Rule 3745-3-05 | Notification of potential problems, including slug loading.
(A) All industrial users discharging to a POTW administering an approved pretreatment program shall notify the POTW immediately of all discharges that could cause problems to the POTW, including any slug loading, as defined in paragraph (S) of rule 3745-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The industrial user shall immediately notify the POTW upon discovery of any slug load by completing the following:
(1) If the discharge is to a POTW administering an approved POTW pretreatment program, the industrial user shall follow the notification procedure specified in the POTW's approved pretreatment program.
(2) If the discharge is to a POTW that is not administering an approved pretreatment program, the industrial user shall notify the POTW and Ohio EPA and provide all of the following information:
(a) A description of the discharge and the cause of the slug loading.
(b) The period of slug loading including exact dates and times and, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected to continue.
(c) The steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of the slug loading.
(3) Within five business days of the date that the slug load occurred, a written report containing the information required by paragraph (A)(2) of this rule shall be filed with the POTW. If Ohio EPA is the control authority, the industrial user shall also submit this report to the appropriate district office of Ohio EPA within the same time period.
(B) The control authority may require industrial users to develop a slug control plan, pursuant to paragraph (C)(2)(f) of rule 3745-3-03 of the Administrative Code.
(C) A significant industrial user determined by the control authority to need a slug control plan shall maintain posted signs in conspicuous places that are acceptable to the control authority, advising employees whom to call in the event of a slug load discharge. The signs shall instruct all employees who may cause or discover such a discharge with respect to the notification procedure required by this rule.
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