No person shall discharge septage into the POTW's treatment plant without a valid DEC permit issued under 6 NYCRR Part 364 and a Wastewater Discharge Permit issued by the POTW. Before discharging a load of septage into the treatment plant, the septage hauler shall provide the POTW with a list of persons and facilities from which the hauler picked up septage for that load, a statement of the volume and nature of the septage, and any other information requested by the Chief Operator.
No person shall discharge into the POTW's treatment plant any septage containing hazardous wastes. The Chief Operator has the discretion to refuse to accept any septage load based on the type, concentration, or quantity of pollutants, or on the capability or capacity of the POTW to treat the septage. All septage discharges must comply with all Pretreatment Standards and Pretreatment Requirements.
No person may discharge septage to any locations except those on the POTW treatment plant site designated by the POTW as septage receiving stations, or those locations off the treatment plant site at which the POTW has given the septage hauler specific permission to discharge. The Chief Operator also may restrict septage discharges to certain times, to certain days of the week, or to certain seasons of the year.
Each discharge of septage shall be made only with the approval of the Chief Operator. The septage hauler shall contact the POTW to obtain permission to discharge septage containing materials other than sanitary sewage prior to delivering the septage load to the POTW. The Chief Operator may require inspection, sampling, and analysis of each load of septage prior to the discharge of the load. Any costs associated with such inspection, sampling, and analysis shall be paid by the septage hauler.
The Special Joint Subcommittee shall bill Tompkins County for dumping fees associated with the discharge of septage from private sources, pursuant to a schedule of rates as set by the Special Joint Subcommittee. The Chief Operator shall directly bill the relevant governmental entity for dumping fees associated with the discharge of septage from public entities. All dumping fees shall include a fee for the cost of solids disposal.