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City of San Marcos TPDES Permit No. WQOOI0273002 CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRIES AND PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS The permittee shall operate an industrial pretreatment program in accordance with Section 402(b )(8) of the Clean Water Act, the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403) and the approyed POTW pretreatment program submitted by the permittee. The pretreatment program was approYed on September 24, 1988, and modified on June 26, 1992 and June 22, 2005. The POTW pretreatment program is hereby incorporated by reference and shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the following requirements: a. Industrial user (IU) information shall be kept current to reflect accurate characterization of all IUs; b. The frequency and nature of IU compliance monitoring activities by the permittee shall be commensurate with the character, consistency, and yolume of waste. Howeyer, the permittee is required to inspect and sample the effluent from each significant industrial user (SIU) at least once per year, as required by 40 CFR ~403.8 (t)(2)(y). This is in addition to any industrial self- monitoring actiyities; c. The permittee shall enforce and obtain remedies for IU noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements; d. The permittee shall control through permit, order, or similar means, the contribution to the POTW by each IV to ensure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. In the case of SIUs (identified as significant under 40 CFR ~403.3(t)), this control shall be achieyed through permits or equiYalent indiyidual control mechanisms issued to each SIV. Such control mechanisms must be enforceable and contain, at a minimum, the following conditions: (1) Statement of duration (in no case more than fiye years); (2) Statement of non-transferability without, at a minimum, prior notification to the POTW and proyision of a copy of the existing control mechanism to the new owner or operator; (3) Effluent limits based on applicable general pretreatment standards, categorical pretreatment standards, local limits, and State and local law; (4) Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification and record keeping requirements, including identification of the pollutants to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency, and sample type, based on the applicable general pretreatment standards in 40 CFR Part 403, categorical pretreatment standards, local limits, and State and local law; and; (5) Statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties for yiolation of pretreatment standards and requirements, and any applicable compliance schedule. Such schedules may not extend the compliance date beyond federal deadlines. e. The permittee shall evaluate, at least once eyery two years, whether each SIU needs a plan to control slug discharges. If the POTW decides that a slug control plan is needed, the plan shall contain at least the minimum elements required in 40 CFR ~403.8(f)(2)(y); f. The permittee shall proYide adequate staff, equipment, and support capabilities to carry out all elements of the pretreatment program; and, Page 43