(A) It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the town, any sanitary sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters, unless suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this subchapter. ('83 Code, § 2.2(b))
(B) The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 400 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight; or containing more than 450 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of suspended solids; or containing more than 40 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of ammonia-as-nitrogen; or containing more than eight parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of total phosphorus; or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 50.32; or having an average daily flow greater than 1% of the average daily sewage flow of the town, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
(C) Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent, the discharger shall provide at his or her expense the pretreatment of sewage as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 400 parts per million (milligrams per liter), suspended solids to 450 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight and ammonia-as- nitrogen to 40 parts per million (milligrams per liter)total phosphorus to eight parts per million (milligrams per liter) or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 50.32 or control the quantities and rates of discharge of the waters or wastes.
(D) At the discretion of the Superintendent, where discharge of sewage has the strength or concentrations greater than allowed in division (C) of this section, the discharge may be allowed, but shall be subject to the surcharge as described in § 50.58. At no time shall any water or waster be discharged to the public sewer having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 1,000 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight; or containing greater than 1,000 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of suspended solids; or containing more than 100 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of ammonia-as-nitrogen, or containing more than 20 parts per million (milligrams per liter) by weight of total phosphorus. An exceedence of these limits constitutes a violation of this chapter and a fee shall be assessed in an amount not less than $1,000 per day, per violation, but no more than $2,500 per day, per violation for a first violation nor more than $7,500 per day, per violation for subsequent violations, in accordance with IC 36-l-3-8(a)(10)(B). The abovementioned fee is in addition to any surcharge fee described in § 50.58(B).
(E) Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed pretreatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), and no construction of the facilities shall be commenced until the approval is obtained in writing.
(F) Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense. (83 Code, § 2.5(f), (g))
(G) In accordance with § 50.75 the town may perform inspections and/or sample and analyze the discharge of industrial users for parameters necessary to achieve and/or maintain compliance with the town's NPDES permit or to determine compliance with this chapter. The town's cost for inspections, sampling and analysis shall be chargeable to the industrial user.
(Am. Ord. 2007-7, passed 6-11-07; Am. Ord. 2018-4, passed 4-23-18; Am. Ord. 2020-1, passed 1-27-20) Penalty, see § 50.999