El Segundo Municipal Code Ch. 4 Industrial Waste and Disposal

A. Permit Required: No person shall discharge any industrial waste into any City sewer or storm drain without first obtaining an industrial waste permit from the Public Works Director in the case of discharge to the sewer, and from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board in the case of discharge to the storm drain.

B. Industrial Waste Disposal By Landfill: If a person chooses to dispose of industrial waste material by hauling said material to an authorized disposal site, he shall apply for an industrial waste permit as provided herein.

C. Application For Permit: Applications for industrial waste permits shall be filed in writing with the Public Works Director and shall be supplemented by such additional information as he may require. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

D. Permit Fee: Applications for permits shall be accompanied by an application fee based on the nature of work required to process the permit, which shall be fixed and established from time to time by the City Council by resolution. (Ord. 1268, 3-18-1997)

A. Review: The Public Works Director shall review all applications for industrial waste permits to determine that the proposed discharge of waste will not violate any provision of this Title or State and Federal laws.

B. Action: Within thirty (30) days after the Public Works Director receives an application for an industrial waste permit, he shall, pursuant to this Title, grant or deny the permit and notify the applicant of the action taken. Such time limit may be extended by mutual agreement between the Public Works Director and the applicant. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

The Public Works Director, in granting a permit, may impose conditions consistent with the purpose of this Title, including, but not limited to, pretreatment of wastewater before discharge, restriction of peak flow discharges or of discharge of certain substances, limitation of discharge to certain hours, and payment of additional charges to defray increased costs to the City created by the discharge. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No industrial waste permit shall be granted if the proposed use of the public sewer may significantly affect the environment, unless the environmental review process has been completed pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act 1 . (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

Whenever the operators of the treatment facilities, through which effluent from the City's sewerage system is discharged, require any modification of the conditions or composition of the effluent, the Director of Public Works may impose conditions upon any industrial waste permit in order to conform with such requirements or may revoke or suspend any such industrial waste permit. When possible, the permit holder shall be allowed sixty (60) days after notice within which to comply with the conditions of the permit. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No person shall directly or indirectly discharge industrial waste into the City sewer system unless the Public Works Director has determined that the substance to be discharged will not violate the provisions of this Title or the water quality standards for receiving waters established by other government agencies. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

The fees established in Sections 12-4-8 and 12-4-9 of this Chapter shall be applicable to all sewer connections within the City and all sewer connections to the City's system, whether within or without the City, except that those portions of the City within the Los Angeles County South Bay Sanitation District or Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 5, shall not be subject to any of the fees set forth in the foregoing Sections, where a fee for similar service is imposed by the Los Angeles County South Bay Sanitation District or Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 5. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

Every person granted an industrial waste permit under this Title shall pay an annual fee to the City for inspection and control and such fee shall be fixed and established from time to time by the City Council by resolution. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Formula: Every person granted an industrial waste permit under this Title shall pay an annual quality surcharge fee for wastes discharged into the sanitary sewer system pursuant to the following formula:

C = V [a(SS-250) + b(BOD - 180)] k

where "C" is the quality surcharge fee;

"V" is the average daily volume of waste discharged in gallons, based on:

1. The volume of water supplied to the premises less an amount determined by the Public Works Director to account for water not discharged into the sanitary sewer system; or

2. The metered volume of waste discharged into the sanitary sewer system according to a measuring device approved by the Public Works Director; or

3. A figure determined by the Public Works Director based on any other equitable method;

"SS" is the suspended solids in the waste discharged, expressed in milligrams per liter;

"BOD" is the five (5) day biochemical oxygen demand of the waste discharged, expressed in milligrams per liter;

"a" is the cost assessed for each pound of suspended solids, and such cost shall be fixed and established from time to time by the City Council by resolution; presently $ 0.29/lb.

"b" is the cost assessed for each pound of biochemical oxygen demand, and such cost shall be fixed and established from time to time by the City Council by resolution; presently $0.11/lb.

"k" 365 x 8.34/1,000,000, a dimensional constant to convert C to dollars.

If the term containing SS or BOD is negative, a value of zero shall be used for that term.

SS and BOD analyses shall be made in accordance with "Standard Methods". In determining the annual quality surcharge fee, the Public Works Director may use industrial averages for SS and BOD values. The Public Works Director may group permit holders into discharge volume ranges. Where volume measurement at the premises of a permit holder is impractical for physical, economic or other reasons, these volume ranges may be used in establishing the quality surcharge fee. (Ord. 1237, 4-4-1995)

B. Appeal From Annual Quality Surcharge Fee: Any permit holder whose annual quality surcharge fee has been determined in the manner provided and who believes the discharge volume range applied to his premises is incorrect, may submit engineering data to the Public Works Director. If the Public Works Director finds the discharge of the permit holder differs significantly from the volume range which was applied, he may adjust the fee.

