Red Bluff Municipal Code Div. 6 Reporting Requirements

Within either 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under Title 40 CFR Part 403.6(a)(4), whichever is later, existing categorical users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the city the information listed herein. At least 90 days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources and sources that become categorical users subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable categorical standard, shall submit to the city the information listed herein. A new source shall report the method of pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable categorical standards. A new source also shall give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants to be discharged.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

The following conditions shall apply to the compliance schedule required hereby:

(A) The schedule shall contain progress increments 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; (Such events include, but are not limited to hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contractor major components, commencing and completing construction and beginning and conducting routine operation.)

(B) No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;

(C) The user shall submit a progress report to the city no later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule; and

(D) In no event shall more than nine months elapse between the progress reports to the city.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

(A) All significant industrial users shall be subject to periodic sampling and analysis of their discharge by the city.

(B) Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure of a user to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the user to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.

(C) Any user found to be in violation of discharge requirements shall be subject to fines and all costs for monitoring and correction of the problem.

(D) Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports that are not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the U.S. Postal Service, the date of receipt of the report shall govern.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

Each user must notify the city of any planned significant change to the user’s operations or system that might alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater at least 30 days before the change.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

(A) In the case of any discharge, including, but not limited to accidental discharges, discharges of a non-routine, episodic nature, a non-customary batch discharge or a slug load, that may cause potential problems for the POTW, the user shall immediately telephone and notify the city of the incident. This notification shall include the location of the discharge, type of waste, concentration and volume, if known, and corrective actions taken by the user.

(B) (1) Within five days following the discharge, the user shall, unless waived by the city, submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences.

(2) The notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss, damage or other liability that may be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW, natural resources or any other damage to person or property; nor shall the notification relieve the user of any fines, penalties or other liability that may be imposed pursuant to this article.

(C) A notice shall be permanently posted on the user’s bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees whom to call in the event of a discharge described in division (A) above. Employers shall ensure that all employees, who may cause a discharge to occur, are advised of the emergency notification procedure.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

If sampling performed by a user indicates a violation, the user must notify the city within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the city within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as part of a wastewater discharge permit application or report shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in Title 40 CFR Part 136 unless otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. If Title 40 CFR Part 136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures approved by EPA.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)

Users subject to the reporting requirements contained herein shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this article and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of the requirements. Records shall include the date, exact place, method and time of sampling and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results of the analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least three years. This period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the city, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the city.

(Ord. 920, passed 11-7-2000)