(a) Pursuant to Tex. Local Government Code § 551.002, the director is authorized to safeguard and inspect the Lake Worth watershed.
(b) The director is further authorized to:
(1) Inspect premises discharging into the Lake Worth watershed;
(2) Order persons to cease discharging pollutants and/or polluted water into the Lake Worth watershed;
(3) Inspect discharge permits issued by the EPA or the commission for discharge into the Lake Worth watershed, and inspect any records maintained by dischargers pursuant thereto;
(4) Take samples of water from the Lake Worth watershed, and samples of any substances discharging into same, for analysis of their physical, bacterial and chemical content;
(5) With the approval of the city council, protest the issuance of a permit allowing discharge into the Lake Worth watershed;
(6) With the approval of the city council, request that the agency issuing a permit to discharge into the Lake Worth watershed impose discharge restrictions that are more stringent than those required by law; and
(7) With the approval of the city council, oppose the location of any nonpoint source of pollution, mining operations or any landfill, compost facility, or other solid waste processing or disposal facility which could adversely impact the Lake Worth watershed.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)