12.16.180 Wastewater discharge permitting – Requirements for discharge.
(1) No significant industrial user (SIU) shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining a statement from the Public Works Superintendent that the POTW has the hydraulic and/or loading capacity to accept the discharge. Each SIU must also comply with the state requirements listed in GMC 12.16.070, and in particular, apply for and receive a wastewater discharge permit from the Department, which authorizes the discharge. The Public Works Superintendent may require proof of application as a condition of new or continued discharge. Obtaining a wastewater discharge permit does not relieve an SIU of his/her obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state, and local regulation including the requirement for applying AKART.
(2) The Public Works Superintendent may require other users, including liquid waste haulers, to apply for, and obtain, applicable wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(3) The Public Works Superintendent may also establish, and require users by letter, permit, or rule to implement, those best management practices determined by the Public Works Superintendent to be representative of AKART, or to discontinue use of any substance for which an effective substitute is available which will either:
(a) Lessen the potential for violating this chapter or any water quality standard; or
(b) May represent a significant decrease, either singly or in combination with other similar users, in the toxicity of pollutant loadings to the POTW.
(4) The Town encourages all users seeking authorization to discharge to the POTW to complete a pollution prevention review before submitting their request to discharge to the Public Works Superintendent. The Town may require users who must submit a pollution prevention plan under the state’s Hazardous Waste Reduction Act to provide this plan to the Public Works Superintendent as a condition of initial or continued discharge.
(5) Whenever a moratorium has been imposed upon the POTW preventing the addition of new users, the Public Works Superintendent may require any or all users of the POTW to develop plans to reduce their discharges through water reuse, recycling, reclamation or other applicable management practices, and to implement such plans or other measures deemed appropriate by the Public Works Superintendent to preserve the availability of public sewage treatment services. (Ord. 445-N, §1, 2014)