13.08.250 Wastewater discharge permit application process (subregional system).
A. Wastewater Discharge Permit.
1. No SIU or nonresidential user shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining a wastewater discharge permit from the Director of Utilities, except when the SIU has filed a timely application and their wastewater discharge permit is pending finalization.
2. The Director of Utilities may require other users to obtain a wastewater discharge permit as necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
3. Any violation of the terms and conditions of a wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this title. Obtaining a wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a user of its obligation to comply with all Federal and State pretreatment standards or requirements with any Federal, State and local law.
B. Authorization to Discharge. The wastewater discharge permit expressly authorizes a user to discharge wastewater to the POTW and is issued for that purpose. If, for any reason, a wastewater discharge permit is revoked, suspended, or otherwise held invalid, authorization to discharge is terminated and the user shall cease all discharge.
C. Wastewater Discharge Permit/Existing Conditions. Any unpermitted user not required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit, who was discharging to the POTW prior to the effective date of this title, and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future, shall, within 30 days after the effective date of this title, apply to the Director of Utilities for a wastewater discharge permit in accordance with this title. The user shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW to continue after 30 days of the effective date of this section except in accordance with a wastewater discharge permit issued by the Director of Utilities. Permits issued by the Director of Utilities, pursuant to prior pretreatment requirements, shall remain valid for their stated terms or until terminated or amended pursuant to this title.
D. Wastewater Discharge Permit/New Connections. Any user who is required to obtain a wastewater discharge permit and who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW shall obtain such permits prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this wastewater discharge permit shall be filed a minimum of 60 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence. All new industrial users shall arrange for the Director of Utilities to conduct a walk-through site inspection of the user’s facilities during the 60-day period prior to connecting or contributing waste or wastewater to the City’s sewer system.
E. Regulation of Waste Received from Other Jurisdictions.
1. Any existing user located outside the Santa Rosa City limits and discharging into the subregional system shall submit a wastewater discharge permit application within 90 days of the effective date of this section, or in the case a valid permit exists and does not violate any part of this title, shall not have to reapply until the permit expiration date. New users located outside the City limits and discharging to the subregional system shall submit such applications to the Director of Utilities at least 60 days prior to any proposed discharge into the POTW.
2. Alternately, the Director of Utilities may enter into an agreement with the neighboring jurisdiction in which the user is located to provide for the implementation and enforcement of pretreatment program requirements against said users.
F. Wastewater Discharge Permit Application Contents. The Director of Utilities may require all users to submit either independently, or as part of an application, the following information:
1. Identifying Information. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner.
2. General Facility Description. SIC numbers, hours of operation, principal business activities, products produced and/or services provided at this facility, number and type of employees, and proposed or actual hours of operation.
3. Environmental Control Permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility including permitting agency, permit type, and identification number.
4. Description of Operations. Facilities and plant operations/processes, wastewater generating activities, type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day) and disposal methods, each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production, time(s), and duration of all process discharges.
5. Facility Layout. Facility layout including floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, process flow, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location and elevation and discharge locations.
6. Flow Measurement. Measured average and maximum daily flow, monthly average, and seasonal variations of wastewater flow rates in gallons per day to the City sewer system from regulated process streams and other streams as necessary to use the combined wastestream formula or flow weighted average formula.
7. Pollutant Measurement. Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any Federal, State, or local standards, or pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process; and nature and concentration (or mass if pretreatment standard requires) of regulated pollutants in each regulated process (daily maximum and average concentration or mass when required by a pretreatment standard). Sampling and analysis will be undertaken in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136.
8. Compliance Certification. A certification statement reviewed by an authorized representative of the user and certified by a qualified professional indicating 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 necessary for the user to meet pretreatment standards and requirements (40 CFR Part 403.12(b)(6)).
9. Other Information. Any other information as may be deemed by the Director of Utilities to evaluate the permit application. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the industrial user for revision.
G. Application Signatories and Certification. All wastewater discharge permit applications shall be signed by a responsible corporate officer, general partner, proprietor, or duly authorized representative of the user and contain the following certification statement (40 CFR Part 403.12(l) or as amended):
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
(40 CFR Part 403.6(a)(2)(ii) or as amended.)
H. Wastewater Discharge Permit Decisions. The Director of Utilities will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within 60 days of receipt of a complete wastewater discharge permit application, the Director of Utilities will determine whether or not to issue a wastewater discharge permit and the Director of Utilities may deny any application for a wastewater discharge permit. (Ord. 1078, 2015)