(a) These regulations set forth uniform requirements for discharges into the POTW, and enables the City to protect public health in conformity with all applicable, local, State and Federal laws relating thereto.
(b) The object of these regulations are:
(1) To satisfy the State and Federal requirements that the Sewer District develop and implement an industrial waste control program in compliance with the Clean Water Act of 1977 and General Pretreatment Regulations for New and Existing Sources 40 CFR, Part 403;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which will interfere with the normal operation of the POTW or contaminate the resulting municipal sludge;
(3) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which do not receive adequate treatment in the POTW, and which will pass through the POTW into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(4) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the POTW;
(5) To enforce the City pretreatment program as described in the final pretreatment program submitted to Ohio EPA as amended;
(6) To protect both POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
(7) To enable the City to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the POTW is subjected.
(c) The Water Pollution Control Board may amend these regulations as necessary to comply with all applicable local, State and Federal laws.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)