[Adopted by Ord. No. 86-1; amended in its entirety 5-4-2013 by Ord. No.
13-02]
A.
The objectives of this article are to:
(1)
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment
works (POTW) which will interfere with the operation of the system
or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(2)
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into
receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with
the system;
(3)
Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and sludge
from the system;
(4)
Prevent the introduction of extraneous flows via groundwater infiltration
and inflow from any source into the POTW;
(5)
Provide for equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance
and improvement of the POTW;
(6)
Provide for and promote the general health, safety and welfare of
the citizens and to protect adverse impacts to worker health and safety
due to discharges of pollutants from industrial users;
(7)
Enable the City to comply with all applicable state and federal laws
and regulations as required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the
General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403).
B.
This article sets forth uniform requirements for all industrial users
discharging to the POTW and enables the City to comply with all applicable
state and federal laws including the Clean Water Act [33 United States
Code (U.S.C.) § 1251 et seq.] and the General Pretreatment
Regulations (40 CFR Part 403). This article provides for the regulation
of industrial users of the POTW through the issuance of permits, enforcement
of pretreatment standards and requirements, compliance monitoring,
requiring industrial user reporting and provides for the setting of
fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program
established herein. This article applies to the industrial users located
within the City of Evanston, other industrial users outside the City
who are, according to the intergovernmental agreement between the
City and Uinta County, users of the City POTW and any industrial user
that otherwise discharges pollutants directly or indirectly to the
POTW.
C.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the City Engineer shall administer,
implement, and enforce the provisions of this article. Any powers
granted to or duties imposed upon the City Engineer may be delegated
by the City Engineer to other City personnel.
D.
If wastewaters containing any pollutant, including excess flow, or
as otherwise defined in this article, are discharged or proposed to
be discharged to the POTW, the City may take any action necessary
to:
(1)
Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
(2)
Require an industrial user to demonstrate that in-plant facility
modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances
in conformity with this article;
(3)
Require treatment, including storage facilities or flow equalization
necessary to reduce or eliminate the potential for a discharge to
violate this article;
(4)
Require the industrial user making, causing or allowing the discharge
to pay any additional cost or expense incurred by the City for handling,
treating, disposing or remediation costs as a result of wastes discharged
to the wastewater treatment system;
(5)
Require the industrial user to apply for and obtain a permit;
(6)
Require timely and factual reports from the industrial user responsible
for such discharge; or
(7)
Take such other action as may be necessary to meet the objectives
of this article.
E.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the Approval Authority
and Control Authority for the purpose of implementation and enforcement
of 40 CFR Part 403. An industrial user may have specific reporting
requirements that must be made to EPA. In such cases, the industrial
user shall provide a copy to the City of any reports and submittals
made to the EPA pursuant to any reporting requirement under 40 CFR
Part 403.
A.
ACT or THE ACT
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(4)
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5)
BUILDING SEWER
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (CIU)
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
CITY
CITY ENGINEER
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
COOLING WATER
(1)
(2)
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
FATS, OIL AND GREASE (FOG)
GRAB SAMPLE
INDUSTRIAL (NONDOMESTIC) WASTES
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT
INTERFERENCE
(1)
(2)
NEW SOURCE
NORMAL DOMESTIC-STRENGTH WASTEWATER
PASS THROUGH
PERSON
pH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PRETREATMENT
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARD, NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, or STANDARDS
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
SHALL, WILL, MAY
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
SLUG DISCHARGE
STORM DRAIN OR STORM SEWER
STORMWATER
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
TOXIC POLLUTANT
WASTEWATER
WATERS OF THE STATE
WYOMING DISCHARGE PERMIT SYSTEM (WYPDES)
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
terms and phrases, as used in this article, have the meanings designated
in this section.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act", as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.
If the industrial user is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice president of
the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any
other person who performs similar policy or decisionmaking functions
for the corporation; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating
facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management
decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility including
having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment
recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures
to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws
and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established
or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for industrial
wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign
documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance
with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship; a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state, or local government facility;
a City or district or highest official appointed or designated to
oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the governmental
facility, or his or her designee.
The individuals described in Subsection (1) through (3) above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is made in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or a position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the City.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the general and specific prohibitions listed in § 23-70 of this article. BMPs may also include, but are not limited to, treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage. BMPs shall be considered local limits and pretreatment standards for the purposes of this article and Section 307(d) of the Act [40 CFR § 403.5(c)(4)]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure over a period
of five days at 20° C. and expressed in milligrams per liter mg/L.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
An industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment
standard.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317) that apply to a specific category of industrial
users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405
through 471.
The City of Evanston, Wyoming.
A representative flow-proportioned sample generally collected
within a twenty-four-hour period and combined according to flow. Time-proportional
sampling may be approved or used by the City where time-proportional
samples are believed representative of the discharge.
Contact: Water used for cooling purposes which comes in contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
Noncontact: Water used for cooling purposes which does not come
in contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product
or finished product and the only pollutant added is heat.
Wastewater from residential sources including, but not limited
to, wastewater from kitchen, bath, and laundry facilities; or wastewater
from the personal sanitary conveniences (toilets, showers, bathtubs,
fountains, noncommercial sinks and similar structures) of commercial,
industrial or institutional buildings, provided that the wastewater
exhibits characteristics that are similar to those of wastewater from
normal residential activities.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or, where appropriate,
the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said Agency.
Nonpetroleum organic polar compounds derived from animal
or plant sources such as fats, nonhydrocarbons, fatty acids, soaps,
waxes, and oils that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules.
These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical procedures
established in 40 CFR Part 136.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow and over a period of time not to
exceed 15 minutes.
The liquid or solid wastes from industrial manufacturing
processes, trade or business activities producing nondomestic or nonresidential
sewage as distinct from domestic wastewater.
A discharger that introduces pollutants into a POTW from
any nondomestic source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d)
of the Act (including holding tank waste discharged into the system).
A permit issued to an industrial user by the City that allows, limits, and/or prohibits the discharge of pollutants or flow to the POTW as set forth in § 23-73 of this article.
The maximum or minimum concentration or measurement of a
pollutant property allowed to be discharged at any time for any length
of time. For pollutants, compliance is typically determined by use
of a grab sample.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both:
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW treatment processes, or operations
or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
Therefore, is a cause of violation of any requirement of the
City's WYPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration
of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal
in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions
or permits issued hereunder, or any more stringent state or local
regulations: Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(SWDA), including Title II commonly referred to as the "Resources
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)", any state regulations contained
in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle
D of the Solids Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances
Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act.
A term that establishes the applicable Categorical Standards
for certain industrial users as defined at 40 CFR 403.3(m) and herein
incorporated by reference.
Wastewater, when analyzed in accordance with procedures established
by the EPA pursuant to 40 CFR Part 136, as amended, contains no more
than 250 mg/L of TSS and/or 250 mg/L of BOD5.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a
violation of any requirement of the City's WYPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution and reported
as standard unit (SU).
