Sec. 28-45. Industrial user permit general requirements.
Industrial users may not cause, permit, or allow an industrial discharge without having first obtained a permit required by this chapter.
A. An industrial user must comply with all requirements and conditions of its permit.
B. Any new industrial user required to have an industrial discharge permit under this chapter must file an application with the Director at least 90 days prior to the discharge of industrial wastewater to the POTW.
C. Once an individual or general industrial permit is issued, no industrial user may:
1. Make any new or increased industrial discharge, or otherwise make any change in the nature of its industrial discharge(s) if such change will cause any new or increased industrial discharge, without first obtaining an amended permit;
2. Fail to give notice to the Department of not less than 90 days prior to any facility expansion, production increase, or process modifications that result or may result in new or increased discharges or a change in the nature of the discharge; or
3. Fail to give advance notice to the Department of any planned changes in the permitted facility or activity that may result in noncompliance with permit requirements.
D. Any currently permitted industrial user adding new or increased industrial discharges must file an application for an amended discharge permit with the Director 90 days prior to any facility expansion, production increase, or process modifications that result or may result in new or increased discharges or a change in the nature of the discharge.
E. At least 60 days prior to the expiration date of an individual or general industrial discharge permit, any permitted industrial user must file an application with the Director for renewal of the permit.
F. An industrial user must submit an application to the Director with information needed to issue, amend or renew an individual or general industrial discharge permit. The information required must include:
1. The name and address of the existing or prospective user, including the names of the operator and owner if different;
2. The contact information, description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises;
3. A description of operations, consisting of:
a. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production (including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate of production), and Standard Industrial Classifications of the operation(s);
b. Types of wastes generated, and a list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility that are, or could potentially be, discharged to the POTW;
c. Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and planned or actual hours of operation;
d. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
e. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation, and all points of discharge; and
f. A schematic process diagram that identifies points of discharge from the regulated process and disposal method for wastes not discharged to the POTW; and the location(s) of monitoring all wastes covered by the permit;
4. A request to be covered under a general permit pursuant to Section 28-45.2; and
5. A request for the Director’s approval of equivalent discharge limits pursuant to Section 28-45.3.
All permit applications submitted to the Director must contain the certification statement in Section 28-44(C)(1) signed by an authorized person per Section 28-44.1. (Ord. No. G-2489, § 4; Ord. No. G-3384, § 1; Ord. No. G-3662, § 1; Ord. No. G-4635, § 1i, 2004; Ord. No. G-6740, § 1, 2020)