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Honeywell Groundwater Remediation Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit page 26 of 39 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />This document will describe the enforcement procedures that are used in controlling industrial discharges to <br />the South Bend Publicly Owned Treatment Works. <br /> <br />I. Management Plan <br /> <br />The pretreatment program for the City of South Bend is administered by the Division of Environmental <br />Services. The responsibilities of the pretreatment program are: <br /> <br />1. Collect and verify industrial discharge data through laboratory analyses. <br />2. Make recommendations to the Board of Public Works concerning the issuance of discharge <br />permits. <br />3. Review user discharge monitoring reports. <br />4. Determine the status of user compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. <br />5. Write federal, state, and local mandated pretreatment reports. <br />6. Make recommendations for enforcement actions. <br /> <br /> <br />Enforcement procedures such as letters of violation, administrative fines, and administrative orders are issued <br />by a Pretreatment Coordinator. Pretreatment Coordinators recommend more serious enforcement responses <br />to the Environmental Compliance Manager and the Director of Environmental Services. Severe violations <br />are reported to the Board of Public Works with recommendations from the Director of Environmental <br />Services. <br /> <br />The following information describes in more detail the management procedures which are used in <br />enforcement of the program. <br /> <br />A. Permit Application and Classification <br /> <br />Lists of Industrial Users (IUs) are evaluated based on operations performed, water usage and discharge, and <br />chemical inventory, among other factors. Industries identified as belonging to one of the following groups <br />are issued industrial wastewater discharge permits, and categorized as either an Industrial User, or a <br />Significant Industrial User.