(A) When the Director finds that a user has violated or continues to violate this chapter, the user's wastewater discharge permit, any order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, or that the user's past violations are likely to recur, the Director may issue an order to the user directing it to cease and desist all such violations and directing the user to:
(1) Immediately comply with all requirements; and
(2) Take such appropriate remedial or preventive action as may be needed to properly address a continuing or threatened violation, including halting operations and/or terminating the discharge.
(B) Issuance of a cease and desist order shall not be a prerequisite to taking any other action against the user.
(1960 Code, § 38-14-76) (Ord. 5677, passed 12-16-1996; Am. Ord. 8173-2018, passed 2-21-2018)