Sec. 28-44.5. Industrial use reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
A. In addition to the other requirements imposed by this chapter, each industrial user who discharges an industrial discharge into the sewer system must:
1. Maintain a continuous discharge record that clearly identifies the:
a. Dates and times of all industrial discharges; and
b. Nature, concentration(s), and volume(s) of all such discharges;
2. Fully comply with this section if the results of the user’s self-monitoring wastewater analysis indicate a violation has occurred:
a. Inform the Director of the violation; and
b. Repeat the wastewater sampling and pollutant analysis and submit in writing the results of the repeat analysis within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation, unless the Director requires it sooner.
B. All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with Section 28-44.1.
C. All wastewater samples must be representative of the user’s discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities must 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 is not grounds for the user to claim that sample results are not representative of its discharge.
D. 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 Director, using the procedures prescribed in Section 28-44.4, the results of this monitoring must be included in the report.
E. Users subject to the reporting requirements in this chapter must retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this chapter, any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements, and documentation associated with best management practices.
1. Records must include:
a. The date, exact place, method, and time of sampling;
b. The name of the person(s) taking the samples;
c. The dates analyses were performed;
d. Who performed the analyses;
e. The analytical techniques or methods used; and
f. The results of such analyses.
2. Records must remain available for a period of at least three years. This period will be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or City, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Director.
F. The following reporting requirements apply to industrial users that must submit compliance schedules:
1. The schedule must contain progress increments 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 standards (such events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting routine operation);
2. No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;
3. The user must submit a progress report to the Director no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule; and
4. In no event may more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the Director. (Ord. No. G-6740, § 1, 2020)