Redwood City Municipal Code § 27.30 Reports

Reports required to be submitted pursuant to permits issued under this Chapter, Authority's regulations or otherwise required by, or implementive of, the Act, including, but not limited to, compliance schedule progress reports, reports on compliance with categorical deadlines, periodic compliance reports, notice of changed discharge reports, and reports from noncategorical industrial users, shall conform to pertinent provisions of such permits, these regulations, or other requirements of law, and shall be submitted in accordance with applicable filing requirements, including, but not limited to, deadlines.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

In addition to all other reports which may be required to be submitted by a user, upon a determination by Authority's Manager, or City's Director, that such information is necessary or appropriate for them reasonably to carry out their respective duties and to exercise their respective authority under this Chapter or Authority's regulations, each or either of them may require that any person discharging, causing to be discharged, permitting to be discharged, or proposing to discharge wastewater into the sewerage facilities shall file a periodic discharge report, the cost of which shall be borne by such person. Such report may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, information relating to the nature of manufacturing, fabricating, or other processes, fresh or non-wastewater volumes, wastewater volumes, rates of flow, mass emission rates, production quantities, hours of operation, number and classification of employees, or other information relating to the generation of waste, including wastewater constituents and characteristics of the pertinent wastewater discharge. Authority's Manager or City's Director may also require that such reports include chemical constituents and quantity of liquid or gaseous materials stored on the premises relating to such discharge, even though such materials are not normally discharged into, or become a part of the wastewater in, the sewerage facilities.

Such reports shall be in addition to self-monitoring reports, information furnished in connection with wastewater discharge permits, or other permits authorized under these regulations. The reports authorized and required under this Section shall be filed with Authority's Manager or City's Director periodically and/or at such other times as either of them may reasonably require.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Baseline and Monitoring Reports, 90 Day Compliance Reports, and Periodic Reports an Continued Compliance (as said reports are defined and described in subdivisions (b), (d) and (e) of section 403.12 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations), and such other reports as may be specified by Authority's Manager, shall be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user, or other user or other person required to submit such report. An authorized representative may be:

A. A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user, other user or other person submitting such report is a corporation;

B. A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user, other user, or other person submitting such report is a partnership or sole proprietorship, respectively; or

C. A duly authorized representative of the individual designated in A or B above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facility with respect to which such report pertains.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Reports required to be submitted pursuant to permits issued under this Chapter, Authority's regulations, or otherwise required by regulations implementive thereof, shall, unless otherwise specified by Authority's Manager, include the following certification of the signatory thereto:

I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for gathering the information, or the person or persons who has or have knowledge of the substance of the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of a fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

No significant industrial user shall connect to, or discharge waste or wastewater into, the sewerage facilities without first obtaining a wastewater discharge permit therefor. No significant industrial user, or other user discharging, or proposing to discharge wastewater having characteristics or quantities equivalent to that of a significant industrial user whose premises are connected to the sewerage facilities upon the effective date of these regulations shall discharge wastewater into the sewerage facilities on or after ninety (90) days after such effective date without a wastewater discharge permit therefor.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

A wastewater discharge permit may be issued to any user, upon application therefor, who a) requests that charges and fees established pursuant to this Chapter or Authority's regulations be based upon an estimated volume of wastewater discharged, or to be discharged, into the sewerage facilities, or b) establishes to the satisfaction of Authority's Manager that wastewater proposed to be discharged from such user's premises into the sewerage facilities has, or will have, wastewater strength characteristics less than the normal range for the user classification to which such user is assigned, by reason of pretreatment, process changes, or other factors affecting such wastewater constituents and characteristics, or c) requests or requires a permit pursuant to the provisions of Sections 27.10B, 27.11 or 27.14.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Applications for mandatory permits required under Section 27.31.1 shall be made to Authority's Manager in writing in such form as Authority's Manager shall require, and shall set forth the following:

A. The name and address of the applicant/user and the business name or other designation by which the premises or facility located thereon to which the application pertains is known, the address of said premises or facility (if different than the name and address of the applicant), and the name or names of the manager or other person in charge of said facility or premises;

B. A list of any environmental control permits held by the applicant for the facility or premises;

C. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classification of the operation(s) carried out by the applicant;

D. Flow measurement showing average daily and maximum daily flow from each process stream to which the application pertains;

E. Wastewater constituents and characteristics of the wastewater proposed to be discharged into the sewerage facilities, including, but not limited to, those categories thereof described in Sections 27.11, 27.12, and 27.13, the presence and amount of which shall be determined by a laboratory competent to test and describe such constituents and characteristics, and approved by Authority's Manager;

