Eugene/Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility 1984-1991

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Section I: TECHNICAL SExvicEs Page 69 cian III's) and one apprentice (Technician II). The program was staffed by only two technicians for five years; a third person was added in 1990 to handle the new responsibilities for monitoring the collection system flow. SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS All "significant industrial users" in the Eugene area must obtain discharge permits. In general, the Eugene code requires a permit for any user dis- charging, proposing to discharge, or likely to dis- charge:wastewater thathas significantamounts of toxic pollutants; an average of at least 25,000 gallons per day of wastewater (excluding domestic waste) inayear;water, includingwastewater,which constitutes at leastfive percent of the average daily dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the city sewerage system; or is determined by the city manager to have a reasonable potential for ad- versely affecting the city sewerage system's opera- tion or for violating any pretreatment standards. The Building and Permit Services Division of the City of Eugene's Planning and Development De- partmentnotifiesthe Wastewater Division when- ever anew building permit application or change of occupancy application could result in a sewer discharge that would meet the "significant indus- trial user" criteria. PERMIT SYSTEM A standard permit application form is used that contains the following main sections: • Discharger information -names and addresses. • Business description - a description of the busi- ness activity, SIC numbers, raw materials used, products produced, water use, other environ- mental permits, priority pollutants, etc. • Schematic flow diagram - a diagram of the flow of materials, products, and wastewater through the facility. • Building layout - a plan of the building{s) on the site, including sewers, drains, water meters, etc. The permit application is reviewed along with any wastewater sample information (if an existing in- dustry). Staff members determine whether the industrial activity is federally regulated, inspect the site, then determine whether the wastewater requires pretreatment, and if a permit is needed. If required, a permit is issued. The permit, which uses a standard format and is generated by a word processor, contains the following sections: • A front page containing industry identification, permit limitations, and signatures. The City's standard procedure is to have a City official sign the permit. Copies of the permit are retained by the City and given to the business. • Schedule A, containing a set of general condi- tions and definitions. • Schedule B, containing any self-monitoring re- quirements. • Schedule C, containing any compliance sched- ules. • Schedule D, containing any special conditions. SAMPLING A11 industries with. permits are sampled at least once a year for at least two days. Sample analyses vary according to the type of industrial activity. If a routine sampling indicates the business is out of compliance with its permit, it is re-sampled within a specific time limit in accordance with federal regulations. All industrial sampling data, both from the pub- licly owned treatment works (POTW) and from industry self-monitoring, is entered into amain- framedata base. The data base can produce reports for individual industries as well as annual reports with sampling data For a whole year. A technician unkxcds samples taken from local industrial discharge.