REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Kansas City Code ch. 60, art. IV, div. 5

in effect

Kansas City Code § 60-150 Reporting requirements.

Sec. 60-150. - Reporting requirements. Industrial users shall prepare and submit such reports as are required by this article and 40 CFR 403.12. Such reports shall be filed in the office of the director unless otherwise provided. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-151 Wastewater survey.

Sec. 60-151. - Wastewater survey. All new industrial users must submit information on the nature and characteristics of their wastewater by completing a wastewater survey prior to commencing discharge. Existing industrial users shall submit a wastewater survey when requested to do so by the director. The director is authorized to prepare a form for this purpose and may periodically require industrial users to update the survey. Failure to comply with this section shall be reasonable grounds for terminating service to the industrial user and shall be considered a violation of this article. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-152 Baseline monitoring reports.

Sec. 60-152. - Baseline monitoring reports. When required by the director, by section 60-141 or by 40 CFR 403.12, Industrial users currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW shall submit to the director a report which contains the following information: (1) Identifying information. The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owners and the name and title of the authorized representative. (2) Environmental control permits. A list of any environmental control or wastewater discharge permits or authorizations held by or for the facility. (3) Description of operations. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production, and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s) carried out by the industrial user. This description should include a schematic process diagram which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from regulated processes, and storage areas for raw materials and hazardous waste. (4) Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated processes and other sources as necessary to allow use of the combined wastestream formula. (5) Measurement of pollutants. a. The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process. b. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the concentration of each regulated pollutant in the effluent from each regulated process. Where required by the pretreatment standard or the director, the mass of each regulated pollutant in the effluent from each regulated process and the production rate of each regulated process shall also be reported. Samples shall be representative of daily operations and shall be collected and analyzed in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136 and shall be collected in such number and otherwise in accordance with 40 CFR 403.12(b)(v). The industrial user shall provide estimates of the anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants where actual data cannot be obtained. c. The time, date and place of sampling shall be reported for each sample. (6) Certification. A statement by the industrial user's authorized representative certifying that the sampling results submitted are representative of normal work cycles and expected effluents and indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements. An industrial user which has not begun discharge to the POTW shall include a description of any pretreatment process or processes it intends to use to meet applicable pretreatment standards. (7) Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the industrial user shall report the shortest schedule for providing such additional pretreatment and/or O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard. A compliance schedule pursuant to this section must meet the requirements set out in section 60-153 of this article. (8) Signatory requirements. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with section 60-160 (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-153 Compliance schedule and related reports.

Sec. 60-153. - Compliance schedule and related reports. Any compliance schedule required by section 60-152 shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the industrial user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (much events may include hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, beginning and conducting routine operation). No such progress increment shall exceed nine months. The industrial user shall submit a progress report to the director no later than 14 days following each date in the compliance schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the industrial user to return to the established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to director. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-154 Report on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadline (90-day report).

Sec. 60-154. - Report on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadline (90-day report). Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with an applicable categorical pretreatment standard, or, in the case of a new facility or an existing facility which has altered or added to its operation, processes, or wastewater volume or character in a manner which causes it to become subject to said categorical pretreatment standard, within 90 days of commencing discharge from such new facility or process, any industrial user subject to such pretreatment standard shall submit to the director a report containing the information described in sections 60-152(a)(4)—(7) and 60-153. For industrial users subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits, this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the industrial user's long term production rate. For industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the industrial user's actual production during the appropriate sampling period. This report must be signed and certified in accordance with section 60-160. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-155 Periodic compliance reports.

Sec. 60-155. - Periodic compliance reports. (a) Any significant industrial user shall, at a frequency determined by the director but in no case less than every six months, submit a report indicating the concentration in its effluent and/or discharge of all pollutants which are limited by such pretreatment standards and/or pretreatment requirements, and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. Where required by the pretreatment standard or the director, the significant industrial user shall also report the mass of each regulated pollutant in the discharge and/or in the effluent from each regulated process and the production rate of each regulated process. This report must be signed and certified in accordance with section 60-160. (b) All wastewater samples must be collected in accordance with section 60-116. (c) If an industrial user subject to reporting requirements of this section monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the director, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report. (d) In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice (or pollution prevention alternative), the industrial user shall submit documentation required by the director or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine the compliance status of the industrial user. At the discretion of the director and in consideration of such factors as local high or low flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, etc., the director may modify the months during with the above reports are to be submitted. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12; Ord. No. 230390, § 1, 5-11-23)

Kansas City Code § 60-156 Report of changed conditions.

