All significant industrial users, and all other industrial users which discharge any conventional pollutants in excess of the surcharge threshold levels described in §
264-47 below, shall obtain and maintain current wastewater discharge permits. All industrial users whose discharges are of a type specifically identified in this chapter as requiring a wastewater discharge permit (such as, for example, a discharge with a pH greater than 9.0 standard units, or a discharge of noncontact cooling water) shall also obtain and maintain current permits. Existing industrial users which are required to but do not have a current wastewater discharge permit as of the effective date of this chapter shall apply to the Chief Operator for such a permit within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter. Existing industrial users which are not required as of the effective date of this chapter to obtain such a permit, but which thereafter become required to obtain such a permit, shall file an application for said wastewater discharge permit with the Chief Operator within 30 days of notification by the Chief Operator that the user must obtain a permit. All industrial users which are required to have such a permit and which propose to begin discharging wastewater to the POTW after the effective date of this chapter shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before commencing such a discharge. An application for said wastewater discharge permit shall be filed with the Chief Operator at least 60 days prior to the proposed connection or discharge to the facility. The requirement to obtain said industrial wastewater permits shall be in addition to the requirements to obtain sewer connection or other permits which may be set forth in other laws.
Wastewater discharge permits shall be issued
for a specified time period not to exceed five years. A wastewater
discharge permit may be issued for a period less than a year or may
be stated to expire on a specific date. An industrial user shall apply
for wastewater discharge permit reissuance, on a form prescribed by
the Chief Operator, at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the
user's existing permit. If a timely and complete application is made
for permit reissuance, and the permit is not reissued before the existing
permit expires, then the terms of the user's existing permit shall
remain in effect after its expiration date until the permit is reissued.
Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a
specific industrial user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge
permit shall not be reassigned, transferred, or sold to a new owner,
new user, or be applicable to different premises or to a new or changed
operation without the approval of the Chief Operator, which must be
obtained in writing at least 30 days in advance of the proposed transfer
date. No such approval shall be granted absent submission to the Chief
Operator of a written agreement between the existing and proposed
new permittee which sets forth the date for and terms of the transfer
of the wastewater discharge permit and all responsibilities, obligations,
and liabilities thereunder. Any succeeding owner or user shall comply
with the terms and conditions of the existing wastewater discharge
permit and all of the terms and requirements of this chapter.