(A) Performance bonds. The Director may decline to issue or reissue a wastewater discharge permit to any user who has failed to comply with any provision of this subchapter, a previous wastewater discharge permit, an order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, or the Director may in a wastewater discharge permit prohibit a discharge, unless such user first files a satisfactory bond, payable to the city, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the Director to be necessary to achieve consistent compliance and cover expenses that might reasonably be incurred as a result of future violations.
(B) Liability insurance. The Director may decline to issue or reissue a wastewater discharge permit to any user who has failed to comply with any provision of this subchapter, a previous wastewater discharge permit, an order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, or the Director may in a wastewater discharge permit prohibit a discharge, unless the user first submits proof that it has obtained liability insurance or other financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair damage to the POTW caused in the future by its discharge.
(C) Water supply severance. Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of this subchapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, water service to the user may be severed. Service will only recommence, at the user’s expense, after it has satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to comply.
(D) Public nuisances. A violation of any provision of this subchapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the Director. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall be subject to the provisions of § 94.002 governing such nuisances, including reimbursing the city for any costs incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.
(E) Informant rewards. The Director may pay up to $500 for information leading to the discovery of noncompliance by a user.
(F) Contractor listing. Users which have not achieved compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements are not eligible to receive a contractual award for the sale of goods or services to the city. Existing contracts for the sale of goods or services to the city held by a user found to be in significant noncompliance with pretreatment standards or requirements may be terminated at the discretion of the Director.
(Prior Code, § 51.43) (Ord. D-1927, passed 7-15-2002, effective 8-1-2002)