15.52.030 Sewer use permit application.
Users required to obtain any form of a sewer use permit shall complete and file with the city a permit application accompanied by the application fees. Proposed new industrial users shall apply, at a minimum, sixty days prior to connecting to or contributing to the community sewers and the POTW. Applicants for other forms of sewer use permits, including minor industrial users, shall apply, at a minimum, thirty days prior to contributing wastes to the community sewer system. Applicants for an industrial user permit may be required to submit, in units and terms appropriate for the evaluation, but not limited to, the following information:
A. Name, address and user classification number (SIC) of the applicant.
B. Water sources, meter numbers and locations, and volume used from each source.
C. Volume of wastewater to be discharged.
D. Wastewater constituents and characteristics including but not limited to those mentioned in these regulations as verified by a certified laboratory.
E. Time and duration of discharge.
F. Average and maximum wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any.
G. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation.
H. Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on the premises including all materials, processes and types of material which are or could be discharged.
I. Each product produced by type, amount and rate of production.
J. Number and type of employees, and hours of work.
K. Industrial users of the POTW shall design, construct, operate, and maintain wastewater pretreatment facilities when necessary to reduce or modify the user’s wastewater composition to achieve compliance with the limitations in wastewater strength set forth in Chapter 15.48, to meet applicable pretreatment standards, to prevent slug discharges or to meet any other wastewater condition or limitation contained in the industrial user’s wastewater discharge permit.
L. If applicable, plans and specifications for wastewater monitoring and pretreatment facilities shall be prepared, signed, dated, and sealed by a California professional registered engineer, and be submitted to the city for review in accordance with accepted engineering practices. Prior to beginning construction of a monitoring or pretreatment facility, the user shall submit a set of construction plans to be maintained by the department of water resources and conservation. Prior to beginning construction, the industrial user shall also secure building, plumbing and all other required permits.
The industrial user shall construct the pretreatment facility within the time provided in the industrial user’s wastewater discharge permit. Following completion of construction, the industrial user shall provide the city with as-built drawings to be maintained by the department of public works and utilities. The review of the facilities is necessary to produce an effluent complying with the provisions set forth in Chapter 15.48. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or methods of operation shall be reported to and approved by the city prior to implementation.
M. Slug discharge control plan.
N. Chemical or solvent management plans.
O. Waste minimization plans.
P. Any other information as may be deemed by the city to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The city will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and approval of all data required, the city may issue an industrial user permit. Applicants for a sewer use permit other than for an industrial user permit shall submit the information deemed required by the city to appropriately evaluate that applicant’s sewer use permit application. The holder of all permits issued hereunder shall be subject at all times to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. (Ord. 2472 NCS §2 (part), 2013; Ord. 2282 NCS §3 (part), 2007.)