F. The time and duration of the proposed wastewater discharge;

G. The average and thirty (30) minute peak wastewater flow rates proposed to be discharged, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any;

H. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, in detail necessary or appropriate to show and to describe all building sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation;

I. A description of the activities, facilities, and plant processes conducted, or proposed to be conducted on the premises, including, but not necessarily limited to, all materials manufactured, fabricated, or processed, and the types of materials which are or could be discharged into the sewerage facilities;

J. Identification of pretreatment standards applicable to each process;

K. A statement, reviewed by an authorized representative of the applicant and certified by a qualified professional, stating whether categorical standards are being or will be met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance and/or additional pretreatment is required for the applicant to meet such standards and requirements;

L. Requirements, if any, for additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance in order to meet categorical standards and the shortest schedule by which the applicant will provide such additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance (the completion date in said schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for any applicable categorical standard);

M. Such other information deemed necessary by Authority's Manager to determine the effect upon the sewerage facilities of the proposed discharge or activities related thereto, or otherwise reasonably necessary to enable Authority's Manager or the City's Director, to carry out the provisions of these regulations, or any other requirements of law.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Applications for wastewater discharge permits which may be issued pursuant to Sections 27.10B, 27.11, 27.14 and 27.31.2, shall be made to Authority's Manager in writing in such form as Authority's Manager shall require and shall set forth the following:

A. The name and address of the applicant/user and the business name (if applicable) or other designation by which the premises or facility located thereon to which the application pertains is known, the address of said premises or facility (if different than the name and address of the applicant), and the name or names of the manager or other person in charge of said facility or premises;

B. The time and duration of the proposed wastewater discharge;

C. A description of the activities, facilities or other operations pertaining to the proposed discharge including, but not necessarily limited to, types of materials which are or could be discharged into the sewerage facilities;

D. Such other information deemed necessary by Authority's Manager to determine the effect upon the sewerage facilities of the proposed discharge or activities related thereto, or otherwise reasonably necessary to enable Authority's Manager or the City's Director, to carry out the provisions of these regulations, or any other requirements of law.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Applications for permits shall be signed by the persons designated in Section 27.30.3 (pertaining to signatories for certain reports) and shall contain the certification specified in Section 27.30.4 (pertaining to certification for certain reports).

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Upon evaluation and approval of all pertinent data and information, Authority's Manager shall issue a wastewater discharge permit, subject to the consent of City's Director, and further subject to terms and conditions required or authorized under the provisions of this Chapter or Authority's regulations, and deemed necessary or appropriate by Authority's Manager or City's Director, as the case may be, to carry out the purposes and intent of this Chapter or Authority's regulations.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Wastewater discharge permits authorized under this Chapter and Authority's regulations shall be subject to all applicable provisions and requirements thereof, this Chapter and to all other applicable requirements of law.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Permits authorized under this Chapter and Authority's regulations may include any or all of the following:

A. The unit charge or schedule of charges and fees for the service and use of the sewerage facilities to be paid by the permittee, and the terms and conditions of such payment;

B. The allowable average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics thereof permitted to be discharged into the sewerage facilities;

C. Limitations upon time and rate of wastewater discharge, or requirements for flow regulations and equalization thereof;

D. Requirements for the installation of inspection, sampling or testing facilities;

E. Pretreatment requirements;

F. Specifications for monitoring programs which may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, sampling locations, frequency and method of sampling, number, types and standards for tests, and reporting schedule;

G. Requirements for submission of technical reports or wastewater discharge reports;

H. Requirements for maintaining, for not less than three (3) years, plant records relating to the wastewater discharge as specified by Authority's Manager and providing for access thereto of Authority's Manager or City's Director, including provisions pursuant to which such records shall be made available for copying and inspection by Authority's Manager or City's Director;

I. The mean and maximum mass emission rates, or other appropriate limits when incompatible pollutants are proposed to be discharged into, or are present in, the permittee's Wastewater discharge;

J. Requirements for submission, prior to closure or abandonment of the permittee's facilities, of a closure plan detailing the means by which the permittee's sanitary facilities, including pretreatment facilities, shall be secured upon such closure or abandonment; and

K. Such other conditions, requirements, or provisions deemed appropriate by Authority's Manager or City's Director to ensure compliance with the provisions of Authority's regulations, or this Chapter, or other requirements of law.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Wastewater discharge permits authorized under Authority's regulations and this Chapter shall be effective for the period described therein, but in any event, for no longer than five (5) years from the date of issuance. The period specified in a permit may be less than a year, may be expressed in years, or may specify a date of expiration.

