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This document will describe the enforcement procedures that are used in controlling industrial discharges to the South Bend Publicly Owned Treatment Works. I. Management Plan The pretreatment program for the City of South Bend is administered by the Division of Environmental Services. The responsibilities of the pretreatment program are: l . Collect and verify industrial discharge data through laboratory analyses. 2. Make recommendations to the Board of Public Works concerning the issuance of discharge permits. 3. Review user discharge monitoring reports. 4. Determine the status of user compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. 5. Write federal, state, and local mandated pretreatment reports. 6. Make recommendations for enforcement actions. Enforcement procedures such as letters of violation, administrative fines, and administrative orders are issued by a Pretreatment Coordinator. Pretreatment Coordinators recommend more serious enforcement responses to the Director of Utilities. Severe violations are reported to the Board of Public Works with recommendations from the Director of Utilities. The following information describes in more detail the management procedures which are used in enforcement of the program. A. Permit Application and Classification Lists of Industrial Users (IUs) are evaluated based on operations performed, water usage and discharge, and chemical inventory, among other factors. Industries identified as belonging to one of the following groups are issued industrial wastewater discharge permits, and categorized as either an Industrial User, or a Significant Industrial User. LIUs subject to federal categorical standards — SIU 2.IUs that have process wastewater discharge exceeding 25,000 gallons per day — SIU 3.IUs that contribute process wastewater discharge exceeding 5% of the POTW's dry weather hydraulic or organic loading capacity.- SIU 4.IUs that have a reasonable potential to adversely affect POTW workers, the POTW itself, and the receiving stream. — SIU 5.IUs that have non -significant waste water discharge streams may or may not be issued an industrial wastewater discharge permit. — IUISIU B. Permitting The pretreatment staff assesses the information supplied by a user in its permit application. Discharge parameters to be monitored are set based on application information and local requirements, and limits are set in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations. The industrial wastewater discharge permit is issued by the South Bend Board of Public Works. C. Monitoring Monitoring consists primarily of the following items: St. Joseph Energy Center - Water Treatment Facility Industrial Wastewater Discharge Pen nit — Attaclu7ient 2