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, explosives, munitions, medical
waste, chemical wastes, corrosive substance, biological material,
biological nutrient, toxic substance, radioactive material, heat,
malodorous substance, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand,
slurry, cellar dirt, untreatable waste, or industrial, domestic, or
agricultural wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD5, COD, toxicity, or odor) discharged into or with water.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological or radiological integrity of water.
That portion of the POTW or any portion thereof designed
to provide treatment of wastewater.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes, or process changes or other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d). Appropriate pretreatment technology includes control
equipment, such as equalization tanks or facilities, for protection
against surges or slug loadings that might interfere with or otherwise
be incompatible with the POTW. However, where wastewater from a regulated
process is mixed in an equalization facility with unregulated wastewater
or with wastewater from another regulated process, the effluent from
the equalization facility must meet an adjusted pretreatment limit
calculated in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which
applies to industrial users. The term includes prohibitive discharge
limits, local limits, and best management practices that are or may
be established by the City. In cases of differing standards or regulations,
the more stringent shall apply.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the City. This definition
includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes
of a liquid nature and any sewers, pipes or other conveyances which
convey wastewater to the treatment plant. The term also means the
municipality having jurisdiction over the industrial user discharges
to and the discharges from the treatment works.
"Shall" and "will" are mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Except as provided in Subsection (3) of this definition, a significant industrial user is:
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
An industrial user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) or more
of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling, and boiler blowdown wastewater);
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry-weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the City or EPA on the basis that the
industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting
the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or
requirement.
Upon finding by the City that an industrial user meeting the criteria in Subsection (2) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standards or requirement, the City may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user, and in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2), determine that such industrial user is not a significant industrial user.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the specific prohibitions in § 23-70. A slug discharge is any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge, or a discharge which exceeds the hydraulic or design of an industrial user's treatment system or any part of the treatment unit including a discharge which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through or in any other way violate an applicable pretreatment standard or requirement or an industrial wastewater discharge permits issued by the City.
Every pipe, culvert, flume, ditch, gutter, storm sewer, cistern,
tank, drain, lake, pond, stream, ravine, gully or other facility or
natural feature that contains, holds, transports, diverts, channels,
impounds, or drains water, into which any naturally occurring stormwater
runoff within the City may seep, percolate or flow; and every street,
sidewalk, alley, gutter, roof, parking lot, yard, field, driveway,
patio and other surface within the City across which any naturally
occurring stormwater runoff may seep, percolate or flow.
Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely
of water from any form of natural precipitation and resulting from
such precipitation, including snowmelt.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and which
is removable by laboratory filtering in accordance with procedures
approved in 40 CFR Part 136, as amended.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA under Section
307(a) of the CWA or as otherwise listed at 40 CFR Part 122, Appendix
D.
The liquid- and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions
together which may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
The State of Wyoming program for issuing, conditioning, and
denying permits for the discharge of pollutants from point sources
into waters of the state as authorized under Section 402 of the Clean
Water Act.
B.
Abbreviations. The following abbreviations shall have the designated
meanings:
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BMP
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Best management practice
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BOD5
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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EC
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Degree celsius
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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CWA
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Clean Water Act
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EPA
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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FOG
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Fats, oils and grease
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mg/L
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Milligrams per liter
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O&M
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Operation and maintenance
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POG
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Petroleum, oil and grease
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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SIU
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Significant industrial user
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SNC
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Significant noncompliance
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§
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Section
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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U.S.C.
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United States Code
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WYPDES
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Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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A.
General discharge prohibitions. An industrial user may not introduce into a POTW any pollutant(s) which cause pass through or interference. These general prohibitions and the specific prohibitions in Subsection B of this section apply to each industrial user introducing pollutants into a POTW whether or not the industrial user is subject to other pretreatment standards or requirements.
B.
Specific prohibitions:
(1)
Pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the POTW, including,
but not limited to, waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of
less than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified
in 40 CFR 261.21. The City may require industrial users with the potential
to discharge flammable, combustible or explosive substances to install
and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter or explosion
hazard meter. No two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter
at the point of discharge shall be more than 5%, nor any one reading
more than 10%, of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter;
(2)
Solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction
to the flow in the POTW resulting in the interference. Pollutants
include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage, solids greater than
1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure,
bones, hair, hides, or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers,
ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass,
straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops,
waste paper, wood plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from
refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass grinding
or polishing wastes;
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0, or
wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the
POTW;
[Amended 5-5-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-12]
(4)
Any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.)
released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration
which will cause interference with the POTW;
(5)
Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW
resulting in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities
that the temperature at the POTW treatment plant exceeds 40° C.
(104 ° F.) unless the EPA, upon request of the POTW, approves
alternate temperature limits;
(6)
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral
oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;
(7)
Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases; vapors, or
fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health
and safety problems;
(8)
Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated
by the City;
(9)
Stormwater drainage from ground resulting in infiltration and inflow
(I&I) through the industrial user's service line(s) or surface,
roof drains, catch basins, unroofed area drains (e.g., commercial
car washing facilities) or any other source unless otherwise approved
by the City Engineer. Specifically prohibited is the connection of
roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other
sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building
drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the City's
wastewater collection system. No person shall connect or discharge
water from underground drains, sump pump discharges, natural springs
and seeps, water accumulated in excavation or grading or any other
water associated with construction activities;
(10)
Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent, sludge, or
residue to be unsuitable for, or interfere with, the reclamation or
reuse process;
(11)
Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate the WYPDES
permit or the receiving water quality standards;
(12)
Any pollutant directly into a manhole or other opening in the
POTW unless specifically authorized by the City or as otherwise permitted
under this article. Prohibited is the opening of a manhole or discharging
into any opening in violation of this article;
(13)
Liquid wastes from chemical toilets, and trailers, campers or
other recreational vehicles which have been collected and/or held
in tanks or other containers shall not be discharged into the POTW
except at locations authorized by the City to collect such wastes;
(14)
No chemicals, materials, or substances, including but not limited
to paints, solvents, boiler or water treatment chemicals, sludges,
chemicals, or wastes shall be stored in proximity to a floor drain
or other sewer openings. Containers shall be clearly labeled and stored
in a place where the chemicals, materials, substances or wastes, in
case of leakage or rupture of the container, cannot enter the wastewater
collection system. The storage of any chemicals, materials, substances
or wastes that leak or have potential to leak or discharge into the
wastewater collection system which may create an explosion hazard
or in any way have a deleterious effect to the POTW or constitute
a nuisance or a hazard to POTW personnel, the general public, the
environment, or the receiving stream shall be prohibited;
(15)
Any water contaminated as a result of discharge from aboveground
and/or underground gasoline, diesel fuels, fuel oil, kerosene, and
jet fuel tanks, tank accessories, and/or pipelines without applying
for and obtaining a permit prior to discharge;
(16)
Any wastes containing detergents, surface-active agents, or
other substances in concentrations which cause excessive foaming in
the POTW or cause or contribute to interference or pass through;
(17)
Any radioactive substance, the discharge of which does not comply
with limits established by the City or other regulations set forth
by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality or that violates
any applicable federal standard;
(18)
Any water or waste which contains grease or oil or any other
substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures
between 32° F. and 150° F.;
(19)
Wastewater containing free or floating oil and grease, or any
discharge containing animal fat or grease by-product in excess of
250 mg/L except where a food service establishment has installed and
is properly operating and maintaining a grease interceptor and implementing
all required BMPs;
(20)
Wastewater containing petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting
oil, or products of mineral oil origin or any discharge in excess
of 100 mg/L except where the industrial user has installed and is
properly operating and maintaining a sand-oil interceptor and implementing
all required BMPs;
(21)
Reintroduce any portion of wastes pumped from grease interceptors,
grease traps, sand-oil separators or other treatment units back into
the POTW either directly or indirectly.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(22), which prohibited wastewater
with ammonia concentration over 25 mg/L from significant industrial
users, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 5-5-2020
by Ord. No. 20-12.
