(A) Classes of major contributors. To establish a feasible surveillance schedule, the following classes of major contributors are formed:
Class | Qualification | Minimum Surveillance Schedule |
A | Flow of 100,000 gallons per day (0.1 MGD) or more per average workday | Semiannually |
B | Flow from 0.04 MGD to 0.1 MGD per average work day or discharge with constituents or characteristics that result in a major contributor classification | Annually |
(B) Surveillance period. The surveillance period will normally be for a period of seven consecutive days, but can be of longer or shorter duration at the discretion of the Town Council or Superintendent. In cases where the surveillance period extends for a greater number of consecutive days than seven, the town shall have the prerogative of selecting the seven consecutive days of its choice for establishing rates and charges as provided for in §§ 52.080 through 52.093.
(C) Surveillance survey charge. The charge for each surveillance survey shall be $20 per day with a maximum charge for seven days of $140. The Town Council may adopt a schedule of lower, but not higher, surveillance fees and may waive surveillance fees in proper instances, particularly when surveillance is to detect or determine improper discharge found not to exist. In a case where no improper discharge is found, the Town Council may nevertheless charge a minimum fee of $10. Where the industry has an ongoing pretreatment facility or system approved by the state or by the Town Council, there will be no surveillance fee, unless the Town Council finds that the user having such a pretreatment facility or system has repeatedly violated the effluent standards applicable to such user.
(Ord. 81-4, passed 11-2-1981)