The town, by way of its Town Manager, so as to ensure proper monitoring of its wastewater facilities, has legal authority to:
(A) Develop and enforce specific limits on prohibited substances;
(B) Enter the premises of any industrial user to conduct inspections, surveillance, record review, and/or monitoring, as necessary to determine compliance with the SUO and, if applicable, any effective industrial wastewater pretreatment permit;
(C) Accept or deny any new or increased discharges from any indirect discharger;
(D) Immediately halt or prevent any discharge or pollutants to the POTW which reasonably appear to present an imminent endangerment to the health or welfare of the public, the environment, and/or which threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW;
(E) Require compliance with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements by indirect dischargers;
(F) Impose fees, if necessary, to offset the cost incurred by the permittee for administering the pretreatment program requirements established in Part III of the town’s NPDES permit; and
(G) Impose a fine of not more than $2,500 per day per violation for a first violation nor more than $7,500 per day per violation for subsequent violations, in accordance with I.C. 36-l-3-8(a)(10)(B).
(Ord. 9-2017, passed 8-21-2017; Am. Ord. 1-2021, passed 1-4-2021)