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STANDARD PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 7 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Adequate notice shall include information on the quality and quantity of effluent introduced into the POTW as well as any anticipated impact of the change on the quantity or quality of effluent to be discharged from the POTW. 8. The Discharger shall give advance notice to the Board of any planned changes in the permitted facility or activity that may result in noncompliance with this Order. 9. The Discharger shall submit technical reports as directed by the Executive Officer. 10. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement,representation,or certification in any record or other document submitted or required to be maintained under this Order,including monitoring reports or reports of compliance or noncompliance shall,upon conviction,be punished by a fine of not more than$10,000 per violation,or by imprisonment for not more than two years per violation,or by both. C. PROVISIONS FOR MONITORING 1. All analyses shall be performed in accordance with the latest edition of Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures forAnalysis of Pollutants,promulgated by U.S.EPA(40 CFR 136)or other procedures approved by the Board. 2. Chemical,bacteriological, and bioassay analyses shall be conducted at a laboratory certified for such analyses by the State Department of Health Services.In the event a certified laboratory is not available to the Discharger,analyses performed by a noncertified laboratory will be accepted provided a Quality Assurance-Quality Control Program is instituted by the laboratory. A manual containing the steps followed in this program must be kept in the laboratory and shall be available for inspection by Board staff.The Quality Assurance-Quality Control Program must conform to U.S.EPA guidelines or to procedures approved by the Board. Unless otherwise specified, all metals shall be reported as Total Metals. Unless otherwise specified,bioassays shall be performed in the following manner: a. Acute bioassays shall be performed in accordance with guidelines approved by the Board and the Department of Fish and Game or in accordance with methods described in U.S.EPA's manual for measuring acute toxicity of effluents(EPA-821-R-02-012 and subsequent amendments). b. Short-term chronic bioassays shall be performed in accordance with U.S.EPA guidelines (EPA-821-R-02-013 and subsequent amendments). 3. Laboratories that perform sample analyses must be identified in all monitoring reports submitted to the Board and U.S.EPA. 4. The Discharger shall conduct analysis on any sample provided by U.S.EPA as part of the Discharge Monitoring Quality Assurance(DMQA)program The results of any such analysis shall be submitted to U.S.EPA's DMQA manager. 5. Effluent samples shall be taken downstream of the last addition of wastes to the treatment or discharge works where a representative sample may be obtained prior to mixing with the receiving waters. Samples shall be collected at such a point and.in such a manner to ensure a representative sample of the discharge. 6. All monitoring and analysis instruments and devices used by the Discharger to fulfill the prescribed monitoring program shall be properly maintained and calibrated as necessary,at least yearly,to ensure their continued accuracy.