C.
Other pretreatment standards and requirements.
(1)
The following limits shall apply to wastewaters that are discharged
from the groundwater cleanup of petroleum or gasoline underground
storage tanks or other remediation wastewaters containing these pollutants
or where these pollutants are appropriate surrogates. It shall be
unlawful for any industrial user to discharge or cause to be discharged
any waste or wastewater to the POTW that exceeds the following limits,
as applicable.
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Pollutant(c)
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Daily Maximum Limit
(mg/L)
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Benzene(a)
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0.050
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BTEX(b)
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0.750
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NOTES:
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(a)
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All pollutants shown in the table are total.
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(b)
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BTEX shall be measured as the sum of benzene, ethylbenzene,
toluene and xylenes.
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(c)
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These technology-based pollutant limits will be required where
a wastewater contains gasoline or petroleum products, a discharge
has the reasonable potential to exceed these limits, or where the
City determines that these pollutants are surrogates for other pollutants
in the discharge. These limits are based upon installation of air
stripping technology as described in the EPA document: "Model NPDES
Permit for Discharges Resulting from the Cleanup of Gasoline Released
from Underground Storage Tanks. June 1989."
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(2)
Dilution is prohibited as a substitute for treatment and shall be
a violation of this article. Except where expressly authorized to
do so by an applicable pretreatment standard or requirement, no industrial
user shall ever increase the use of process water, or in any other
way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment standard
or requirement. The City may impose mass limitations on industrial
users which are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards
or requirements or in other cases where the imposition of mass limitations
is appropriate.
(3)
The City may establish more stringent pollutant limits, additional
site-specific pollutant limits, best management practices, or additional
pretreatment requirements when, in the judgment of the City, such
limitations are necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
(4)
All industrial users subject to a categorical pretreatment standard
shall comply with all requirements of such standard, and shall also
comply with any limitations contained in this article. Where the same
pollutant is limited by more than one pretreatment standard, the limitations
which are more stringent shall prevail. Compliance with categorical
pretreatment standards shall be the time frame specified in the applicable
categorical pretreatment standard.
(5)
State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply in any
case where they are more stringent than federal pretreatment standards
and requirements or those in this article.
A.
Treatment required. An industrial user shall provide necessary wastewater
treatment at the industrial user's expense as required to comply with
this article and shall achieve compliance with all pretreatment standards
and requirements within the time limitations specified by the EPA,
the state, or the City, whichever is more stringent. Detailed plans
showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall
be submitted to the City Engineer for review and shall be acceptable
before construction of the facility. The review of such plans and
operating procedures will in no way relieve the industrial user from
the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce
an effluent acceptable to the City under the provisions of this article.
B.
Wastewater discharge control. The City may require an industrial
user to restrict discharge during peak flow periods, designate that
certain wastewater be discharged only into specified sewers, relocate
and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage waste streams
from industrial waste streams, and such other conditions as may be
necessary to protect the POTW and demonstrate the industrial user's
compliance with the requirements of this article.
C.
Flow equalization. The City may require any industrial user discharging
into the POTW to install and maintain, on their property and at their
expense, a suitable storage and flow-control facility to ensure equalization
of flow. An industrial discharge permit may be issued solely for flow
equalization.
D.
Monitoring facilities. The City may require an industrial user to
install at the industrial user's expense suitable monitoring facilities
or equipment that allows for the representative sampling and accurate
observation of wastewater discharges. Whether constructed on public
or private property, the monitoring facilities shall be constructed
in accordance with the City's requirements and all applicable construction
standards and specifications. Monitoring equipment and structures
shall be maintained in proper working order and kept safe and accessible
at all times to City personnel. The monitoring equipment shall be
located and maintained on the industrial user's premises outside of
the building unless otherwise approved by the City. When such a location
would be impractical, the City may allow such facility to be constructed
in the public street or easement area, with the approval of the agency
having jurisdiction over such street or easement, and located so that
it will not be obstructed by public utilities, landscaping or parked
vehicles.
E.
Multitenant buildings. When more than one industrial user is able
to discharge into a common service line, the City may require installation
of separate monitoring equipment for each industrial user.
F.
Flow, pH and LEL meters. If the City determines that an industrial
user needs to measure and report wastewater flow, discharge process
wastewaters necessitating continuous pH measurement or discharge wastewater
that may contain flammable substances the industrial user may be required
to install and maintain, at the industrial user's expense, approved
meters, structures and equipment.
G.
Unless approved by the City Engineer in writing, no industrial user
shall cover any manhole, sewer cleanout, or other openings in the
wastewater collection system with earth, paving, or otherwise render
it inaccessible.
H.
Grease interceptors and oil and sand separators shall be installed
when, in the opinion of the City Engineer, they are necessary for
the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of
these pollutants or other pollutants that are appropriately treated
by these treatment systems. All treatment units shall be of a type
and capacity approved by the City Engineer and shall be so located
as to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors
shall be inspected, cleaned, and repaired regularly, as needed, at
the owner's expense.
A.
General provisions. To provide for the recovery of costs from the
users of the City's wastewater disposal system (EWWTP), the applicable
charges and/or fees shall be set forth in the City's annual budget
resolution for wastewater monthly charges.
(1)
The purpose of the user charge system is to provide for an equitable
distribution of the costs of operating and maintaining the municipality-owned
and operated treatment works (EWWTP) to all users and to promote self-sufficiency
with respect to operation, maintenance and replacement costs.
B.
User classification.
(2)
Residence classification requires the act or fact of dwelling in
a place, the place where one actually lives, a building used as a
home. Evanston elementary schools, middle schools, high school and
churches are given residential status and will be billed as outlined
in this article for residential users.
