The city may immediately suspend an industrial user's discharge and the industrial user's wastewater discharge permit, after informal notice to the industrial user, whenever such suspension is necessary in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which reasonably appears to present or cause an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons. The city may also immediately suspend an industrial user's discharge and the industrial user's wastewater discharge permit, after notice and opportunity to respond, that threatens to interfere with the operation of the municipal waste water system, or which presents or may present an endangerment to the environment.
A. Any industrial user notified of a suspension of its wastewater permit shall immediately stop or eliminate its contribution. In the event of an industrial user's failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the city shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the system, its receiving stream, or endangerment to any individuals. The city shall allow the industrial user to recommence its discharge when the user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the city that the period of endangerment has passed, unless the termination proceedings set forth in § 13.16.162 are initiated against the user.
B. An industrial user which is responsible, in whole or in part, for any discharge presenting imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence prior to the date of any show cause or termination hearing under §§ 13.16.157 and 13.16.162.
(Ord. 1413 § 10.11, passed 4-1-2015)