Editor’s note:
Ordinance 08-06, passed March 12, 2008, repealed in its entirety Ordinance 40, passed January 13, 1968, codified as Chapter 1040, Sewers, and adopts a new Genesee County Sewer Use Ordinance for the City of Grand Blanc (hereinafter referred to as the “ordinance”).
The Ordinance establishes uniform requirements for discharges by users located within the city to Genesee County POTW, and to enable the city and the county agency to comply with applicable state and federal laws as required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also knows as the “Clean Water Act”), as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. part 403); Part 31 of Public Act 451 of 1994, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.3101 et seq., as amended (“Water Resources Protection”); and the rules, Michigan Administrative Code, R 323.2301 et seq., as amended, promulgated pursuant to §§ 3103, 3106, and 3109 of Part 31 of Act 451 of Public Acts of Michigan of 1994, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.3103, 324.106 and 324.3109 respectively, as amended.
The ordinance prohibits the discharge of pollutants from within the city into the Genesee County POTW that do not meet applicable pretreatment standards and requirements; that would interfere with the operation of the POTW; that would pass through the POTW into receiving waters or the atmosphere, the environment, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW; that would inhibit or disrupt the POTW’s processing, use or disposal of sludge; that would cause health or safety problems for POTW workers; or that would result in a violation of the POTW’s NPDES permit or of other applicable laws and regulations.
The ordinance is intended to improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludge from the Genesee County POTW, as required by law.
The ordinance regulates the discharge of wastewater and/or pollutants to the POTW and provides the authority to enforce the requirements of the ordinance through the issuance of permits and through other means as provided by the ordinance.
The ordinance authorizes and requires all inspection, monitoring, reporting and enforcement activities as necessary to ensure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements and other applicable laws and regulations.
The ordinance provides for the equitable distribution and recovery of costs from users of the Genesee County POTW sufficient to administer regulatory activities and to meet the costs of the operation, maintenance, improvement and replacement of the POTW.
The ordinance applies to any person that discharges to the Genesee County POTW from within the city. The ordinance also applies to any person owning, using, constructing or maintaining any private system or facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage or wastewater within the city.
The ordinance designates, empowers and authorizes the Genesee County POTW to act as the agent and representative of the city for the purposes of administering and enforcing the ordinance within the city. This includes, but is not limited to, the power and authority of the POTW, as deemed necessary by the POTW, to immediately and independently investigate, enforce, and prosecute (administratively or judicially, and civilly or criminally) any violation of the ordinance or of any notice, order, permit, decision or determination promulgated, issued or made by the POTW under the ordinance, and to otherwise implement the requirements of the ordinance.
The ordinance makes it unlawful for any person to discharge any wastewater or pollutant to the POTW or to any storm sewer or natural outlet within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, except in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance and other applicable laws and regulations. If any user discharges or proposes to discharge wastewaters or pollutants that are prohibited or limited by the ordinance, the POTW may take any action as provided by the ordinance or other applicable laws or regulations to assure and require compliance with the provisions of the ordinance.