(3)
Commercial classification requires being engaged in commerce or occupied
in acts interpreted as relating to commerce.
(4)
Industrial classification requires being engaged in manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, assembling or acts interpreted as relating to
industry.
(5)
Significant users are those that meet the definition of "significant industrial user" in § 23-69 or other industrial user that has an average BOD5 concentration over 250
mg/L or average total suspended solids over 250 mg/L.
(6)
Nonsignificant users are those, commercial or industrial, who do not meet any of the conditions specified in Subsection B(5) of this section.
(7)
Classifications shall be made by City staff designated to make such
determinations. Users, however, may appeal classification status to
the City Council; the City Council's determination will be final.
(8)
A guideline for general user classification is as follows:
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Residential
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House, apartment, condominium
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Mobile home, mobile home park
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School
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Church
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Commercial
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Hotel, motel
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Restaurant, bar or tavern
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Shops (non-food), stores
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Banks
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Theater
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Gas station
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Day care, nursery
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Laundry (including self-service)
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Beauty parlor, barber shop
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Garage
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Doctor's, dentist's office
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Offices and multi-use business facilities
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Photo lab
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Car wash
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Funeral parlor
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Fitness center
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Overnight RV or trailer park
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C.
Billing structure.
(1)
All users of the EWWTP will be billed monthly for their contribution
of wastes. The City of Evanston shall review the operation, maintenance
and replacement costs of the EWWTP at least once each year to evaluate
the costs of the previous year. This review shall be used to indicate
what, if any, adjustments must be made to the annual budget resolution
to improve upon the self-sufficiency of the EWWTP. Adjustments shall
be made as necessary to assure equity of the user charge system among
all users and user categories. Evanston's residential and nonsignificant
users (commercial or industrial) will be charged a common user fee
(base rate) dependent upon the size of meter for the potable water
supply plus an amount calculated from consumptive use or volumetric
use of the City's potable water system. Each user will be charged
the base rate which will be added to the volumetric charges calculated
from metered use of potable water. The volumetric rate will be applied
to each thousand gallons of metered usage. The base rates and volumetric
rates will be determined and established annually by the City Council
and adopted as part of the annual budget resolution.
(2)
Significant users as defined in Subsection B(5) of this section will be charged a base rate dependent upon the size of meter for the potable water supply, plus an amount based on consumptive or volumetric use which will include a surcharge factor to compensate for any high-strength wastes, as outlined hereinafter. The volumetric and surcharge rates will be charged for every thousand gallons of metered water consumption unless discharge metering and recording equipment is installed and maintained by the user. If discharge metering is accurate and acceptable to the City, the volumetric and surcharge rates will be applied only to the metered effluent discharged into the EWWTP.
D.
Fees. The City's annual budget resolution will disclose current rates,
fees and charges relating to the EWWTP. Established fees shall include
but not be limited to tapping or connection fees, base rates, volumetric
rates, unmetered rates, rates outside City limits, and other special
fees as determined by the City Council.
(1)
Wastewater base rates shall be established for each size of water
meter (three-fourths, one, one and one-half, two, four, six. . . inch)
installed on the potable water supply system.
(2)
Volumetric rates or consumptive rates will be established by comparing
total annual costs (including: administrative, operation and maintenance,
equipment replacement, uncollectible accounts, amortizations, system
replacement and a reasonable reserve account) to the total annual
volume treated, giving due consideration to infiltration-inflow (I&I),
thereby calculating the dollar cost per thousand gallons of treated
wastewater.
(3)
Surcharge.
(a)
Significant users must pay a surcharge for high-strength wastes
discharged to the EWWTP. The surcharge will be determined on an individual
basis using medium or average-strength domestic sewage as the guideline.
Limits on constituents include:
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BOD2
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250 mg/L
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TSS
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250 mg/L
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Phosphorus (total as P)
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12 mg/L
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COD
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550 mg/L
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Nitrogen (ammonia)
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25 mg/L
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(b)
The surcharge factor will be determined by dividing actual concentrations
by those listed above or as otherwise directed by the City Council.
A conventional surcharge factor will be determined as follows:
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[BOD]
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Surcharge
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205
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Factor
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(c)
If another constituent, say phosphorus (P), is the controlling
constituent, the surcharge will be determined by:
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P
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=
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Surcharge
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12
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Factor
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(d)
The user shall pay the highest surcharge factor determined by
the above limiting constituents, which factor will never be less than
1.0. If calculated as less than 1.0 use 1.0.
(e)
The volumetric charge shall be multiplied by the surcharge factor
and added to the base rate to determine the total billing. The user
being billed must pay the surcharge or provide, at his expense, facilities
as necessary to modify the waste to the acceptable and required criteria.
E.
Volumetric structure. Efforts to assure equity for residential users
will include charges for actual volume consumption during November,
December and January. Actual monthly volumes used will be multiplied
by the City-established volumetric rate to determine the volumetric
charges for each residential user. The remaining monthly billings
(February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October)
will utilize a calculated volumetric charge, determined by averaging
the volumetric charges of the three metered months of November, December
and January.
(1)
Residential users who have not established a consumption history
for all three metered months shall be charged an assumed usage of
12,000 gallons per month. If requested, the City Clerk has the authority
to establish a lower assumed monthly usage for a particular residential
user, if there is an objective basis for making such an adjustment.
(2)
Commercial and industrial users will be charged for each thousand
gallons of metered use of potable water. Actual monthly volumes used
will be multiplied by the City-established volumetric rate to determine
the volumetric charges for each commercial or industrial user. If
such users are classified as significant users, the appropriate surcharge
shall be applied to their volumetric charge.
(3)
Commercial and industrial users who irrigate large areas or use considerable
volume for irrigation are encouraged to install irrigation systems,
separately metered and apart from the potable water supply system.
The owner will bear all costs associated with such work and meter
installation, and the City will establish an account whereby the irrigation
system is not billed the wastewater contribution fees. No construction
of any part of this separate system or renovation or change to an
existing system shall commence until the owner has made application
for the change. Such application shall be submitted in writing to
the City building official 30 days prior to the intended construction
start date. The building official will coordinate the proposed changes
with City billing and administrative personnel and also water Department
personnel.
A.
Permits required. All significant industrial users proposing to connect
to, or discharge into, any part of the wastewater system shall apply
for and obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit prior to
commencing or continuing discharge to the POTW. A separate permit
may be required for each industrial user, building or complex of buildings.
Such significant industrial users shall immediately contact the City
and obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit.
B.
New industrial users applying for an industrial wastewater discharge permit. Any industrial user required to obtain an industrial wastewater discharge permit who proposes to begin or recommence discharging into the POTW must apply for and obtain such permit prior to the beginning or recommencing of such discharge. The industrial user shall file a permit application on forms provided by the City containing the information specified in Subsection E, below. The completed application for the industrial wastewater discharge permit must be filed at least 90 days prior to the date upon which any discharge will begin or recommence.
