(A) (1) No person shall throw, drain or otherwise discharge, cause or allow others under its control to throw, drain or otherwise discharge into the municipal separate storm sewer system any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than stormwater.
(2) The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illegal discharge to the storm drain system is prohibited.
(B) The following discharges are exempt from the above prohibition provision:
(1) Waterline flushing performed by a government agency, other potable water sources, landscape irrigation or lawn watering, diverted stream flows, rising ground water, ground water infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped ground water, foundation or footing drains (not including active groundwater dewatering systems), crawl space pumps, air-conditioning condensation, springs, non-commercial washing of vehicles, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, swimming pools (only if DECHLORINATED, which is typically less than one part chlorine per million parts of water), fire-fighting activities, and any other water source not containing pollutants;
(2) Discharges or flows specified in writing by South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) or the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as being necessary to protect public health and safety;
(3) Dye-testing is an allowable discharge, but requires a verbal notification to the SWMD prior to the event, except as administered by Easley Combined Utilities (ECU);
(4) The prohibition provision above shall not apply to any non-stormwater discharge permitted under an NPDES permit or order issued to the discharger, and administered under the authority of the State and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency; provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver or order, and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written approval has been granted for any discharge to the storm drain system.
(Ord. 2004-19, passed 11-8-04) Penalty, see § 53.99