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Each user shall provide protection for accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other waste regulated by this chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and expense. The town may require the plans showing facilities and operating procedures be submitted for review and approval prior to construction of the facilities.
(A) For countermeasures to be taken by the town to minimize damage to the sanitary sewer program or degradation of the receiving waters, permittee shall notify the town immediately upon accidentally discharging wastes in violation of this section. This notification shall be followed within three days of the date of occurrence by a detailed written statement describing the causes of the accidental discharge and the measures being taken to prevent future occurrence. Such notification will not relieve permittee of liability for any expense, loss, or damage to the sanitary sewer system, or for any fines imposed on the town on account thereof or for any enforcement action pursuant to this occurrence.
(B) In order that officers, agents, and employees of user will be informed of the town's requirements, user shall make available to their employees copies of this chapter together with such other wastewater information and notices which may be furnished by the town from time to time for the purposes of improving and making more effective water pollution control. A notice shall be furnished and permanently posted on the permittee's bulletin board advising officers, agents, and employees who to call in case of an accidental discharge.
(C) Any possible connection or entry point for a hazardous or prohibited substance to the user's plumbing or drainage system shall be appropriately labeled to warn operating personnel against discharge of such substances in violation of this section.
(Ord. 235, adopted 9-4-84) Penalty, see § 51.99
ENFORCEMENT
The Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(A) While performing the necessary work in private properties, the Engineer or duly authorized employee of the town shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the user. The user shall be held harmless for injury or death to the town employees and the town shall indemnify the user against loss or damage to its property by town employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the user and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the user to maintain safe conditions.
(B) The Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the town holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property.
(Ord. 235, adopted 9-4-84)
Failure of a contractor to comply with any part of this chapter shall be cause for revocation by the Water Pollution Control Authority or its agent of any permit issued by the Water Pollution Control Authority or its agent. If a permit is revoked, the Water Pollution Control Authority may recommend that the contractor's state license be revoked. When such action is taken by the Water Pollution Control Authority and any building sewer work remains to be completed by the contractor, the Water Pollution Control Authority or its agent shall be empowered to complete the work or to employ any contractor deemed competent for such completion. The cost of such completion may be claimed against the contractor or his performance bond.
(Ord. 235, adopted 9-4-84)
No person who has violated any provision of this chapter, or whose license has been revoked as herein provided, or who has refused or neglected to make good to the satisfaction of the Water Pollution Control Authority any defective or imperfect work, or who has refused or neglected to pay any fees, fines, or penalties imposed under the provisions of this chapter, shall receive any future permits in the town.
(Ord. 235, adopted 9-4-84) Penalty, see § 51.99
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