(A) The purpose of this subchapter is the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare by abating and preventing pollution through the regulations and control of the quantity and quality of industrial, commercial, and other wastewater and wastes admitted or discharged into the POTW of the city.
(B) This subchapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the POTW of the city and enables the city to comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 403).
(C) The objectives of this subchapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with its operation;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;
(3) To protect both POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
(4) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the POTW; and
(5) To enable the city to comply with its NPDES permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject.
(D) This subchapter shall apply to all users of the POTW. This subchapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting.
(E) By virtue of obligations and authority placed upon the city as an operator of a wastewater collection and treatment system (POTW) which discharges into public waters, by the Federal Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; Public Act 451 of 1994, being M.C.L. §§ 324.101 et seq., as amended; or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; applicable NPDES permits issued to the city; existing or future contracts between the city and other governmental or private entities or by virtue of common law usage of the city’s POTW, this subchapter shall apply to every industrial, commercial, and other users whose wastewater or waste is discharged into or flows through the city’s POTW or is treated at a treatment plant of the POTW.
(Prior Code, § 51.15) (Ord. D-1635, passed 9-9-1991, effective 9-9-1991; Ord. D-1927, passed 7-15-2002, effective 8-1-2002)