(A) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors located within the local unit into the West Bay County Regional Wastewater System (POTW) and enables the local unit and the Bay County Department of Water and Sewer of the Bay County Board of County Road Commissioners (the “Department”) (also referred to as the “Control Authority” or the “POTW,” as appropriate to the context herein) to comply with all applicable state and federal laws as required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the “Clean Water Act”), as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the general pretreatment regulations (40 C.F.R. part 403); part 31 of Act 451 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1994, M.C.L.A. §§ 324.3101 et seq., as amended (“Water Resources Protection”); and the rules, Michigan Administrative Code, R 323.2301 et seq., as amended, promulgated pursuant to §§ 3103, 3106 and 3109 of Part 31 of Act 451 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1994, as amended.
(B) The purposes and objectives of this chapter are:
(1) To establish standards, rules, and regulations with respect to the use of the POTW;
(2) To prevent the discharge of pollutants into the POTW that do not meet applicable pretreatment standards and requirements; that would interfere with the operation of the POTW; that would pass through the POTW into the receiving waters or the atmosphere; that would inhibit or disrupt the POTW's processing, use, or disposal of sludge; that would cause health or safety problems for any person working on the POTW; or that would result in a violation of the POTW's NPDES permit or of other applicable laws and regulations;
(3) To improve and maximize the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system;
(4) To regulate the discharge of wastewater to the POTW and to enforce the requirements of this chapter through the issuance of permits and through other means as provided by this chapter;
(5) To authorize and require all inspection, monitoring, reporting and enforcement activities as necessary to insure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements and other applicable laws and regulations; and
(6) To provide for equitable distribution of the costs of wastewater system within the local unit.
(Ord. 185, passed 4- -2006)