C.
Existing industrial users applying for an industrial wastewater discharge permit reissuance. An industrial user with an expiring industrial wastewater discharge permit shall apply for a new permit by submitting a complete permit application at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the industrial user's existing discharge permit. The industrial user shall file a permit application on forms provided by the City containing the information specified in Subsection E, below. An industrial user with an existing permit that has filed a complete and timely application may continue to discharge as approved in writing by the City through an administrative extension of the existing permit if the delay in permit issuance is not due to any act or failure to act on the industrial user's part.
D.
Enforceability. Any violation of the terms and conditions of an industrial
wastewater discharge permit, failure to apply for a permit as required,
or discharging without a required permit shall be deemed a violation
of this article and subjects the industrial user to enforcement by
the City. Obtaining an Industrial Discharge Permit does not relieve
a permittee of its obligation to comply with all state and federal
pretreatment standards or requirements.
E.
Permit application contents. In support of the application, the industrial
user shall submit, in units and terms appropriate for evaluation,
the following information:
(1)
Name of business, address of the facility, location of the discharge
if different from facility address, and contact information of the
authorized representative of the industrial user.
(2)
Environmental permits. A list of any environmental control permits
held by or for the facility.
(3)
Description of operations.
(a)
A brief description of the nature, average rate of production
(including each product produced by type, amount, processes, and rate
of production);
(b)
The Standard Industrial Classification(s) of the operation(s)
carried out by such industrial user;
(c)
A schematic process diagram, which indicates all process tanks,
process lines, treatment systems, drains, and points of discharge
to the POTW from the regulated process;
(d)
Types of wastes generated;
(e)
A list of all raw materials and chemicals used or stored at
the facility which are, or could accidentally or intentionally be,
discharged to the POTW;
(f)
A list of hazardous waste(s) generated and a description of
the storage area and procedures for the wastes;
(g)
Number of employees; and
(h)
Hours of operation, and proposed or actual hours of operation.
(4)
Time and duration of discharges including the date the industrial
user first began discharge or plans to discharge to the POTW.
(5)
The location for sampling the wastewater discharges from the industrial
user.
(6)
Flow measurement. Information showing the measured average daily
and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to the POTW from regulated
process streams and other waste streams, as necessary, to allow use
of the combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
(7)
Measurement of pollutants.
(a)
The pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process;
(b)
The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature
and concentration, and/or mass of regulated pollutants in the discharge
from each regulated process where required by the standard or by the
City;
(c)
Instaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations,
or mass, where required, shall be reported;
(d)
The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be collected in accordance with procedures set out in § 23-76. Where the standard requires compliance with a BMP or pollution prevention alternative, the industrial user shall submit documentation as required by the City or the applicable standards to determine compliance with the standard; and
(8)
A list of hazardous waste(s) generated and a description of the storage
area and procedures for the wastes.
(9)
A slug discharge control plan for significant industrial users as described in § 23-77D shall be submitted. Other industrial users may be required to submit a slug control plan to the City.
(10)
Compliance schedule. If additional pretreatment and/or operation
and maintenance (O&M) will be required to meet the pretreatment
standards, the shortest schedule by which the industrial user will
provide such additional pretreatment and/or O&M. The completion
date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date
established for the applicable pretreatment standard. The following
conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(a)
The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form
of dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading
to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required
for the industrial user to meet the applicable pretreatment standards
(e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans, completing
final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing construction,
completing construction, etc.). No such increment shall exceed nine
months.
(b)
Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and
the final date for compliance, the industrial user shall submit a
progress report to the City Engineer including, as a minimum, whether
or not it complied with the increment of progress to be met on such
date and, if not, the date on which it expects to comply with this
increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the steps being taken
by the industrial user to return the construction to the schedule
established. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between
such progress reports to the City Engineer.
(11)
Certification. A statement, reviewed by an authorized representative
of the industrial user and certified to by a qualified professional,
indicating whether pretreatment standards are being met on a consistent
basis, and, if not, whether additional operation and maintenance (O&M)
and/or additional pretreatment is required for the industrial user
to meet the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(12)
Signatory certification. All industrial wastewater discharge permit applications and certification statements must be signed by an authorized representative of the industrial user and contain the applicable certification statement(s) in § 23-77G.
(13)
Any other information as may be deemed by the City Engineer
to be necessary to evaluate the permit application.
F.
Industrial wastewater discharge permit issuance.
(1)
Permits shall be issued for a specified time period, not to exceed
five years. A permit may be issued for a period of less than five
years at the City's discretion or may be stated to expire on a specific
date.
(2)
The City shall issue an industrial wastewater discharge permit to
the applicant if the City finds that all of the following conditions
are met:
(a)
The applicant has provided a timely and complete permit application
to the City;
(b)
The proposed discharge by the applicant is in compliance with
the limitations established in this article;
(c)
The proposed operation and discharge of the applicant would
permit the normal and efficient operation of the POTW; and
(d)
The proposed discharge by the applicant would not result in
a violation by the City of the terms and conditions of its WYPDES
permit or cause or contribute to pass through or interference.
(3)
If the City finds that the condition set out in Subsection F(2)(b) of this section is not met, the City may at its discretion, issue an industrial wastewater discharge permit to the applicant if the conditions set out in Subsection F(2)(a), (c) and (d) of this section have been met and if the applicant submits, and the City approves, a compliance schedule setting out the measures to be taken by the applicant and the dates that such measures will be implemented to insure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards. At no time shall a discharge be allowed to cause a violation of any general or specific prohibition established in § 23-71 nor shall the final compliance date for a categorical pretreatment standard be extended.
G.
Denial by City to issue a permit.
(1)
In the event the City denies an industrial user's request for a permit
to discharge, the City Engineer shall notify the applicant in writing
of such denial. Such notification shall state the grounds for such
denial with that degree of specificity which will inform the applicant
of the measures or actions which must be taken by the applicant prior
to issuance of a permit.
(2)
Upon receipt of notification of denial of permit issuance, the applicant may request reconsideration of the City's denial to issue a permit within 14 days of receipt of the City's original notification. The industrial user shall have the burden of establishing that the conditions set out in Subsection F(2) of this section have been met and that a permit should be issued.
H.
Transferability. Industrial wastewater discharge permits are issued
to a specific industrial user for a specific operation. An industrial
wastewater discharge permit shall not be reassigned or transferred
or sold to a new owner, new industrial user, different premises, or
a new or changed operation without the prior written approval of the
City. Any succeeding owner shall comply with the terms and conditions
of the existing permit until a new permit is issued. The permittee
shall notify the City at least 14 days prior to any change of ownership.
I.
