The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is empowered to regulate storm water by the authority of the Clean Water Act. The City of Hopkinsville, classified as a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) under Phase II of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Program, is empowered to regulate non-storm water discharges.
(Ord. 37-2007, passed 11-20-2007)