(a) Any industrial user who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant hereto shall be subject to a maximum administrative fee as follows:
2014 Fee | |
First violation in a six month period | $250.00 |
Second violation in a six month period | $500.00 |
All other violations in a six month period | $2,500.00 per violation |
The Water Pollution Control Board may periodically review and amend fees as necessary.
(b) Such notice shall be delivered to the industrial user personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested as part of a proposed enforcement action pursuant to Section 915.402 or 915.403. For the purposes of these administrative fines, each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. The industrial user shall appeal any fees or fines imposed to the Water Pollution Control Board as described in Section 915.406 within thirty days. Upon receipt of said appeal the Board shall hold a hearing consistent with Section 915.403.
(c) Issuance of administrative fine shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)