Sec. 60-156. - Report of changed conditions. (a) Each industrial user shall notify the director of any planned significant changes to the industrial user's operations or systems which may alter the nature, quality or volume of its wastewater at least 60 days before the change. The industrial user shall submit such information as may be deemed necessary by the director to evaluate the changed condition, including a wastewater discharge permit application. (b) The director shall respond to said notice within 60 days. He may issue a wastewater discharge permit or modify an existing wastewater discharge permit in response to this notice. No industrial user shall implement the planned changed conditions(s) until and unless the director has responded to the industrial user's notice. (c) For purposes of this requirement, flow increases of more than ten percent or the discharge of any previously unreported pollutant shall be deemed significant changes. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-157 Reports of potential problems.

Sec. 60-157. - Reports of potential problems. (a) Any industrial user which has an accidental discharge, a discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, a non-customary batch discharge, or a slug discharge which may cause potential problems for the POTW (including a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in section 60-121 of this article), shall immediately telephone and notify the director of the incident. This notification shall include the location of discharge, source, material(s) involved, concentration and volume, if known, and corrective actions taken by the industrial user. (1) Within five days following such discharge, the industrial user shall, unless waived by the director, submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s) of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the industrial user to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the industrial user of any expense, loss, damage, or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW, natural resources, or any other damage to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the industrial user of any fines, civil penalties, or other liability which may be imposed by this article. (2) Each failure to notify the director of a discharge described in subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a separate violation of this article. (b) Significant industrial users are required to notify the director immediately of any changes at its facility affecting the potential for a slug discharge. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12; Ord. No. 230390, § 1, 5-11-23)

Kansas City Code § 60-158 Hazardous waste discharge reporting.

Sec. 60-158. - Hazardous waste discharge reporting. All industrial users shall report to the director any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of; would be defined as a hazardous waste. Such report must include the name of the hazardous waste, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). The report shall also contain the following information to the extent such information is known and readily available to the industrial user: an identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the waste(s), an estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream discharged during each calendar month of that reporting period, and an estimation of the mass of such constituents in the wastestream expected to be discharged during the following 12 calendar months. Such hazardous waste discharge report shall be made a part of every periodic compliance report for significant industrial users and shall be submitted every six months for all other industrial users. The reporting requirements in this section do not apply to individual pollutants already reported under the self-monitoring requirements of a wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant to this article. In the case of any report required by this section, the industrial user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-159 Reporting and repeat sampling requirements in case of a violation.

Sec. 60-159. - Reporting and repeat sampling requirements in case of a violation. If sampling performed by an industrial user indicates a violation of the effluent and/or discharge limitations provided in this article and/or in the industrial user's wastewater discharge permit, the industrial user must notify the director within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The industrial user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat sampling and analysis to the director within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-160 Signatories and certification.

Sec. 60-160. - Signatories and certification. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, all reports and applications submitted pursuant to the requirements of this article must contain the following certification statement and be signed by the authorized representative of the industrial user. "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations." (b) A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the director pursuant to 60-112(a) must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in 60-112(a). This certification must accompany an alternative report required by the director: Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR _______, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that during the period from ________, _______ to ________, _______ [month, day, year]: (a) The facility described as ________ [facility name] met the definition of a Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User as described in 60-112(a); (b) The facility complied with all applicable Pretreatment Standards and requirements during this reporting period; and (c) The facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period. This compliance certification is based on the following information. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12; Ord. No. 230390, § 1, 5-11-23)

Kansas City Code § 60-161 Reports from nonsignificant industrial users.

Sec. 60-161. - Reports from nonsignificant industrial users. All industrial users which are not significant industrial users shall provide appropriate reports to the director as required by the director. If an industrial user monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the director, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12; Ord. No. 230390, § 1, 5-11-23)

Kansas City Code § 60-162 Promulgation of rules and regulations.

Sec. 60-162. - Promulgation of rules and regulations. The director shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary for affecting the purposes of and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

Kansas City Code § 60-163 Timing of reports.

Sec. 60-163. - Timing of reports. Written reports shall be deemed to have been submitted on the date endorsed by the United States Post Office (USPO). For reports which do not contain a USPO endorsement on the envelope or container, the date of receipt of the report shall govern. (Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)

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