(a) Purpose and Policy.
(1) The City of Clarksburg has duly adopted the following Rules and Regulations governing the admission of industrial wastes to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
(2) The City of Clarksburg, a body corporate and politic, existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia, was duly incorporated.
(3) The City of Clarksburg, pursuant to the laws of the State of West Virginia, established a Sanitary Board to have control over and supervision of a sewage collection system and sewage treatment plant including, but not limited to, the Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
(4) This article sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors of industrial wastes into the wastewater and collection system owned and operated by the City via the Sanitary Board, and enables the City to comply with all applicable State and Federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR, Part 403).
(5) The basic objectives of these Rules and Regulations are:
A. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge;
B. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
C. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludges from the system; and
D. To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal wastewater system. (Ord. 02-16. Passed 5-16-02.)
E. To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
F. To enable the Sanitary Board to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the Publicly Owned Treatment Plant is subject.
(Ord. 10-23. Passed 9-14-10.)
(6) This article provides for the regulation of direct and indirect industrial waste contributors to the municipal wastewater system through the issuance of permits to certain nondomestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that an existing customer's capacity will not be preempted, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the pretreatment program established herein.
(7) This article shall apply to each person and any political subdivision who, by contract or agreement with the City, avails himself of sanitary sewer service; and every such person or political subdivision by availing himself of sanitary sewer service agrees to be bound by these Rules and Regulations.
(b) Conflict. This Industrial Sewer Use Ordinance is a supplement to the City's existing Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code, Chapter Three of Part Nine of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Clarksburg (as amended). The portions of the existing Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code and all other ordinances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent or conflicting with any part of this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.
(c) Severability. If any provision, paragraph, word, or section of these Rules and Regulations is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, and sections shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect. (Ord. 02-16. Passed 5-16-02.)