City of Lebanon, NH Reporting Requirements

All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined by the Director of Public Works, but in no case less than twice per year, submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 136-27, Signatories and certification, of this chapter.

All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to maintain its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.

If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the Director of Public Works, using the procedures prescribed in § 136-46, Analytical requirements, and § 136-47, Sample collection, of this chapter, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.

§ 136-39 Reports of changed conditions.

Each user must notify the Director of Public Works of any planned significant changes to the user's operations or system which might alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater at least 60 days before the change. Users located within the City and discharging to treatment works within another municipality must notify the Director of Public Works at least 120 days prior to the change.

The Director of Public Works may require the user to submit such information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including the submittal of an industrial discharge permit application under § 136-26, Industrial discharge permit application contents, of this chapter.

Upon approval of the request by the city, a discharge request will be submitted by the city to the NHDES on behalf of the user. All applicable NHDES review fees shall be provided by the user.

Upon approval of the discharge request by the NHDES, the Director of Public Works may issue an industrial discharge permit under § 136-29, Industrial discharge permit decisions, of this chapter or modify an existing industrial discharge permit under § 136-33, Industrial discharge permit modification, of this chapter in response to changed conditions or anticipated changed conditions.

§ 136-40 Reports of slug/potentially adverse discharges.

In the case of any discharge, including, but not limited to, accidental discharges, discharges of a nonroutine, episodic nature, a noncustomary batch discharge or a slug load, that may cause adverse impacts to the Lebanon Treatment Works, the user shall immediately telephone and notify the Director of Public Works of the incident. This notification shall include the location of the discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, if known, and corrective actions conducted by the user.

Within five days following such discharge, the user shall, unless waived by the Director of Public Works, submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) of the discharge and the measures to be conducted by the user to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the Lebanon Treatment Works, natural resources or any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, penalties or other liability which may be imposed pursuant to this chapter.

A notice shall be permanently posted on the user's employee bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a discharge described in Subsection A above. Employers shall ensure that all employees, who may cause such a discharge to occur, are advised of the emergency notification procedure.

§ 136-41 Reports from users without permits.

All users not required to obtain an industrial discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Director of Public Works as the Director of Public Works may require.

§ 136-42 Notice of violation; repeat sampling and reporting.

If the results of sampling performed by a user indicate a violation, the user must notify the Director of Public Works within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Director of Public Works within 30 days subsequent to becoming aware of the violation. The user is not required to resample if the Director of Public Works monitors at the user's facility at least once a month, or if the Director of Public Works samples between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of this sampling.

§ 136-43 (Reserved)

§ 136-44 Notice of violation of this chapter.

All industrial users shall notify the Director of Public Works within 24 hours of becoming aware of any violations of this chapter and/or their industrial discharge permit conditions. Immediate notification is required for any violations of this chapter which may cause flammability, chemical reactivity, organic/solids loadings, interference, pass-through, or worker health and safety impacts at the POTW.

§ 136-45 Pollution prevention reports.

Permitted industrial users discharging pollutants on the local limits or pollution prevention action lists of § 136-12, Local discharge restrictions, of this chapter, at concentrations greater than background levels, shall report annually on pollution prevention activities undertaken to reduce or minimize the generation of wastes containing these pollutants. The city may publicize these efforts in the annual notification provided for in § 136-60, Publication of pollution prevention achievements, of this chapter.

§ 136-46 Analytical requirements.

All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. If 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures approved by the city.

§ 136-47 Sample collection.

Except as indicated in Subsection B below, the user must collect wastewater samples using flow proportional composite collection techniques. In the event that flow proportional sampling is infeasible, the Director of Public Works may authorize the use of time proportional sampling or a minimum of four grab samples where the user demonstrates that this will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged. In addition, grab samples may be required to demonstrate compliance with instantaneous discharge limitations (e.g., screening levels established to protect worker health and safety). A single grab sample may also be used in place of a composite sample with approval of the Director of Public Works when:

(1)

The effluent is not discharged on a continuous basis (i.e., batch discharges of short duration), and only when the batch exhibits homogeneous characteristics (i.e., completely mixed) and the pollutant can be safely assumed to be uniformly dispersed;

(2)

Sampling a facility where a statistical relationship can be established between previous grab samples and composite data; and

(3)

The waste conditions are relatively constant (i.e., are completely mixed and homogeneous) over the period of the discharge.

Samples for temperature, pH, phenols, sulfides and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection techniques.

§ 136-48 Timing.

Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports that are not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the United States Postal Service, the date of receipt of the report shall govern.

§ 136-49 Recordkeeping.

Users subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements. Records shall include the date, exact location, method and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) obtaining the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least five years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the city, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Director of Public Works.