(A) An Enforcement Response Guide (ERG), prepared for passage, and approved in conjunction with this chapter, by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners of the City Sanitary District shall be used to ensure that the requirements of 40 C.F.R. part 403 of the Clean Water Act are met. The ERG outlines various administrative actions the Director may take for various pretreatment violations. The maximum fine shall be $2,500 per day per violation. When the Director finds that a user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, an industrial wastewater discharge permit or general permit, the Director shall refer to the Enforcement Response Guide (ERG) to ensure reasonable and equitable enforcement.
(B) The Director shall review and update, on an annual basis, for the Board of Sanitary Commissioners any changes needed to ensure compliance with the federal, state and local pretreatment regulations as listed in the Act and this chapter.
(1) Informal notice. An informal notice may be either a documented phone call, email (written warning) or a site visit/meeting notifying the user of minor incidences that have occurred and that need to be corrected. Repeat performance of the same incidence or escalation of the incidence will result in escalated enforcement action.
(2) Notice of violation (NOV). An NOV is a written notification to the IU indicating the type of apparent violation and requesting a written response within ten days, indicating a reason for the non- compliance and what steps are being taken to eliminate any future violations of similar nature.
(Prior Code, § 54.75)