Upon expiration of the express term of a wastewater discharge permit, the term thereof shall be deemed renewed automatically for successive one year periods, the first of which shall commence upon the day next following the last day of the express term; provided, however, that in the event Authority's Manager gives written notice to the permittee of the termination or expiration of the permit not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the express term thereof, or prior to the expiration of any successive one year term thereof, then a new permit shall be required subject to the provisions of Authority's regulations and this Chapter.

Every permit shall be subject to modification, amendment or other revision during the term thereof by Authority's Manager with the concurrence of City's Director, as determined necessary by Authority's Manager and said City's Director in order to obtain compliance by the user with the requirements of Authority's regulations, this Chapter or other requirements of law. To the extent practicable, Authority's Manager shall give written notice to a permittee of any proposed modification, amendment or revision not less than thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such modification, amendment or revision. To the extent reasonably necessary or appropriate, Authority's Manager may specify a reasonable time schedule for compliance with any new conditions, provisions, or requirements established by modification, amendment or revision to a permit.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Wastewater discharge permits shall be personal to each permittee, and shall relate only to the use or operation described therein. No person shall assign, reassign, sell, lease, sublet, or otherwise transfer a wastewater discharge permit, or any interest therein, to any person other than the permittee, or use, cause to be used, or permit to be used, such permit in connection with a different premises, or a different operation than that specified in the permit, or with a new, expanded, or modified operation.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Authority's Manager may require a user to construct, operate, and maintain, at the user's own expense, monitoring, sampling or metering facilities or other equipment to allow inspection, sampling, and flow measurement of the user's building sewer, or internal drainage systems, or waste or wastewater discharges. Such monitoring, sampling, or metering facilities or equipment shall be located on the user's premises; provided, however, that Authority's Manager may allow such equipment or facility to be constructed upon public property adjacent to the user's premises upon a determination by Authority's Manager, with the concurrence of the City's Director that location of such equipment or facilities upon the user's premises would be impracticable or cause unnecessary or undue hardship. In the event that Authority's Manager makes the foregoing determination with the concurrence of City's Director, and the public property upon which such facilities or equipment are proposed to be constructed or installed are outside City's boundaries, the user shall obtain permission for such installation or construction, and for the maintenance and operation of such facilities or equipment, from the governmental agency which owns or exercises managerial control over such property.

Monitoring, sampling, or metering facilities or equipment to be provided, installed, maintained and operated pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be so situated, constructed and installed as to permit safe and immediate access thereto by Authority's Manager; provided, however, that Authority's Manager may, at the option of the user, secure such equipment or facilities with a lock furnished by Authority's Manager, at the expense of the user. The user shall provide sufficient space, as determined by Authority's Manager, at or near such equipment or facilities so as to allow ready and accurate monitoring, sampling, and compositing of samples for analysis. Such equipment and facilities, and the sampling and measuring equipment to be maintained and operated in connection therewith, shall be so maintained and operated at all times in a safe and proper condition, by and at the expense of the user.

Monitoring, sampling or metering equipment or facilities to be furnished pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be provided in accordance with all reasonable requirements of Authority's Manager relating thereto, and all applicable construction standards and specifications of the City. Installation and construction of such facilities or equipment shall be completed within ninety (90) days following written notification requiring such installation or construction from Authority's Manager; provided, however, that Authority's Manager may, at his or her discretion, extend the time of performance of such installation or construction.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Authority's Manager is hereby authorized to inspect the premises, and inspect and copy the records, of any user at all reasonable times to ascertain whether such user is in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, or the provisions of any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter or Authority's regulations. Owners or occupants of premises where wastewater is created, held or discharged shall allow Authority's Manager ready access at all such reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspecting the facilities and appurtenances thereon, inspecting and copying records, sampling, monitoring, or performing any or all of the duties reasonably necessary or appropriate in carrying out or enforcing the provisions of this Chapter and Authority's regulation, or any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter or Authority's regulations. Authority's Manager shall further have the right to install and use on the user's premises such devices as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to conduct sampling, metering or monitoring operations or other of the aforesaid duties. In the event a user has established security measures requiring identification and clearance prior to entry onto such user's premises, the user shall furnish and provide such identification or clearance to Authority's Manager so as to permit ready access of Authority's Manager to the Premises for the purposes described in this Section.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Pretreatment of wastes or wastewater shall be furnished by every user on the user's premises when such waste or wastewater, prior to pretreatment, does not comply with the minimum acceptable requirements and criteria therefor for discharge into the sewerage facilities as set forth in Article II. Such pretreatment facilities shall be provided and maintained at the user's expense, and shall be of sufficient design and capacity to pretreat waste or wastewater discharged from the premises into the sewerage facilities to a level meeting such minimum requirements, and such other requirements established by Authority's Manager reasonably necessary or appropriate for the sewerage facilities to treat adequately such waste or wastewater under normal operating and treatment conditions.

