Any person found to be violating any provision of this bylaw shall 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 Superintendent, at his/her discretion, can order an immediate cease and desist of discharge to the public sewers.
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The Board or its designees may assess any person who continues any violation beyond the time limit provided for above, whether intentionally or not, a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day or such other fine as the Board may authorize by rule or regulation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate violation.
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Failure to clean grease interceptors on a quarterly basis may result in a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) per violation. Exceeding daily pretreatment standards shall be deemed a separate violation as each effluent characteristics listed in Article IV of these regulations or regulations by federal or state categorical pretreatment standards.
Any licensed drain layer who violates any rules and regulations specified in the Charlton Sewer Use Bylaw, or who does not perform in a satisfactory manner, as determined by the Board, shall be subject to penalties. The degree of penalties shall depend on the severity of the violation as determined by the Board, and shall range from an oral warning to revocation of license. In addition, fines shall be assessed in an amount determined by the Board, based upon the severity of the incident.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this bylaw shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the Town by reason of such violation.
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The Board may suspend the wastewater treatment service, or an industrial sewer discharge permit, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which may endanger the health or welfare of persons, the environment, cause interference to the POTW, cause the Town/City treating the waters to violate any condition of its NPDES permit, any federal or state law, regulation, or administrative rule or order.
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Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service or the industrial sewer discharge permit shall immediately cease discharge. Failure to comply with the suspension order may be cause for immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The Board shall reinstate the industrial sewer discharge permit or the wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the noncomplying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the Board within fifteen (15) days of the date of occurrence.
Any user who violates the following conditions of these regulations or applicable state and federal regulations is subject to having its permit revoked, after a hearing before the Board:
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Failure of an industrial user to report the constituents and characteristics of its discharge;
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Failure of the industrial user to report the significant changes in operations, or wastewater constituents and characteristics;
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Refusal of reasonable access to the industrial user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring;
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Violation of conditions of the permit; or
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Flagrant violation of this Sewer Use Bylaw.
At any time the Board may take legal action in order to halt a discharge in violation of this bylaw or any applicable rules and regulations, the POTW's NPDES permit, or any federal or state law, regulation, or any administrative order of the Town or other governmental authority, or to enforce any provision of this bylaw or such rule, regulation, permit, law, or order, and any violator shall be liable to the Town for any and all damage and expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by the Board or the Town in connection with or as a result of such action.
The Board, pursuant to filing a certificate of acceptance of conditions for the issuance of a sewer discharge lien with the Worcester County Registry of Deeds, may place a lien upon the property or premises for which sewer user charges, service charges, fees or penalties are more than sixty (60) days overdue. Notwithstanding such lien, any overdue sewer use charges or service charges may be collected through any legal means.
Any person who knowingly makes false statements, representations or certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to these regulations, or permit, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under this bylaw, shall be penalized according to the established enforcement and penalty provision of this bylaw or any rule or regulations prescribed hereunder.
The Board will publish, at least once a year, a list of industrial users which, during the previous twelve (12) months, were significantly violating pretreatment requirements. A significant violation is a violation which remains uncorrected for forty-five (45) days after notification of noncompliance; which is part of a pattern of noncompliance over a twelve-month period; which involves a failure to report noncompliance; or which resulted in the Board exercising its emergency authority under Article IV of these regulations.