A penalty of $100 shall be assessed to any user for each day
that a report required by this chapter, a permit or order issued hereunder
is late, beginning five days after the date the report is due. If
reports are over 10 days late, a higher penalty will be assessed according
to the enforcement response plan. Actions taken by the Director of
Wastewater or his/her designee to collect late reporting penalties
shall not limit the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee's authority
to initiate other enforcement actions that may include penalties for
late reporting violations.
The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee may decline to
issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit to any
user who has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter,
a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued
hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, unless
such user first files a satisfactory bond, payable to the City of
Biddeford, Maine, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the
Director of Wastewater or his/her designee to be necessary to achieve
consistent compliance.
The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee may decline to
issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge to any user who
has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter, a previous
individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder,
or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, unless the user
first submits proof that it has obtained financial assurances sufficient
to restore or repair damage to the POTW caused by its discharge.
The Director of Wastewater or his/her designee may decline to
issue or reissue an individual wastewater discharge permit to any
user who has failed to pay any outstanding fees, fines, penalties
or other amounts incurred as a result of any provision of this chapter,
a previous individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued
hereunder.
Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate any provision
of this chapter, an individual wastewater discharge permit, or order
issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement,
water service to the user may be severed. Service will recommence,
at the user's expense, only after the user has satisfactorily demonstrated
its ability to comply.
A violation of any provision of this chapter, an individual
wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other
pretreatment standard or requirement is hereby declared a public nuisance
and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the Director of Wastewater
or his/her designee. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall
be subject to the provisions of City ordinances governing such nuisances,
including reimbursing the City of Biddeford, Maine, for any costs
incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.
Users which have not achieved compliance with applicable pretreatment
standards and requirements are not eligible to receive a contractual
award for the sale of goods or services to the City of Biddeford,
Maine. Existing contracts for the sale of goods or services to the
City of Biddeford, Maine, held by a user found to be in significant
noncompliance with pretreatment standards or requirements may be terminated
at the discretion of the Director of Wastewater or his/her designee.