§ 51.001 POLICY.
   It is hereby declared the policy of the city to promote the public health, safety and welfare by:
   (A)   Implementing the general pretreatment regulations for new and existing sources of pollution promulgated by EPA and set forth in 40 C.F.R. part 403, as amended;
   (B)   Establishing uniform regulations governing the disposal of wastewater containing industrial waste or other prohibited waste within the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction; and
   (C)   Establishing requirements to control pollutants that pass through or cause interference with treatment processes in the publicly owned treatment works (“POTW”) or which may contaminate sewage sludge, thereby resulting in a violation of the permit issued by the City of Austin for the discharge of industrial waste into the POTW.
(Ord. 970318A, passed 3-18-1997)