The City may for good cause shown suspend the wastewater treatment service to a discharger when it appears to the City that an actual or threatened discharge presents or threatens an imminent or substantial danger to the health or welfare of persons, a substantial danger to the environment, interferes with the operation of the POTW, or violates any pretreatment limits imposed by this chapter or any wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant to this chapter. Any discharger notified of the suspension of the City's wastewater treatment service and/or the dischargers wastewater discharge permit, shall within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the City, cease all discharges. In the event of failure of the discharger to comply voluntarily with the suspension order within the specified time, the City shall take such steps as deemed necessary including immediate severance of the sewer connection and shall commence judicial proceedings immediately thereafter to compel the discharger's compliance with such order. The City shall reinstate the wastewater discharge permit and/or the wastewater treatment service and terminate judicial proceedings pending proof by the discharger of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge or conditions creating the threat of imminent or substantial danger as set forth above. A detailed written statement submitted by the discharger describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the City within fifteen days of the occurrence.
(Ord. 16-15. Passed 11-23-15.)