Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs (April 1994) 22: 8.2MB: Open (PDF) Industrial User Permitting Guidance Manual (September 1989) 23: 13.7MB: Open (PDF) Interim Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy (March 1, 1995) 24: 0.2MB: Open (PDF) Interim Guidance for Performance-Based Reductions of NPDES Permit Monitoring The Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs (PDF) (282 pp, 8 MB) Control of Slug Loadings to POTWs Guidance Manual (PDF) (170 pp, 9 MB) Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Fact Sheet 8.0: Slug Control Plans (PDF) (4 pp, 72 K) Guidance for Developing Control Authority Enforcement Response Plans (PDF) (112 pp, 6 MB) Agency inspections are visits to a facility or site for the purposes of gathering information to determine whether it is in compliance. During an inspection, facility and site owners and operators can expect to be interviewed, the review of reports and records, the taking of photographs, the collection of samples, and the observation of operations. There is an example of an industrial user insp ection checklist in EPA's Industrial Users Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs. The POTW does not have to use this format but the main areas needing to be inspected and the types of inform ation needing to be documented should be included on their checklist. Update to Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual For POTWs Original: April 1994 Update: January 2017 Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTW's (PDF) (8 MB, About PDF) 4/1/1994: This manual is intended to acquaint POTW personnel with the well-established inspection and wastewater sampling procedures which have been used in the NPDES program for many years. EPA Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs; EPA NPDES Compliance Inspection Manual; EPA Model Pretreatment Ordinance; EPA Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; EPA Guidance for Developing Enforcement Response Plan; WEF City of Tempe Sample Campus Article Completed revisions to the 1994 Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs based on extensive input from experts in the Office of Wastewater Management, and the Office of Science and Technology, and experts in regions, states, and POTWs. The revised Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs is an inspection support tool provided by EPA for use by field personnel Guidance Manual for Performing an Industrial User Survey The 7-Step Process by compiling information, and conducting inspection or sampling when such This guidance manual details a process that allows POTWs to satisfy these requirements. Monitoring of Significant Industrial User Form - Summarizes monitoring of SIUs for the reporting year; POTWS are required to inspect its SIUs at least once per year. The EPA provides guidance: Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs; Delegated POTWs have additional and more detailed responsibilities. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4 •NPDES Applications and Program Updates Rule •Update to "Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs"(1994) -Updates to Other Manual and Training in progress EPA's Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for POTWs ; EPA's Industrial User Permitting Guidance Manual ; EPA's Pretreatment Program Legal Authority Review Checklist ; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) Guidance for Co