(A) At least once every two (2) years, the City Manager shall evaluate whether each significant industrial user needs an accidental discharge/slug control plan. The City Manager may require any user to develop, submit for approval, and implement such a plan. Alternatively, the City Manager may develop such a plan for any user. An accidental discharge/slug control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Description of discharge practices, including non-routine batch discharges;
(2) Description of stored chemicals;
(3) Procedures for immediately notifying the City Manager of any accidental or slug discharge, as required by § 52.095 of this ordinance; 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.
(B) Each industrial user having the ability to cause pass through or interference with the POTW Treatment Facility or to violate the regulatory provisions of this ordinance shall provide protection from accidental discharge to the POTW of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this ordinance. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user’s own cost and expense.
(C) All industrial users whose wastewater includes or could include compatible or incompatible pollutants in amounts great enough to cause pass through or interference with the POTW must have detailed plans on file at the POTW showing facilities and operating procedures to provide protection from accidental discharge. All industrial users shall complete construction of said facilities by 180 days from the effective date of this ordinance. No industrial user who begins contributing to or could contribute such pollutants to the POTW after the effective date of this ordinance shall be permitted to introduce such pollutants into the POTW until accidental discharge facilities and procedures, as appropriate, have been approved by the POTW and installed by the industrial user. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify its facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this ordinance.
(Prior Code, Art. 16B, § 3.3)