(A) Pretreatment and modification. When, after making such a review, the Superintendent concludes that before the person discharges his or her wastes into the public sewers he or she must modify or eliminate those constituents which would be harmful to the structures, processes or operations of the sewage works, sewerage system or injurious to health, then the person shall either modify his or her wastes at the point of origin or shall provide and operate at his or her own expense such preliminary treatment or processing facilities as may be determined to be necessary to render his or her wastes acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
(B) Prior approval of pretreatment facilities. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment or processing facilities shall be submitted to the State Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) Office of Water Quality and the municipality for examination and approval; and no construction of such facilities shall begin until the town, through its Town Council, has given its written approval for filing such plans with IDEM for a construction permit. The approval shall not exempt the person from the obligation to make further reasonable adaptations of such facilities which such adaptations of such facilities when such adaptations prove necessary to secure the results desired.
(C) Operation of pretreatment facilities. Where the preliminary treatment facilities are provided, they shall obtain an industrial wastewater pretreatment permit from IDEM and maintain continuously in satisfactory and effective operating condition by the person at his or her own expense and shall be subject to periodic inspection by IDEM and the municipality. The person shall maintain suitable operating records and shall submit to the Superintendent such monthly summary reports of the character of the influent and effluent as the latter may prescribe.
(D) Restrictions on discharge. Whenever deemed necessary, the Superintendent may require users to restrict their discharge during peak flow periods, designate that certain wastewater be discharged only into specific sewers, relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage from wastestreams from industrial waste streams and such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the sewerage system and determine the user’s compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(E) Storage and flow-control facility. The Superintendent may require any person discharging into the sewerage system to install and maintain, on their property and at their expense, a suitable storage and flow control facility to ensure equalization.
(F) Increased discharges. The town shall have the authority to accept or deny any new or increased discharges from any indirect discharger into the district sewerage system.
(G) Emergency suspension. The Superintendent may immediately suspend a user’s discharge, after informal notice 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.
(1) The Superintendent may also immediately suspend a user’s discharge, after notice and opportunity to respond, that threatens to interfere with the operation of the district sewerage system, or which presents, or may present, an endangerment to the environment.
(2) Any user notified of a suspension of its discharge shall immediately stop or eliminate its contribution. In the event of a user’s failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the Superintendent many take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the sewerage system, its receiving stream or endangerment to any individuals.
(3) The Superintendent my allow the user to recommence its discharge when the user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Superintendent that the period of endangerment has passed, unless termination proceedings under § 52.065(E) are initiated against the user.
(4) A user that is responsible in whole or in part for any discharge presenting imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence to the Superintendent prior to the date of any show cause or termination hearing under § 52.065(C) or (E).
(5) Nothing in this division (G) shall be interpreted as requiring a hearing prior to any emergency suspension.
(H) Pretreatment of wastewater.
(1) Users must provide necessary wastewater treatment as required to comply with this chapter and pretreatment requirements, local limits and any other required compliance standards set forth in this chapter within the time limitations specified by EPA, the state or the Superintendent, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the town and other agencies must be provided, operated and maintained at the user’s expense.
(2) All plans and operating procedures must be submitted to the town and IDEM before construction of the facility. This requirement also applies to state regulations in which plans must be approved by IDEM Office of Water Quality and the plan review section of IDEM.
(3) The review of such plans and operation procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the town under the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 2015-6, passed 6-25-2015) Penalty, see § 52.999