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DIVISION 8. DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF ILLICIT CONNECTIONS AND DISCHARGES AND IMPROPER DISPOSAL
(a) It is unlawful for any person to connect any pipe, open channel, or any other conveyance system that discharges anything except stormwater or unpolluted water, which is approved by the Director, into receiving waters.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to continue the operation of any such illicit connection regardless of whether the connection was permissible when constructed. Improper connections in violation of this article must be disconnected and redirected, if necessary, to the satisfaction of the Director and any other federal, state, or local agencies or departments regulating the discharge.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to throw, drain, run or otherwise discharge to any component of the Greenville County MS4 or to the Waters of the State or to cause, permit or allow to suffer to be thrown, drained, run, or allow to seep or otherwise discharge into such system or receiving water all matter of any nature excepting only such storm or surface water as herein authorized.
(d) The Director may require controls for or exempt from the prohibition provision in (a), (b) and (c) above the following, discharges provided the Director determines these discharges are not a significant source of pollution:
(1) Unpolluted industrial cooling water, but only under the authorization and direction of the Director and appropriate NPDES permit.
(2) Water line and fire hydrant flushing performed or required by a government agency, diverted stream flows, rising ground waters.
(3) Unpolluted pumped ground water.
(4) Unpolluted discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water from crawl space pumps, footing drains, lawn watering, individual car washing, residential pool backwashing, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, and street wash water.
(5) Discharges or flows from firefighting activities.
(6) Other unpolluted water.
(7) All authorized non-stormwater discharges must not cause erosion of soil or the stream bank or result in sediment impacts to the receiving stream.
(e) In the event of an accidental discharge or an unavoidable loss to the Greenville County MS4 of any pollutant, the responsible person shall inform the Greenville County Land Development Division as soon as possible, but not to exceed 24 hours, of the nature, quantity and time of occurrence of the discharge. The responsible person shall take immediate steps to contain the waste, treat the waste or other actions to minimize effects of the discharge on the MS4 and receiving waters. The responsible person shall also take immediate steps to ensure no recurrence of the discharge.
(1976 Code, § 8-91) (Ord. 3551, passed 11-11-2001; Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015)
(a) The Director shall take appropriate steps to detect and eliminate illicit connections to the Greenville County Stormwater System, including the adoption of a program to screen illicit discharges and identify their source or sources.
(b) The Director shall take appropriate steps to detect and eliminate improper discharges, including programs to screen for disposal and programs to provide for public education, public information, and other appropriate activities to facilitate the proper management and disposal of used oil, toxic materials and household hazardous waste.
(1976 Code, § 8-92) (Ord. 3551, passed 11-11-2001; Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015)
DIVISION 9. SPECIAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT PERMITS
(a) A Special Pollution Abatement Permit is required when development or re-development occurs within a watershed that drains to a waterbody listed as impaired by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or has an established total maximum daily load (TMDL) developed and implemented for a pollutant(s) of concern to ensure that effective best management practices are used to control water quality for these waterbodies. A Special Pollution Abatement Permit will be valid for a period of 5 years, at which point it must be renewed. At the time of renewal, any deficiencies in the control of the targeted pollutants or management method must be corrected. Any development that occurs without a required permit shall be a violation of this chapter of the code.
(b) Development in other areas known to have particular adverse water quality pollutant impacts may be required to comply with this section at the discretion of the Director. Areas that qualify have been identified by sampling and monitoring results and are given as priority areas for water quality treatment. Outstanding resource waters may also qualify for compliance under this section for protection of their classification.
(Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015)
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