Legal Documents of White Pine

The wastewater of every industrial user shall be evaluated upon the following criteria:

1. Wastewater containing any element or compound that is not adequately removed by the treatment works which is known to be an environmental hazard;
2. Wastewater causing a discoloration or any other condition in the quality of the town's POTW treatment plant effluent such that receiving water quality requirements established by laws cannot be met;
3. Wastewater containing any element or compound known to act as a lacrimator, known to cause nausea, or known to cause odors constituting a public nuisance;
4. Wastewater causing interference with the effluent or any other product of the treatment process, residues, sludge, or scums causing them to be unsuitable for reclamation process; and
5. Wastewater having constituents and concentrations in excess of those listed in subsection (3) hereafter.

When the superintendent determines that a user or users are contributing to the POTW any of the above enumerated substances in such amounts as to interfere with the operation of the POTW, the city manager shall (i) advise the user(s) of the impact of the contribution on the POTW and (ii) develop effluent limitations(s) for such user(s) to correct the interference with the POTW.
Upon the promulgation of the federal categorical pretreatment standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this chapter. The city manager shall notify all affected users of the applicable requirements under 40 CFR, Section 403.12.

The superintendent shall monitor the treatment works influent for each parameter in the following table. Each industrial user shall be responsible for monitoring and reporting these requirements. In the event that the influent at the treatment works reaches or exceeds the levels established by said table, the city manager shall initiate technical studies to determine the cause of the influent violation and shall recommend to the town administrator such remedial measures as are necessary, including but not limited to, recommending the establishment of new or revised pretreatment levels for these parameters. The superintendent shall also recommend changes to any of these criteria in the event the POTW effluent standards are changed or in the event that there are changes in any applicable law or regulation affecting same or in the event changes are needed for more effective operation of the POTW. The intent of these limitations is to prevent (1) interference with the operation of the treatment works, (2) pass through of pollutants in violation of the POTW's NPDES permit limitations, and (3) municipal sludge contamination. 

Modification of federal categorical pretreatment standards: Where the town's wastewater treatment system achieves consistent removal of pollutants limited by federal pretreatment standards, the town may apply to the approval authority for modification of specific limits in the federal pretreatment standards. "Consistent removal" (as defined hereinafter) shall mean reduction in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of the pollutant by the wastewater treatment system to a less toxic or harmless state in the effluent that is achieved by the system when 95 percent (95%) of the samples taken measured according to the procedures set forth in Section 403.7(c)(2) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 402, "General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution," promulgated pursuant to the act. The town may then modify pollutant discharge limits in the federal pretreatment standards if the requirements contained in 40 CFR, Part 403, Section 403.7 are fulfilled and prior approval from the approval authority is obtained.

TABLE 1
PROTECTION CRITERIA
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT INFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE WHITE PINE, TENNESSEE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

TABLE 2
PROTECTION CRITERIA
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT INFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR THE WHITE PINE, TENNESSEE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

The town may adopt charges and fees that may include:

1. Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating in the town's pretreatment program;
2. Fees for monitoring, inspections, and surveillance procedures;
3. Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
4. Fees for permit application;
5. Fees for filing appeals;
6. Fees for consistent removal (by the town) of pollutants otherwise subject to federal pretreatment standards; and
7. Other fees as the town may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.

These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the town.

Users required to obtain a wastewater contribution permit shall complete and file with the town an application in the form prescribed by the town and accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). Existing users shall apply for a wastewater contribution permit within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter, and proposed new users shall apply at least 90 days prior to connecting to or contributing to the POTW. In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:

1. Name, address, and location (if different from the address);
2. SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended;
3. Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those mentioned in § 18-206(3), and § 18-207(2) and (3), as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as amended;
4. Time and duration of contribution;
5. Average daily and 3 minute peak wastewater flow rates, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if any;
6. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenances by the size, location, and elevation;
7. Description of activities, facilities, and plant processes on the premises, including all materials that are or could be discharged;
8. Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants in the discharge that are limited by any town, state, or federal pretreatment standards, and a statement regarding whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards;

9. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the user will provide such additional pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard; 

   The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:

   1. The schedule shall contain increments of progress 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 (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.).
   2. No increment referred to in subsection (i) above shall exceed 9 months.
   3. Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the user shall submit a progress report to the city manager including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay and the steps being taken by the user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than 9 months elapse between such progress reports to the city manager.
10. Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes, and rate of production;
11. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
12. Number and type of employees and hours of operation of plant and proposed or actual hours or operation of pretreatment system; and
13. Any other information as may be deemed by the town to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.

The town will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished, the town may issue a wastewater contribution permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein.

1. The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer;
2. Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics;
3. Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
4. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities;
5. Specifications for monitoring programs, which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, reporting schedule, and number, types, and standards for tests;
6. Compliance schedules;
7. Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports;
8. Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the town, and affording the town access thereto;
9. Requirements for notification of the town of any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment system;
10. Requirements for notification of slug discharges in accordance with § 18-207(2); and
11. Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the town to ensure compliance with this chapter.

1. Any user subject to a pretreatment standard shall, after the compliance date of such pretreatment standard or, in the case of a new source, after commencement of the discharge into the POTW, submit to the city manager during the months of June and December, unless required more frequently in the pretreatment standard or by the city manager, a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent that are limited by such pretreatment standards. In addition, this report shall include a record of all daily flows that, during the reporting period, exceeded the average daily flows reported in § 18-207(11)(e). At the discretion of the city manager and in consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the city manager may agree to alter the months during which the above reports are to be submitted.
2. The superintendent may impose mass limitations on users who are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or requirements or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations are appropriate. In such cases, the report required by subparagraph (a) above shall indicate the mass of pollutants regulated by pretreatment standards in the effluent of the user. These reports shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow and the nature and concentration, or production and mass where requested by the city manager, of pollutants contained therein that are limited by the applicable pretreatment standards. The frequency of monitoring shall be prescribed in the applicable pretreatment standard. All analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the administrator pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, and amendments thereto, or with any other test procedures approved by the administrator. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the administrator. (Comment: Where 40 CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question, sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the EPA publication "Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants," April 1977, and amendments thereto, or with any other sampling and analytical procedures approved by the administrator.)