Wastewater discharge permit categories

There shall be six wastewater discharge permit categories dependent upon the type of discharger, volume, and characteristics of discharge. The six discharge permit categories are: A. "Class I wastewater discharge permit" means any user who discharges wastewater that: 1. Is subject to federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards; or 2. Averages twenty-five thousand gallons per day or more of regulated processed wastewater; or 3. Is determined by the director to have a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the public wastewater system or for violating any pretreatment standard, local limit, or discharge requirement; or 4. May cause, as determined by the director, pass through or interference with the public wastewater system. B. "Class II wastewater discharge permit" means any user who discharges nondomestic wastewater with an average daily discharge flow rate that is less than twenty-five thousand gpd, but greater than five thousand gpd, and may have a reasonable potential for causing interference or pass through as defined in this article. C. "Class III wastewater discharge permit" means any user who discharges nondomestic wastewater with an average daily discharge flow rate that is less than five thousand gallons per day and may have a reasonable potential for causing interference or pass through as defined in this article. D. "Class IV wastewater discharge permit" means food service establishments that are required to install or have an existing interceptor or grease trap. E. "Class V wastewater discharge permit" means any individual or company who is a liquid waste hauler. F. "Special purpose discharge permit" means any user who is granted a special purpose discharge permit by the director to discharge unpolluted water, storm runoff, groundwater or other miscellaneous discharges to the wastewater collection system. (Ord. 2760 § 4 (part), 1999)