(a) If wastewaters containing any substance described in Section 921.10
are discharged or proposed to be discharged into the sewer system of the City or to any sewer system tributary thereto, the City may:
(1) Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
(2) Require the person or industrial discharger to make modifications that will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances in conformity with this chapter;
(3) Require pretreatment, including storage facilities, or flow equalization necessary to reduce or eliminate the objectionable characteristics or substances so that the discharge will not violate the provisions of this chapter or any other pretreatment requirements;
(4) Require the person making, causing or allowing the discharge to pay any additional cost or expense incurred for handling and treating excess loads imposed on the POTW;
(5) Take any other remedial action as may be deemed desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this chapter;
(6) Require the person responsible for the discharge or proposed discharge to apply for and obtain a waste discharge permit authorizing and limiting the discharge for specific pollutants.
(b) Where pretreatment or flow equalization prior to discharge into the POTW is required, plans, specifications and other pertinent data or information relating to such pretreatment or flow-control facilities shall first be submitted to the City for review and approval. Such approval shall not exempt the discharger from compliance with any other applicable code, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any governmental authority. Any subsequent alterations or additions to such pretreatment or flow-control facilities shall not be made without due notices to and prior approval of the City.
(c) The Director may require any User to provide, install and operate, at the User's own expense, monitoring facilities to allow inspection, sampling, and flow measurement of the user's discharge to the City sewer system. The monitoring facility shall be situated ont eh User's premises and located so that personnel will have unimpeded access at all times for inspection and sample collection. If the facilities are locked, special arrangements shall be made to allow access. The sampling and monitoring facilities shall meet the City's requirements, therefore, construction shall not begin until plans have been submitted to and approved by the Director. The Director shall also have the right to set up monitoring devices at the facilities. There shall be ample room in or near such monitoring facilities to allow for additional monitoring devices. The monitoring facilities, sampling and flow measuring equipment must be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by and at the expense of the Industrial User.
(d) If pretreatment or control of waste flows is required, such facilities shall be maintained in good working order and operated as efficiently as possible by the owner or operator at his or her own cost and expense, subject to the requirements of these rules and regulations and all other applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
(e) Whenever it shall be necessary, an authorized representative of the City, upon presentation of identification, may enter upon any property or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of copying any records required to be kept under the provisions of this chapter, inspecting any processes or equipment where wastewater is generated and discharged to the POTW, and sampling any discharge of wastewater to the POTW.
(f) Each industrial user shall provide, at their own cost and expense, protection from accidental discharges of prohibited materials or other wastes regulated by this chapter. The Director shall evaluate whether each industrial user needs a written accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan or other action to control Slug Discharges. The Director may require any User to develop, submit for approval, and implement such a plan or take such other action that may be necessary to control Slug Discharges. An accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Description of discharge practices, including non-routine batch discharges;
(2) Description of stored chemicals;
(3) Procedures for immediately notifying the Director and the POTW of any accidental or Slug Discharge, as required by this ordinance; and
(4) Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or Slug Discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents, and/or measures and equipment for emergency response.
(g) If, for any reason, a person does not comply with or will not be able to comply with any prohibition or limitation in this chapter, the person responsible for such discharge shall immediately notify the Director so that corrective action may be taken to protect the POTW treatment plant. In addition, a written report addressed to the Director detailing the exact date, time, and cause of the accidental discharge, and the duration, quantity and characteristics of the discharge, shall be filed by the responsible person within five (5) days.
(Ord. 16-12. Passed 5-16-16.)