Application for wastewater discharge permits.
A. Industrial users required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file the application with the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers. In support of any application, the industrial user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:(1) Name and address of facility, operator, and owner.(2) Environmental permits: a list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility. Copies of permits shall be supplied to the Sewer Department when requested.(3) SIC code of both the industry and any categorical processes according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1987, as amended.(4) A list of categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process, where they apply.(5) The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process.
Instantaneous, daily maximum, and daily average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and be taken and analyzed in accordance with procedures set forth in § § 257-103 and 257-104 of this chapter.(6) Time and duration of the discharge.(7) Average daily peak wastewater flow rates, in gallons per day, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any, as necessary to allow for use of the combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e)(8), Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details as required to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances, by size, location, and elevation.(8) Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including a list of all materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are or could be discharged to the POTW.(9) Each product stored or produced, by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production.(10) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day).(11) Total number of employees, and hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation of the pretreatment system.(12) A statement whether or not the standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet all applicable standards.(13) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, then the industrial user shall provide the shortest compliance schedule to accomplish such additional treatment and/or O&M.
The completion date in this schedule shall not be longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule:(a) The schedule shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards. (Such events include hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, beginning operation, and beginning routine operation.)(b) No increment referred to in Subsection A(13)(a) above shall exceed nine months, nor shall the total compliance period exceed 18 months.(c) No later than 14 calendar days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule.
In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers.(14) A statement, reviewed by the user's authorized representative and certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.(15) All wastewater discharge permit applications and user reports must be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the following certification statement: "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted.
Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."(16) Any other information as may be deemed by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.B. The Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers will evaluate the data furnished by the industrial user and may require additional information.
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the Sewer Department may issue a wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein. The permit may be denied in accordance with § 257-117 of this chapter.