§ 710.010 License To Septic Tank Sanitary Pumper Operator Restricted.
§ 710.030 Unsanitary Deposit of Wastes Prohibited.
§ 710.040 Discharge of Wastes In Natural Outlets Restricted.
§ 710.050 Privies, Etc., Restricted.
§ 710.060 Connection Required — When.
§ 710.070 Private Sewage Disposal.
§ 710.090 Classes Of Permits.
§ 710.100 Liability For Loss, Damage Caused By Installation.
§ 710.110 Separate Connections — Exception.
§ 710.120 Use Of Old Sewers Restricted.
§ 710.130 Conformance To Code.
§ 710.150 Certain Connections Prohibited.
§ 710.160 Requirements For Connections.
§ 710.170 Guarding Of Excavations — Restoration Of Public Property.
§ 710.180 Discharge Into Sanitary Sewers Restricted.
§ 710.190 Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
§ 710.191 State Pretreatment Standards.
§ 710.220 Private Waste Facilities.
§ 710.230 Grease, Oil And Sand Interceptors.
§ 710.260 Standards For Measurements, Tests.
§ 710.270 Acceptance Of Industrial Waste.
§ 710.280 Right Of Entry For Inspection.
§ 710.290 Observance Of Safety Rules — Indemnification.
§ 710.300 Right Of Entry Onto Easements For Inspection.
§ 710.310 Required Reports And Notifications.
§ 710.330 Required Report Records.
§ 710.335 Date Of Receipt Of Reports.
§ 710.340 Hazardous Wastes — Generally.
§ 710.350 Hazardous Wastes — Accidental Spills, Discharges.
§ 710.360 Accidental Discharge/Slug Control Plans.
§ 710.370 Tampering, Damaging System.
§ 710.390 Industrial Discharge Permit Required.
§ 710.400 Application For Industrial Discharge Permit.
§ 710.440 Industrial Discharge Permit Transfer.
§ 710.450 Permit Fee — Extra Charges.
§ 710.460 Administrative Enforcement Remedies.
§ 710.468 Prohibited Discharge Standards.
§ 710.469 Regulation Of Waste Receiving From Other Jurisdictions.
Section 710.010 License To Septic Tank Sanitary Pumper Operator Restricted.
Section 710.030 Unsanitary Deposit of Wastes Prohibited.
Section 710.040 Discharge of Wastes In Natural Outlets Restricted.
Section 710.050 Privies, Etc., Restricted.
Section 710.060 Connection Required — When.
Section 710.070 Private Sewage Disposal.
Section 710.090 Classes Of Permits.
Section 710.100 Liability For Loss, Damage Caused By Installation.
Section 710.110 Separate Connections — Exception.
Section 710.120 Use Of Old Sewers Restricted.
Section 710.130 Conformance To Code.
Section 710.150 Certain Connections Prohibited.
Section 710.160 Requirements For Connections.
Section 710.170 Guarding Of Excavations — Restoration Of Public Property.
Section 710.180 Discharge Into Sanitary Sewers Restricted.
Section 710.190 Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
Section 710.191 State Pretreatment Standards.
Section 710.220 Private Waste Facilities.
Section 710.230 Grease, Oil And Sand Interceptors.
Section 710.260 Standards For Measurements, Tests.
Section 710.270 Acceptance Of Industrial Waste.
Section 710.280 Right Of Entry For Inspection.
Section 710.290 Observance Of Safety Rules — Indemnification.
Section 710.300 Right Of Entry Onto Easements For Inspection.
Section 710.310 Required Reports And Notifications.
Section 710.330 Required Report Records.
Section 710.335 Date Of Receipt Of Reports.
Section 710.340 Hazardous Wastes — Generally.
Section 710.350 Hazardous Wastes — Accidental Spills, Discharges.
Section 710.360 Accidental Discharge/Slug Control Plans.
Section 710.370 Tampering, Damaging System.
Section 710.390 Industrial Discharge Permit Required.
Section 710.400 Application For Industrial Discharge Permit.
Section 710.440 Industrial Discharge Permit Transfer.
Section 710.450 Permit Fee — Extra Charges.
Section 710.460 Administrative Enforcement Remedies.
Section 710.468 Prohibited Discharge Standards.
Section 710.469 Regulation Of Waste Receiving From Other Jurisdictions.
All vehicles used in connection with such business shall be equipped with a heavy-gauge steel, airtight tank with a valve at the rear to prevent leakage while in transit through the streets of the City.
Septic tank sanitary cleaning equipment will be painted aluminum and kept painted in good condition.
Editor's Note: This Chapter also repealed former Ch. 710, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Art. I, In General, adopted and amended by R.O. 2007, § 37-21; Ord. No. 2092, § 13, 1-2-1962; and Art. II, Sewer Use, adopted and amended by R.O. 2007 §§ 37-76 through 102.20; Ord. No. 6183 § 1, 6-21-1999; Ord. No. 7487 § 1, 4-7-2014.
To enable the City to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.
This Chapter shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment works. The Chapter authorizes the issuance of individual wastewater discharge; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Superintendent shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Superintendent may be delegated by the Superintendent to a duly authorized City employee.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources; also known as the MODNR.
A principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice President, if the industrial user is a corporation; or the manager of one (1) or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided that the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility, including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
A director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility, or their designee, if the industrial user is a Federal, State, or local governmental facility.
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates. Written authorization must be submitted to the City before the representative starts representing the industrial user.
The schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in Section 710.180. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet [one and one-half (1.5) meters] outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
An industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment standard or categorical standard.
See "National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or pretreatment standard."
A measure of the oxygen required to oxidize all compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water.
The City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant collected during a calendar day.
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Missouri.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the regional water management division director or other duly authorized official of said agency.
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such a source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
Solid wastes from domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
The discharge or introduction of nondomestic pollutants from any source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) into the POTW.
A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a discharge of pollutants under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composite sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from another source, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation of the City's NPDES permit or the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions or permits issued thereunder or any more stringent State or local regulations: Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); any State regulations contained in any State sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the City upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b).
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathology wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
The sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.
The highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.
Any regulation, including, but not limited to, prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment and local limits, containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N.
The production or wastewater generating processes of the building are substantially independent of an existing source at the same time.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building meeting the criteria of Subsection (1)(b) or (c) above, but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which is intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this definition.
The water which does not come into contact with any raw materials, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product. This includes discharge from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or to which the pollutant added is heat.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the City's NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. This definition includes all Federal, State, and local governmental entities.
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration measuring the acidity or alkalinity of a solution in gram equivalents per liter of solution, expressed in standard units.
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter, backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity or odor).
The concentration of a material in pounds per million pounds of water (1 ppm = 1 milligram/liter, mg/l).
The reduction of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the sewage works. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or other means except as prohibited by 10 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard, 10 CFR 403.6(d).
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in Section 710.180.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch (one and twenty-seven hundredths (1.27) centimeters) in any dimension.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1929) which is owned in this instance by the City. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For purposes of this Chapter, the term "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City's POTW.
Any natural watercourse into which water, treatment plant effluent, combined sewer overflow or stormwater is discharged.
Any sewage from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septic tanks.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
The industrial user never discharges any untreated concentrated wastewater.
Upon finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection (2) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user and in accordance with the procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
Nonsignificant categorical industrial users are subject to an annual evaluation to determine NSCIU status and are still required to comply with applicable categorical pretreatment standards.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in Section 710.180 of this Chapter. A slug discharge is any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or permit conditions.
A classification pursuant of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972.
Methods of analyses and testing as outlined in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snow melt.
The Manager of the City Light and Water-Sewer Departments of the City of Poplar Bluff or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of CWA 307 (a) or other Acts.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the City's POTW.
The Utilities Manager of the City Light and Water-Sewer Departments of the City of Poplar Bluff or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed with or permitted to enter the POTW.
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Poplar Bluff, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Poplar Bluff, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Chapter.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is not located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (thirty and one-half (30.5) meters) of the property line.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.060, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Chapter.
Before commencement of construction of private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Division of Health of the State of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet [one thousand three hundred three and one-half (1,303.5) square meters]. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Section 710.060, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable materials.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
No statement contained in this Chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer of the City of Poplar Bluff, the Missouri Division of Health, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources or the Building Inspector of the City of Poplar Bluff.
When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean gravel or dirt.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent, except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely application pursuant to Section 710.400, of this Chapter may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.
The Superintendent may require other users to obtain individual wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
Any violation of the terms and conditions of an individual wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this Chapter and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in Sections 710.460 and 710.470. Obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all Federal and State pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of Federal, State, and local law.
In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a residential building sewer permit and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. An additional fee will be charged to any significant industrial user (SIU) as defined by this Chapter in accordance with Section 710.450.
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation. Connections shall be made only by individuals holding a license to practice plumbing in the City of Poplar Bluff.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
General Prohibitions. No user shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes pass through or interference. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any other national, State, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the Superintendent to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.); however, if the volume of discharge represents a significant portion of the flow resulting in a temperature in excess of one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104° F.) into the treatment facility, a lower limit may be prescribed by the Superintendent.
Any water or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.) [zero degrees (0°) and sixty-five degrees Celsius (65° C.)].
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded, material must be able to pass through a ten (10) mesh screen. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and any floor drains larger than four (4) inches shall have a grate cover welded or bolted in place.
Any wastewater having a pH less than five and one-half (5.5) or greater than nine and one-half (9.5), unless the POTW is specifically designed to accommodate such wastewater or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the POTW.
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW.
At no time shall two (2) successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system), be more than five percent (5%) nor any single reading over ten percent (10%) of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter.
This prohibition shall include, but not be limited to, waste streams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140° F.) [sixty degrees Celsius (60° C.)] using test methods described in 40 CFR 261.21.
Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes and sulfides and any other substances which the City, the State or the EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system.
Any solid or viscous material which could cause an obstruction to flow in the sewers or in any way interfere with the treatment process. Examples of such materials include, but are not limited to, ashes, wax, paraffin, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, lint, feathers, tars, plastics, wood and sawdust, paunch manure, bair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurries, grinding compounds, acetylene generation sludge, chemical residues, acid residues, food processing bulk solids, refuse and debris not normally contained in sanitary sewage.
Any water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous liquid, gas or solid in sufficient quantity (acting either singly or by interaction with other wastes) to injure or interfere with any sewage works process, to constitute a hazard to humans or to animals, to create any hazard in the waters which receive treatment plant effluent, combined sewer overflow or stormwater or that exceeds the limitation set forth in a pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration which may exceed limits established by the latest State and Federal regulations and the Superintendent.
Any concentrated dye wastes or other wastes which are either highly colored or could become highly colored by reacting with other wastes.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids, (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride or sodium sulfate).
