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Codified Ordinances of Lorain, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LORAIN, OHIO
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
TITLE THREE - Utilities
CHAPTER 911 Water Rules and Regulations
CHAPTER 913 Water Pollution Rules and Regulations
CHAPTER 915 Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Rules and Regulations
915.001 METHOD OF USING REFERENCES.
915.002 INTRODUCTION, FINDINGS, AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
915.004 PURPOSE AND POLICY.
915.005 CONFLICTS.
915.010 DEFINITIONS.
915.100 GENERAL DISCHARGE PROHIBITIONS.
915.101 CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.
915.102 DILUTION.
915.103 SUPPLEMENTARY LIMITATIONS.
915.104 OIL AND GREASE PROHIBITION.
915.105 PROHIBITION OF ACID AND PLATING WASTES.
915.106 MASS LIMITATIONS.
915.107 PRETREATMENT OF WASTEWATER.
915.200 PURPOSE.
915.201 SAMPLE COLLECTION.
915.202 SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
915.203 OTHER CHARGES AND FEES.
915.204 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
915.300 ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGES.
915.301 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS.
915.302 BASELINE REPORT.
915.303 STANDARDS MODIFICATION.
915.304 COMPLIANCE DATE REPORT.
915.305 PERIODIC COMPLIANCE REPORTS.
915.306 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS.
915.307 SIGNATORY REQUIREMENTS.
915.308 INSPECTIONS AND SAMPLING.
915.309 CONSTRUCTION OF SAMPLING MANHOLE AND EQUIPMENT.
915.310 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
915.311 BYPASS.
915.312 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS.
915.313 PRECAST SAMPLING AND METERING MANHOLE DETAIL.
915.314 NOTICE OF VIOLATION/REPEAT SAMPLING AND REPORTING.
915.400 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF SERVICE AND DISCHARGE PERMITS.
915.401 REVOCATION OF PERMIT AND/OR TERMINATION OF TREATMENT SERVICES.
915.402 NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION.
915.403 SHOW CAUSE HEARING.
915.404 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
915.405 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS; ANNUAL PUBLICATION.
915.406 USERS REQUEST FOR A HEARING BEFORE THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD.
915.407 RIGHT TO APPEAL.
915.408 OPERATING UPSETS OR OTHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN NONCOMPLIANCE.
915.500 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.
915.501 RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED BY CITY.
915.502 FALSIFYING INFORMATION.
915.503 CIVIL PENALTIES.
915.504 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
915.505 PAYMENT OF FEES, COSTS OR PENALTIES.
915.506 REMEDIES NONEXCLUSIVE.
915.600 RIGHT OF REVISION.
915.601 RECORDS RETENTION.
915.602 REMOVAL CREDITS.
915.603 NET/GROSS CALCULATIONS.
915.604 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
915.605 INCONSISTENCY.
915.700 WASTES SUBJECT TO SURCHARGE COMPUTATION.
915.701 ESTABLISHING SEWER SURCHARGE.
915.702 AVERAGE MULTIPLE OUTLETS.
915.703 DETERMINATION OF FLOW RATE.
915.704 CHARGES APPLIED WHEN ANALYSES ARE ABSENT.
915.705 SURCHARGE FORMULA.
915.706 USE OF BOD AND COD ANALYSES.
915.707 ANNUAL REVIEW OF STRENGTH SURCHARGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURVEILLANCE CHARGES.
915.708 POWER TO DETERMINE SURCHARGE FOR SPECIAL WASTES.
915.800 OIL AND GREASE PROHIBITION.
915.801 MAINTENANCE.
915.802 INSPECTION AND SAMPLING.
915.803 MANIFEST AND RECORD RETENTION.
915.804 FALSIFYING INFORMATION.
915.805 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.
915.806 RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED BY CITY.
915.807 PAYMENTS OF FEES, COSTS OR PENALTIES.
CHAPTER 917 Ditches, Watercourses and Drainage Improvements
CHAPTER 921 Utility Wires and Conduits
CHAPTER 923 Flood Damage Reduction
TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART FIFTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - RATE AND FEE SCHEDULE
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915.104 OIL AND GREASE PROHIBITION.
