Rules for building and running pretreatment facilities

Users shall provide wastewater treatment as necessary to comply with this article and shall achieve compliance with all categorical pretreatment standards, local limits, and the prohibitions set forth in this chapter within the time limitations specified by EPA, the State, or the director, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated, and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans describing such facilities and operation procedures shall be submitted to the director for review and approval before such facilities are constructed. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the director under the provisions of this article. Any subsequent significant changes in the pretreatment facility or method of operation shall be reported to and approved by the director prior to the initiation of the changes. Any transfer or change in ownership shall require a reevaluation or may require the resizing of the existing pretreatment facilities. Any user unable to adequately fulfill the requirements set forth herein shall reevaluate the effectiveness and/or resize all existing pretreatment facilities. The owners or operators of new sources, and new users determined to be significant industrial users, must have pretreatment facilities installed and operating prior to discharge. The director shall require a wastewater discharge permit for all pretreatment facilities required under the provisions of this article. (Ord. 2760 § 4 (part), 1999)