(A) The purpose of this section is to provide for the recovery of costs for the implementation of the program established herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be set forth in the city’s schedule of charges and fees, to be prepared from time to time by the Superintendent and approved by the Council. The city may adopt charges and fees which may include the permit fee, sampling charge and laboratory analysis charge. These charges shall be assessed to the industrial users through the Superintendent and be collected by the Clerk.
(1) Permit fee. The city will charge the industries that are required to obtain a permit per § 52.140 a fee which is established by a resolution of the City Council.
(2) Sampling charge. The city will assess the industries a sampling charge for sampling their wastewater with city equipment and manpower. The sampling charge is estimated to be $150 per site per sampling day for 24-hour composite samples and $30 per grab sample.
(3) Laboratory analysis charge. The city will assess the industries a laboratory analysis charge to recover the city’s expenses for analyzing the industrial wastewater samples for specific pollutants. The charges for toxic organic pollutants and toxic inorganic pollutants will be determined by the POTW laboratory or commercial laboratory retained by the city to perform the analyses.
(B) Additional costs as established by the city will be charged to industrial users on a case by case basis for fees for filing appeals, fees for consistent removal (by the city) of pollutants otherwise subject to categorical pretreatment standards and other fees as the city may deem necessary to carry out the requirements of this subchapter. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this subchapter and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the city.
(1999 Code, § 101.10) (Ord. 2542, passed 9-27-2016; Ord. 2558, passed 11-28-2017) Penalty, see §
52.999