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(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)
(a) A person commits an offense if the person discharges or introduces any pollutant or polluted water into the Lake Worth watershed.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person discharges or introduces any harmful quantity of any substance into the Lake Worth watershed.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to an enforcement action of subsections (a) or (b) above that the discharge was authorized by and in compliance with a discharge permit issued by the commission or the EPA.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person is in control of premises with a permit issued by the EPA or the commission to discharge into the Lake Worth watershed and knowingly fails or refuses to allow the director to inspect such permit or any records maintained pursuant thereto.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)
Pursuant to Tex. Administrative Code Title 30, § 290.44, it is the responsibility of the city to protect its drinking water supply by instituting and enforcing a cross-connection program. The purpose of this division, therefore, is to comply with the above-cited regulatory requirements and to protect the water supply of the city from contamination or pollution due to any cross-connections.
(Ord. 12274, § 1, passed 11-28-1995)
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