13.16.110 Permit conditions.
A. Industrial users shall be subject to the terms and conditions of their industrial waste discharge permit.
B. Industrial waste discharge permits shall contain the following terms and conditions:
1. Limits, including best management practices, on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics;
2. Limits on average rate, maximum rate, and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization. The industrial user shall notify the City Manager within two business days after the industrial user has a reasonable basis to know that the equivalent mass or concentration limits will significantly change within the next calendar month;
3. Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities;
4. Specifications for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations; frequency of sampling; number, types and standards for tests; and reporting schedule;
5. Compliance schedules, including effective date and final compliance date;
6. Requirements for reports on continued compliance as provided in WVMC 13.16.140, and submission of special technical reports or discharge reports;
7. A statement that the industrial user shall notify the City if the industrial user discovers, through its own sampling, violations of limitations on the wastewater strength or permit standards; and
8. A requirement to control slug discharges, to notify the City Manager immediately of any changes at its facility affecting potential for a slug discharge and to develop a slug control plan or other action, if the City Manager determines that such a plan or action is necessary as required by 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vi).
9. Permit Duration. Industrial waste discharge permits shall be issued for a period not to exceed five years, subject to amendment or revocation as provided in this chapter, except that the City Manager may administratively extend an existing permit during the permit renewal process.
10. Limitations on Permit Transfer. Industrial waste discharge permits are issued to a specific industrial user for a specific operation and are non-transferable without, at a minimum, prior notification to the City Manager and prior written approval of the City Manager.
a. If prior written approval for permit transfer is granted, a copy of the existing permit or a new permit, if required, will be issued to the new owner or operator.
b. Industrial waste discharge permits are issued for a specific location and are not transferable to any other location.
11. Statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties for violation of pretreatment standards and requirements, Gresham Revised Code, or the industrial waste discharge permit requirements;
12. Recordkeeping requirements;
13. Other conditions necessary to achieve the requirements of this chapter, as determined by the City Manager. (Ord. 2-2023 § 1 (Att. A), 2023; Ord. 3-2009, 2009.)