains alternate facilities sufficient to monitor the nature and quantity of its discharge into the POTW and to allow for sampling of such discharge, such alternate facilities to be acceptable to the Village and the Board.

E. Whether constructed on public or on private property, the sampling and monitoring facilities shall be provided in accordance with the Village's requirements and all applicable local construction standards and specifications. Construction shall be completed and accepted by the Board within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter in regard to existing significant industrial users and prior to the issuance of the industrial wastewater discharge permit in the case of new source significant industrial users.

§ 111-69 Self-monitoring.

A. Each industrial user shall monitor and analyze its discharge into the POTW in accordance with the terms of its industrial wastewater discharge permit and shall maintain the data from such sampling and analysis thereof for at least three years and shall submit a periodic report to the Village setting forth the results of said monitoring and analysis in accordance with the terms of its permit. Such report shall set forth whether all applicable federal, state and local pretreatment standards have been complied with during the period since the last report and, in the event of any noncompliance(s), shall note each instance of such noncompliance. Such report shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user.

B. In no case shall the permit allow for fewer than two self-monitoring reports per year.

C. ln addition to the requirements of Subsections A and B of this section, each industrial user shall immediately notify the Village and Board of any discharge which violates the terms of this chapter or of any applicable federal or state standard.

D. Upon the submission of each such report to the Village, the Village and Board shall proceed in accordance with the terms of § 111-59F.

§ 111-70 Monitoring by POTW.

A. The POTW shall engage in scheduled monitoring of the effluent discharge of any industrial user into the POTW. The Superintendent shall develop a schedule for monitoring each industrial user by representatives of the Board. Said schedule shall not be disclosed to any industrial user. The Superintendent or Board representatives shall notify the industrial user of the impending monitoring at such time prior to the monitoring as is necessary to allow the industrial user to prepare for safety and power needs of the Board representatives while on the industrial user's facility.

B. At any time, in the event of a discharge of effluent into the POTW in violation of any applicable federal or state limitation or in violation of any of the terms of this chapter or in the event of a reasonable suspicion on the part of the Village or Board that such a discharge has been made or is about to be made, representatives of the Board may conduct unscheduled demand monitoring of the discharge of any industrial user. Said industrial user(s) shall provide for safety and power needs or POTW representatives as soon as possible after receipt of notification of the demand monitoring.

C. The POTW shall engage in unscheduled monitoring of the effluent discharge of any industrial user into the POTW. The Superintendent shall conduct random monitoring of the industrial user's contributing to the POTW. The industrial user shall not be notified of the unscheduled monitoring until such time prior to the unscheduled monitoring as is necessary to allow the industrial user to prepare for safety and power needs of the POTW representatives while on the industrial user's facility.

D. For the purposes of conducting any of the monitoring set forth in this section, each industrial user shall allow representatives of the Board access to the sampling manhole and appurtenant facilities, if any, or to whatever sampling facilities are maintained by the industrial user, and to records of sampling and analysis of discharge maintained by the industrial user. In addition, in the event of an unscheduled demand monitoring as set forth in Subsection B of this section, Board representatives shall have access to any business or other records maintained by the industrial user and to any areas of the plant or premises of the industrial user for purposes of ascertaining the role of the industrial user in the actual or threatened or suspected violation of applicable federal or state limitations or of the terms of this chapter.

E. Each industrial user shall allow Board representatives access to areas of its facilities necessary for those representatives to sample, monitor or inspect any areas or facilities of the industrial user which are sources of effluent discharge to the POTW and appurtenant facilities, the pretreatment facility or the industrial user and facilities appurtenant thereto and the records of the industrial user regarding its discharges into the POTW. The industrial user may allow for security personnel to accompany the Board representative while on the industrial user's property; however, the access of the Board's representatives to the area set forth in this subsection may not be denied or curtailed.

F. If an industrial user has security measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance before entering its premises, said industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, representatives of the Board, DEC or EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

G. Written record of all inspection and monitoring activities conducted by the Board representatives shall be conducted in accordance with the terms set forth in the Handbook for Sampling and Sample Preservation o# Water and Wastewater (EPA, 1982) so that there is strict compliance with the sampling, sample handling and chain of custody procedures set forth therein.