(A) CW may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating a pretreatment program if required to be developed, which may include:
(1) Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications including the cost of processing such applications;
(2) Fees for monitoring, inspection, and surveillance procedures, including the cost of collection and analyzing a user’s discharge and reviewing monitoring reports and certification statements submitted by users;
(3) Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;
(4) Fees for defending appeals;
(5) Fees to recover administrative and legal costs associated with the enforcement activity taken by CW to address IU noncompliance; and
(6) Other fees as CW may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by these regulations and are separate from all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by CW.
(B) Until such time as more specific fees are adapted, CW will determine monthly the cost it incurred during the prior month to administer and operate its pretreatment program and allocate that cost among its industrial users based on CW’s estimate of the relative amount of effort required to implement the pretreatment program for each industrial user sufficient to recover its share of cost of the pretreatment program. Such fee shall be assessed monthly and become due and payable within 30 days of receipt by the industrial user.
(Ord. 653, passed 11-15-21)