360 CMR 10.063 - Group Permit for Food Processing
(1) No Person shall
discharge or cause or allow to be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the
Authority Sewerage System, any Industrial Waste required to be covered by the
Group Permit for Food Processing, unless such discharge complies with such Group
Permit issued to the discharger. This includes Industrial Waste that is hauled
for discharge to a Sanitary Sewer System within the Authority Sewerage
District.
(2) For purposes of 360 CMR
10.063, Food Processing shall be defined as preparing food for wholesale
commercial distribution and sale including, without being limited to: operations
which involve washing, cooking, baking, or curing food or food products
including, but not limited to: beverage making and bottling; candy making; cereal
making; condiment making; dairy product processing; fish cutting, processing and
cooking; frozen food making; jams, jellies and fruit filling making; meat
processing and packing; nut and nut product processing; pasta making; prepared
food making; and vegetable and other produce washing and processing. Food
Processing does not include: preparing meals or snacks for immediate consumption
on the premises, or for take-out; transport and distribution operations which
consist solely of packaging for transport and distribution without generating
wastewater from the packaging process; and warehousing or other storage solely
for transport, distribution, or sale.
(3) A Person performing Food Processing is
covered by the Group Permit for Food Processing if its discharge of Industrial
Waste to a Sanitary Sewer in the Authority Sewerage District (or to a holding
tank whose contents are hauled for discharge to a Sanitary Sewer in the Authority
Sewerage District) consists solely of the Food Processing wastes it generates,
and if it is not exempted from coverage by 360 CMR 10.063(4) or (5).
(4) A person is not required to be covered by
the Group Permit for Food Processing, if its only industrial sewer discharge is
from its Food Processing operations and it applies for and is covered by
360 CMR
10.062.
(5) Notwithstanding 360 CMR 10.063(3), a Person
discharging Food Processing waste to the Sewer is not covered by the Group Permit
for Food Processing, but requires a Sewer Use Discharge Permit to discharge
Industrial Waste to the Sewer if it is not exempted by
360 CMR 10.007(3)
and it:
(a)
Discharges other Industrial Wastewater in addition to Food Processing
wastes;
(b) Has a total industrial
wastewater sewer discharge that averages 25,000 gallons per day or more, or is
notified by the Authority that it otherwise is a Significant Industrial User as
defined in
360 CMR
10.004;
(c) Uses a pretreatment system other than
passive pretreatment (e.g., a settling tank, grease trap, or a
limestone chip tank); or
(6) A person who would be covered by the Group
Permit for Food Processing, but has other discharges that are subject to a
General Permit, shall be covered by and hold the Group Permit for Food Processing
and be subject to the requirements of the General Permit for its other
discharges.
(7) Before commencing a
Discharge required to be covered by the Group Permit, the Person that will be
discharging shall file with the Authority and the appropriate Municipality a
Notice of Intent to Discharge, on a form available from the Authority, and shall
not begin discharging until it is issued the Group Permit by the Authority and
Municipality. A Person with a Sewer Use Discharge Permit on the effective date of
the Group Permit for Food Processing that is required to be covered by the Group
Permit for Food Processing shall submit a Notice of Intent to Discharge to the
Authority and the appropriate Municipality within 90 days of the effective date
of 360 CMR 10.063, and may continue to discharge subject to its Sewer Use
Discharge Permit until the Authority and Municipality act on the Notice of
Intent.
(8) A Person issued the Group
Permit shall comply with the terms and conditions of the Group Permit. The Permit
shall contain standard terms and conditions for all Persons it covers. Those
terms and conditions shall describe which facilities it covers, required
submissions, general conditions to be met, required operations and management
practices, and recordkeeping requirements. It may include information on required
monetary charges that must be paid, enforcement information, and other
requirements and information that the Authority deems necessary or appropriate to
ensure compliance with 360 CMR 10.000 and/or with local, state, and federal laws
and regulations.
(9) Any new facility
that will be covered by the Group Permit, or substantial change to an existing
facility that is covered by the Group Permit, must include plumbing to assure
that a representative sample of the discharge of all Food Processing wastes may
be taken at a safe and accessible location at the end of the pretreatment process
line, or at the end of the process line if there is no pretreatment, and prior to
combining with any other streams.
(10) Unless specifically modified by the Group
Permit, a Person issued a Group Permit shall comply with 360 CMR 10.000 and is
subject to enforcement pursuant to
360 CMR 2.00:
Enforcement and Administrative Penalties, and St. 1984, c. 372
and St. 1987, c. 307.
(11) A Person
issued the Group Permit shall post a copy of the Group Permit on its applicable
facility's bulletin board or such other conspicuous location as the Authority
shall allow and shall post with the Group Permit the names of the individuals at
the facility responsible for compliance with the Group Permit and names of the
individuals at the facility to be notified in the event of an Upset or other
episode requiring notice to the Authority.
(12) The Group Permit for Food Processing does
not preclude the Authority from requiring specific compliance measures at
individual facilities including, but not limited to, installation of grease traps
at specific location and more frequent maintenance. The Authority may determine
that a facility requiring more frequent grease trap maintenance requires an
individual Sewer Use Discharge Permit.
(13) The Authority may approve maintenance
schedules, compliance schedules, or both, for specific facilities including, but
not limited to, schedules that modify the grease trap maintenance requirements of
the Group Permit. A Person seeking such a modification must submit a request in
writing with supporting documentation. Modifications that allow longer intervals
in the grease trap maintenance schedule shall not be approved, unless the
Authority and the appropriate Municipality are satisfied that such modification
will not contribute to nuisance conditions, or an adverse impact on the Sewerage
System, Receiving Waters, or the Authority's Wastewater Residuals program.
Approval for such modification is not effective until issued by the Authority in
writing.
(14) The Group Permit for
Food Processing does not preclude the Municipality from imposing more stringent
requirements.
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