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Monitoring and Reports

SEWER USE ORDINANCE
(INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS)
OF THE
CAMDEN COUNTY
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
USA

Definitions of special terms and links to documents referred to can be found in Section 1.2 Definitions . Abbreviations can be found in Section 1.3 Abbreviations .

5.0 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MONITORING AND REPORTING

5.1 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS
5.2 RECORDS AND MONITORING
5.3 INSPECTION, SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
5.4 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS

5.1 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS

  1. Permitted Industrial Users subject to categorical standards shall comply with reporting requirements under 403.12 including (but not limited to) Baseline Monitoring Reports, Pretreatment Deadline Compliance Reports and Periodic Compliance Reports.


  2. Permitted Industrial Users shall comply with applicable State pretreatment reporting requirements.


  3. Additional reporting requirements required by an Industrial/Commercial Discharge Permit are as follows:

    1. Monthly monitoring reports or quarterly monitoring reports.


    2. Compliance schedules, if required, with scheduled, written progress reports.


    3. Enforcement or compliance reporting deadlines, if required.


    4. Resampling due to noncompliance in accordance with 40 CFR Part 403.12(g) which states: If sampling performed by an industrial user indicates a violation, the user shall repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the Authority within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation.


    5. Monthly reporting due to a serious violation, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:10A-6.f(9) and 6.f.(10), which states: Notwithstanding the reporting requirements stipulated in a permit for discharges , a permittee shall be required to file monthly reports with the commissioner or delegated local agency if the permittee: (a) in any month commits a serious violation or fails to submit a completed discharge monitoring report and does not contest, or unsuccessfully contests, the assessment of a civil administrative penalty therefor; or (b) exceeds an effluent limitation for the same pollutant at the same discharge point source by any amount for four out of six consecutive months. The commissioner or delegated local agency may restore the reporting requirements stipulated in the permit if the permittee has not committed any of the violations identified in this paragraph for six consecutive months.


    6. In accordance with 40 CFR 403.12(f) & N.J.S.A 58:10A-6(f)8, all industrial users shall notify the POTW immediately of all discharges that could cause problems to the POTW, including any slug loadings, as defined in Section 1.0 of this SUO and by 40 CFR 403.5(b).


  4. Permitted Industrial Users must submit to the Executive Director or his designee, at least quarterly, (on dates specified) a description of the nature, concentration and flow of the pollutants required to be reported. The report shall be based on sampling analysis performed in the period covered by the report. All reporting shall be in compliance with N.J.S.A 58:10A-1 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 7:14 et seq. and regulations developed thereunder. The permittee shall report all sample results on the Industrial/Commercial Discharge Monitoring Report. All results for parameters listed on the Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements Table shall be reported along with flow. The permittee shall sign this report and attach a copy of the Certificate of Analysis(on laboratory letterhead) and the Chain-of-Custody from the certified laboratory. An industrial user must report exceedances of the Industrial Discharge Permit to the Authority in accordance with Section 3.5 of this Sewer Use Ordinance. If an industrial user is at zero discharge or not actively discharging wastewater to the treatment works, the permitted industrial user is required to continue to submit Industrial/Commercial Discharge Monitoring Report forms to the Authority, clearing specifying No Discharge (NODI).


  5. All reports shall include the following certification statement:

    "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."

    Each report must be signed by the appropriate officer as follows:

    1. By a responsible corporate officer, if the Permitted Industrial User submitting the reports is a corporation. For the purpose of this paragraph, a responsible corporate officer means (i) a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the corporation, or (ii) the manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons with gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.


    2. By a general partner or proprietor if the Permitted Industrial User submitting the reports is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively.


    3. By a duly authorized representative of the individual designated in paragraph (1) or (2) of this section if: (i) the authorization is made in writing by the individual described in paragraph (1) or (2); (ii) the authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the Industrial Discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and (iii) the written authorization is submitted to the Control Authority.


    4. If an authorization under paragraph (3) of this section is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of paragraph (3) of this section must be submitted to the Executive Director prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.


    5. All IDMRs must be submitted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:10A-6.f. (5)


  6. All Categorical Industrial Users or Significant Indirect Users or Groundwater Remediation Projects must submit monthly IDMRs in accordance with Section 5.1 (outlined above).


  7. All NSIUs or SFCUs must submit quarterly IDMRs in accordance with Section 5.1 (outlined above).

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5.2 RECORDS AND MONITORING

  1. Permitted Industrial Users discharging or proposing to discharge wastewater to the treatment works shall maintain the following: (1) records of production, (2) water consumption and discharge flow records, (3) complete monitoring records as specified in Section 5.1 of this SUO, (4) process monitoring records, (5) incident reports, (6) waste handling records, and any other records necessary to demonstrate compliance with this SUO, the Industrial Pretreatment Inspection Report and with State and Federal pretreatment standards and requirements.


  2. Such records shall be made available to the Authority, upon request, by the Executive Director or his designee. A summary of such data indicating the industrial user's compliance with this SUO, shall be prepared and submitted per permit requirements to the Executive Director or his designee. Records shall be retained for a minimum of five (5) years and throughout the course of any pertinent litigation.