Prior to the installation of pretreatment facilities, plans and specifications therefor shall be submitted to Authority's Manager, together with such data and descriptive material relating to the waste or wastewater prior to, and after such proposed pretreatment as Authority's Manager may require, in order that Authority's Manager may ascertain the wastewater constituents and characteristics and volume of the wastewater discharge after pretreatment. The user shall make such modifications, amendments or revisions to said plans and specifications as Authority's Manager may reasonably require in order that the provisions of this Chapter or Authority's regulations, or any permit issued, or to be issued pursuant thereto, shall be complied with. Upon approval of such plans and specifications by Authority's Manager, the user may proceed with the construction of the pretreatment facilities in conformance therewith; provided, however, that such approval shall not be deemed to waive or modify any other requirement of this Chapter or Authority's regulations, or of any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter or Authority's regulations, or of any other requirements of law.

Approval of plans and specifications of pretreatment facilities pursuant to this Section shall not relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying such pretreatment facilities as necessary to produce effluent therefrom complying with all pertinent provisions of this Chapter and Authority's regulations, or any permit issued pursuant thereto, or any other requirements of law. Any proposed cessation of use, or alteration, modification, or other change to approved pretreatment facilities or any portion thereof, or any change in method of operation thereof, shall be reported to Authority's Manager prior to commencement thereof, and shall be subject to the approval of Authority's Manager. Such approval may be withheld, granted, or granted subject to such terms, conditions, or requirements as Authority's Manager may reasonably require in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter or Authority's regulations, or any permit issued pursuant thereto.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

Every user shall provide protective measures against accidental or unauthorized discharges of prohibited wastes, wastewater constituents or characteristics, or volumes into the sewerage facilities as set forth in Article II, or Authority's Regulations or as may be otherwise set forth in any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter or Authority's regulations. Such measures shall consist of operational or other procedures and/or facilities as determined reasonably necessary or appropriate by Authority's Manager. All costs of such measures shall be borne by the user.

Authority's Manager may specify standard procedures and/or facilities for each classification of user, and, to the extent so specified, he or she is hereby authorized and directed to require the institution and use of such procedures, and the installation and construction of such facilities for each such classification. Alternatively, Authority's Manager may require any user to propose such procedures and/or facilities, which proposals shall be submitted to Authority's Manager for review, with such supporting plans, specifications, data, explanations, or other matters as may reasonably be required by Authority's Manager in order to ascertain the effectiveness of the procedures and/or facilities proposed. Authority's Manager may require such revisions, amendments, modifications, or other changes to such proposals, or approve, or reject the same, as Authority's Manager deems reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that such proposals ensure protection against accidental or unauthorized discharge.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

All information and data furnished by, or regarding the operations of, a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits, monitoring programs, inspections, or from other sources provided or required under the provisions of this Chapter or Authority's regulations shall be available to the public or other governmental agencies without restriction unless the user requests in writing that such information be maintained confidential, and establishes to the satisfaction of Authority's Manager that the disclosure of the information to other persons would result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the user; provided, however, that in no event shall wastewater constituents and characteristics, or volumes be deemed confidential information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, information approved by Authority's Manager as confidential shall be available for use by the City, the Authority, the State, the Federal government, or any official or agency of said entities, in connection with enforcement proceedings, or any judicial proceedings to which the user is a party.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)

The provisions of these regulations shall not be deemed a limitation upon the Authority or the City to enter into agreements, and to recover costs relating thereto, with any user relating to treatment, pretreatment or other matters in furtherance of the provisions of this Chapter or Authority's regulations and the purposes thereof, and not inconsistent therewith, when unique, unusual or extraordinary circumstances require such special agreements; provided, however, that no such agreement shall authorize an extension of the final dates for compliance with required Federal standards nor waive such standards.

(Ord. No. 2065, § 2, 8-16-93)