Any waters or wastes having an average daily flow greater than one percent (1%) of the average sewage flow of the City shall be subject to the review of the Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through.
Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the Superintendent in accordance with Section 710.250.
Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Superintendent in a wastewater discharge permit.
Any material or substance not specifically mentioned in this Section which is in itself corrosive, irritating to human beings and animals, toxic or noxious or which by interaction with other wastes could produce undesirable effects, including deleterious action on the sewage works, adversely affect any treatment process, constitute a hazard to human or animals or have an adverse effect upon the receiving stream.
Pollutants, substances, or wastewater prohibited by this Section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged to the POTW.
Develop effluent limitation(s) for said user(s) to correct the interference with the POTW.
The Superintendent is authorized to establish local limits pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5(c).
The Superintendent may develop best management practices (BMPs), by ordinance or in individual wastewater discharge permits, to implement local limits and the requirements in Section 710.180.
City's Rights Of Revision. The City reserves the right to establish, by ordinance or in individual wastewater discharge permits, more stringent standards or requirements on discharges to the POTW consistent with the purpose of this Chapter.
Upon promulgation of the Federal categorical pretreatment standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the Federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this Chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this Chapter. The Superintendent shall notify all affected users of the limitations contained in the Federal standard.
Users must comply with the categorical pretreatment standards found at 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
Where a categorical pretreatment standard is expressed only in terms of either the mass or the concentration of a pollutant in wastewater, the Superintendent may impose equivalent concentration or mass limits in accordance with the sections below.
When a categorical pretreatment standard is expressed only in terms of pollutant concentrations, an industrial user may request that the City convert the limits to equivalent mass limits. The determination to convert concentration limits to mass limits is within the discretion of the Superintendent. The City may establish equivalent mass limits only if the industrial user meets all the conditions set forth in Sections below.
Have consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards during the period prior to the industrial user's request for equivalent mass limits.
Continue to employ the same or comparable water conservation methods and technologies as those implemented pursuant to Subsection (D)(1)(a) of this Section so long as it discharges under an equivalent mass limit.
May retain the same equivalent mass limit in subsequent individual wastewater discharge permit terms if the industrial user's actual average daily flow rate was reduced solely as a result of the implementation of water conservation methods and technologies, and the actual average daily flow rates used in the original calculation of the equivalent mass limit were not based on the use of dilution as a substitute for treatment pursuant to Section 710.210. The industrial user must also be in compliance with Section 710.480(B) regarding the prohibition of bypass.
The Superintendent may convert the mass limits of the categorical pretreatment standards of 40 CFR Parts 414, 419, and 455 to concentration limits for purposes of calculating limitations applicable to individual industrial users. The conversion is at the discretion of the Superintendent. The conversion of other categorical pretreatment standards mass limits is not permitted. The Superintendent may impose flow monitoring requirements be included in periodic monitoring reports to determine if there have been changes in flows that may indicate dilution.
The Superintendent may convert the concentration limits of the categorical pretreatment standards of 40 CFR Parts 423, 425, 426, 428, 429, 433, 439, 442, 443, 444, 458, and 469 to mass limits for purposes of calculating limitations applicable to individual industrial users. The conversion is at the discretion of the Superintendent. The conversion of other categorical pretreatment standards concentration limits is not permitted. The Superintendent may impose water conservation targets and flow monitoring requirements be included in the SIU's permit.
When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are expressed only in terms of mass of pollutant per unit of production, the Superintendent may convert the limits to equivalent limitations expressed either as mass of pollutant discharged per day or effluent concentration for purposes of calculating effluent limitations applicable to individual industrial users.
When wastewater subject to a categorical pretreatment standard is mixed with wastewater not regulated by the same standard, the Superintendent shall impose an alternate limit in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e).
Users must comply with Missouri's General Pretreatment Regulation codified at 10-CSR-20-6.100.
If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the pretreatment facilities shall be at the owner's expense. Construction drawings, specifications and other pertinent data shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent. No construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing. Construction shall be in accordance with the approved plans.
Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
Any other violation(s), which include a violation of best management practices, which the Superintendent determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
No user shall ever increase the use of process water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a discharge limitation unless expressly authorized by an applicable pretreatment standard or requirement. The Superintendent may impose mass limitations on users who are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or requirements or in other cases when the imposition of mass limitations is appropriate.
In lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated industrial wastes and polluted waters into the sewers of the City, the owner of the premises producing such wastes may, if approved by the State Clean Water Commission, construct and operate, at his/her expense, private waste treatment facilities with the effluent discharged into a natural outlet. The design and operation of such facilities shall continuously produce an effluent which will not create a public nuisance with a pollution content no greater than the effluent from the City sewage treatment plant. Construction drawings, specifications and other pertinent information relating to such proposed treatment facilities shall be prepared by the owner, at his/her expense, and shall be submitted to the Superintendent and the State Clean Water Commission, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing. Construction shall be in accordance with such approved plans.
Where such private waste treatment facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessible, lockable and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
Septic tank waste may be introduced into the POTW only at locations designated by the Superintendent and at such times as are established by the Superintendent. Such wastes shall not violate Section 710.180 or any requirement established by the City. The Superintendent may require septic tank waste haulers to obtain wastewater discharge permits.
The Superintendent shall require haulers of industrial waste to obtain wastewater discharge permits. The Superintendent may require generators of hauled industrial waste to obtain wastewater discharge permits. The Superintendent also may prohibit the disposal of hauled industrial waste. The discharge of hauled industrial waste is subject to all other requirements of the Chapter.
