Procedures Manual for Reviewing a POTW Pretreatment Program Submission

摘要

The manual presents the procedures for EPA Regions and approved States to review local POTW pretreatment program submissions. It facilitates the determination whether the submittal contains the data and information required by the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403), and whether the program is approvable. It provides the reviewers with a suggested separate checklist for reviewing each program element. Approval Authorities can use the manual to review and approve any local POTW pretreatment program. However, when using the manual and its checklists, these Authorities must understand that the manual is for guidance and its use must be tailored to the complexity and size of the program under review. A program developed by a small POTW with relatively few industrial users should not be reviewed in the same manner as a program developed by a large POTW with many industrial users. The level of detail and sophistication in the former program will naturally be less than in the latter program. Approval Authorities must bear this fact in mind when using the manual.