13.20.270: PUBLICATION OF USERS IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE:
The superintendent shall publish annually, in a newspaper(s) of general circulation that provides meaningful public notice within the jurisdiction(s) served by the POTW, a list of the users which, during the previous twelve (12) months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. Accordingly, the industrial user shall be apprised that noncompliance with this chapter and its wastewater discharge permit may lead to an enforcement action and may result in publication of its name in an appropriate newspaper in accordance with this section. For the purposes of this provision, a user is in significant noncompliance if its violation meets one or more of the following criteria:
   A.   Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty six percent (66%) or more of measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter taken during a six (6) month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l);
   B.   Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty three percent (33%) or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six (6) month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l) multiplied by the TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);
   C.   Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l) (daily maximum, long term average, instantaneous limits, or narrative standard) that the POTW determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public;
   D.   Any discharge of pollutant that may cause imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the city's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
   E.   Failure to provide within ninety (90) days of the scheduled date a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
   F.   Failure to provide within thirty (30) days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
   G.   Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
   H.   Any other violation or groups of violations, which may include a violation of best management practices, which the POTW determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program. (Ord. 3032, 2019: Ord. 2837 § 1, 2008)