(A) Any person who transports septic tank, seepage pit or cesspool contents, liquid industrial waste or other batch liquid waste and wishes to discharge such waste to the public sewer system shall first have a valid hauled waste discharge permit. All applicants for a hauled waste discharge permit shall complete the application form, pay the appropriate fee, and receive a copy of this chapter. All persons receiving such permits shall agree, in writing, to abide by all applicable provisions of this chapter, and any other special provisions that may be established by the city as necessary for the proper operation and maintenance of the sewerage system.
(B) Discharge of septic tank, seepage pit, interceptor or cesspool contents, or other wastes containing no industrial wastes may be made by trucks holding a valid permit at a manhole designated by the General Superintendent for that purpose. Discharge of truck-transported grease trap contents or industrial wastewater shall take place only after notification is made to the General Superintendent and then only at the locations specified by the General Superintendent. MUPB requires payment as herein after provided for treatment and disposal costs.
(C) The MUPB reserves the right to refuse permission to discharge any waste that may cause interference, pass-through or upset at the POTW, or any waste that violates any provision of this chapter.
(D) Any person holding a valid permit and wishing to discharge to the POTW may be required to submit to the plant supervisor a sample of each load prior to discharge.
(E) It shall be illegal to discharge any batch liquid waste into any manhole or other part of the public sewer system, or any building sewer or other facility that discharges to the public sewer system, except at designated points of discharge specified by the General Superintendent for such purpose.
(F) Any liquid waste hauler illegally discharging to the public sewer system or discharging wastewater not authorized in the permit shall be subject to immediate revocation of discharge privileges and further subject to the penalties and enforcement actions prescribed in § 52.99, including fines and imprisonment. A suspended permittee shall immediately cease discharging any wastes to the sanitary sewer system of the city or to facilities that discharge directly or indirectly into its system. Should a suspended permittee fail to voluntarily comply with any suspension order, the General Superintendent shall take such actions as are deemed necessary or appropriate to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW and/or to protect the health and welfare of the general public.
(G) A suspended permit may be reinstated by the General Superintendent upon submission of assurances satisfactory to the General Superintendent that the suspended permittee will comply with this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section plus payments of fine or other penalties as may be levied by the MUPB. The General Superintendent shall require that within fifteen (15) days after the date of any such occurrence, the suspended permittee to submit a written report to the MUPB detailing the nature and extent of the violation(s), including any nonpermitted discharges, and the measures taken by the suspended permittee to prevent any future occurrence.
(H) Waste haulers who have been granted permission to discharge to the public sewer system shall pay fees for such discharge in accordance with a fee schedule established by the General Superintendent and approved by the city. The Morehead Utility Plant Board shall establish, and from time to time may alter, a schedule of fees, rates and charges for the hauled waste to cover the costs of treatment and disposal of all wastes governing permit issuance, requirements, conditions, suspensions and all other matters necessary or appropriate to implement this section.
(I) Only wastes approved by the General Superintendent and originating from within the city or Rowan County shall be allowed under this permit. Dumping hours shall be fixed by the General Superintendent and shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., local time, Monday through Saturday, excluding recognized MUPB holidays. Dumping after hours or on holidays may be allowed by permission only from the operator on duty at the MUPB wastewater treatment plant.
(J) The permittee shall complete a load report for each load of waste deposited into the city's sewer system. The information on the load report shall be recorded and signed by an employee of the permittee, or the permittee himself, and shall be in duplicate on forms furnished by the MUPB. The original copy of all load reports, a summary monthly report and accompanying payment based upon sixty dollars ($60.00) per fifteen hundred (1,500) gallons of approved liquid waste plus fifty dollars ($50.00) per fifteen hundred (1,500) gallons for contents from grease traps which were discharged into the city's sewer system for the previous month, shall be submitted to the General Superintendent or his designee by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the discharge.
(K) Discharge of all liquid wastes allowed under this section shall take place only at the location(s) designated by the General Superintendent. The designated location or manhole to be used under the hauled waste discharge permits may be changed by the General Superintendent as deemed necessary.
(L) The discharge of trucked and/or hauled wastes from industrial plating processes or radiator businesses is prohibited by this chapter.
(M) Nothing in this chapter shall relieve waste haulers of the responsibility for compliance with Rowan County Health Department, state or federal regulations.
(Ord. 14:95, passed 5-25-95; Am. Ord. 5:96, passed 3-12-96; Am. Ord. 08:2016, passed 6-13-16)