AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). Water Reclamation
SERIES: 8841
TITLE: Discharge monitoring report and Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) reports
DATES: 1974-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological
DESCRIPTION: These reports are a record of amounts of pollution discharged into the waters of the city from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holders. They document the daily operations of the Water Reclamation Plant such as: sewage flow, grit removal, chlorine usage, residuals, digester gas produced, and lab analytical results. A Discharge Monitoring Report is submitted monthly to the State Bureau of Water Pollution Control and to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The reports are used to verify that compliance is being met and to ensure that permittees do not exceed their discharge limitations. These reports include the permittee's name; address, and permit number; the monitoring period covered by the report; the discharge number; the type of pollutant(s) covered in the report; the average and maximum quantity of the sample measurement and of the permit requirement; the minimum, average, and maximum concentration of pollutants in the sample measurement and the permit title of the principal executive officer; the date of the report; and the explanation of any violation of the permit requirements.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
APPROVED: 03/1987
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
This report is required by 40 CFR 122.41. The retention for the permittee is 3 years (40 CFR 122.41(j2)). Since this record can be used for civil or criminal action against a polluter, it should be kept for the statute of limitations period. In Utah, this can involve a nuisance action, which is 2 years (UCA 76-10-801 and 76-1-302(1)(b), an action for a false statement is 2 years (UCA 86-8-5A and 76-1-302(1)(b) or a negligence suit which is 4 years (78-12-25(2)). Both the state's and the EPA's copies are maintained for 5 years.