“Industrial User Authorized Representative” is an applicant for an industrial waste discharge permit or an industrial user who is:

1. A responsible corporate officer, of the industrial user submitting the reports for a corporation. For the purpose of this definition, a responsible corporate officer shall mean:
   1. 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
   2. The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided, the manager is authorized to make management decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
2. A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user submitting the reports is a partnership, or sole proprietorship respectively.
3. A duly authorized representative of the individual designated in Subsections a and b of this definition provided that:
   1. The authorization is made in writing by the individual described in Subsections a and b of this definition; and
   2. 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. is submitted to the District.
   4. If an authorization under Subsection c of this definition is no longer current, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of Subsection c. must be submitted to the District prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an Industrial user authorized representative.