C. Review Of Annual Surcharge Fee: The Public Works Director shall annually review the rates assessed in subsection A of this Section for SS and BOD and make a written recommendation to the City Council concerning rate adjustments necessary to recover revenue from industrial waste dischargers to pay the cost to the City of treating sewer discharge in excess of domestic quality. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

An annual cost of treatment fee of from twenty five dollars ($25.00) to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a fee per unit of offending constituent as set by the Public Works Director shall be paid by permit holders who discharge wastes that impose unusual monitoring, maintenance, or capital costs on the City which are unrelated to total flow volume, SS or BOD, or peak flow rates. Such fees shall be calculated to defray costs attributable to such wastes. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

The annual inspection fee, quality surcharge fee, and the cost of treatment fee shall be paid annually in advance of one of four (4) dates as follows:

If The Permit Is Granted Between The Due Date Of The Annual Fee Shall Be

Jan. 1 and Mar. 31, inclusive April 1

April 1 and June 30, inclusive July 1

July 1 and Sept. 30, inclusive Oct. 1

Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, inclusive Jan. 1

(Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

If annual fees are not paid on or before the last day of the month in which they are due, an additional charge of twenty five percent (25%) of the required fees, but not less than ten dollars ($10.00), shall be imposed and become payable as part of the annual fees. If said fees and additional charges are not paid on or before thirty (30) days after the last day of the month in which said fees were due, the permit shall be revoked pursuant to Section 12-4-13 of this Chapter. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Authority: The Public Works Director shall suspend the permit of any permit holder who fails to comply with the conditions of his permit or any provision, rule, or regulation of this Title. Any person whose permit has been suspended shall immediately discontinue the discharge of industrial waste, and shall not resume such discharge or deposit until the permit has been reinstated. The Public Works Director shall revoke any permit suspended pursuant to this Section which is not reinstated within one year from the date of suspension.

B. Reinstatement Of Permit: The Public Works Director shall reinstate a suspended permit when all violations have been corrected and all new conditions have been met. Before any revoked permit is reissued, all delinquent fees and additional charges due and owing to the City shall be paid. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Successor In Interest: Permits issued under this Title shall be transferred to the successor in title or interest of the premises for which the permit was granted if the same business is continued and the successor files with the Public Works Director a written statement agreeing to comply with the conditions of the permit, pays an application fee, and provides satisfactory evidence of the transfer of title or interest.

B. Other Premises: Permits issued under this Title are not transferable from one location to another. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Origin Of Waste: The Public Works Director may require any person discharging or proposing to discharge industrial waste in a public sewer to furnish information respecting the origin and nature of such waste, and to provide and maintain facilities for sample collection and recording.

B. Measurements: Periodic measurements of flow rates, flow volumes, BOD and SS to determine the annual quality surcharge fee and such measurements of other constituents as required by the Public Works Director shall be made by industrial waste dischargers. Such sampling, analyses and flow measurements of industrial wastes shall be performed by a State certified independent laboratory; or by a laboratory of an industrial waste discharger approved by the Public Works Director; or by City personnel, at the discretion of the Public Works Director, upon written request of the discharger, and on condition that the discharger shall reimburse the City for all costs incurred by the City. Data from the laboratory of an industrial waste discharger shall be submitted only after verification by an administrative official of such discharger under penalty of perjury.

C. Analyses: All wastewater analyses shall be conducted according to the procedures stated in "Standard Methods". If no procedure is contained therein, the standard procedure of the industry or a method approved by the Public Works Director shall be used. Independent laboratories or the discharger performing tests shall furnish data on test methods or equipment as requested by the Public Works Director.

D. Rate And Volume: Dischargers making periodic measurements shall install at the control manhole or other location a calibrated fume, weir, flow meter or similar device approved by the Public Works Director to measure the wastewater flow rate and volume. A flow indicating and recording register may be required by the Public Works Director.

E. Records Of Water Use: In lieu of wastewater flow measurement, the Public Works Director may accept records of water use and adjust the flow volumes by suitable factors to determine peak and average flow rates.

F. Inspection: Sampling analysis and flow measurement procedures and equipment shall be subject at any time to inspection by the Public Works Director. Industrial plants with large fluctuations in quality and quantity of wastewater may be required to provide sampling, analysis, and flow measurement data for each work day.

G. Monitor And Alarm System: Industries producing a discharge with a fluctuating pH shall install a continuous pH monitor and alarm system to alert the discharger of any discharge with a pH higher than eleven (11) or lower than five and five-tenths (5.5). The discharger shall maintain the records of the monitoring system, incidents of discharge contrary to the permissible limits and corrective and preventive measures implemented. These records shall be available for inspection by the authorized City representative at all times.

H. Chemical Containers Identified: Tanks and containers for chemicals or other substances that might by process, leakage or spillage reach the City sewer shall be plainly identified by number and contents.

I. Random Measurements: Public Works Director shall make measurements on a random basis to verify the constituents or quantities of waste flows reported by industrial dischargers. Additional City costs resulting from violations shall be paid by the discharger.

J. Discharger Report: Dischargers shall furnish a report to the Public Works Director concerning the disposal of industrial wastes which the Public Works Director has prohibited from discharge into the City sewer system. The report shall include the date of the disposal, tanks or containers emptied, name of the disposal agency, and signed receipt. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

Food wastes processed or ground by grinders with a rated horsepower of one horsepower or more are industrial wastes and subject to the provisions of this Title. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No person without specific authorization from the Public Works Director shall discharge into a public sewer any industrial waste having a temperature greater than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140°F). (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)