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Home My WebLink AboutDSHW-2024-006634PRETREATMENT & HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR TRAINING MAY 16, 2024 PRETREATMENT? PRETREATMENT IS GIVEN AUTHORITY, BY THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA), TO MONITOR AND REGULATE FLOW THAT IS INTRODUCED INTO THE SEWER, THAT INCLUDES HAZARDOUS WASTE. THE CWA PROVIDES THE TOOLS TO ISSUE DISCHARGE PERMITS, CONTROL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE LIMITS, ISSUE ENFORCEMENT NOTICES, AND FINANCIAL PENALTIES. IF HAZARDOUS WASTE ENTERS THE DRAIN IT IS NO LONGER UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE DEPARTMENT. IT THEN COMES UNDER THE CONTROL OF PRETREATMENT. HAZARDOUS WASTE DOES NOT BELONG DOWN THE DRAIN! PRETREATMENT PERMITS WHO NEEDS ONE? CATEGORICAL USERS (CIU) 58 INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CATEGORIZED BY THE EPA AS DISCHARGERS THAT NEED TO BE PERMITTED BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS THAT THEY DISCHARGE. SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS (SIU) ALL CIUS AS WELL AS; ANY INDUSTRY THAT DISCHARGES 25,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR MORE; ANY DISCHARGE THAT COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE SEWER OR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; ANYONE FOUND TO BE ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS. WASTEHAULERS LIQUID WASTEHAULERS MUST BE PERMITTED TO DISCHARGE AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. MUST BE PERMITTED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT MUST FOLLOW THE MANIFEST SYSTEM SET UP BY THE TREATMENT PLANT. PERMIT APPLICATIONS •APPLICATIONS ASK MANY QUESTIONS. •MY APPLICATION IS 24 PAGES LONG •ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT INDUSTRY PROCESSES; •KNOWN OR SUSPECTED POLLUTANTS IN THE WASTE STREAM; •HOW MUCH WATER DOES THE BUSINESS CONSUME AND HOW MUCH DOES THE INDUSTRY DISCHARGE; •CONTACT INFORMATION FOR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE; •NEED TO SEE PLUMBING WASTE AND VENT DIAGRAMS; •SPECIFICALLY ASKS IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON DISCHARGING HAZARDOUS WASTE TO THE SEWER. INSPECTIONS I WILL WANT TO PERFORM A SITE INSPECTION OF YOUR FACILITY TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING. WHAT I SEE MAY CAUSE ME TO ISSUE A PRETREATMENT DISCHARGE PERMIT. AT A MINIMUM IT WOULD PROMPT SOME PROCESS CHANGES AT YOUR FACILITY. ILLICIT DISCHARGES HAZARDOUS WASTE CASE RECEIVED CALL FROM A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE WHICH LED TO AN INVESTIGATION THAT CAUGHT A BUSINESS OWNER DISCHARGING HAZARDOUS WASTE INTO THE SEWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. QUESTIONS?