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All applications, reports or information submitted to the city shall be signed and certified in accordance with the following requirements. Written designation of the signatory official must be received by the Utility Director prior to acceptance of any application or other required document.
(A) All permit applications shall be signed:
(1) For a corporation: by a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president;
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively;
(B) All other correspondence, reports and self-monitoring reports shall be signed by a person described above or by a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative only if:
(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having facility or activity, such as the position of plant manager, superintendent or position of equivalent responsibility.
(C) Certification.
(1) Any person signing a document under this section shall make the following written certification:
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person(s) who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(2) A facility determined to be a non-significant categorical industrial user by the Operations Manager pursuant to § 31.301 must annually submit the following certification statement signed in accordance with the signatory requirements in this section. This certification must accompany any alternative report required by the Operations Manager:
"Based on my inquiry of the person or persons directly responsible for managing compliance with the categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR [Part], I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief that during the period from [month/day] , [year] to [month/day], [year]:
(a) The facility described as [Facility Name] met the definition of a non-significant categorical industrial user as described in § 31.301.
(b) The facility complied with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements during this reporting period; and
(c) the facility never discharged more than 100 gallons of total categorical wastewater on any given day during this reporting period.
(Ord. No. 17-91, 6-25-91; Am. Ord. No. 01-13, § 11, 2-5-13)
Division 7. Sewer Fees and Charges
(A) The city may adopt charges and fees which may include:
(1) Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the city's pretreatment program;
(2) Fees for monitoring, inspections, and surveillance procedures;
(3) Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(4) Fees for permit applications;
(5) Fees for filing appeals;
(6) Fees for consistent removal by the POTW of excessive strength conventional pollutants;
(7) Other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained here.
(B) These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the city. All fees and charges not specifically established will be set by the superintendent and will be based on the annual review of the cost incurred by the city to carry out the requirements contained herein.
(Ord. No. 17-91, 6-25-91)
(A) Sewer service charges shall be charges levied on all users who discharge, cause or permit the discharge of sewage into the public sewage treatment system. Sewer service charges shall be comprised of a system of user charges, excessive strength surcharges and a system of charges for debt service.
(B) User charges shall mean charges levied on users of the sewage system to offset the cost of operations and maintenance of the system including normal replacement costs.
(C) Excessive strength surcharges shall mean charges levied on all wastewater users of the sewage treatment system whose wastewater contribution contains biological oxygen demand (BOD)5, suspended solids (SS) ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), and/or total oil and grease (O&G) in concentrations which exceed limits specified herein for such pollutants and who are permitted to make such wastewater contributions to the system by decision of the sewer commission.
(D) Charges for debt service shall mean charges levied on users of the sewage treatment system to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
(Ord. No. 17-91, 6-25-91)
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