   Discharges of petroleum oil, nondegradable cutting oil or products of mineral-oil origin are now prohibited if discharged in amounts that can pass through or cause interference. At no time shall any water or waste be discharged containing fats, wax, grease or, whether emulsified or not, in excess of eighty mg/1 ether soluble or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit ( 32°F) and 140 degrees Fahrenheit (140°F) or sixty degrees Centigrade (60°C).
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.105 PROHIBITION OF ACID AND PLATING WASTES.
   Any waters or wastes containing strong acid wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not, are prohibited.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.106 MASS LIMITATIONS.
   The City may impose mass limitations on industrial users which are suspected of using dilution to meet the pretreatment standards or requirements of these rules and regulations, or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations is deemed appropriate by the City.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.107 PRETREATMENT OF WASTEWATER.
   (a)   Pretreatment Facilities. Industrial users shall provide wastewater treatment as necessary to comply with these rules and regulations and shall achieve compliance with all categorical Pretreatment Standards, Local Limits, and the prohibitions set out in Section 915.100 of these rules and regulations within the time limitations specified by EPA, the State, or the Director, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated, and maintained at the industrial user's expense. Detailed plans describing such facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the Director for review, and shall be acceptable to the Director before such facilities are constructed. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the User from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the City under the provisions of these rules and regulations.
   (b)   Accidental Discharge/Slug Discharge Control Plans. The Director shall evaluate whether each industrial user needs an accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan or other action to control Slug Discharges. The Director may require any user to develop, submit for approval, and implement such a plan or take such other action that may be necessary to control Slug Discharges. Alternatively, the Director may develop such a plan for any user. An accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
      (1)   Description of discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges;
      (2)   Description of stored chemicals;
      (3)   Procedures for immediately notifying the Director of any accidental or Slug Discharge, as required by Section 915.300 of these regulations; and
      (4)   Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or Slug Discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents, and/or measures and equipment for emergency response.
         (Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
FEES
915.200 PURPOSE.
   It is the purpose of this Sub-Chapter to provide for the payment of fees from industrial users to the POTW, to compensate the City for the cost of administration of the pretreatment program established herein. (Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.201 SAMPLE COLLECTION.
   When it is deemed necessary by the City to sample any industrial wastes discharged into its public sewers, the industry or user shall bear all cost of said sampling. Normal operation of gauging and sampling of any manhole or any other point of discharge shall be the time required, as determined by the City, to obtain representative samples of the effluent discharged. Cost shall be as listed in Section 915.203. (Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.202 SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
   All cost for analytical tests, which are performed by the City Water Pollution Control laboratory, under the direction of the Chemist, and performed for an industry because of its discharge to a public sewer either to determine compliance with these rules and regulations or to determine a rate for surcharge, shall be borne by the owner or industry being tested. This rate will be as listed in Section 915.203.
(Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
915.203 OTHER CHARGES AND FEES.
   The City shall collect fees as described below. The Water Pollution Control Board may periodically review and amend fees as necessary.
Test
2014 Rate
BOD
$25.00
COD
25.00
TSS
10.00
P
15.00
pH
5.00
Metals
10.00
Hg (low-level)
80.00
Phenolics
33.00
Oil and Grease
35.00
CN (total)
25.00
CN (amenable)
25.00
Cr (6+)
20.00
Sampling Charge
80.00
 
   The City shall also collect the following fees:
 
(a) Inspection of industrial users
$60.00/hour; 1 hr. minimum
(b) Renewal of Industrial Discharge Permit
$50.00/ year*
(c) Plan and application review
Based on cost to City
(d) Accidental discharge procedures
Based on cost to City   
(e) Industrial user orders issuances
$15.00 per 1,000 gallons per day
not to exceed $1,500 per year
   *Example: fees for two-year and five-year permits would be $100.00 and $250.00, respectively. (Ord. 30-14. Passed 3-3-14.)
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