A.
All industrial users subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment
Standards shall, at a minimum, comply with the reporting requirements contained
in 40 CFR 403.12 including, but not limited to, baseline monitoring reports,
pretreatment deadline compliance reports and periodic compliance reports.
B.
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 POCS, any user subject to pretreatment standards shall submit to
the Superintendent of the Authority a report indicating the average and maximum
daily flows and the nature and concentration of all pollutants discharged
from the process units which are regulated by such pretreatment standards.
The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards are being
met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional operation and maintenance
(O&M) work and/or pretreatment is necessary to bring the user into compliance
with the applicable pretreatment standards. This statement shall be signed
by an authorized representative of the industrial user and certified to by
a certified professional. All industrial users shall, in addition, comply
with all applicable state pretreatment reporting requirements.
C.
Periodic discharge reports.
(1)
Every significant industrial user shall submit to the
Superintendent of the Authority on a monthly basis a flow report of the daily
flow into the POCS. In addition, a periodic discharge report shall be submitted
during the months of June and December, unless required more frequently in
a pretreatment standard or by the Superintendent or other approval authority.
At the discretion of the Superintendent and in consideration of such factors
as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the Superintendent
may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted.
The Superintendent may require any other industrial users discharging or proposing
to discharge into the treatment works to file such periodic reports.
(2)
The discharge report shall include, but not be limited
to, nature of process, volume, rates of flow concentrations of incompatible
pollutants, total mass of each incompatible pollutant discharged, hours of
operation, and other information which relates to the generation of waste.
Such reports may also include the chemical constituents and quantity of liquid
materials stored on site even though they are not normally discharged. In
addition to discharge reports, the Superintendent may require information
in the form of self-monitoring reports.
A.
All industrial users after receiving prior permission
from the Authority who discharge or propose to discharge wastewaters to the
treatment works shall maintain such records of production and related factors,
effluent flows, and pollutant amounts or concentrations as are necessary to
demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this chapter and any applicable
state or federal pretreatment standards or requirements.
B.
Such records shall be made available upon request by
the Superintendent of the Authority. All such records relating to compliance
with pretreatment standards shall be made available to officials of the Department,
the NJDEP and the EPA upon demand. A summary of such data indicating the industrial
user's compliance with this chapter shall be prepared and submitted to the
Superintendent of the Authority. All records shall be retained for a minimum
of five years.
C.
The owner or operator of any premises of facility discharging
industrial wastes into the collection system treatment works may be required
at the discretion of the Authority to install at his/her own cost and expense
suitable monitoring equipment to facilitate the accurate observation, sampling,
and measurement of wastes. Such equipment shall be maintained in proper working
order and kept safe, secure from unauthorized entry or tampering, and accessible
at all times. This subsection does not preclude the Authority from installing
such equipment at its own expense.
D.
When more than one industrial user can discharge into
a common sewer, the Superintendent may require installation of separate monitoring
equipment for each industrial user. When there is a significant difference
in wastewater constituents and characteristics produced by different operations
of a single industrial user, the Superintendent may require that separate
facilities be installed for each discharge.
E.
Whether constructed on public or private property, the
monitoring facilities shall be constructed in accordance with requirements
of the Authority and all applicable construction standards and specifications.
Plans and specifications for all such work will be submitted to the Superintendent
of the Authority, the Authority's representative, and the Commissioner for
approval prior to construction.
A.
Representative sampling point. All industrial users proposing
to connect to or continue to discharge to any part of the POCS must make available
a sampling point representative of the discharge which is acceptable to, and
approved by, the Superintendent of the Authority. This point must be available
to the POCS, POTW, the Department, or EPA for purposes of conducting sampling
inspections, compliance monitoring and/or metering operations.
B.
Compliance determination. Compliance determinations by the Superintendent, the Authority's representative, the Commissioner, and/or the Regional Administrator, with respect to Article II prohibitions and limitations, shall be made on the basis of either instantaneous grab samples, sequential samples, or composite samples, as appropriate. Sequential or composite samples may be taken over a twenty-four-hour period, or any other time span as deemed appropriate by the Superintendent, the NJDEP or the EPA to meet the requirements of a specific situation.
C.
Analysis of industrial wastewaters. Laboratory analyses of industrial wastewater samples shall be performed in accordance with an approved test procedure as defined in § 330-2 and shall be performed by a laboratory certified to do the analyses by the NJDEP. They shall be performed in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," 15th edition, published jointly by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation, EPA "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes," EPA 600/4-79-020; and EPA "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants," published in the Federal Register, Vol. 41, No. 232, 12-1-1976 and subsequent revisions. Analysis of those pollutants not covered by the publications referred to therein shall be performed in accordance with procedures approved by the Department.
D.
Sampling frequency. Sampling of industrial wastewater for the purpose of compliance determinations with respect to Article II prohibitions and limitations will be done at such intervals as the Superintendent of the Authority, the Commissioner, and/or the EPA Regional Administrator may designate. However, it is the intention of the Superintendent to conduct compliance sampling or to cause such sampling to be conducted for all significant industrial users at least once in every one-year period.
A.
Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as
required to comply with this chapter 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 Authority shall be provided,
operated, and maintained at the user's expense. Application and detailed plans
showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted
to the Authority for review, and shall be acceptable to the Authority 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 Authority under the
provisions of this chapter. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities
or method of operation shall be reported to and be acceptable to each Authority
prior to the user's initiation of the changes.
B.
The Authority shall annually publish in the official
Township newspaper a list of the users which, during the previous 12 months,
were significantly violating [as defined by 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii)] applicable
Categorical Pretreatment Standards or other pretreatment requirements. The
notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the
user(s) during the same 12 months.
A.
Information and data on an industrial user obtained from
reports, questionnaires (permit applications, permits) and monitoring programs
and from inspections shall be available to the public without restriction
unless the industrial user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the Authority that the release of such information
would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to
protection as trade secrets or due to reasons of business confidentiality
as that term is defined and applied in 40 CFR Part 2. Wastewater constituents
and characteristics (i.e., effluent data) will not be recognized as confidential
information. For the purposes of this section, "effluent data" shall have
the meaning set forth at 40 CFR 2.302(a)(2).
B.
When information accepted by the Authority as confidential
is requested by the EPA and/or the NJDEP for uses related to this chapter,
the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) and/or the
State or Federal Pretreatment Programs, the Authority shall serve the person
who furnished the information in question with written notice by certified
mail, return receipt requested, at least 10 working days in advance of the
disclosure of its intent to disclose the information. The Authority shall
submit the claim of confidentiality to the EPA or NJDEP with the information.
C.
Nonconfidential files on users and the Pretreatment Program are
open to the public for inspection at the Authority's office during normal
business hours. Subject to the availability of a copy machine, there will
be a charge for copies at the rate determined by the Authority. Requests for
such review are to be made in writing and appointments will be required.
