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Chapter 13.03A
Section 13.03A.0401
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03A Pretreatment

Article IV. Reporting Requirements

Section 13.03A.0401 Baseline Monitoring Reports [4.1]
  1. Existing and New Sources.
    1. Existing Source.

Within either one hundred eighty days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final EPA administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing sources shall submit to the Plant Manager a report as required in this section, also called a baseline monitoring report or BMR. BMRs must be signed as provided in SMC 13.03A.0305(A) and accompanied by a fee as provided in SMC 13.03A.1401.

    1. New Source.

No more than ninety days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources, and sources that become CIUs subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the Plant Manager a report as required in this section. A new source shall additionally report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged. Reports must be signed as provided in SMC 13.03A.0305(A). Fees will be assessed in accordance with SMC 13.03A.1401. (Cross reference: 40 CFR §403.12(b)(1)-(7))

  1. Users identified in subsection (A) of this section must submit the following information:
    1. Identifying information: The name and address of the facility, operator, and owners.
    1. Permits: A list of any environmental control discharge permits held by or for the facility.
    1. Description of operations: A brief description of the nature, average rate of production, and the North American Industry Classification of the operation(s) carried out by such user. This must include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated or manufacturing processes.
    1. Flow measurement: Information showing the measured average daily and daily maximum flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from each of the regulated or manufacturing process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e). (See also definition in SMC 13.03A.0103)
    1. Measurement of Pollutants.
      1. The categorical pretreatment standards for each regulated or manufacturing process.
      1. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration (and/or mass, where required by the categorical pretreatment standard or the Plant Manager) in the discharge from each regulated or manufacturing process. Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations (or mass, where required) shall be reported on forms signed as required under SMC 13.03A.0305(A). Fees will be assessed in accordance with SMC 13.03A.1401. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and conform to the sampling and analytical procedures in Article V of this chapter.
    1. Statement by qualified professional: The user must submit a statement reviewed by an authorized representative and certified by a qualified professional signed as provided in SMC 13.03A.0305(A). Fees will be assessed in accordance with SMC 13.03A.1401. The statement must indicate whether the applicable 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 for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards and requirements, to include without limitation AKART.
    1. Compliance schedule: If additional pretreatment/O&M are required to meet the applicable pretreatment standards, the user must include the shortest schedule by which it will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M remediation. The compliance schedule must meet the requirements in SMC 13.03A.0404. It must be signed as provided in SMC 13.03A.0305(A). Fees will be assessed in accordance with SMC 13.03A.1401.

NOTE: Bracketed enumerations reference the numbering in the EPA Region 10 Model Ordinance of March 27, 2012.

Date Passed: Monday, November 9, 2020

Effective Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020

ORD C35961 Section 38