(a) The director may modify the wastewater discharge permit for good cause, including but not limited to the following:
(1) To incorporate any new or revised federal, State, or local pretreatment standards or requirements;
(2) To address significant alterations or additions to the industrial user’s operation, processes, or wastewater volume or character since the time of wastewater discharge permit issuance;
(3) A change in the POTW that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge;
(4) Information indicating that the permitted discharge poses a threat to the city’s POTW, city personnel, or the receiving waters;
(5) Violation of any terms or conditions of the wastewater discharge permit;
(6) Misrepresentations or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts in the wastewater discharge permit application or in any required reporting;
(7) Revision of or a grant of variance from categorical pretreatment standards pursuant to 40 CFR § 403.13;
(8) To correct typographical or other errors in the wastewater discharge permit; or
(9) To reflect a transfer of the facility ownership or operation, or both, to a new owner/operator in accordance with this section.
The filing of a request by the permittee for a wastewater discharge permit modification does not stay any wastewater discharge permit condition.
(b) It is declared a policy of this chapter that any user of the POTW who violates any provision herein shall have the user’s wastewater discharge permit suspended or revoked, and, upon due process, be disconnected from the water system or have the sewer connection severed, or both.
(1) The procedures for water service disconnection shall be in accordance with the above provisions, and severance of sewer connection shall be in accordance with guidelines established by the director.
(2) If a user violates the discharge prohibitions of this chapter and does not comply with the order issued by the director, then a notice of termination shall be forwarded by registered mail, return receipt requested, certified mail, or personal service, to any one or more of the following: an authorized representative of an industry, or the occupant or owner of record of the property.
(3) The director shall reinstate water service and approve reconnection to the city’s sewer system upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge.
Whenever the director finds that a discharge of wastewater produces an imminent hazard to public health or safety or endangers public or private property, the director shall act immediately to suspend water service or sever all pertinent connections to the sewer or both, without giving advance notice or warning to the persons.
(1990 Code, Ch. 14, Art. 5, § 14-5.7) (Added by Ord. 94-46)