Industrial waste haulers may discharge loads only at locations designated by the Superintendent. No load may be discharged without prior consent of the Superintendent. The Superintendent may collect samples of each hauled load to ensure compliance with applicable standards. The Superintendent may require the industrial waste hauler to provide a waste analysis of any load prior to discharge.
Industrial waste haulers must provide a waste-tracking form for every load. This form shall include, at a minimum, the name and address of the industrial waste hauler, permit number, truck identification, names and addresses of sources of wastes and volume and characteristics of waste. The form shall identify the type of industry, known or suspected waste constituents and whether any wastes are hazardous waste.
No statements contained in this Chapter shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
No special agreements made pursuant to this Section will in any way allow the violation of any existing categorical pretreatment standard. Upon the promulgation of a new categorical pretreatment standard, any prior, related special agreements are thereby rendered null and void.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The Superintendent or his/her representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers of waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
At a minimum, the Superintendent or other duly authorized representatives of the POTW will conduct annual inspections as listed in Subsection (A) above. The frequency of these inspections can be increased, but not decreased, by the Superintendent based upon the regulated industry's compliance record in previous years.
Where a user has security measures in force which 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, the Superintendent shall be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing specific responsibilities.
The Superintendent shall have the right to set up on the user's property, or require installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the user's operations.
The Superintendent may require the user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the user at its own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated per manufacturer recommendation to ensure their accuracy.
Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the user at the written or verbal request of the Superintendent and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be born by the user.
Unreasonable delays in allowing the Superintendent access to the user's premises shall be a violation of this Chapter.
If the Superintendent has been refused access to a building, structure, or property, or any part thereof, and is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this Chapter, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program of the City designed to verify compliance with this Chapter or any permit or order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare of the community, the Superintendent may seek issuance of a search warrant from the Poplar Bluff Municipal Court.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Section 710.280 above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 710.200.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
All industrial users shall submit a wastewater survey when requested to do so by the Control Authority. The Control Authority is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require industrial users to update the survey. Surveys must be returned with a postmark date within sixty (60) days of the survey request postmark date.
Either one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit a report which contains the information listed in Subsection (B)(2) of this Section.
At least ninety (90) days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources and sources that become categorical users after the promulgation of an applicable standard shall submit a report which contains the information listed in Subsection (B)(2) below. A new source shall also report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standard. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutant to be discharged.
Identifying Information. The names and addresses of the facility, the operator and the owner.
Environmental Permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
Description Of Operations. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s) carried out by the user. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge of the POTW from the regulated processes.
Flow Measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow in gallons per day to the POTW from the regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process.
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the Superintendent, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated pollutant in the discharge from each regulated process. Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations or mass, where required, shall be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in 40 CFR Part 136, unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard.
Samples should be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment facilities if such exist or immediately downstream from the regulated process if no pretreatment exists. If other wastewaters are mixed with the regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment the user should measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(e) to evaluate compliance with the Pretreatment Standards. Where an alternate concentration or mass limit has been calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e) this adjusted limit along with supporting data shall be submitted to the Control Authority.
Wastewater samples must be collected by flow proportional composite techniques, except as specifically mentioned below. In the event flow proportional sampling is not feasible, the Superintendent may authorize the use of time proportional sampling or a minimum of four (4) grab samples (unless Federal pretreatment standards require more grab samples) where the user demonstrates that this will provide a representative sample of the effluent being discharged. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with discharge limits. However, samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide phenols, sulfides and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab sample collection techniques.
The Superintendent may allow the submission of a baseline report which utilizes only historical data so long as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment measures.
The baseline report shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling and methods of analysis, and shall certify that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and expected pollutant discharges to the POTW.
Certification. 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.
Compliance Schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall be no later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this Section must meet the requirements set out in Section 710.310(C).
Signature And Certification. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 710.400(B)(3).
Compliance Schedule Progress Reports. The following shall apply to the compliance schedule required by Section 710.310(B)(2)(g).
The schedule shall contain increments of progress 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 standard (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
No increment referred to in Subsection (c)(1) shall exceed nine (9) months.
Not later than fourteen (14) days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the Superintendent 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 the construction to the schedule established.
In no event shall more than nine (9) months elapse between such progress reports to the Superintendent.
Reports On Compliance With Categorical Pretreatment Standards Deadline. Within ninety (90) days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical pretreatment standards, or in the case of a new source following commencement of the introduction of wastewater to the POTW, any user subject to such pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Superintendent a report containing the information described in Section 710.310(B)(2)(d) through (f). For users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measurement of the user's long-term production rate. For all other users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period. All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 710.400(B)(3).
All significant industrial users (SIUs) as defined in Section 710.020 subject to pretreatment standards shall submit during the months of June and December a self-monitoring report to the Superintendent. The report shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow rate and the nature and concentration, or production and mass where requested by the Superintendent, of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standard. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation required by the Superintendent or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the user. The frequency of monitoring shall be as prescribed in Section 710.320. The reporting frequency for any industry may be altered by the Superintendent upon consideration of such factors as actual flow rates and pollutant concentrations, seasonal production schedules, etc.
If a user subject to the reporting requirement in this Section monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the Superintendent, using the procedures prescribed in Section 710.320 of this Chapter, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
All significant industrial users (SIUs) as defined in Section 710.020 not subject to pretreatment standards shall submit during the months of June and December a self-monitoring report to the Superintendent. The report shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow rate and the nature and concentration, or production and mass where requested by the Superintendent, of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standard.
