932.31 INTERPRETATION REQUESTS AND RIGHTS OF APPEAL.

   (a)   Any discharger shall have the right to request in writing an interpretation or ruling by the District regarding the discharger's performance under or compliance with this Code or its wastewater discharge permit. Such interpretation request shall be submitted to the Deputy Director of Public Service. A written response by the District, by and through the Deputy Director or other duly authorized representative, to such interpretation request shall be delivered to the discharger either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, within thirty days after the District's receipt of such written interpretation request. Such response by the District shall be final and binding upon the discharger and shall not be subject to further review by the District.

   (b)   Any discharger shall have the right to seek review and reconsideration of any order of the District entered with respect to such discharger after a hearing as provided in Section 932.28 hereof, provided that the discharger submits the basis of its request for review and reconsideration in writing to the Deputy Director of Public Service within ten days after issuance of the District's administrative order. Upon timely receipt of a discharger's request the District shall stay for thirty days any and all judicial enforcement proceedings against such discharger as may then be pending. The District, by and through its Deputy Director or other duly authorized representative, shall deliver a written response to the discharger's request for review and reconsideration of the District's order either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, within the thirty-day period after the District's receipt of such request. Such response shall be final and binding upon the discharger and shall not be submitted to further review by the District.

   (c)   Where in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, there shall be no stay in the suspension or conditioning of sewage discharge and/or discharge permits during appellate processes, administrative or in courts of general jurisdiction.

(Ord. 92-206. Passed 4-29-92.)