HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 8-12 - 1/24/2012 - METRO WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT (MWRD)The filing of a claim for lien by the District does not
prevent the District from pursuing other means for
collecting a late filing fee. If a claim for lien is filed,
the District shall notify the person whose property is
subject to the lien.
Section 11. Failure to Report is a Violation
Whenever a person subject to this Ordinance
fails to comply with any of the reporting requirements
of this Ordinance or with details regarding reporting
requirements as directed by the Executive Director,
such failure shall be a violation of the Ordinance. If
it is necessary for the District to perform inspections
and/or sampling of the person's facility, or prepare a
report on behalf of the person, the District shall re-
cover the costs of such activity from the person in
the same manner as debts are recoverable at law.
Section 12. Reporting of Batch and/or Intermit-
tent Discharges
Upon written notification from the District of appli-
cability of this paragraph, each person subject to this
Ordinance who discharges industrial waste on a
batch and/or intermittent basis shall notify the Dis-
trict's Field Surveillance Section, by telephone at
(708) 588-4030, between 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
on normal business days, at least 48 hours prior to
each batch or infrequent discharge. The telephone
notification shall be used by the District to facilitate
inspection and sampling of the person to coincide
with periods during which the batch and/or intermit-
tent discharge may occur. No process wastewater
may be discharged into the sanitary sewerage sys-
tem on a batch basis except in conformance with the
batch discharge telephone notification procedure.
For the purpose of this section. a batch discharge
is defined as a discharge of industrial waste which
does not occur continuously during all working shifts
of the person. An intermittent discharge is defined
as a discharge of industrial waste which originates
from an industrial process or activity which is not
performed by the person during all working shifts of
the person.
Section 13. Submittal of Facility Closure Sche-
dule
Each significant industrial user and each industri-
al user notified of applicability of this section based
on said user's use or storage of flammable, volatile,
explosive or corrosive materials, who determines
that an industrial facility owned or operated by said
person shall cease its operations, shall notify the
Director of Monitoring and Research of intent to
cease such operations, not less than 30 days prior
to the cessation of operations. Such person shall
also submit to the District, at that time, a facility clo-
sure schedule, which shall identify the dates upon
which the person anticipates completion of the lawful
removal or disposal of all raw materials, production
residues and sludges which contain pollutants regu-
lated under Appendix B or Appendix C of this Ordin-
ance, from the industrial facility and, where applica-
ble, the names of disposal contractors to be used.
The District may provide such information as may be
submitted under this Section, to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Envi-
ronmental Protection. Agency, or any unit of local
government having jurisdiction over the industrial
facility.
If such person has submitted a facility closure
plan to a federal or state agency and has received
approval of such plan from said agency, the person
may submit a copy of such facility closure plan to the
District in lieu of developing a new facility closure
schedule, provided the submitted plan adequately
addresses the issues identified in the preceding pa-
ragraph.
Section 14. Notification Requirements Regard-
ing a Planned Bypass or Shutdown
of Pretreatment Facilities
In the event of a planned shutdown or bypass of
pretreatment facilities installed and operated to
maintain compliance with the provisions of this Or-
dinance or a Discharge Authorization issued to a
significant industrial user, such user shall notify the
Director of the District's Monitoring and Research
Department, in writing, at least ten days prior to the
beginning of the shutdown or bypass.
Section 15. Notification Requirements Regard-
ing Spills, Malfunctions, Bypasses,
and Slug Loadings
Each significant industrial user and each industri-
al user notified of applicability of this section based
on said user's use or storage of flammable, volatile,
explosive or corrosive materials, shall immediately
' notify the District, by telephone, in the event of any
of the following occurrences:
a) a mechanical malfunction of any portion of
such person's industrial waste pretreatment
system, except in cases where (i) no waste-
water is discharged to the sewerage system,
(ii) in the best professional judgment of the
person's certified wastewater pretreatment
system operator, the wastewater discharge
flow rate or quality is not affected or remains
within the normal operating characteristics of
the wastewater pretreatment system, or (iii) if
the malfunction itself precludes the discharge
of wastewater;
b) an accidental or deliberate discharge without
adequate pretreatment of any chemical,
product, production residue or other waste in-
to the sewerage system;