In cases where a local limit requires compliance with a best management practice or pollution prevention alternative, the user must submit documentation required by the Superintendent to determine the compliance status of the user. These reports must be based on sampling and analysis performed in the period covered by the report, and in accordance with the techniques described in 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto. This sampling and analysis may be performed by the City of Poplar Bluff in lieu of the significant industrial user.
All periodic industrial self-monitoring reports must include the certification statement in Section 710.400(B)(1).
The waiver may be authorized where a pollutant is determined to be present solely due to sanitary wastewater discharged from the facility, provided that the sanitary wastewater is not regulated by an applicable categorical standard and otherwise includes no process wastewater.
The monitoring waiver is valid only for the duration of the effective period of the individual wastewater discharge permit, but in no case longer than five (5) years. The user must submit a new request for the waiver before the waiver can be granted for each subsequent individual wastewater discharge permit. See Section 710.400(A)(10)(c).
In making a demonstration that a pollutant is not present, the industrial user must provide data from at least one (1) sampling of the facility's process wastewater prior to any treatment present at the facility that is representative of all wastewater from all processes.
The request for a monitoring waiver must be signed in accordance with Section 710.020, and include the certification statement in 710.400(B)(1) [40 CFR 403.6(a)(2)(h)].
Nondetectable sample results may be used only as a demonstration that a pollutant is not present if the EPA approved method from 40 CFR Part 136 with the lowest minimum detection level for that pollutant was used in the analysis.
Any grant of the monitoring waiver by the Superintendent must be included as a condition in the user's permit. The reasons supporting the waiver and any information submitted by the user in its request for the waiver must be maintained by the Superintendent for three (3) years after expiration of the waiver.
Upon approval of the monitoring waiver and revision of the user's permit by the Superintendent, the industrial user must certify on each report with the statement in Section 710.400(B)(3) that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its waste stream due to activities of the industrial user.
In the event that a waived pollutant is found to be present or is expected to be present because of changes that occur in the user's operations, the user must immediately: comply with the monitoring requirements of Section 710.310(D), or other more frequent monitoring requirements imposed by the Superintendent, and notify the Superintendent.
This provision does not supersede certification processes and requirements established in categorical Pretreatment Standards, except as otherwise specified in the categorical Pretreatment Standard.
All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 710.400(B)(1) of this Chapter.
All wastewater samples must be representative of the user's discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean, and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
Notification Of Violation/Repeat Sampling And Reporting.
If the sampling performed by the user indicates a violation, the user must notify the Superintendent within twenty-four (24) hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Superintendent within thirty (30) days after becoming aware of the violation. Where the City has performed the sampling and analysis in lieu of the industrial user, the City must perform the repeat sampling and analysis unless it notifies the user of the violation and requires the user to perform the repeat analysis. At the Superintendent's discretion, resampling may not be required if the Superintendent monitors the user's facility at least once a month, or if the Superintendent samples between the user's initial sampling and when the user receives the results of this initial sampling.
Each user must notify the Superintendent and POTW of any planned significant changes to the user's operations or system which might alter the nature, quality or volume of the wastewater at least ninety (90) days before the change.
For the purposes of this notification requirement, significant changes include, but are not limited to, flow increases of twenty percent (20%) or greater and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants.
The Superintendent may require the user to submit such information as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the changed condition, including resubmission of a wastewater discharge permit application under Section 710.400(A).
The Superintendent may issue a wastewater discharge permit under Section 710.400(B) or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit under Section 710.410 in response to changed or anticipated changed conditions.
Notification Of The Discharge Of Hazardous Waste(s).
Any user who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director and the State hazardous waste authorities, in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the user discharges more than one hundred (100) kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification also shall contain the following information to the extent such information is known and readily available to the user.
An estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following twelve (12) months.
All notifications must take place no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the discharge commences. Any notification under this Subsection needs to be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged. However, notifications of changed conditions must be submitted under Section 710.310(G).
The notification requirement of this Section does not apply to pollutants already reported by users subject to categorical pretreatment standards under the self-monitoring requirements of Section 710.310(E).
Dischargers are exempt from the requirements of Subsection (H)(1) above during a calendar month in which they discharge no more than fifteen (15) kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specified under 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e). The discharge of more than fifteen (15) kilograms of nonacute hazardous waste in a calendar month, or of any quantity of acute hazardous waste as specified under 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a one-time notification. Subsequent months during which the user discharges more than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional notification.
In the case of any new regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the user must notify the Superintendent, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director and the State hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance within ninety (90) days of the effective date of such regulations.
In the case of any notification made under this Section, the user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
This provision does not create a right to discharge any substance not permitted to be discharged by this Chapter, a permit issued thereunder or any applicable Federal or State laws.
All users not required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit shall provide appropriate reports to the Superintendent as the Superintendent may require.
When requested by the Superintendent, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within thirty (30) days of the request. The Superintendent is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information.
All significant industrial users (SIUs) shall be required to monitor their discharge at the frequency stipulated in the individual industrial discharge permit issued for each SIU. The minimum frequency for any SIU shall be once every three (3) months. Monitoring shall consist of sampling the discharge on a composite basis over a twenty-four-hour period and determining the nature and concentration of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standard. Upon promulgation of a Federal categorical pretreatment standard for a particular industrial category containing more stringent monitoring requirements, the requirements of this Section shall immediately be superseded. The Superintendent shall notify all affected users of the more stringent requirements.
