<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-154. - Notification of the discharge of hazardous waste.</div>
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               (a)
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               Any user who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the
               EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities,
               in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed
               of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification must include
               the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous
               waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). If the user
               discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the POTW, the
               notification also shall contain the following information to the extent such information
               is known and readily available to the user:
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               (1)
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               An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes;
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               (2)
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               An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream
               discharge during the calendar month; and
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               (3)
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               An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the wastestream
               expected to be discharged during the following 12 months.
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               All notifications must take place no later than 30 days before the discharge commences.
               The user shall not begin the discharge until receiving written approval from the POTW
               director. Any notification under this paragraph need be submitted only once for each
               hazardous waste discharge. However, notifications of changed conditions must be submitted
               under <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV5RERE_S26-150RECHCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">section 26-150</a> of this article. The notification requirement in this section does not apply to pollutants
               already reported by users subject to categorical pretreatment standards under the
               self-monitoring requirements of <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV5RERE_S26-146BAMORE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">sections 26-146</a>, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV5RERE_S26-148RECOCAPRSTDE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">26-148</a> and <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH26UT_ARTIVSEUS_DIV5RERE_S26-149PECORE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">26-149</a> of this article.
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               (b)
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               Discharges are exempt from the requirements of subsection (a) above, during a calendar
               month in which they discharge no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless
               the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specific in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e).
               Discharge of more than 15 kilograms of nonacute hazardous wastes in a calendar month,
               or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and
               261.33(e), requires a one-time notification. Subsequent months during which the user
               discharges more than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional
               notification.
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               (c)
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               In the case of any new regulation under section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional
               characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous
               waste, the user must notify the POTW director, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division
               Director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance
               within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
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               (d)
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               In the case of any notification made under this section, the user shall certify that
               it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated
               to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
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               (e)
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               This provision does not create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted
               to be discharged by this article, a permit issued thereunder, or any applicable federal
               or state law.
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               (Ord. of 9-26-94, Â§ 5.9; Ord. of 11-26-12, Â§ 27)
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