(a) Each industrial user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter. Where required by the Director to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials, facilities shall be provided and maintained at the user's cost and expense. Detailed plans showing such facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Director for review and shall be approved by the Director before construction of such facility. Industrial users required to provide such facilities shall submit plans within ninety days after the Director has required such plans. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures by the Director shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify its facility as necessary to meet the future requirements of this chapter.
(b) Industrial users shall notify the City immediately upon the occurrence of an accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter. The notification shall include location of discharge, date and time thereof, type of waste, concentration and volume and corrective actions. Any industrial user who discharges prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this chapter exceeding limits imposed by this chapter shall be liable for any expense, loss or damage to the treatment works, in addition to the amount of any fines imposed on the City on account thereof under state or federal law, or in addition to any penalties assessed to the industrial user under Section 1040.99.
(c) Signs shall be permanently posted in conspicuous places on industrial users' premises, advising employees whom to call in the event of an accidental discharge. Employers shall instruct all employees who may cause or discover such a discharge with respect to emergency notification procedure.
(Ord. 175-91. Passed 7-8-91; Ord. 246-21. Passed 10-25-21.)