Any existing user who is located beyond the city limits and who is required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall submit an industrial wastewater discharge permit application as outlined in section 7-7-3-4 of this chapter. New sources and new users who are located beyond the city limits and who are required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall comply with section 7-7-3-2 of this chapter.
(A) If another municipality, or industrial user(s) located within another municipality, contributes wastewater to the city's collection system, the city shall enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the contributing municipality.
(B) Prior to entering into an agreement required by subsection (A) of this section the city shall request the following information from the contributing municipality:
1. A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the city by the contributing municipality;
2. An inventory of all users located within the contributing municipality that are discharging to the city's collection system; and
3. Any other information as the city may deem necessary to enter into an intermunicipal agreement.
(C) An intermunicipal agreement, as required by subsection (A) of this section, shall contain the following conditions:
1. A requirement for the contributing municipality to adopt a sewer use ordinance which is at least as stringent as this chapter and local limits, including required baseline monitoring reports (BMRs) which are at least as stringent as those set out in section 7-7-4-1 of this chapter. The requirement shall specify that such ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to the city's ordinance or local limits;
2. A requirement for the contributing municipality to submit a revised industrial user inventory on at least an annual basis;
3. A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including industrial wastewater discharge permit issuance, inspection and sampling, and enforcement, will be conducted by the contributing municipality; which of these activities will be conducted by the city; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the contributing municipality and the city;
4. A requirement for the contributing municipality to provide the city with access to all information that the contributing municipality obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;
5. Limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the contributing municipality's wastewater at the point where it discharges to the city's collection system;
6. Requirements for monitoring the contributing municipality's discharge;
7. A provision ensuring the city or its agents access to the facilities of industrial users located within the contributing municipality's jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling, and any other duties deemed necessary by the city; and
8. A provision specifying remedies available for breach of the terms of the intermunicipal agreement. (Ord. 2020-018, 10-19-2020)