(A) (1) The City Administrator may suspend the sewage treatment services to any user (after informal notice to the discharger) when the suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the City Administrator, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment or to the sewage system, or would cause the city to violate any condition of its NPDES or the state’s disposal system permit.
(2) Any user notified of a suspension of the sewage treatment service shall immediately stop the discharge. In the event of a failure of the user to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City Administrator shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the
sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the sewage system or endangerment to any individuals. The City Administrator shall reinstate the sewage treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the non-complying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of any slug or accidental discharge and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the City Administrator within 15 days of the date of occurrence.
(B) In accordance with the procedures set forth in §§ 53.01 through 53.06 and 53.20 through 53.26 of this chapter, the City Administrator may revoke the permit of any user which fails to factually report the sewage constituents or characteristics; or which refuses reasonable access to the user’s premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring or for violation of conditions of its permit, §§ 53.01 through 53.06 and 53.20 through 53.26 of this chapter or applicable state and federal regulations.
(C) If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the city’s sewage system contrary to the provisions of §§ 53.01 through 53.06 and 53.20 through 53.26 of this chapter, federal or state pretreatment requirements, or any order of the city, the City Attorney may, following the authorization of the action by the City Council, commence an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief.
(D) (1) A list of the users which were significantly violating applicable pretreatment requirements or national categorical pretreatment standards during the 12 previous months shall be annually published by the city in a local newspaper. The notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the user(s) during the same 12 months.
(2) For the purpose of this provision, significant violations would be those violations which remain uncorrected 45 days after notification of non-compliance, which are part of a pattern of non-compliance over a 12-month period, or which involve a failure to accurately report non-compliance.
(Prior Code, § 3.21) (Ord. 22, Third Series, effective 10-17-1984)