Title 13 PUBLIC SERVICES
Chapter 13.02 STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION
13.02.060 Stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity.
A. All operators of: (1) municipal landfills; (2) hazardous waste
treatment, disposal, and recovery facilities; (3) industrial facilities that are
subject to Section 313 of Title III of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 42, U.S.C. Section 11023; industrial
facilities required to obtain NPDES stormwater discharge permits due to their
Standard Industrial Classification or narrative description; and (4) industrial
facilities that the director determines are contributing a substantial pollutant
loading to the MS4, which are sources of stormwater discharges associated with
industrial activity, shall comply with the following
requirements:
1. Any owner who intends, after the effective date of this
chapter, to obtain coverage for a stormwater discharge associated with
industrial activity under the Kansas General Permit for Stormwater Discharges
Associated with Industrial Activity (“the industrial general
permit”) shall submit a signed copy of its notice of intent (NOI) to the
director.
2. When required by their NPDES permit, all industries listed
in this section shall prepare a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWP3) and
implement said plan in accordance with the requirements of their state or
federal NPDES permit.
3. The SWP3, when required, shall be prepared and
signed by a qualified individual and will comply with all state NPDES
requirements. The signature of the preparer shall constitute his/her attestation
that the SWP3 fully complies with the requirements of the NPDES
permit.
4. The SWP3, when required, shall be updated and modified as
appropriate and as required by the NPDES permit and this chapter.
5. A
copy of any NOI that is required by subsection (A)(1) of this section shall be
submitted to the city in conjunction with any application for a permit or any
other city approval necessary to commence or continue operation of the
industrial facility.
6. The director may require any operator who is
required by subsection (A)(2) of this section to prepare a SWP3, to submit the
SWP3, and any modifications thereto, to the director for review.
7. Upon
the director’s review of the SWP3 and any site inspection that he/she may
conduct, the director may upon reasonable notice to the owner deny approval
necessary to commence or continue operation of the facility, on the grounds that
the SWP3 does not comply with the requirements of the NPDES permit, or any
additional requirement imposed by or under this chapter. Also, if at any time
the director determines that the SWP3 is not being fully implemented, upon
reasonable notice to the owner, he/she may deny approval of any application for
a permit or other city approval necessary to commence or continue operation of
the facility.
8. The SWP3, if required, with any modifications attached,
shall be retained at the industrial facility from the date of commencement of
operations until all stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity
at the facility are eliminated and the required notice of termination (NOT) has
been submitted.
9. The director may notify the owner at any time that
the SWP3 does not meet the requirements of the NPDES permit, or any additional
requirement imposed by or under this chapter. Such notification shall identify
those provisions of the permit or chapter which are not being met by the SWP3,
and identify which provisions require modification in order to meet such
requirements. Upon thirty (30) days of such notification from the director, the
owner shall submit to the director a written certification that the requested
changes have been made.
10. The owner shall amend the SWP3, if required,
whenever there is a change in design, construction, operation, or maintenance,
which has a significant effect on the potential for the discharge of pollutants
to the MS4 or to the waters of the United States, or if the SWP3 proves to be
ineffective in eliminating or significantly minimizing pollutants, or in
otherwise achieving the general objective of controlling pollutants in
stormwater discharges.
11. As may be required by the facilities NPDES
permit, qualified personnel (provided by the owner) shall inspect equipment and
areas of the facility specified in the SWP3 at appropriate intervals or as may
be specified in their NPDES permit. A set of tracking or follow up procedures
shall be used to ensure that appropriate actions are taken in response to the
inspections. Records of inspection shall be maintained.
12. Industrial
facilities will implement a sampling and testing program as required by their
individual NPDES permits. The director may require written reports of any such
monitoring and testing to be submitted to him/her.
13. The owner shall
retain the SWP3 and all sampling and testing reports until at least one year
after stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity at the facility
are eliminated, or the operator is no longer operating the facility, and a
notice of termination (NOT) has been submitted.
14. For discharges
subject to the semi-annual or annual monitoring requirements of the industrial
general permit, in addition to the records-retention requirements of the
paragraph above, owners are required to retain for a six-year period from the
date of sample collection, records of all sampling and testing information
collected. Owners must submit such monitoring results, and/or a summary thereof,
to the director upon his/her request.
15. After the effective date of
this chapter, no stormwater discharge shall contain any hazardous metals in a
concentration that would result in the violation of any Kansas Surface Water
Quality Standard. (Ord. G-988 § 1 (part), 2006)
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