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A. Duration (Term). Wastewater discharge approvals (including wastewater discharge permits and conditional discharge authorization letters) shall be issued by the director for a specified time period, not to exceed five years, and shall indicate a specific date upon which they will expire. Wastewater discharge approvals may be extended or renewed by the director on his or her own initiative or upon application by the user.

B. Conditions. Wastewater discharge approvals shall include such conditions as are reasonably deemed necessary by the director to prevent pass through or interference, protect the quality of the water body receiving the treatment plant’s effluent, protect worker health and safety, facilitate sludge management and disposal, protect against damage to the collection system and the POTW, and ensure compliance with this chapter. Conditions of an authorization may include, but shall not be limited to, discharge limitations and standards, spill control measures, accidental spill prevention plans, slug control plans, monitoring requirements, maintenance requirements, installation of monitoring equipment, recordkeeping requirements, reporting requirements, federal and state requirements, installation of sampling sites, flow restrictions, engineering reports, solvent management plans, implementation of BMPs, and special studies to evaluate discharge limits or compliance status.

C. Wastewater discharge permits shall contain the following conditions (at the director’s discretion, such conditions may also be included in any conditional discharge authorization letter):

1. A statement that indicates wastewater discharge permit duration, which in no event shall exceed five years, subject to extension and/or renewal by the director;

2. A statement that the wastewater discharge permit is nontransferable without prior notification to and approval from the director, and provisions for furnishing the new owner or operator with a copy of the existing wastewater discharge permit;

3. Applicable pretreatment standards and requirements, including any special state or EPA requirements. These may include but are not limited to effluent limits, flow regulation or equalization, best management practices, and requirements to apply AKART;

4. Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification, submittal of technical reports, compliance schedules, implementation of BMPs, and recordkeeping requirements. These requirements shall include an identification of pollutants to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, and sample type based on federal, state, and local law;

5. Requirement for immediate notification to the director where self-monitoring results indicate noncompliance;

6. Requirement to report a bypass or the upset of a pretreatment facility;

7. Requirement for the significant industrial user who reports noncompliance to repeat the sampling and analysis and submit results to the director within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation;

8. A statement of applicable civil, criminal, and administrative penalties for violation of pretreatment standards and requirements, and any applicable compliance schedule.

D. Wastewater discharge approvals may contain, but need not be limited to, the following conditions:

1. Fees and charges to be paid upon initial permit issuance. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the management of the wastewater discharged to the POTW;

2. Limits on the average and/or maximum rate of discharge, time of discharge, constituents and characteristics and/or requirements for flow regulation and equalization;

3. Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology, pollution control, or construction of appropriate containment devices, designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the introduction of pollutants into the treatment works;

4. Requirements for the development and implementation of spill control plans or other special conditions including management practices necessary to adequately prevent accidental, unanticipated, or routine discharges. Requirements for reporting the occurrence of a spill or slug load;

5. Development and implementation of waste minimization plans to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to the POTW;

6. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and/or sampling facilities and equipment;

7. A statement that compliance with the wastewater discharge approval does not relieve the permittee of responsibility for compliance with all applicable federal and state pretreatment standards, including those that become effective during the term of the wastewater discharge approval;

8. Any special agreements the director chooses to continue or develop between the city and user. Special conditions as the director may reasonably require under particular circumstances, including, but not limited to, sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number of samples, sample types, and standards for tests and reporting schedule;

9. Requirements to pay charges or fees for discharge to the POTW including high strength charges;

10. Any monitoring/activity which has been conditionally waived by the director per Articles II and V of this chapter, and/or any monitoring which has been conditionally waived by the director according to BMC 15.14.052(E), but which automatically applies at any time the conditions of the waiver are not met. In the event that a waived pollutant is found to be present or is expected to be present based on changes that occur in the user’s operation, the user must immediately notify the director;

11. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the director to ensure compliance with this chapter, and state and federal laws, rules and regulations;

12. Requirement for submission of special technical reports or discharge reports not otherwise prescribed by this chapter.

E. Inspection. The permit shall indicate whether city inspection is required to ensure compliance with the wastewater discharge approval prior to commencement of discharge to the POTW. [Ord. 2020-07-016 § 1; Ord. 2019-11-032 § 1].