11-4-1050 Discharges of clean waters.

   Wherever possible clean waters from air conditioning, cooling or condensing systems or from swimming pools or clean waters resulting from pretreatment of industrial wastes shall be discharged into a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet approved by the commissioner or the commissioner of buildings.

(Prior code § 17-3.4; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)

11-4-1060 Manholes.

   Any person discharging industrial wastes into a sewer shall construct and maintain a suitable control manhole or manhole downstream from any such places or discharge to permit observation, measurement and sampling of such wastes by the commissioner or by personnel of the sanitary district as hereinafter provided. Where no manhole has been constructed or can be constructed, as in the case of some existing industries, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.

(Prior code § 17-3.5)

11-4-1070 Gauging and sampling.

   The commissioner shall have the right to enter and set up, on the owner's property, such devices as may be necessary to conduct a gauging and sampling operation after first giving ten days' advance notice of his intention so to do. While performing said gauging and sampling, the commissioner, his representative or anyone performing said work in his behalf, shall observe and comply with all safety rules applicable to the premises, established by the said owner or occupant.

   The commissioner is hereby authorized to make arrangements for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, without incurring any legal or financial obligation upon the City of Chicago, to undertake and conduct such gauging and sampling operations, in its behalf; and to provide the necessary devices and facilities as well as the personnel and also to make the analyses of samples of such wastes, as hereinafter provided, in its own laboratories and other facilities or equipment; provided, that no such arrangements with the district shall place any personnel of the district under the control of the commissioner or cause such personnel of the district to be treated as employees of the City of Chicago for any purpose whatsoever.

(Prior code § 17-3.6; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10978)

11-4-1080 Sampling methods.

   In order to ascertain whether or not the sewage or waste of any kind discharged by any person into any waters or sewage system conforms to the criteria or water quality standards of the department of water management, City of Chicago, the department of water management will use any appropriate method or device which will lead to such a determination.

(Prior code § 17-3.7; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10978; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)

11-4-1090 Analyses standards.

   All analyses to determine the strength and character of industrial wastes shall be made in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation. Strength, character and quantity of wastes shall be based on any appropriate samples taken from the flow from all plant outlets discharging into a single public sewer.

   The commissioner shall require the owner, operator or tenant of such industrial plant or other establishment to provide adequate preliminary treatment or handling facilities to accomplish such a result. Before any permit for the construction of preliminary treatment or handling facilities shall be issued, plans, specifications and other pertinent data or information relating to such proposed treatment or handling facilities shall be submitted to the industry for approval of the commissioner. No permit shall be issued and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced without the prior approval of the commissioner and no substantial alteration or addition to or in the sewer or drain or in the preliminary treatment or handling facilities shall be made without the prior written approval of the commissioner.

(Prior code § 17-3.8)

11-4-1095 Interceptors at shooting range facilities.

   Interceptors and separators located in shooting ranges and shooting range facilities, as those terms are defined in Section 4-151-010, shall be operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendation to ensure that the devices will continue to perform in accordance with all applicable local, state and federal discharge standards. Accumulated material from interceptors, separators, and downstream manholes shall be sampled for waste characterization and disposed of in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

(Added Coun. J. 7-6-11, p. 3073, § 6)

ARTICLE VII. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS* (11-4-1100 et seq.)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-26-06, p. 81473, § 1, repealed former Article VII, which pertained to noise and vibration control. See the editor's notes following the reserved sections.