(a) The National Categorical Pretreatment Standards as promulgated by the USEPA pursuant to the Act which are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference shall be met by all users of the City's sewage disposal system. (Copies of Standards shall be available at the office of the Director of Public Utilities and at the WWTP.) The only exception to this requirement is when the City, upon application for removal credits, receives a modification to the Categorical Pretreatment Standards as provided for under the Act.
(b) State requirements and limitations on discharges to the sewage disposal system shall be met by all users which are subject to such standards in any instance in which they are more stringent than Federal requirements and limitations or those in this or any other applicable ordinance.
(c) The City reserves the right to amend this chapter to provide for more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to the sewage disposal system where deemed necessary to comply with the objectives set forth in Section 925.17.
(d) No user shall increase the use of potable or process water in any way, for the purpose of diluting a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the standards set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 19-90. Passed 2-20-90.)
(e) No user shall discharge wastewater containing concentrations exceeding the maximum allowable discharge concentrations in accordance with the “City of Circleville Local Industrial User Limits” and “City of Circleville WWTP Industrial Pretreatment Program Local Limits Report” as amended. Copies of the “City of Circleville Local Industrial User Limits” and “City of Circleville WWTP Industrial Pretreatment Program Local Limits Report” are available at the office of the Circleville Director of Public Utilities, the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) and online. The permit application “City of Circleville Industrial User Waste Permit Application” is available at the WWTP, the utility Director’s Office and online.
(Ord. 08-39-2021. Passed 8-17-21.)
(f) The City may impose mass limitations on users which are using dilution to meet the pretreatment standards or requirements of this chapter, or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations is deemed appropriate by the City.
(Ord. 19-90. Passed 2-20-90.)