13.12.170 Permit application.
Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the city an application in the form prescribed by the city, and accompanied by a fee as stated in PMC 13.12.140(A). Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 60 days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least 30 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
A. Name, address, and location (if different from the address);
B. SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
C. Projected wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in PMC 13.12.040 through 13.12.110 as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part 136, as amended;
D. Time and duration of contribution;
E. Projected average daily and three-minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any;
F. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation. Such plans shall be in compliance with all National Plumbing and Building Codes enforced by the city at time of application;
G. Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials which are or could be discharged;
H. Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any city, 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&M and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;
I. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest 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 standard.
The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
1. 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 standards (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
2. No increment referred to in subsection (I)(1) of this section shall exceed nine months.
3. No later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the superintendent including, as a minimum, whether or not it 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. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the superintendent;
J. Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of production;
K. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
L. Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
M. Any other information as may be deemed by the city to be necessary to evaluate the permit application. The city will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the city may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to the terms and conditions provided herein. (Ord. 234 § 4.2.2, 1980)