  3. Permitted Industrial Users shall install (at his/her own cost) monitoring equipment approved by the Authority to facilitate the accurate observation, sampling and measurement of wastes as required by the permit. Such equipment shall be in working order and kept safe and accessible at all times. Alternatively, the Authority may choose to install such equipment at its expense.


  4. Whether constructed on public or private property, such monitoring facilities shall be constructed according to requirements of the Authority and other applicable construction standards and specifications. Plans and specifications for such work shall be submitted to the Executive Director or his designee, for review and comments before construction.


  5. The permitted industrial user will be required to monitor for Total Toxic Organic's ("TTO") (See Table II ) for three (3) successive months, at the commencement of said permit. If all three (3) successive monthly sampling analyses fall below the monthly maximum average for TTO's stated within the Final Industrial/Commercial Discharge Permit, the permittee may therefore apply for an exemption of the TTO test. Please note, should the permittee not qualify for an exemption of the TTO test, the permittee will remain liable to continue sampling for TTO's on a quarterly basis as per the reporting dates stated within the Final Industrial/Commercial Discharge Permit.

    The permittee must continue to sample for TTO's thereafter, until approval concerning exemption of the TTO Test is granted by this Authority.

    The above stated conditions are applicable to all facilities, with the exception of; 1) food industries and car washes, who are required to submit only two successive monthly sampling analyses; 2) hospitals, medical centers, learning institutions, drum cleaners, pharmaceuticals, and all laboratories (commercial, industrial, research, etc.), which are required to test for TTO's on a quarterly basis until the expiration of the Industrial/Commercial Discharge Permit; 3) Superfund Cleanup or remediation, resource recovery facilities, hazardous waste TSD facilities; 4) One additional TTO test will be required when a five year permit renewal is generated, and may be required when a change in corporate ownership of the facility occurs, requiring re-issuance of the permit.

    All remaining conditions remain applicable as noted. Furthermore, all permitted industries governed by federal categorical standards may be subject to a TTO Management Plan.

    All facilities having multiple point discharges may composite for their TTO samples based upon flow percentage from each of the multiple point discharge sampling locations.

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5.3 INSPECTION, SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

  1. Representative Sampling Point Industrial Users proposing to connect to, or continue discharging to, any part of the Authority's treatment works, must make available, upon request of the Executive Director or his designee, a sampling point representative of the discharge. Such sampling points shall be approved by the Executive Director or his designee, and shall be located on public property, if requested by the Executive Director or his designee. The cost for installing and maintaining such representative sampling point(s) shall be borne by the Industrial User. Access to the point shall be available at all times to the Authority and Industrial Users, for the purposes of conducting sampling, inspections, compliance monitoring, and metering operations. All permittees with discharges that flow to the Authority shall notify the Authority that a tag to mark the location of the pipe has been or will be installed on the sampling point by the effective date of this SUO.

    1. The outfall tag shall be:


      1. Legible;

      2. Located on (or as close as physically possible to) the representative sampling point;

      3. Made of a durable material such as metal; and

      4. Maintained on a regular basis, such as cleaned and inspected to ensure that the tag is properly attached.


    2. The outfall tag shall display the following information:


      1. The name of the facility where the discharge originates;

      2. The Industrial/Commercial Permit Number

      3. The Sampling Point Number for that particular outfall.


  2. Compliance Determination. Compliance determination by the Executive Director or his designee, with respect to Section 2.0, Prohibitions and Limitations, shall be made on the basis of either instantaneous grab samples or representative composite samples of wastewater, or as otherwise may be determined by the Authority.


  3. Sampling of Industrial Wastewater All sampling of industrial wastewater shall be in accordance with 40 CFR 136, including all supplements and amendments thereto, and the most current edition of the NJDEP Field Sampling Procedures Manual.


  4. Analysis of Industrial Wastewater Laboratory analysis of industrial wastewater samples shall be performed in accordance with an approved test procedure in a laboratory certified by NJDEP to perform said analysis.


  5. Sampling Frequency Sampling of industrial wastewater for the purpose of compliance determination with respect to Section 2.1, Prohibition and Limitations, will be done at such intervals as the Executive Director or his designee, may designate. However, it is the intention of the Executive Director to conduct compliance sampling and inspection or to cause such sampling and inspection to be conducted for all permitted industrial users at least once each year.


  6. Inspection Requirements Inspections shall be performed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:10A-6(1) and 6(m).

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5.4 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECORDS

Information and data on industrial users obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, monitoring programs, inspections and other sources, shall be available to the public and governmental agencies without restriction, unless the industrial user requests in writing confidential treatment and demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Executive Director or his designee, that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets. Public access shall also be governed by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-2. Wastewater constituents and characteristics, however, shall not be recognized as confidential information.

Non-confidential industrial user information on file with the Authority may be obtained by interested parties (including members of the public and government agencies) by submitting a written request to the Executive Director or his designee, to arrange a time and place for review and copying of available documents. The cost of copying shall be the responsibility of such interested party.

When information classified by the Executive Director or his designee, as confidential is requested by the EPA or the NJDEP for the purposes related to this SUO, the NJPDES, or the State or Federal Pretreatment Programs, the Authority shall refer such requests to the industrial user that furnished the information in question. Confidential information shall be kept in a separate, locked file accessible only to the Executive Director or his designee.

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