Industrial wastewater discharge permit conditions. Industrial wastewater
discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of
this article and all other applicable regulations, user charges and
fees established by the City. Permits may contain the following:
(1)
A statement that indicates the permit's issuance date, expiration
date and effective date;
(2)
A statement on permit transferability;
(3)
The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater
to be discharged into a public sewer;
(4)
Limits on the average and/or maximum wastewater constituents and
characteristics including, but not limited to, effluent limits, including
best management practices, based upon applicable pretreatment standards;
(5)
Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements
for flow;
(6)
Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling
facilities and equipment;
(7)
Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification and recordkeeping
requirements including, but not limited to, identification of the
pollutants to be monitored, sampling location, sampling frequency
and sample type, based on federal, state and local law;
(8)
Best management practices (BMPs) to control specific pollutants as
necessary to meet the objectives of this article;
(9)
Compliance schedules;
(10)
Requirements for notification of the City of any new introduction
of wastewater constituents or any significant change in the volume
or character of the wastewater constituents being introduced into
the wastewater treatment system;
(11)
Requirements to control and report any slug discharges and notify
the City immediately of any changes at its facility affecting potential
for a spill or slug discharge and to notify the POTW immediately in
the event of a slug, spill or accidental discharge to the POTW;
(12)
Statements of applicable administrative, civil and criminal
penalties for the violation of pretreatment standards and requirements,
the permit, this article, and any applicable compliance schedule;
(13)
Requirements to reapply for a new permit prior to expiration
of the existing permit;
(14)
Additional monitoring to be reported;
(15)
Requirements for the installation of pretreatment technology,
pollution control, or construction of appropriate containment devices,
designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the introduction of pollutants
into the treatment works;
(16)
Closure requirements for permitted facilities undergoing partial
or complete closure activities to ensure closure activities are completed
and wastes have been property disposed and remaining access to sanitary
and storm sewers are protected;
(17)
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the City or the City
Engineer to ensure compliance with the article.
J.
Industrial wastewater discharge permit modification. The industrial
user shall be informed of any proposed changes in its permit at least
30 days prior to the effective date of change. The notification of
an industrial wastewater discharge permit modification does not stay
any wastewater discharge permit condition. The City may modify an
industrial discharge permit for good cause, including, but not limited
to, the following reasons:
(1)
To incorporate any new or revised federal, state, or local pretreatment
standards or requirements;
(2)
To address significant alterations or additions to the industrial
user's operation, processes, or wastewater volume or character since
the time of the industrial discharge permit issuance;
(3)
A change in the POTW that requires either a temporary or permanent
reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge;
(4)
Information indicating that the permitted discharge poses a threat
to the POTW, City personnel, or the receiving waters;
(5)
Violation of any terms or conditions of the industrial discharge
permit;
(6)
Misrepresentations or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts
in the industrial discharge permit application or in any required
reporting;
(7)
To reflect a transfer of the facility ownership and/or operation
to a new owner/operator;
(8)
To correct typographical or other errors in the industrial wastewater
discharge permit; or
(9)
Upon request of the permittee, provided such request does not result
in a violation of any applicable pretreatment standards or requirements
or this article. The filing of a request by the permittee for a permit
modification does not stay any permit condition.
K.
Industrial wastewater discharge permit revocation. A violation of
the conditions of a permit or of this article or of applicable state
and federal regulations shall be reason for revocation of such permit
by the City. Upon revocation of the permit, any wastewater discharge
from the affected industrial user shall be considered prohibited and
in violation of this article. Grounds for revocation of a permit include,
but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Failure of an industrial user to accurately disclose or report the
wastewater constituents and characteristics of any discharge;
(2)
Failure of the industrial user to report significant changes in operations
or wastewater constituents and characteristics as required;
(3)
Refusal of access to the industrial user's premises for the purpose
of inspection or monitoring;
(4)
Falsification of records, reports or monitoring results;
(5)
Tampering with monitoring equipment;
(6)
Misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts
in the industrial wastewater discharge permit application;
(7)
Failure to pay fines or penalties;
(8)
Failure to pay sewer charges, surcharges, or pretreatment programs
fees;
(9)
Failure to meet compliance schedules;
(10)
Failure to provide advance notice of the transfer of business
ownership of a permitted facility.
(11)
Failure to provide required reports or other permit required
reports or notifications within the time frame required by the City;
or
(12)
Violation of any pretreatment standard or requirement, or any
terms of the industrial wastewater discharge permit or this article.
L.
Special agreements and contracts. No statement contained in this
article shall be construed as prohibiting special written agreements
between the POTW and any industrial user allowing industrial waste
or wastewater of unusual strength or character to be discharged to
the POTW, provided said industrial user compensates the POTW for any
additional costs of treatment. Such agreement, however, shall not
allow or cause:
(1)
Any adverse effect to the POTW;
(2)
A violation of the POTW CPDS permit;
(3)
A violation of a general or specific prohibition;
(4)
A maximum allowable industrial load (MAIL) to be exceeded;
(5)
A violation of state or federal law or regulation; or
(6)
Provide any waiver to applicable Categorical Standards.
A.
All industrial users shall retain, and make available for inspection
and copying, all records, reports, monitoring or other data, applications,
permits and all other information and documentation required by this
article including documentation associated with best management practices.
B.
Industrial users shall retain such records and shall keep such records
available for inspection for at least three years. This recordkeeping
period shall be extended automatically for the duration of any litigation
concerning the industrial user's compliance with any provision of
this article, or when the industrial user has been specifically and
expressly notified of a longer records retention period by the City
Engineer.
C.
Written reports will be deemed to have been submitted on the date
postmarked. For reports which are not mailed, postage prepaid, into
a mail facility serviced by the U.S. Postal Service, the date of receipt
of the report shall govern.
A.
All records, reports, data or other information supplied by any person
or industrial user as a result of any disclosure required by this
article or information and data from inspections shall be available
for public inspection except as otherwise provided in this section,
40 CFR 403.14 and the Wyoming Open Records Act (Wyoming Statutes § 16-4-201
et seq.).
B.
These provisions shall not be applicable to any information designated
as a trade secret by the person supplying such information. Materials
designated as a trade secret may include, but shall not be limited
to, processes, operations, style of work or apparatus or confidential
commercial or statistical data. Any information and data submitted
by the industrial user which is desired to be considered a trade secret
shall have the words "Confidential Business Information" stamped on
each page containing such information. The industrial user must demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the City that the release of such information
would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled
to protection as trade secrets of the industrial user.
(1)
Information designated as a trade secret pursuant to this section
shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection.
Such information shall be available only to officers, employees or
authorized representatives of the City charged with implementing and
enforcing the provisions of this article and properly identified representatives
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Wyoming Department
of Environmental Quality.
(2)
Effluent data from any industrial user whether obtained by self-monitoring,
monitoring by the City or monitoring by any state or federal agency
shall not be considered a trade secret or otherwise confidential.
All such effluent data shall be available for public inspection.
A.
Sample collection. Compliance determinations with respect to prohibitions
and limitations in this article may be made on the basis of either
grab or composite samples of wastewater as specified by the City.
