Section 134-13 WASTEWATER PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION; APPROVAL/DENIAL; REISSUANCE


A.    WASTEWASTER PERMIT REQUIREMENT  - It shall be unlawful for any person to connect or attempt to connect any pipe to the Town's sewer lines without a permit, and it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge wastewater, whether domestic sewage or industrial waste, into the Town's municipal wastewater system without first obtaining a permit.

 

B.    WASTEWATER PERMIT APPLICATION  - Wastewater permit applications shall be submitted to the Administrator on forms provided by the Town.  Each permit application shall contain all requested information in sufficient specificity to determine compliance with pretreatment standards and all other provisions of this Article.  Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.  Each application shall be accompanied by the connection fee in accordance with schedules promulgated by the Town or by special agreement between the Town and the user.

C.  APPLICATION SIGNATORIES AND CERTIFICATION

 

1. All industrial wastewater permit applications and any industrial user reports must contain the following certification statement and be signed by the owner of the premises or an authorized representative:

        

"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision, that only qualified personnel have provided the information so submitted, that I have made inquiry of said qualified personnel as to the accuracy of the information submitted, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, all information contained herein is true, accurate, and complete."

 

2. It shall be a violation of this Article to knowingly submit inaccurate, incomplete or false information on any wastewater permit application. It shall further be a violation to unknowingly submit inaccurate, incomplete or false information on a wastewater permit application by reason that the applicant failed to inquire as to the  accuracy of the submitted information.

 

D.  PERMIT APPROVAL DENIAL  - The Administrator will evaluate the submitted data furnished by the user and may require additional information. Within sixty (60) days from the receipt of all required data, the Administrator will determine whether or not to issue a wastewater permit.  Any application not approved within the sixty-day period shall be deemed denied. The Administrator may deny any application for a wastewater discharge permit.

 

E.  SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS  - Any significant industrial user which is discharging industrial waste into the municipal wastewater system prior to the effective date of this Article shall, within ninety (90) days after said effective date, apply to the Town for a wastewater permit and shall not cause or allow industrial waste discharges into the municipal wastewater system after one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of this Article except as may be in compliance with said permit.  Failure to apply for a permit or to comply to the terms of a permit within the time required shall be a violation of this Article and, in addition, may result, at the discretion of the Town, in the termination of municipal wastewater use by the significant industrial user.

 

F.  No sooner than six (6) months nor later than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of an existing wastewater permit, a significant user seeking reissuance of a wastewater permit shall submit a complete permit application in accordance with the provisions of Section 134-13B.

 

(Ord. No. 4-92 Amended Entire Section 4-27-92-Effective Upon Passage)