(A) The city, through the POTW Director/General Manager or his or her designee, to ensure compliance with this chapter, and as permitted through 40 CFR Subchapter N, and 401 KAR 5:055, may take the following enforcement steps against users in non-compliance with the chapter. The remedies available to the POTW include injunctive relief, civil and criminal penalties, immediate discontinuance of discharges and/or water service and the publishing of the list of significant violators annually. The enforcement authority shall be vested in the POTW Director/General Manager or his or her designee.
(B) The POTW Director/General Manager may suspend the wastewater treatment service and/or an industrial user permit when such suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the POTW Director/General Manager, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interference to the POTW or causes the POTW to violate any condition of its NPDES/KPDES permit.
(C) Any user notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or the industrial user permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the city shall take such steps as deemed necessary including immediate severance of the sewer connection and/or water service to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The city may reinstate the industrial user permit and/or the wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the non-complying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the city within 15 days of the date of occurrence.
(Ord. 21-03, passed 4-19-2021; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-21-2022)