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suspended solids contained therein. Such application shall also contain pertinent flow data, including rates and duration, a detailed description of the operation, and any other relevant information requested by the • director of Public Works. (b) Such application and any additional data required, after approval by the director, shall be reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority for compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Authority. For purposes of securing and analyzing data which are pertinent for administration of this article the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is hereby designated the agent of the city. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of X24-15 and 24-19, should the waste or pollutants from such person's operation be found to be inadmissible into the sanitary sewer system because of objectionable character as defined by this article, because of concentration of elements or substances in excess of the limits established by this article, or because of flow characteristics incompatible with the best use of the receiving sewer, as set forth in this article, neither the director of Public Works nor the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority will approve a discharge of such waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system until such person has employed, at his own expense, such methods and processes of pretreatment and regulation of flow as will render the waste or pollutants admissable to the sanitary sewer system in accordance with this article. (d) The methods and procedures of any pretreatment of industrial waste or pollutants to be employed shall be reviewed and approved under the same procedure as stipulated for original application. (e) The Department of Public Works will not specify, suggest, or recommend specific equipment, structures, or arrangements comprising any pretreatment processes, but will review any such plans on request of the applicant. (f) Approval of discharge of industrial waste or pollutants by any person will be given only on the basis of proven performance of pretreat- ment processes (if pretreatment should be required). (g) Approval given to any person for the discharge of industrial waste or pollutants, whether pretreated or not, into the sanitary sewer system shall in no way relieve such person of the responsibility of full compliance with this article, within the limits established by such permit. SECTION 24-20. Procedures for applications. (a) Any person now discharging industrial waste or pollutants into the sanitary sewer system shall have 60 days from the effective date of adoption of this ordinance to submit an application for a permit as provided