The City offers disposal services to DNR licensed sanitary pumpers
and haulers. The City has established regulations and procedures that
govern the acceptance of either domestic septage or holding tank wastes
with. All sanitary waste pumpers and haulers and their wastes must
comply with the provisions of this article.
The hauler must obtain a hauled waste profile form from the
Control Authority and fill out for each tank generator. The form must
be completed and signed by the generator owner or principal executive
officer or waste hauler and returned to the Control Authority. The
hauler shall ensure that tank generators and hauler operators are
informed of and comply with all applicable provisions of this article.
Before approval of the generator tank discharge, the Control Authority
may require additional information of the generator that may include
sampling, analysis of tank contents or certified lab report of tank
contents and/or inspection of the generator facility. Upon receipt
of all requests, the Control Authority will make its best efforts
to either accept or reject a hauler within 30 days.
Disposal fees will be set based on actual costs using the same
methodology used for setting other sewer service fees.
In addition to any enforcement action deemed necessary by the City in accordance with Article
IV, Enforcement and Review, the City may take action as cited in the following situations:
A. Misrepresentation. If the hauler operator intentionally or negligently
misrepresents a load characterization form by incorrectly documenting
required information or falsifying a signature, then the City may:
(1) Revoke the waste hauler's approval and prohibit discharges by
the hauler at the treatment plant.
(2) Charge the hauler for any costs that the hauler avoided by misrepresenting
the waste; and/or charge the hauler/generator for any sample collection
or lab analysis costs, or any costs for damage done to the treatment
facility equipment or processes.
B. Exceedance of a pretreatment standard. If a sample from a hauled
discharge indicates an exceedance of any federal, state or local pretreatment
limit, then the City may:
(1) Issue the hauler and/or generator of the waste a notice of noncompliance
and repeat analysis on the next hauled discharge from the violating
generator, and/or repeat analysis directly from the violating generator
holding tank;
(2) Revoke the waste hauler's approval and prohibit discharges by
the hauler and/or the violating generator of the waste;
(3) Charge the hauler/generator for any sample collection or lab analysis
costs, or any costs for damage done to the treatment facility equipment
or processes.
C. Discharge at a location or time other than that designated by the
Control Authority. If the hauler discharges any waste in a manner
different than as designated by the Control Authority, then the City
may:
(1) Revoke the waste hauler's approval and prohibit discharges by
the hauler at the treatment plant.
(2) Charge the hauler for any costs or damages associated with discharging
at a location or time other than that designed by the Control Authority.
D. Failure to pay fees. If a hauler/generator fails to pay the City
any required fees within 30 days past invoice, then the City may:
(1) Revoke the waste hauler's approval and prohibit discharges by
the hauler/generator at the treatment plant until all fees are paid.
E. Suspicious discharges. If inspection of a hauler vehicle or its contents
or any other circumstances cause the Control Authority to suspect
that the discharge is inconsistent with the load characterization
form, pretreatment standards, or requirements of this chapter, the
Control Authority may reject the discharge and the hauler shall immediately
cease discharging.
F. Hauler operator: failure to cooperate. If a hauler operator fails
to allow the City Authority to inspect or sample, or fails to cooperate
with any other requirement or regulation, then the Control Authority
may:
(1) Revoke the approval for and prohibit discharges by that particular
hauler operator.
G. Appeals. Any hauler, hauler operator or generator aggrieved by a decision under this section may appeal under the provision of §
639-45. The hauler's request shall not stay any enforcement action pending the appeal.