(A) The Superintendent shall publish annually, in the largest daily newspaper published in the municipality where the POTW is located, a list of the users which, during the previous 12 months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pre- treatment standards and requirements.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE. Includes:
(a) Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66% or more of wastewater measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed a numeric pretreatment standard or requirements, including instantaneous limits, by any amount;
(b) Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which 33% or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, multiplied by the applicable criteria (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 that the Superintendent believes 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 pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the Superintendent’s exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
(e) Failure to meet, within 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 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(s) which the Superintendent determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
(1987 Code, § 9-37) (Ord. passed 6-26-2000; Am. Ord. 22, 2012, passed 10-22-2012)