Permit application and fees.
Reno Administrative Code § 12.16.620
in effectSec. 12.16.620. - Permit application and fees.
(a) Class II industrial users: These industrial users will be inspected and issued a permit by the city and are not required to provide a permit application prior to discharge except as may be required through the city's business licensing program and building permits process.
(b) Class III, Class IV and Class V industrial users: To obtain a wastewater discharge permit, the industrial user shall complete and file with the director an application in the form prescribed by the director. In support of the application, the industrial user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information:
(1) Name of business, address of the facility, location of the discharge if different from facility address, contact information of the authorized representative of the industrial user, and standard industrial classification (SIC) number or numbers applicable to the business;
(2) Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
(3) Description of operations.
(i) A brief description of the nature, average rate of production (including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate of production) and an estimate of the industrial user's long-term production rate;
(ii) The standard industrial classification(s) of the operation(s) carried out by such industrial user;
(iii) A schematic process diagram, which indicates all process tanks, process lines, treatment systems, drains, and points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated process;
(iv) Types of wastes generated;
(v) A list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally be, discharged to the POTW;
(vi) A list of hazardous waste(s) generated and a description of the storage area and procedures for the wastes;
(vii) Number of employees; and
(viii) Hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation.
(4) Time and duration of discharges including the date the industrial user first began discharge or plans to discharge to the POTW.
(5) The location for sampling the wastewater discharges from the industrial user.
(6) Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the combined wastestream formula set out in 40 CFR Section 403.6(e). For new sources and new permittees not currently discharging, an estimate of flows may be used for meeting the requirements of the baseline monitoring report required in section 12.16.690.
(7) Measurement of pollutants.
(i) The pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process;
(ii) The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process where required by the standard or by the city;
(iii) Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported;
(iv) The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be collected in accordance with procedures set out in section 12.16.575. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the industrial user shall submit documentation as required by the city or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard; and
(v) Analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in subsection 12.16.575(c).
(8) A list of hazardous waste(s) generated and a description of the storage area and procedures for the wastes.
(9) Slug discharge control plan for significant industrial users as described in section 12.16.720 shall be submitted as required by the city and for non-significant industrial user as required by the city.
(10) Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the shortest schedule by which the industrial user will provide 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.
The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(i) The schedule shall contain increments of progress 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 (e.g. hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, etc.). No such increment shall exceed nine months.
(ii) Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the industrial user shall submit a progress report to the director including, as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the industrial user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports to the director.
(11) Certification. A statement, reviewed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and certified to by a qualified professional, 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 for the industrial user to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(12) Signatory certification. All wastewater discharge permit applications and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and contain the applicable certification statement(s) in section 12.16.750.
(13) Any other information as may be deemed by the director to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
(c) Fees for wastewater discharge permits and monitoring shall be determined in accordance with a set list of fees approved by the city council and kept on file in the office of the city engineer and payable upon billing by the city.
(Ord. No. 6305, § 1, 8-28-13)
Source: City of Reno, Nevada, Administrative Code, City Charter and Annexation and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/reno/codes/administrative_code?nodeId=PT2READCO_TIT12PUWOUT_CH12.16SESE_ARTIIIREWADI_DIV3WADIPE_S12.16.620PEAPFEFetched: 11/1/2026