Discharges received from entities outside of the city jurisdictional boundaries are regulated to the same extent as are discharges from within its jurisdictional boundaries.
(A) If another municipality, or user located within another municipality, contributes wastewater to the POTW, the IPD shall enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the contributing municipality.
(B) Prior to entering into an agreement required by division (A) above, the IPD shall request the following information from the contributing municipality:
(1) A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the POTW by the contributing municipality;
(2) An inventory of all users located within the contributing municipality that are discharging to the POTW; and
(3) Such other information as the Pretreatment Coordinator may deem necessary.
(C) An intermunicipal agreement, as required by division (A) above, shall contain the following conditions:
(1) A requirement for the contributing municipality to adopt a sewer use ordinance which is at least as stringent as this chapter and local limits, including required baseline monitoring reports (BMRs) which are at least as stringent as those set out in § 53.018 of this chapter. The requirement shall specify that such ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to the city’s ordinance or local limits;
(2) A requirement for the contributing municipality to submit a revised user inventory on at least an annual basis;
(3) A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit issuance, inspection and sampling, and enforcement, will be conducted by the contributing municipality; which of these activities will be conducted by the IPD; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the contributing municipality and the IPD;
(4) A requirement for the contributing municipality to provide the IPD with access to all information that the contributing municipality obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;
(5) Limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the contributing municipality’s wastewater at the point where it discharges to the POTW;
(6) Requirements for monitoring the contributing municipality’s discharge;
(7) A provision ensuring the IPD access to the facilities of users located within the contributing municipality’s jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling, and any other duties deemed necessary by the IPD;
(8) A provision specifying remedies available for breach of the terms of the intermunicipal agreement; and
(9) Where the contributing municipality has primary responsibility for permitting, compliance monitoring, or enforcement, the intermunicipal agreement should specify that the municipality in which the POTW is located has the right to take action to enforce the terms of the contributing municipality’s ordinance or to impose and enforce pretreatment standards and requirements directly against dischargers in the event the contributing jurisdiction is unable or unwilling to take such action.
(Prior Code, § 53.057) (Ord. 1590, passed 4-14-2009)