Lincoln Municipal Code Art. VIII Individual Wastewater Discharge Permits

When requested by the city, a user must submit information on the nature and characteristics of its wastewater within 30 days of the request. The public works director is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require users to update this information.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

(a) No significant industrial user shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit from the city, except that a significant industrial user that has filed a timely application pursuant to Section 13.08.834 may continue to discharge for the duration specified therein.

(b) The public works director may require other users to obtain individual wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(c) Any violation of the terms and conditions of an individual wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in Articles XIV and XV of this chapter. Obtaining an individual wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state, and local law.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who was discharging wastewater into the POTW prior to the effective date of this chapter and who wishes to continue such discharges in the future, shall, within 60 days after said date, apply to the city for an individual wastewater discharge permit in accordance with Section 13.08.838, and shall not cause or allow discharges to the POTW to continue after 90 days of the effective date of the provisions of this chapter except in accordance with an individual wastewater discharge permit issued by the city.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

Any user required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW must obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. An application for this individual wastewater discharge permit, in accordance with Section 13.08.838, must be filed at least 90 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

(a) All users required to obtain an individual wastewater discharge permit must submit a permit application. The public works director may require users to submit all or some of the following information as part of a permit application:

(1) Identifying information.

a. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner.

b. Contact information, description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises;

(2) Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.

(3) Description of operations.

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) carried out by such user. This description should include a schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes.

b. Types of wastes generated, and a list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally be, discharged to the POTW;

c. Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and proposed 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;

(4) Time and duration of discharges;

(5) The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the permit;

(6) Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula set out in Section 13.08.812(d) (40 CFR 403.6(e))

(7) Measurement of pollutants.

a. The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and any new categorically regulated processes for existing sources.

b. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the public works director, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process.

c. Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported.

d. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 13.08.876. Where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the public works director or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard.

e. Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 13.08.878.

(8) Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the public works director to evaluate the permit application.

(b) Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

(a) All wastewater discharge permit applications, user reports and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the user and contain the certification statement in Section 13.08.882.

(b) If the designation of an authorized representative is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the user, a new written authorization satisfying the requirements of this section must be submitted to the public works director prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)

The public works director will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within 30 days of receipt of a complete permit application, the public works director will determine whether to issue an individual wastewater discharge permit. The public works director may deny any application for an individual wastewater discharge permit.

(Ord. No. 992B, § 1, 6-25-2019)