Such samples shall be taken at a point or points which the City determines
to be suitable for obtaining a representative sample of the discharge.
Composite samples may be taken over a twenty-four-hour period, or
over a longer or shorter time span, as determined by the City to meet
specific circumstances.
B.
Sample type. Samples collected to satisfy reporting requirements
must be based on data obtained through appropriate sampling and analysis
performed during the period covered by the report, and based on data
that is representative of conditions occurring during the reporting
period.
(1)
Except as indicated in Subsection B(2) below, the industrial user must collect representative wastewater samples using twenty-four-hour flow-proportional composite sampling techniques, unless time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is required by the City. Where time-proportional composite sampling or grab sampling is authorized by the City, the samples must be representative of the permitted discharge.
(2)
Samples for oil and grease, temperature, pH, cyanide, total phenols,
sulfides, and volatile organic compounds must be obtained using grab
collection techniques. Using protocols (including appropriate preservation)
specified in 40 CFR Part 136 and appropriate EPA guidance, multiple
grab samples collected during a twenty-four-hour period may be composited
prior to the analysis as follows: for cyanide, total phenols, and
sulfides, the samples may be composited in the laboratory or in the
field; for volatile organics and oil and grease, the samples may be
composited in the laboratory. Composited samples for other parameters
unaffected by the compositing procedures as documented in approved
EPA methodologies may be authorized by the City, as appropriate. In
addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with instantaneous
local limits, including pH.
C.
Analytical requirements. All pollutant analysis, including sampling
techniques, to be submitted as part of an Industrial Discharge Permit
application, report, permit or other analyses required under this
article, shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed
in 40 CFR Part 136 and amendments thereto, unless otherwise specified
in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard. If 40 CFR Part
136 does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant
in question, or where the EPA determines that the Part 136 sampling
and analytical techniques are inappropriate for the pollutant in question,
sampling and analyses shall be performed by using validated analytical
methods or any other applicable sampling and analytical procedures,
including procedures suggested by the City or other parties approved
by the EPA.
D.
Records shall include for all samples:
(1)
The date, exact place, method, and time of sampling and the name
of the person(s) taking the samples;
(2)
The date(s) analyses were performed;
(3)
Who performed the analyses;
(4)
The analytical techniques/methods used, including method detection
limits and QA/QC sample results;
(5)
Calibration and maintenance records;
(6)
All chain-of-custody records; and
(7)
The results of such analyses.
A.
Reports for categorical industrial users. Categorical industrial
users are required to submit a baseline monitoring report and a ninety-day
compliance report by the deadlines established in 40 CFR 403.12(b)
and (d). The categorical industrial user shall submit a copy of all
such reports required by 40 CFR Part 403 to the City at the same time
submitted to EPA.
B.
Periodic compliance reports - all significant industrial users.
(1)
Any significant industrial user or other industrial user required by the City, subject to a federal, state, or City pretreatment standard or requirement, must submit reports at a frequency required by the industrial wastewater discharge permit indicating the nature, concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are limited by pretreatment standards including the average and maximum daily flows for the reporting period. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with a best management practice (BMPs) or pollution prevention alternatives, the industrial user must submit documentation required by the City or the pretreatment standard necessary to determine compliance status of the industrial user. All periodic compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with § 23-77G.
(2)
All wastewater samples must be representative of the industrial user's
discharge. Wastewater monitoring and flow measurement facilities shall
be properly operated, kept clean, and maintained in good working order
at all times. The failure of an industrial user to keep its monitoring
facility in good working order shall not be grounds for the industrial
user to claim that the sample results are unrepresentative of its
discharge.
(3)
If an industrial user subject to the reporting requirement in this section monitors any regulated pollutant at the appropriate sampling location more frequently than required by the City, using the methods and procedures prescribed in § 23-76, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the report.
C.
Twenty-four-hour notice and thirty-day resampling. If sampling performed
by an industrial user indicates a violation of this article or the
industrial wastewater discharge permit, the industrial user shall
notify the City within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation.
The industrial user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and
submit the results of the repeat analysis to the City within 30 days
after becoming aware of the violation.
D.
Slug discharge control plan.
(1)
Each industrial user shall provide protection from accidental and
slug discharges of pollutants regulated under this article. Facilities
to prevent the discharge of spills or slug loads shall be provided
and maintained at the industrial user's expense.
(2)
Each significant industrial user shall develop, submit for approval,
and implement a slug discharge control plan. The Slug Control Plan
shall contain all of the information specified at 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vi).
(3)
The industrial user shall permanently post a notice on the industrial
user's bulletin board or other prominent place advising employees
who to call in the event of an accidental or slug discharge. Employers
shall ensure that all employees who work in any area where an accidental
or slug discharge may occur or originate are advised of the emergency
notification procedures.
E.
Reports of potential problems – slug and spills.
(1)
In the case of any changes at its facility affecting potential for a slug discharge as defined in § 23-69 or any actual discharge that may cause potential problems for the POTW or otherwise trigger the reporting requirements under § 23-77I, the industrial user shall immediately telephone and notify the City of the incident. This notification shall include:
(a)
Name of the facility.
(b)
Location of the facility.
(c)
Name of the caller.
(d)
Date and time of discharge.
(e)
Date and time discharge was halted.
(f)
Location of the discharge.
(g)
Estimated volume of discharge.
(h)
Estimated concentration of pollutants in discharge.
(i)
Corrective actions taken to halt the discharge.
(j)
Method of disposal, if applicable.
(2)
Within five working days following such discharge, the industrial
user shall submit a detailed written report describing the cause(s)
of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the industrial user
to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not
relieve the industrial user of any expense, loss, damage, or other
liability which might be incurred as a result of damage to the POTW,
natural resources, or any other damage to person or property; nor
shall such notification relieve the industrial user of any fines,
penalties, or other liability which may be imposed pursuant to this
article.
F.
Reports for nonsignificant industrial users. If the City deems it
necessary to assure compliance with provisions of this article, any
industrial user of the POTW may be required to submit an industrial
discharge permit application, questionnaire or other reports and notifications
in a format and time frame as specified by the City.
G.
Signatory certification. All reports and other submittals required
to be submitted to the City shall include the following statement
and signatory requirements:
(1)
The authorized representative of the industrial user signing any
application, questionnaire, any report or other information required
to be submitted to the City must sign and attach the following certification
statement with each such report or information submitted to the City.
"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments
were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with
a system designed to ensure that qualified personnel property gather
and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the
person or persons who manage the system or the persons directly responsible
for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am
aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of a fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."
(2)
If the authorized representative is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of this section and meeting the definition in § 23-69 must be submitted to the City prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
H.
