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<br />INSPECTION OF FACILITIES <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />Inspections are made at the discharger's facility in order to <br />determine if the discharge is in compliance with the Industrial Waste <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />PROCEDURE: <br /> <br />Inspections are made to answer five questions: (1) Is the <br />discharge an industrial waste? (2) If so, is it covered by a valid <br />permit? (3) Does the character of the waste have surchargeable <br />constituents (BOD, COD, or SS)? (4) Does the character of the waste <br />have ordinance limited constituents (pH, heavy metals, oil, grase, <br />organics listed in Appendix B of 307(a) of the Clean Water Act, etc.)? <br />and (5) Do other situations exist that are regulated by the ordinance <br />(single pass cooling water or storm water discharged to sanitary <br />sewer, sanitary quality waste discharged to storm sewer, etc.)? <br /> <br />An inspection includes (1) an initial interview, (2) a process <br />facility tour, (3) a pretreatment facility tour, and (4) sampling of <br />the discharge. The initial interview is made to gather background <br />information (water and wastewater utilities, type of processes and <br />chemicals used, and current maintenance practices with regard to <br />pretreatment. The process facility tour is used to observe the actual <br />Industrial Waste source. The pretreatment facility tour allows a <br />determination of the capacity and assessment of actual maintenance of <br />the facility. Sampling of the discharge and analysis using the <br />appropriate tests will determine the compliance of the discharge and <br />pretreatment effectiveness. <br /> <br />Public relations during inspections shall be direct, to the <br />point, informative as to ordinance requirements, explanatory regarding <br />the reasons for code requirements, and shall be made in a polite <br />manner regardless of the degree of compliance. <br /> <br />In the case of ordinance violations, the discharger <br />notified by use of the following procedures: <br /> <br />shall <br /> <br />be <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />2. <br />3. <br /> <br />Informal verbal requirement (followed up by <br />letter) . <br />A "Notice of Violation". <br />A formal compliance letter. <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />compliance <br /> <br />Violations that require little corrective action (missing <br />cleanout caps, inverts, access to traps, etc.) may be more easily <br />corrected by the informal action of a verbal requirement. Those <br />violations that pose more involved actions (cleaning a trap, <br />installing a sample port, etc.) should be handled via the use of a <br />"Notice". Those violations which continually occur or involve <br />extensive corrective actions (installation of new pretreatment <br />facilities) should be outlined in a formal compliance letter to the <br />discharger. <br /> <br />-81- <br />