PROPOSED EDITS TO SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TITLE 15 – SEWERS, 2025, TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH EPA INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT
PROGRAM REGULATIONS
Section 1. Chapter 15-04, Section 15-04.030 (16) shall be amended to read as follows:
15-04.030 Definitions.
(16) “Categorical user or categorical industrial user (CIU)” means all industrial users that are subject to categorical p
retreatment pre-treatment standards under 40 CFR Part 403.6 or as amended and in any industry as defined in 40 CFR Part Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 - 471Parts 405-599 or as amended.
Section 2. Chapter 15-08, Section 15-08.490 shall be amended to read as follows:
15-08.490 Periodic compliance reports.
(A) All significant industrial users shall, at a frequency determined by the Director of Utilities, unless the Control Authority/city performs the IUs sampling and meter reads, submit a report no less than twice per year, indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards or requirements and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. All periodic compliance reports shall be signed and certified in accordance with 40 CFR Part 403.6(a)(2)(ii) or as amended. The report shall contain a description of the methods utilized by the user in collecting the wastewater sample for analysis, including but not limited to the sampling device(s) used, the sampling period, the amount of each sample collected, sample handling and preservation techniques used, and date of sample delivery to the laboratory for analysis.
Section 3. Chapter 15-08, Section 15-08.620 shall be amended to read as follows:
15-08.620 Recordkeeping.
Users subject to the reporting require
ments of this title shall retain, and make available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to any monitoring activities required by this title, including documentation associated with Best Management Practices, and any additional records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements. Records will include the date, exact place, method, and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples, the dates analyses were performed, who performed the analyses, the analytical techniques or methods used, and the results of such analyses. These records shall remain available for a period of at least five years.
This period will be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or the City, or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by the Director of Utilities. (Ord. 3895 § 3, 2008)
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