Except as indicated in Subsection (B)(2) and (3) below, the user must collect wastewater samples using twenty-four-hour flow-proportional composite sampling techniques, unless time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the Superintendent. Where time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the City, the samples must be representative of the discharge. Using protocols (including appropriate preservation) specified in 40 CFR Part 136 and appropriate EPA guidance, multiple grab samples collected during a twenty-four-hour period may be composited prior to the analysis as follows: for cyanide, total phenols, and sulfides the samples may be composited in the laboratory or in the field; for volatile organics and oil and grease, the samples may be composited in the laboratory. Composite samples for other parameters unaffected by the compositing procedures as documented in approved EPA methodologies may be authorized by the City, as appropriate. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous limits.
Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, total phenols, sulfides, and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab collection techniques.
For sampling required in support of baseline monitoring and ninety-day compliance reports required in Section 710.310, a minimum of four (4) grab samples must be used for pH, cyanide, total phenols, oil and grease, sulfide and volatile organic compounds for facilities for which historical sampling data do not exist; for facilities for which historical sampling data are available, the Superintendent may authorize a lower minimum. For the reports required by Section 710.310(E)(4) [40 CFR 403.12(e) and 403.12(h)], the industrial user is required to collect the number of grab samples necessary to assess and assure compliance by with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
Samples collected to satisfy reporting requirements must be based on data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis performed during the period covered by the report, based on data that is representative of conditions occurring during the reporting period.
Every person discharging any industrial waste mixture into the sewers or sewage works of the City or into any sewer connected thereto is required to keep and maintain records of the data listed under Section 710.310, including documentation associated with best management practices. Such records shall be available for inspection during regular business hours by authorized representatives or employees of the City upon presenting written credentials of their authority, and such representatives or employees shall be permitted to make and retain copies of such records.
Records pursuant to Subsection (A) above must be kept and maintained for a minimum of three (3) years. The time such records must be maintained may be extended by the Superintendent.
Records shall include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of such analyses. Records shall also include documentation associated with best management practices established under Section 710.185(C).
Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports, which are not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the United States Postal Service, the date of receipt of the report shall govern.
Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this Chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the City before construction of the facility. All existing users shall complete such a plan by 1997. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after 1997 shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the City. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the user from the responsibility to modify the user's facilities as necessary to meet the requirements of this Section.
Any spill or accidental discharge of wastes which may create an explosion hazard in the sewage works or in any way have a deleterious effect upon these works, treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings, animals or the receiving stream shall be immediately reported to the Superintendent by the person responsible for such spill or accidental discharge.
Such notification shall set forth the time and place of the spill or discharge, the type and quantity of material included in the waste and actions taken to stop the spill or discharge.
Potential toxicity in water to human beings, animals and aquatic life.
Suggestions on safeguard or other precautionary measures to nullify the toxic effects of such wastes.
It shall be the responsibility of each person responsible for the spill or accidental discharge to provide the Superintendent with written verification of what measures are to be taken to prevent a recurrence of any such spill or accidental discharge. Such information shall be in the hands of the Superintendent within seven (7) days after the spill or accidental discharge occurred. This report shall also include a description of the cause of the spill or accidental discharge. Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW, fish kills or any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed by this Chapter or other applicable law.
Significant industrial users are required to notify the Superintendent immediately of any changes at its facility affecting the potential for a slug discharge. Upon notification, the Superintendent may reevaluate the need for, or modifying of, a slug control plan.
Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents, and/or measures and equipment for emergency response. Should the significant industrial user make any modifications to its accidental discharge/slug control plan, the City shall immediately be made aware of the changes and provided a revised copy of the accidental discharge/slug control plan.
No person shall tamper with any sewer lines or make any connection to the sanitary sewerage system of the City, either direct or indirect, without written permission from the City or reconnect sewage services when such services have been disconnected for nonpayment of a bill for sewage services unless such bill for sewage services, including charges for disconnection, has been paid in full.
No person shall maliciously or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sanitary sewerage system.
Information and data on a user obtained from reports, surveys, wastewater discharge permit applications, wastewater discharge permits and monitoring programs and from the Superintendent's inspection and sampling activities shall be available to the public without restriction, unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets under applicable State law. Any such request must be asserted at the time of submission of the information or data. When requested and demonstrated by the user furnishing a report that such information should be held confidential, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available immediately upon request to governmental agencies for uses related to the NPDES program or pretreatment program and in enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics and other "effluent data" as defined by 40 CFR 2.302 will not be recognized as confidential information and will be available to the public without restriction.
When requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available upon written request to governmental agencies for uses related to this Chapter, provided that such portions of a report shall be available for use by the State in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.
No significant industrial user (SIU) as defined in Section 710.020 shall be allowed to discharge any wastes into City sewers after 1997 without a valid industrial discharge permit obtained from the Superintendent.
Name, address and standard industrial classification number, including the name of the operator and owner and contact information.
Signature and title of official completing the application.
Manufacturing or service activity conducted at the plant, including all materials which are or could be discharged including raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility.
The categorical pretreatment standards, including best management practices, applicable to each regulated process and any new categorically regulated processes for existing sources.
Wastewater constituents and characteristics including, but not limited to, those mentioned in Section 710.180 as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended.
Time And Duration Of Contribution. The location for monitoring all contributions to be covered by the permit.
Average daily and three-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation.
Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants (including instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations, or mass where required) in the discharge which are limited by any City, State or Federal pretreatment standards and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards.
The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 6.10 of this Chapter. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the Superintendent or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard.
Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 710.320 of this Chapter.
Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or a renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge based on 40 CFR 403.12(e)(2).
If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall be no later than the compliance date established for the pretreatment standard. The conditions pursuant to Section 710.310(C) shall apply to this compliance schedule.
Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production (average and maximum rate per day).
Number and types of employees in each plant by shifts; hours of operation; and proposed or actual hours of operation.
Source of water supply at each plant and the volume of water used by each plant daily, specified as to each source; this should include a schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes.
Description of raw water treatment and/or industrial waste pretreatment facilities currently in use.
A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
"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 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."
If the designation of an authorized representative is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new written authorization satisfying the requirements of this Section must be submitted to the Superintendent prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
This compliance certification is based on the following information:"
Users that have an approved monitoring waiver based on Section 710.420(A)(8) must certify on each report with the following statement that there has been no increase in the pollutant in its waste stream due to activities of the user.
"Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the pretreatment standard for 40 CFR _____ [specify applicable National pretreatment standard part(s)], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, there has been no increase in the level of _____ [list pollutant(s)] in the wastewaters due to the activities at the facility since filing of the last periodic report under Section 710.310(E)".
The City will evaluate the data furnished by the 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 City will determine if an industrial discharge permit is necessary within sixty (60) days of receiving the completed application, the City may issue an industrial discharge permit, subject to the terms and conditions provided herein.
Changes Or Additions To Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards. Within nine (9) months of the promulgation of a Federal categorical pretreatment standard, the industrial discharge permit of SIUs subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standard within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where an SIU, subject to Federal categorical pretreatment standard, has not previously submitted an application for an industrial discharge permit as required by Section 710.390, the SIU shall apply for an industrial discharge permit within one hundred eighty (180) days after the promulgation of the applicable Federal categorical pretreatment standard. In addition, the SIU with an existing industrial discharge permit shall submit to the Superintendent within one hundred eighty (180) days after the promulgation of an applicable Federal categorical pretreatment standard the information required by Subsections (A)(9) and (10) of Section 710.400.
To reflect a transfer of the facility ownership or operation to a new owner or operator as provided under Section 710.440.
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the City to ensure compliance with this Chapter.
Industrial users have thirty (30) days after a receiving a draft permit to appeal the permit's contents. An appeal to the Superintendent filed via certified mail will be sent to the Water and Light Advisory Board for review. An appeal to the Circuit Court of Butler County, Missouri, after appeal rejection by the Water and Light Advisory Board must be filed within thirty (30) days of the Board's decision.
Industrial discharge permits shall be issued for a period of up to five (5) years. A permit may be issued for a period less than five (5) years or may be stated to expire on a specific date. The user shall apply for permit reissuance a minimum of sixty (60) 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 City during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements are modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his/her permit at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.
Acknowledges full responsibility for complying with the existing industrial discharge permit.
The duration of the existing industrial discharge permit shall not be altered under the terms of this Section. Failure to provide advance notice of a transfer renders the industrial discharge permit void as of the date of transfer.
An industrial discharge permit shall not be reassigned, transferred or sold to a different premises, changed operation or new operation.
It is the purpose of this Section to provide for the recovery from significant industrial users (SIUs) of the costs incurred by the City for the implementation and continued operation of the industrial pretreatment program. A permit fee shall accompany the completed industrial discharge permit application when filed with the City. In addition, costs incurred by the City with third parties for sampling and testing a SIU's discharge shall be billed to SIU at a rate equal to such cost plus ten percent (10%) for related City employee review and processing.
When the Superintendent, pretreatment coordinator or inspector finds that a violation of this Chapter, an industrial discharge permit or any prohibition, limitation or requirements contained herein exists, he/she may post a notice upon the property where the violation exists stating the nature of violation and personally deliver or mail a copy thereof to the owner of the property, at his or her last known address. Within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice, a plan for the satisfactory correction thereof shall be submitted to the Superintendent by the user. If the Superintendent finds that an emergency exists, he/she may immediately cause the violation to be abated or corrected.
Whenever the Superintendent shall have caused any violation to be abated or corrected pursuant to this Section, he/she shall certify the costs thereof to the City Clerk and the owner of the property on which such violation was abated or corrected shall be civilly liable to the City for the costs of such abatements or corrections.
Any proceedings under this Section shall not relieve the owner of any liability for any penalty that may be assessed under Section 710.470.
Consent Orders. The Superintendent is hereby empowered to enter into consent orders, assurances of voluntary compliance or other similar documents establishing an agreement with the industrial user responsible for the noncompliance. Such orders will include specific action to be taken by the industrial user to correct the noncompliance within a time period also specified by the order. Consent orders shall have the same force and effect as other administrative orders.
The Superintendent may order any user who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to enter the POTW to show cause before the Utilities Advisory Board why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Utilities Advisory Board regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken, the proposed enforcement action and directing the user to show cause before the Utilities Advisory Board why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) at least ten (10) days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts and other evidence, together with recommendations to the Utilities Advisory Board for action thereon.
At any hearing held pursuant to this Section, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript, so recorded, will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges thereof.
After the Utilities Advisory Board has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed on existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances and are properly operated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued.
A show cause hearing shall not be a bar against, or prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user.
Take such appropriate remedial or preventive action as may be needed to properly address a continuing or threatened violation, including halting operations and terminating the discharge. Issuance of a cease and desist order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user.
