A. Charges. User Fees for Large Agencies may be levied as a separate bill within the County financial management system. The User Volume, Strength, and the actual operational and maintenance costs attributable to the Large Agency may be used as factors in the billing calculation.
B. Agreement. Large Agencies will enter into a written agreement with the County including but not limited to the following:
1. User Fees. Large Agency-specific User Fees will be established based on a review of Department costs to provide service to each Large Agency. Factors involved in developing the User Fees include, but are not limited to:
a. A fee reimbursing the Department for the increased costs to operate and maintain the non-public portion of the sewer system within the Agency, as well as cover the impact of the Agency on the Public Sanitary Sewerage System.
b. The reimbursement time period and the method of reimbursement.
c. The Volume, Strength, or chemical data from the Large Agency discharge.
d. The User Fee may be either a uniform, fixed monthly charge, or another method as determined by the Director.
e. Additional User Fees such as Service Fees and Rates.
2. Pretreatment. For Large Agencies where the County does not have direct enforcement authority against the discharger, the Large Agency will be required to develop its own Pretreatment program by:
a. Adopting a pretreatment sewer use ordinance that is no less stringent than as those provided in Chapter 13.36 Industrial Wastewater Ordinance of the Pima County Code; and
b. Instituting pretreatment plans, agreements, and reporting for dischargers that is no less stringent than as those provided in Chapter 13.36 Industrial Wastewater Ordinance of the Pima County Code.
3. Capacity Management, Operations, and Maintenance (CMOM). When appropriate, CMOM, as well as spill prevention, may be specified to:
a. Ensure that the operation and maintenance of the Agency's Sanitary Sewer System is in compliance with the Department's CMOM Permit, inclusive of:
i. A capacity assurance program;
ii. A spill prevention program;
iii. A spill reporting program; and
iv. An operation and maintenance program.
b. Repair and replace components utilizing an asset management plan.
4. Permissions and Assurances. The agreement will also provide the Department with authority to:
a. Review records and data for pretreatment, maintenance, and CMOM programs.
b. Periodically review the appropriateness of the reimbursement amounts.
c. Assure that there is payment of all connections and User Fees for each connection and User within the Large Agency boundaries.
C. Access. Department Inspectors will have access at all reasonable times to metering devices on the Large Agency's Sanitary Sewers and other appurtenances specified within the agreement. Department maintenance personnel, equipment, and any other Department staff necessary to complete the agreed support tasks will have access at all reasonable times to manholes, metering devices, and any other appurtenances on the Agency's Sanitary Sewers as specified within the agreement.
D. Legal Action Fee and Cost Recovery. If the County is required to take legal action to recover fees, the provisions of section 13.24.200(F)(4) apply.
(Ord. 2016-29 § 1 (part), 2016)