Should the village find that a user, not subject to national categorical pretreatment standards, does not meet pretreatment standards and/or requirements applicable to its discharge, causes or contributes to a WWTP interference or upset, causes pass through, or creates conditions which are injurious to the POTW, including treatment processes, or pollutes the natural waters within the village, its service areas, or the waters of the State of Illinois, additional pretreatment and/or O&M shall be required of the user to meet pretreatment standards and requirements. Such facilities as the village may deem necessary for pretreatment of the wastewaters shall be furnished by and at the expense of the user as a condition of the discharge of wastewater into the POTW or to any natural water within the village service area.
A. Pretreatment Review: The Pretreatment Coordinator will require the user to initiate a pretreatment review through a telephone call, letter, or certified letter to the authorized representative of the user.
B. Pretreatment Initiation Meeting. A pretreatment initiation meeting shall be held between the Coordinator and the user to discuss the problem and the solution to said problem. If it is determined that changes in operation and maintenance, plant modifications, and/or the installation of pretreatment equipment shall occur to resolve noncompliance, a schedule shall be established with events and completion deadlines agreeable to both parties to resolve the noncompliance. If appropriate, a compliance agreement defining the agreed upon schedule shall be sent from the village to the user. The user shall sign the compliance agreement and return it to the Coordinator. If a schedule for compliance acceptable to the Coordinator and the user cannot be established, the matter will be referred for further enforcement action consistent with the provisions of Section 4-19-11 as appropriate.
C. Progress Reports. Progress reports shall be filed by the user on a schedule agreed to by the coordinator and the user concerning the completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required for the user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (such events include, but are not limited to, hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing and completing construction, and beginning and conducting routine operation). In the progress report(s), the user shall identify whether or not it complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the user to return to the established compliance schedule.
D. Final Report. A final report shall be filed with the Coordinator by the user within ninety (90) calendar days from the end of the compliance schedule deadline to verify the success or failure or the entire schedule. The final report will appropriate identify the steps being taken by the user to resolve noncompliance. (Ord. 2020-33, 11-24-2020)