13.13.603 Permit application.
Users required to obtain a Permit for Industrial Wastewater Discharge shall complete and file with the POTW an application in the form prescribed by the POTW and accompanied by a fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council. Application shall be made at least ninety (90) days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the users shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
1. Name, address, and location of discharge (if different from the business address or the business license address).
2. SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended.
3. Wastewater quantity and quality. Quality characteristics include, but are not limited to, those mentioned in Section13.13.202. as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 204(h) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 135, as amended.
4. Time(s) and duration of discharge.
5. Average daily and peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any.
6. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by size, location and elevation. If deemed necessary by the POTW, such plans shall provide for separate systems for handling sanitary and industrial wastewater.
7. Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises, including all materials which are or could be discharged.
8. Where known, the quantity and specific nature of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any POTW, 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 O and M and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable Pretreatment Standards.
9. If additional pretreatment and/or O and M will be required to meet the Pretreatment Standards, the schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment requirements.
The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
a. 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 requirements.
b. No increment referred to in paragraph (1) shall exceed nine (9) months.
c. 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 POTW Manager including, as a minimum, whether or not the user 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.
10. Any other information as required by the POTW to evaluate the permit application.
After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the POTW may issue a wastewater discharge permit.