Current through November, 2024
Section 11-55-24 - National pretreatment standards and users of publicly owned treatment works(a) Any county desiring to administer its own publicly owned treatment works pretreatment program shall submit to the director for approval a program description which shall at a minimum include the information set forth in 40 CFR § 403.9(a) or 403.9(c).(b) The director, upon receipt of the request for an approval of a pretreatment program, shall review and decide on the request in accordance with procedures described in 40 CFR § 403.11.(c) Any person discharging any pollutant or effluent into a publicly owned treatment works shall permit the director, upon presentation of credentials, to: (1) Enter the premises of a person subject to pretreatment requirements in which an effluent source is located or in which any records are kept under terms and conditions of a pretreatment requirement;(2) Inspect any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment), practices, or operations required by a pretreatment requirement; and(3) Sample any discharge of pollutants or effluent.(d) No person shall introduce into any publicly owned treatment works any pollutant or effluent in violation of 40 CFR § 403.5.(e) The director may require any person discharging any pollutant or effluent into a publicly owned treatment works to: (1) Establish and maintain records;(3) Install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or methods;(4) Sample effluent and State waters;(5) Provide access to and copying of any records which are maintained; and(6) Provide other information as the department may require. [Eff 11/27/81; am and comp 10/29/92; Eff 09/23/96; am and comp 09/22/97; comp 01/06/01; comp 11/07/02; comp 08/01/05; comp 10/22/07; comp 6/15/09; comp 10/21/12; comp 12/6/13; am and comp 11/15/2014 ] (Auth: HRS §§ 342D-4, 342D-5; 33 U.S.C. §§1251, 1342, 1370 ) (Imp: HRS §§ 342D-2, 342D-4, 342D-5, 342D-6, 342D-8, 342D-50, 342D-55; 33 U.S.C. §§1251, 1342, 1370, 1251 - 1387; 40 CFR Parts 122; 123; 124, Subparts A and D; 125; 403, §§122.41 (i))