Industrial Discharge Permit - New Carlisle and St. Joseph Energy Center

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Certified Operator: shall mean a person certified by the state of Indiana to sign all user reports indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent basis, and if not whether additional operation and maintenance and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the Pretreatment Standards and Requirements, Director: means the Director of Utilities of the City of South Bend, Indiana, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative. Control Authoriior Industrial Pretreatment Gram: shall mean the Bureau of Wastewater Division of Environmental Services located at: 3113 Riverside Drive, South Bend, IN 46628. Slug(or slug load): shall mean any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards set forth in section 17-8 of the City of South Bend Municipal Code, herein, or any discharge of a non -routine, episodic nature, including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or non -customary batch discharge. Batch or Infrequent Dischar e: shall refer to the discharge produced from a treatment or manufacturing process in which a tank or reactor is filled, the wastewater (or solution) is held or a chemical solution is prepared, and the tank is emptied, resulting in a discrete discharge to the sanitary sewer. Batch or infrequent discharge shall also mean wastewater produced due to cleaning, stabilizing, or conditioning chemical solutions for use in industrial manufacturing and treatment processes as well as the discharge from processes that are not in operation on a regular basis, and from occasional maintenance activities. Batch Composite Sampling: A batch composite sample shall consist of at least three (3) grab samples that are collected throughout the duration of the discharge from the batch tank. At a minimum, the samples shall be collected at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the discharge from each batch tank. 25