Compliance Order. When the Superintendent finds that an industrial user has violated or continues to violate the ordinance or a permit or order issued thereunder, he/she may issue an order to the industrial user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, sewer service shall be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances have been installed and are properly operated. Orders may also contain such other requirements as might be reasonably necessary and appropriate to address the noncompliance, including the installation of pretreatment technology, additional self-monitoring and management practices. A compliance order may not extend the deadline for compliance established for a pretreatment standard or requirement, nor does a compliance order relieve the user of liability for any violation, including any continuing violation. Issuance of a compliance order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user.
The City may suspend the wastewater treatment service and/or an industrial discharge permit when such suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the City, to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interference to the POTW or causes the City to violate any conditions of its NPDES permit.
Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or the industrial discharge permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The City shall reinstate the industrial discharge permit and/or the wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the City within fifteen (15) days of the date of occurrence.
An industrial user which is responsible, in whole or in part, for imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence to the Superintendent prior to the date of the hearing described in Subsection (B)(2) above.
Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted as requiring a hearing prior to any emergency suspension under this Section.
Failure of a user to make payment on annual permit renewal fees, additional testing costs, etc., that may be assessed by or due to the City.
Any user who is found to have violated an order of the City or who willfully or negligently failed to comply with any provision of this Chapter and the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder shall, pursuant to Section 100.150 of the City Code of Ordinances, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
In addition, should a user violating provisions of this Chapter and orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder cause, by such violation, the City to violate its NPDES permit, said user shall be civilly liable to the City for the costs of penalties levied against the City by State or Federal agencies.
Violation of the pretreatment standards in Sections 710.180 through 710.210.
Such user will be notified of the proposed termination of its discharge and be offered an opportunity to show cause under Section 710.460(B)(2) why the proposed action should not be taken. Exercise of this option by the Superintendent shall not be a bar to, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user.
Remedies Nonexclusive. The remedies provided for in this Chapter are not exclusive. The Superintendent may take any, all, or any combination of these actions against a noncompliant user. Enforcement of pretreatment violations will generally be in accordance with the City's enforcement response plan. However, the Superintendent may take other action against any user when the circumstances warrant. Further, the Superintendent is empowered to take more than one (1) enforcement action against any noncompliant user.
A user shall have an affirmative defense to an enforcement action brought against it for noncompliance with the general prohibitions in Section 710.469(A) of this Chapter or the specific prohibitions in Section 710.180.C of this Chapter if it can prove that it did not know, or have reason to know, that its discharge, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, would cause pass through or interference and that either.
No local limit exists, but the discharge did not change substantially in nature or constituents from the user's prior discharge when the City was regularly in compliance with its NPDES permit, and in the case of interference, was in compliance with applicable sludge use or disposal requirements.
If another municipality, or user located within another municipality, contributes wastewater to the POTW, the Superintendent shall enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the contributing municipality.
Such other information as the Superintendent may deem necessary.
A provision specifying remedies available for breach of the terms of the intermunicipal agreement.
If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this Chapter or any order or permit issued hereunder, the Superintendent, through the City Attorney, may commence an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the appropriate court for Butler County.
Injunctive Relief. When the Superintendent finds that a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of this Chapter, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the Superintendent may petition the Circuit Court through the City's Attorney for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate, which restrains or compels the specific performance of the wastewater discharge permit, order or other requirement imposed by this Chapter on activities of the user. The Superintendent may also seek such other action as is appropriate for legal and/or equitable relief, including a requirement for the user to conduct environmental remediation, and to reimburse the City for all related damages, costs, expenses, and attorney's fees. A petition for injunctive relief shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against a user.
The Superintendent may refer the prosecution of any industrial user who has violated any provision of State law to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources pursuant to Section 640.130 RSMo et seq. or other County or State official with applicable authority.
The Superintendent may refer any criminal violation to the appropriate prosecutor.
A description of the upset, its cause(s) and impact on the discharger's compliance status.
The duration of non-compliance, including exact dates and times of non-compliance and if the non-compliance is continuing, the time by which compliance is reasonably expected to be restored.
All steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of such an upset.
An individual user which complies with the notification provisions of this Section in a timely manner shall have an affirmative defense to any enforcement action brought by the Superintendent for any non-compliance with this Chapter or an order or permit issued hereunder by the user, which arises out of violations attributable to and alleged to have occurred during the period of the documented and verified upset.
"Bypass" means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a user's treatment facility.
The industrial user properly notified the Superintendent as described in Subsection (3) below.
Industrial users must provide immediate notice [within twenty-four (24) hours] to the Superintendent upon discovery of any unanticipated bypass. If necessary, the Superintendent may require the industrial user to submit a written report explaining the cause(s), nature and duration of the bypass and the steps being taken to prevent its recurrence. The written submission shall be provided within five (5) days of the time the user becomes aware of the bypass. The written submission shall contain a description of the bypass and its cause; the duration of the bypass, including exact dates and times, and, if the bypass has not been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence of the bypass. The Superintendent may waive the written report on a case-by-case basis if the oral report has been received within twenty-four (24) hours.
An industrial user may allow a bypass to occur which does not cause pretreatment standards or requirements to be violated, but only if it is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment system. Industrial users anticipating a bypass must submit notice to the Superintendent at least ten (10) days in advance. The Superintendent may only approve the anticipated bypass if the circumstances satisfy those set forth in Subsection (3) above.