(A) In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in order to protect the operation of the water pollution control plant, the disposal of its sludges and its discharge to the receiving stream, the town hereby limits the discharger of toxic ions, compounds and substances entering the town’s sewage system not to exceed the concentrations listed below.
Constituent | Concentration (mg/l) |
Constituent | Concentration (mg/l) |
Arsenic | 0.10 |
Barium | 2.00 |
Cadmium | 0.70 |
Chlorine | 10.00 |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 0.50 |
Chromium (total) | 4.00 |
Copper | 2.00 |
Cyanide | 1.20 |
Fluoride | 0.50 |
Lead | 0.60 |
Manganese | 1.00 |
Mercury | 0.01 |
Nickel | 2.00 |
Phenol | 1.00 |
Selenium | 0.02 |
Silver | 0.30 |
Sulfide | 10.00 |
Tin | 2.00 |
Zinc | 5.00 |
(B) The town has the legal authority to:
(1) Develop and enforce specific limits on prohibited substances.
(2) Require compliance with all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements by indirect dischargers.
(3) Impose fees, if necessary, to offset the cost incurred by the permittee for administering the pretreatment program requirements established in Part III of the current NPDES permit held by the town.
(4) Impose a fine of at least $1,000 per day, per violation, in accordance with 40 C.F.R. 403.8(f)(1)(vi)(A), but no more than $2,500 per day, per violation for a first violation nor more than $7,500 per day, per violation for subsequent violations, in accordance with I.C. 36-1-3-8(a)(10)(B).
(Prior Code, Title V, Ch. II, Art. II, § 57) (Ord. 14, 1992, passed - -1992; Ord. 4, 2012, passed 4-11-2012)