The General Manager may immediately suspend a user’s discharge permit whenever such suspension is necessary in order 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, or which threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW, or which presents or may present an endangerment to the environment.
(A) Any user notified of a suspension of its discharge permit shall immediately stop or eliminate its contribution. In the event of a user’s failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the General Manager shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW, or endangerment to any individuals. The General Manager shall allow the user to recommence its discharge when the user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the General Manager that the period of endangerment has passed, unless the termination proceedings set forth in this chapter are initiated against the user.
(B) 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 General Manager, prior to the date of any show cause or termination hearing under this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring a hearing prior to any emergency suspension under this section.
(1995 Code, § 7.20.780) (Ord. 17-03, passed 3-21-2017; Ord. 15-02, passed 5-5-2015)