Permit application.
Columbus City Codes § 1145.41
in effect1145.41 - Permit application.
To obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit, all users must submit an application for same on a form approved by the Director that contains the information as required by regulations promulgated by the Director pursuant to this chapter. All plans required by this section must be certified for accuracy by a professional engineer registered by the State of Ohio. All applications must contain the certification statement and be signed in accordance with Section 1145.59(A) of this chapter. The Director will evaluate the data furnished by the user and may require additional information. After the Director's evaluation, the Director may issue an industrial wastewater discharge permit subject to terms and conditions provided herein. Permit applications must contain the following information:
(A) Identifying Information.
(1) The name and address of the facility, including the name of the operator and owner.
(2) Contact information, description of activities, facilities, and plant production processes on the premises;
(B) Environmental Permits. A list of any environmental control permits (individual and/or general) and approved plans held by or for the facility.
(C) Description of Operations.
(1) A brief description of the nature, average rate of production (including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate of production), and standard industrial classifications of the operation(s) carried out by such user. This description shall include a schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated processes,
(2) Types of wastes generated, and 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;
(3) Number and type of employees, hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation;
(4) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per day);
(5) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans, and details to show all sewers, floor drains, and appurtenances by size, location, and elevation, and all points of discharge;
(D) Time and duration of discharges;
(E) The location for monitoring all wastes covered by the permit;
(F) Flow Measurement. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum 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 Section 1145.24.
(G) Measurement of Pollutants.
(1) The categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process and any new categorical regulated processes for existing sources.
(2) The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration, and/or mass, where required by the standard or the Director, of regulated pollutants in the discharge from each regulated process.
(3) Instantaneous, daily maximum, and long-term average concentrations, or mass, where required, shall be reported.
(4) The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 1145.62 of this chapter. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the user shall submit documentation as required by the Director or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard.
(5) Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in Section 1145.62 of this ordinance.
(H) Any requests for a monitoring waiver (or a renewal of an approved monitoring waiver) for a pollutant neither present nor expected to be present in the discharge based on Section 1145.54(B).
(I) Any other information as may be deemed necessary by the Director to evaluate the permit application.
Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be processed and will be returned to the user for revision.
(Ord. No. 1327-2012, § 1, 7-23-2012, eff. 10-1-2012; Ord. No. 2553-2020, § 1, 2-8-2021; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1145SEUSRE_1145.40--1145.49PENOUS_1145.41PEAPFetched: 10/27/2026