Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter
may be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of
the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. The Town
may, after informal notice to the person discharging wastewater to
the POTW, immediately halt or prevent any such discharge reasonably
appearing to present an imminent endangerment to the health and welfare
of the public or any discharge presenting, or which may present, an
endangerment to the environment or which threatens to interfere with
the operation of the public sewer or wastewater treatment facilities.
Actions which may be taken by the Town in response to violations of
this chapter include ex parte judicial injunctive relief, entry on
private property to halt such discharge, blockage of a public sewer
to halt such discharge, or demand of specific action by the person.
Any person found to be violating any provisions of this chapter
may be fined in the amount not to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation.
Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed
a separate offense. In addition civil and criminal penalties, and
injunctive relief, for noncompliance with pretreatment conditions
by industrial users may consist of a fine of up to $10,000 per day
of such violations, or by imprisonment, or both. The permittee may
also be subject to additional enforcement actions under state and/or
federal law.
Violations of this chapter shall be enforced as outlined in
the Enforcement Response Guide (Attachment A).[1] As required, the Enforcement Response Guide may be revised
in accordance with EPA or New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services (NHDES) regulation modification or guidance policy.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said attachment is included as an attachment to this chapter.
