(A) Title. The Village of Bingham Farms adopts by reference the Water Supply Cross connection Control rules of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Public Act 399, 1976 R 325.11401 through R 325.11407 of the Administration Code, as amended from time to time. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Village of Bingham Farms Cross Connection Control Ordinance.”
(B) Purpose. The purpose of this provision is to promote and protect the public health, safety, and welfare by the prevention and elimination of cross connections which have been recognized as the cause of public health problems due to the hazard cause to drinking water quality.
(C) Authority. The Oakland County Drain Commissioner Operations and Maintenance Division shall be the designated authority and administrator of the cross connection control program.
(D) Plan.
(1) Pursuant to Michigan Public Act 399, 1976 R 325.11404 of the Administrative Code, a comprehensive cross connection control plan shall be developed and submitted to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Supply for review and approval.
(2) The plan shall outline the conduct of the Village of Bingham Farms cross connection control program including the method for performing initial inspections, determining inspection/reinspection frequencies, backflow prevention assembly tracking and testing schedules, annual reporting, generation of compliance, non-compliance, pertinent piping information requests, and water service shut-of notices.
(3) Upon approval by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Supply, the plan will become an instrument of this code for providing program conduct and policies.
(4) Any changes to te approved plan will be submitted to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Supply for review and approval before final approval by the authority/agent.
(5) The cross connection control plan will be made available to the public for review.
(E) Designated agent. The authority has the right to appoint a designated agent to administer the cross connection control program and perform inspections in accordance with the approved cross connection control program plan.
(F) Water discontinuance.
(1) The authority/agent shall have the right to enter any facility for the sole purpose of inspecting for cross connections. Failure on the facilities' part to allow the authority/agent entry shall be deemed of having a cross connection that is an immediate hazard to the public and as such, the authority/agent will follow the steps as outlined in the approved cross connection control plan.
(2) If a facility fails to comply in correcting any deficiencies identified during the cross connection inspection and subsequent re-inspection, follow-up inspection, and the steps as outlined in the approved cross connection control plan, the water service to the facility will be discontinued until such time that the deficiencies are corrected and approved by the authority/agent.
(G) Penalties.
(1) Any person who shall violate any of the provision of this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 for each day of violation, or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
(2) In addition to the penalty above, at the request of the authority/agent, the Village Council may bring an action for injunctive relief or other appropriate action in the name of the people of the Village of Bingham Farms to enforce this section, or an order issued pursuant to this section.
(H) Conflicting laws. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to nullify any provision of Ordinance 161, as amended, entitled “Minimum Standards of Plumbing” or any other statute or legally adopted ordinance or code.
(I) Conflicts. Nothing herein shall be deemed to nullify any provision of this section, as amended, entitled “Minimum Standards of Plumbing” or any other statute or legally adopted ordinance or code.
(Ord. 161, passed 11-27-97; Am. Ord. 174, passed 5-28-02)