(A) All costs associated with the administering of the town's pretreatment program shall be paid by each significant industrial user as defined by § 50.072 of this chapter. The total cost of the pretreatment program administration shall be equally divided among each significant industrial user. The town shall annually prepare a pretreatment program administration budget. The budget for each year shall be prepared accordingly to include any deficits or surpluses from the previous year's budget. The budget amount approved shall then be equally divided among the significant industrial users and included in the user charges billed to each industry.
(B) Pretreatment program administration charges shall include costs associated with, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Pretreatment program establishment and implementation costs;
(2) Updating of pretreatment program requirements due to changes in local, state, or federal requirements;
(3) Updating of POTW headworks analysis;
(4) Review of industrial discharge monitoring reports;
(5) Enforcement actions without fines resulting from violations of the program requirements;
(6) Compliance inspections conducted by the town;
(7) Compliance sampling and monitoring conducted by the town;
(8) Submittal of semiannual pretreatment program reports to S.C. DHEC;
(9) Compliance inspections and audits conducted by S.C. DHEC of pretreatment program;
(10) Clerical activities associated with records retention, correspondence, etc.
(11) POTW toxicity tests (influent and effluent);
(12) Professional/consultation fees associated with pretreatment program administration;
(13) Annual publications of significant non-compliance; and
(14) Equipment and supplies.
(Ord. 11-01, passed 1-3-11; Am. Ord. 19-04, passed 5-6-19; Am. Ord. 22-07, passed 5-2-22; Am. Ord. 23-06, passed 4-4-23)