§ 52.028. SIGNATURE ON REPORTS AND CERTIFICATION STATEMENT.

The reports required by this chapter of significant industrial users and others as required by the Manager shall include the certification statement set forth at 40 C.F.R. pt. 403.6(1)(2)(ii), as amended, and shall be signed as follows:

(A) By a responsible corporate officer, if the user submitting the reports required by this chapter is a corporation. For the purpose of this section, a RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICER: means a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy- or decision-making functions for the corporation; or the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures;

(B) By a general partner or proprietor if the user submitting the required reports is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively;

(C) By a duly authorized representative of the individual designated in divisions (A) or (B) above if:

(1) The authorization is made in writing by the individual described in divisions (A) or (B) above;

(2) The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and

(3) The written authorization is submitted to the Authority.

(D) If an authorization under division (C) above is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of division (C) above must be submitted to the Authority prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.

(1995 Code, § 58-279) (Ord. passed 5-22-1995)