(A) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to reduce the pollutants such as oil, grease, oxygen demanding substances and heavy metals that may be introduced into the MS4 and/or waterbodies during the removal, replacement or remediation of petroleum underground storage tanks and sites.
(B) Prohibition. No person shall release from a petroleum underground storage tank (PUST), or any leachate or runoff from soil contaminated by a leaking PUST, or any discharge of pumped, confined or partially treated wastewater from the remediation of any such PUST release is prohibited unless the discharge satisfies all of the following criteria:
(1) Compliance with all local, state and federal standard requirements and regulations;
(2) No discharge contains no harmful quantity of any pollutant; or
(3) Shall not have a pH value lower than 6.0 or higher than 10.5.
(C) Implications. It is the responsibility of the owner of the property to notify the city’s Water Department of the removal or replacement of a PUST. Such notification shall be completed not less than three days before any activity begins on the site. If the notification is not made at least three days before the site activities commence, the owner will be considered in non-compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. passed 7-26-2010)