Should pretreatment or other operational controls be determined as necessary
by the monitoring and enforcement group in order to comply with the provisions
of this chapter or USEPA National Categorical Standards as they are promulgated,
a waste discharge permit may be issued conditionally providing sufficient
time for the user to commence proceedings for the design, construction and
approval of suitable pretreatment facilities or other operational controls
meeting the prescribed standards. Such conditional permit shall require renewal
every six months wherein satisfactory progress on the implementation of the
facility's construction shall be demonstrated. Where progress is unsatisfactory
to the Village of Endicott Superintendent of Public Works, he may delay issuance
of a renewal permit until satisfactory progress is demonstrated. Each day
the user discharges wastes without a valid permit constitutes a violation
of this chapter.
Within six months of the promulgation of a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the discharge permits of users subject to such standard shall be revised to comply with the limits specified therein within the time frame set forth by such standard. Users shall have 90 days thereafter to submit new permit applications to the Village of Endicott Superintendent of Public Works, which shall include a report on the disposition of pollutants in their waste streams so affected and, if necessary, a schedule for the construction of pretreatment facilities or other operational controls for meeting the prescribed standards. Conditional permits may be issued as in §
200-64 above.
Discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this
chapter and all other applicable regulations, user charges, compliance schedules,
reports and other conditions deemed appropriate by the Superintendent of Public
Works.
Discharge permits shall require renewal annually. At least one month
shall be allowed for processing and issuing renewal permits. All users required
to have discharge permits shall have a valid permit in continuous effect at
all times. Each day's lapse constitutes a separate violation of this
chapter.
All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall
be made available to officials of the EPA or the approval authority upon request.
The confidentiality of user information and data submitted as necessary for
any application, record, plan or other document required by this chapter shall
be governed by the Freedom of Information Law (§§ 84 through
90 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York) and by other applicable
state or federal statutes and regulations. Any requests by a user to keep
specific data and information confidential must be made in writing at the
time of submission. Wastewater constituents and characteristics submitted
to the Village shall be available to the public without restriction. When
requested in writing by the person furnishing a report, those portions of
a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not
be made available for inspection by the public. This information shall be
made available upon written request to government agencies for uses related
to this chapter, the National Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit,
state disposal system permit, state pretreatment program and/or for use by
the state and/or state agency in judicial review or enforcement proceedings
involving the person furnishing the report.
The Village shall make public, at a minimum of once annually, a list of industrial users which have over the previous 12 months, significantly violated the requirements or conditions of this chapter or any National Pretreatment Standards or other pretreatment requirements. The Village reserves the right to take whatever means necessary to notify the public of a significant violation or shall, at a minimum, list all significant violators with a description of the violation in the daily newspaper with the largest circulation in the Village. For the purposes of this section, a significant violation shall be a violation of significant noncompliance as defined in §
200-2.