§ 38-304. Contents of application.

Users required to obtain a significant industrial user permit shall complete and file with the city an application in the form prescribed by the POTW director/superintendent, and accompanied by an application fee in the amount prescribed in the schedule of charges and fees. Significant industrial users shall apply for a significant industrial user permit within 90 days after notification of the POTW director's determination under section 38-303. The application shall include at a minimum the information required by 15A NCAC 02H 0.0916 (c)(1)(A-M). In support of the application, the user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:

(1)

Name, address and location of industrial user;

(2)

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes(s) or expected classification and industrial user category (any processes for which categorical pretreatment standards have been promulgated);

(3)

Wastewater flow (average daily and 30-minute peak wastewater flow rates, daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any including time and duration of the discharge). Types and concentrations of pollutants contained in the discharge (Analytical data on wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but not limited to those mentioned in division 2 of this article, any of the priority pollutants (section 307(a) of the act) which the applicant knows or suspects are present in the discharge as determined by a reliable analytical laboratory, and any other pollutant of concern to the POTW. 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 136, as amended and as required in sections 38-340 and 38-341;

(4)

Types and concentrations (or mass) of pollutants contained in the discharge;

(5)

Major products manufactured or services supplied (each product produced, its type, amount, process and rate of production;

(6)

Description of existing on-site pretreatment facilities and practices include all materials which are or could be accidentally or intentionally discharged;

(7)

Location of discharge points);

(8)

Raw materials used or stored at the site;

(9)

Flow diagram or sewer map of the facility (site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show all sewers, floor drains, sewer connections, direction of flow and appurtenances by the size, location and elevation);

(10)

Number of employees;

(11)

Operation and production schedules;

(12)

Description of current and projected waste reduction activities in accordance with G.S. 143-215.1(g);

(13)

If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance 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 longer than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following conditions apply to this schedule:

a.

The schedule shall contain progress increments 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. No increment in the schedule shall exceed nine months;

b.

No 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 POTW director, including, at a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the POTW director/superintendent;

(14)

Any other information as may be deemed by the POTW director/superintendent to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.

(Ord. No. 2008-52, 9-16-2008; Ord. No. 2013-01, 1-15-2013)