It shall be unlawful to discharge without a permit to any natural
outlet within the County or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said County and/or to the facility any wastewater except as authorized
by the Engineer in accordance with this chapter.
All significant industrial users proposing to connect to or
to contribute to the facility shall obtain an industrial wastewater
discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the facility.
Within nine months of the repromulgation of a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the industrial wastewater discharge permit of any user subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standard within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where a user subject to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard has not previously submitted an application for an industrial wastewater discharge permit as required by §
110-27, the user shall apply for an industrial wastewater discharge permit within 180 days after the promulgation of an applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standard. In addition, the user with an existing industrial wastewater discharge permit shall submit to the Engineer within 180 days after the repromulgation of an applicable Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard the information required.
Significant industrial user permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five years. A permit may be issued for a period less than a year or may be stated to expire on a specific date. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the County during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in Article
IV are modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
Industrial wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific
user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge permit shall
not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new user,
different premises or a new or changed operation without the approval
of the County. Any succeeding owner or user shall also comply with
the terms and conditions of the existing permit.
The County shall inspect the facilities of any industrial user
to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter is being met and
all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants of
premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the
County or its representative ready access at all reasonable times
to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling,
records examination or in the performance of any of their duties.
The County, the DNREC, the approval authority and the EPA shall have
the right to set up on the industrial user's property such devices
as are necessary to conduct sampling inspection, compliance monitoring
and/or metering operations. Where an industrial user has security
measures in force which would require proper identification and clearance
before entry into its premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements
with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification,
personnel from the County, the approval authority, the DNREC and the
EPA will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing
their specific responsibilities.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter where
federal, state or County regulations are silent as to methods of analysis
shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by
the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at
the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said
control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
(The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour
composites of all outfalls, whereas pHs are determined from periodic
grab samples.)
If any of the wastewater treatment facilities receiving permitted
industrial discharges have reached 80% of loading as determined under
the NPDES permit, then the Engineer is authorized to prohibit increased
industrial discharge, either on the basis of flow or loading of waste
constituents, or both.
Any user who violates the following conditions of this chapter
or applicable state and federal regulations is subject to having his
permit revoked:
A. Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater constituents
and characteristics of his discharge.
B. Failure of the user to report significant changes in operations or
in wastewater constituents and characteristics.
C. Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for inspection
or monitoring.
D. Violation of conditions of the permit.