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Chapter 13.03A
Section 13.03A.0304
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03A Pretreatment

Article III. Wastewater Discharge Permit

Section 13.03A.0304 Discharge Permit Application Contents [3.4]
  1. Permit Application Form.
    1. The Plant Manager approves the permit application form. All users required to obtain a discharge permit must submit to the Plant Manager, at a minimum, the information stated in this section and any other information requested by the Plant Manager. Categorical users must further comply with 40 CFR 403.12(b). Permit fees will be assessed in accordance with SMC 13.03A.1401. Incomplete, inaccurate, or unsigned applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
    1. Identifying information: The application must state the name and address of the facility, operator and owners.
  1. Permits.

The applicant must furnish a list of any environmental control discharge permits held by or for the facility.

  1. Description of Operations.

The application must state a brief description of the nature, average rate of production, and the applicable North American Industry Classification System (2007 or latest version) of the operation(s) carried out by such user, including a list of all raw materials and chemicals stored or used at the facility which are or could be accidentally or intentionally discharged into the POTW. The applicant shall further state the number and type of employees, hours of operation, each product produced by type, process(es), and rate of production. The applicant shall state type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day) and the time and duration of discharges. The application must include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated or manufacturing processes, site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, inspection manholes, sampling chambers, and appurtenances by size and location, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation.

  1. Flow Measurement Application Information.
    1. Categorical user: Average information showing the measured average daily and daily maximum flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from each of the following:
      1. Regulated or manufacturing process streams and
      1. Other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula. (Cross reference: 40 CFR 403.6(e))
    1. Non-categorical user: Information showing the measured daily average and daily maximum flows, in gallons per day to the POTW from each of the following: Total process flow, wastewater treatment plant flow, total plant flow, or individual manufacturing process flow as required by the Plant Manager.
    1. The City may allow for verifiable estimates of these flows where justified by cost or feasibility consideration
  1. Measurement of Pollutants.
    1. Categorical User.
      1. The user shall identify the applicable pretreatment standards for each regulated or manufacturing process.
      1. The user shall submit the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration (or mass, where required by the categorical pretreatment standard or the Plant Manager) of regulated pollutants, including those encompassed in the standards in SMC 13.03A.0201 through SMC 13.03A.0204 as appropriate in the discharge from each regulated or manufacturing process. Both the daily maximum and average concentration (or mass, where required) shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and conform to the sampling and analytical procedures in Article V of this chapter.
      1. The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to compile data necessary to comply with subsection (E) of this section.
      1. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accord with 40 CFR 403.6(e) for a categorical user, this adjusted limit, together with supporting data shall be submitted as part of the application.
    1. Non-categorical User.
      1. The user shall identify the applicable pretreatment standards for its discharge.
      1. In addition, the user shall submit the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration in the discharge (or mass, where required by the Plant Manager) of regulated pollutants encompassed in the standards in SMC 13.03A.0201 through SMC 13.03A.0204 as applicable. Both the daily maximum and average concentration (or mass, where required) shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and conform to the sampling and analytical procedures in Article V of this chapter.
      1. The user shall take a minimum of one representative sample to compile data necessary to comply with subsection (E) of this section.
      1. Where the Plant Manager has developed an alternate concentration or mass limit because of dilution or other reasons, this limit, together with supporting data shall be submitted as part of the application.
  1. Certification – Qualified Professional Statement.

The application certification required in SMC 13.03A.0305(A) must also include a statement certified by a qualified professional, indicating 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, including 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/ O&M remediation, conforming with SMC 13.03A.0404 but not later than the deadlines in SMC 13.03A.0209.

    1. Where a user’s applicable categorical standard is modified because of a removal allowance under 40 CFR §403.7, combined wastestream formula eligibility under 40 CFR §403.6(e) or fundamentally different factors variance under 40 CFR §403.13 at the time of submission of information required under SMC 13.03A.0304(G), the information required under SMC 13.03A.0304(F) and (G) apply to the modified limits. It is the user’s responsibility to identify and disclose the modification conditions stated.
    1. Where an applicable categorical standard is modified because of a removal allowance under 40 CFR §403.7, combined wastestream formula eligibility under 40 CFR §403.6(e), or fundamentally different factors under 40 CFR §403.13 after submission of information required under SMC 13.03A.0304(F) and (G), a report containing information pertaining to such modification shall be submitted within sixty days after the new limit is approved, signed as required in SMC 13.03A.0305(A) with a report review fee specified in SMC 13.03A.1401.
    1. The user must obtain Plant Manager approval for combined wastestream formula or fundamentally different factors variations if not submitted as part of a permit application. This may also be done through permit modification where applicable. However accomplished, the user must make an application therefore on forms supplied or approved by the Plant Manager, sign the form as provided in SMC 13.03A.0305(B) and pay the fee for review specified in SMC 13.03A.1401 to the extent documents needed by the Plant Manager have not been otherwise submitted and a review fee otherwise paid.
  1. The user shall submit any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Plant Manager, in their discretion, to evaluate the Wastewater Discharge Permit Application.

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 27