Industrial Discharge Permit - St. Joseph Energy Center

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F. Certified Operator Requirement: 1. As required by Section 17-10 (o)(4)(b) of the South Bend Municipal Code: St. Joseph Energy Center New Carlisle IN 46552 (Hereafter "permittee") shall be required to have a Certified Industrial Wastewater Operator of the State of Indiana with the minimum classification listed below, sign all periodic compliance reports, 90 day compliance status reports, all compliance schedule reports, and all corrective actions related to an effluent limitations violation, 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. Industrial Certified Operator Classification: A -SO 2. This permit holder shall have a certified operator, with the minimum classification listed above, sign all periodic compliance reports, 90 day compliance status reports, all compliance schedule reports, and all corrective actions related to an effluent limitations violation. 3. If a certified operator is not signing peimittee's user reports, a $500.00 fine will be assessed followed by a $500.00 fine for every user report submitted, until the certified operator requirement is met. G. Significant Change in Discharge / or Production 1. The permittee shall notify the Control Authority of any significant changes to the permittee's operations or system which might alter the nature, quality, or volume of its wastewater at least thirty (30) days before the change. 2. For permittees subject to categorical production based mass standards, average rates of production shall be reported in the months of July and January. If at any time the permittee becomes aware that the average production rate has changed or will change by twenty (20) percent or more, the permittee shall notify the Control Authority regarding the change. a. Any permittee operating under a permit incorporating equivalent mass or concentration limits calculated from a Production -Based Standard shall notify the Director within two (2) business days after the permittee has a reasonable basis to know that the production level will significantly change within the next calendar month. Any permittee not notifying the Control Authority of such anticipated change will be required to meet the mass or concentration limit in its permit that were based on the original estimate of the long-term average production rate. H. Flow Measurement Devices 1. The permittee shall submit a Flow Measurement Plan (FMP) within 90 days of the issuance of this permit. The FMP shall describe, at a minimum, how the permittee will measure and record water and wastewater flow in their facility, including how wastewater discharged to the sewer will be measured. The FMP shall also describe how the flow of any internal processes will be measured when such measurement is required. The IMP shall be subject to review by the Control Authority.