(A) The Director may immediately suspend a user’s discharge, after informal notice (e.g., over the telephone or in person) to the user, whenever such suspension is necessary to stop an actual or threatened discharge which reasonably appears to present or cause an imminent or substantial, endangerment to the health or welfare of persons.
(B) The Director may also immediately suspend a user’s discharge, after notice and opportunity to respond, that threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW, or which presents, or may present, an endangerment to the environment.
(C) Any user notified of a suspension of its discharge shall immediately stop or eliminate its discharge. In the event of a user’s failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Director may take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW, its receiving stream, or endangerment of any individuals. The Director may allow the user to recommence its discharge when the user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Director that the period of endangerment has passed, unless the termination proceedings in § 59.010 are initiated against the user. In the event that the District severs or plugs the sewer to stop the discharge, the user shall bear the cost of the work done to stop the discharge along with all work necessary to repair the line to working conditions.
(Prior Code, § 50.73)