Chapter 3.35
FACILITIES REQUIREMENTS

Sections:

3.35.010    Spill containment facilities.

3.35.020    Monitoring/metering facilities.

3.35.030    Drawing submittal requirements.

3.35.040    Pollution prevention requirements.

3.35.010 Spill containment facilities.

All users shall provide spill containment for protection against discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes regulated by this title. Such protection shall be designed to secure the discharges and to prevent them from entering into the POTW in accordance with reasonable engineering standards. Such facilities shall be provided and maintained at the user’s expense. [Ord. 2023-003 § 7.010]

3.35.020 Monitoring/metering facilities.

A. WCW may require the user to construct and maintain in proper operating condition, at the user’s sole expense, flow monitoring, constituent monitoring and/or sampling facilities.

B. Any sample taken from a sample box or other representative sampling location is considered to be representative of the discharge to the public sewer.

C. Monitoring or metering facilities may be required to include a security closure that can be locked to prevent unauthorized access.

D. The location of the monitoring or metering facilities shall be subject to approval by WCW.

E. The user shall provide to WCW immediate, clear, safe and uninterrupted access to the user’s monitoring and metering facilities without prior notice as described more fully in WCWDC 3.40.080. [Ord. 2023-003 § 7.020]

3.35.030 Drawing submittal requirements.

A. Detailed plans shall be submitted to WCW for review of existing or proposed construction of pretreatment facilities, spill containment facilities, monitoring facilities, metering facilities, and operating procedures. The user shall not commence proposed construction until WCW has approved the plans. WCW’s review of the plans and procedures will in no way relieve the user of the responsibility of modifying the facilities or procedures in the future, as necessary, to meet the requirements of this chapter or any requirements of other regulatory agencies.

B. The user shall submit three copies of all drawings to WCW for review, which must include the following:

1. North arrow;

2. Scale size;

3. User name, address and APN;

4. Drawing name and drawing number;

5. Date drawn or revised;

6. Name of draftsman and name of person approving drawing;

7. Treatment devices.

C. WCW may require drawings to scale depicting the manufacturing process (waste-generating sources), spill containment, pretreatment facilities, and/or monitoring/metering facilities.

D. WCW may require a schematic drawing of the pretreatment facilities.

E. WCW may require the drawings be prepared by a California-registered chemical, mechanical, or civil engineer. [Ord. 2023-003 § 7.030]

3.35.040 Pollution prevention requirements.

Users shall provide to WCW pollution prevention plans, and/or pollution prevention audits, and/or waste management plans, to identify and quantify waste streams, and to identify and evaluate source reduction measures. Evaluation and implementation measures may include, but are not limited to, input changes, operational improvements, production process changes, product reformulation, product substitution, recycling, inventory control, employee education and training, and other steps as necessary to avoid or reduce waste produced. [Ord. 2023-003 § 7.040]