14.08.050 Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits.
(A) Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits. All significant industrial users proposing to connect or to discharge into the POTW must obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into the POTW.
(B) Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit Application. Significant Industrial Users seeking an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall complete and file with the Director, an application in the form prescribed by the Director, and accompanied by the applicable fees. The applicant shall be required to submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, any or all of the following information:
(1) Name, address and Standard Industrial Classification or North American Industrial Classification System number of the applicant including the name of the operator and owner(s);
(2) Volume of wastewater to be discharged;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics including, but not limited to, those mentioned in Section 14.08.130, as determined by a laboratory certified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment;
(4) Time and duration of discharge;
(5) Average and thirty (30) minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
(6) Description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises, including all materials, processes and types of materials which are or could be discharged;
(7) A list of any environmental permits held by or for the facility;
(8) 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;
(9) Any other information as may be deemed by the Director to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The Director will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, an on-site inspection of the waste discharge system, other systems relating to the waste discharge system, treatment systems, and other related areas of the facility may be required. The Director may require a compliance schedule or graduated timetable for improvements or installation of equipment for obtaining better wastewater quality or achieving established standards. The standards, schedules or timetables may be stated specifically in the permit or a separate written agreement between the City and the user. Failure to meet the standards, schedules or timetables stated therein can result in immediate revocation of the industrial wastewater discharge permit. The Director may deny any application for an individual wastewater discharge permit.
(C) Permit Conditions. Industrial wastewater discharge permits shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter and all other regulations, user charges and fees established by the City. The conditions of industrial wastewater discharge permits shall be uniformly enforced by the Director. Permits may contain the following:
(1) The average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics;
(2) Limits on rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(3) Requirements for installation of inspection and sampling facilities;
(4) Pretreatment requirements;
(5) Specifications for monitoring programs, which may include sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests and reporting schedules. Sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in the Standard Methods and in 40 CFR, Part 136 and amendments thereto. If 40 CFR, Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, or where the EPA determines that the 40 CFR, Part 136 sampling and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses shall be performed by using validated analytical methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures suggested by the Director or other parties approved by EPA;
(6) Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports;
(7) Requirements for maintaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge and affording the Director access and right to copy thereto;
(8) Mean and maximum mass emission rates, or other limits which incompatible pollutants (as defined herein) are proposed or present in the user’s wastewater discharge;
(9) Compliance schedules;
(10) Requirements for disposal of sludges, floatables and skimmings;
(11) Requirements for amended application if discharge is significantly changed;
(12) Requirements to control slug discharges if determined by the Director to be necessary. If the Director determines that a slug control plan is needed, the plan shall contain at a minimum the following elements:
(a) Description of discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges;
(b) Description of stored chemicals;
(c) Procedures for immediately notifying the POTW of slug discharges, including any discharge that would violate a prohibition under Section 14.08.120 (40 CFR, Part 403.5(b)), with procedures for follow-up written notification within five (5) days;
(13) Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the Director to ensure compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 22-42 § 38, 2022; Ord. 92-22 § 2, 1992; Ord. 84-105 § 1, 1984.)