Compliance schedules. Should any schedule of compliance be established
in accordance with the requirements of this article, the following
conditions shall apply to such schedule:
(1)
The schedule shall contain increments of progress in the form of
dates for the commencement and completion of major events leading
to the construction and operation of additional pretreatment required
for the industrial user to meet the applicable categorical pretreatment
standards (e.g., hiring an engineer, completing preliminary plans,
completing final plans, executing contract for major components, commencing
construction, completing construction, etc.);
(2)
No increment referred to above shall exceed nine months;
(3)
Not later than 14 days following each date in the schedule and the
final date for compliance, the industrial user shall submit a progress
report to the City including, at a minimum, whether or not it complied
with the increment of progress to be met on such date and, if not,
the date on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress,
the reason for delay, and the steps being taken by the industrial
user to return the construction to the schedule established. In no
event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports
to the City.
I.
Change in discharge or operations.
(1)
Every permitted industrial user shall file a notification with the
City a minimum of 14 days prior to any planned significant change
in operations or wastewater characteristics. A significant change
shall be a change equal to or greater than 20% in the mass of a pollutant
or volume of flow discharged to the POTW from what was reported over
the last six months. In addition, this notification shall include
changes to:
(a)
Adding or removing processing, manufacturing or other production
operations.
(b)
New pollutants used which may be discharged.
(c)
Changes in the listed or characteristic hazardous waste for
which the industrial user has submitted or is required to submit information
to the City under this article and 40 CFR § 403.12(p), as
amended.
(2)
Known or anticipated facility closure. The industrial user is required
to notify the City at least 30 days prior to facility shutdown or
closure which might alter the character, nature, quality, or volume
of its wastewater.
J.
Notification of the discharge of hazardous waste.
(1)
Any industrial user shall notify the City, in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261. Such notification to the City shall be made within the appropriate time frames specified in § 23-77C, E and I or within 24 hours of becoming aware of the discharge, whichever is shorter. Such notification must include:
(a)
The name of the hazardous waste as set forth at 40 CFR Part
261;
(b)
The EPA hazardous waste number;
(c)
The type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other);
(d)
An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in
the wastes;
(e)
An estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents
in the waste stream discharged during that calendar month;
(f)
An estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream
expected to be discharged during the following 12 months;
(g)
Certification that the industrial user has a program in place
to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to
the degree it has determined to be economically practical; and
(2)
Any industrial user shall notify the EPA Regional Waste Management
Division Manager, and state hazardous waste authorities, in writing,
of the discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise
disposed of, would be hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261 and meets
the reporting criteria specified at 40 CFR 403.12(p). Notification
to the State and EPA is the responsibility of the industrial user
and shall be made as required under 40 CFR § 403.12(p).
The industrial user shall copy the City on all notifications made
to the state and EPA.
K.
Requests for information.
(1)
A permittee shall furnish to the City, within the time frame set
by the City Engineer, any information which the City may request to
determine whether cause exists for modifying, revoking, and reissuing,
or terminating an industrial wastewater discharge permit, or to determine
compliance with the industrial wastewater discharge permit or this
article. A permittee shall also, upon request, provide to the City,
within the time frame required by the City Engineer, copies of any
records that are required by the industrial wastewater discharge permit
or this article.
(2)
When requested by the City, any industrial user shall submit information
to the City Engineer regarding industrial processes, nature and characteristics
of wastes and wastewaters generated at the industrial facility, method
of disposal of wastes, or other information required by the City Engineer
to meet the responsibilities under this article, state law, and 40
CFR Part 403. Failure to provide information within the time frame
specified shall be a violation of this article.
A.
Whenever it shall be necessary for the purposes of this article,
the City may enter upon any industrial user's facility, property,
or premises subject to this article for the purposes of:
(1)
Performing all inspection, surveillance and monitoring procedures
necessary to determine, independent of information supplied by industrial
users, compliance or noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards
and requirements by an industrial user. Compliance monitoring and
inspection shall be conducted at a frequency as determined by the
City and may be announced or unannounced;
(2)
Examining and copying any records required to be kept under the provisions
of this article or of any other local, state or federal regulation;
(3)
The City may use a camera to photograph any areas of the facility
as deemed necessary for carrying out the duties of the industrial
pretreatment program including, but not limited to, documentation
of the industrial user's compliance status and for reinforcement of
required written reports. The industrial user shall be allowed to
review copies of photographs for confidentiality claims;
(4)
Inspecting any monitoring equipment or method, pretreatment system
equipment and/or operation;
(5)
Sampling any discharge of wastewater into POTW; and/or
(6)
Inspecting any production, manufacturing, fabricating or storage
area where pollutants, regulated under this article, could originate,
be stored, or be discharged to the POTW.
B.
The occupant of such property or premises shall render all proper
assistance in such activities. Where an industrial user has security
measures in place which require proper identification and clearance
before entry into its premises, the industrial user shall make necessary
arrangements with its security personnel so that authorized representatives
of the City will be permitted to enter without delay to perform their
specified functions.
C.
The City Engineer and other duly authorized agents and employees
of the City are entitled to enter all private properties through which
the City or any connecting jurisdiction holds an easement.
D.
Failure to allow entry or unreasonable delays. In the event the City
or other duly authorized representative of the City is refused admission
or unreasonably delayed, is a violation and may result in enforcement
action as allowed for under this article including revocation of the
industrial wastewater discharge permit.
E.
Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to
the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed
by the industrial user at the written or verbal request of the City
Engineer and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access
shall be borne by the User.
F.
Search warrants. If the City Engineer has been refused access to
a building, structure, or property, or any part thereof, and is able
to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation
of this article, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample
as part of a routine inspection and sampling program of the City designed
to verify compliance with this article or any permit or order issued
hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety and welfare
of the community, the City may seek issuance of a search warrant from
a court of competent jurisdiction.
The City may recover the costs incurred by implementing the
pretreatment program established by this article and adopt charges
and fees, including, but not limited to, the following:
A.
Fees for monitoring, inspection and surveillance activities;
B.
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;
C.
Fees for permit applications;
D.
Fees for filing appeals and other legal expenses;
E.
Such other fees as the City may deem necessary to administer and
enforce the requirements contained herein.
A.
Enforcement response plan. The City may adopt policies and procedures
as set forth in the City's Enforcement Response Plan for carrying
out the provisions of this article, provided that such policies and
procedures are not in conflict with this article or any applicable
state or federal law or regulation.
B.
Administrative enforcement actions.
(1)
Notice of violation (NOV). When the City finds that an industrial
user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this
article, an industrial wastewater discharge permit, or order issued
hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the
City may serve upon the industrial user a written notice of violation.
Within five working days of the receipt of such notice, an explanation
of the violation and a plan for the satisfactory correction or prevention
thereof, to include specific required actions, shall be submitted
by the industrial user to the City. Submission of such a plan in no
way relieves the industrial user of liability for any violations occurring
before or after receipt of the notice of violation. Nothing in this
section shall limit the authority of the City to take any action,
including emergency actions or any other enforcement action, without
first issuing a notice of violation.
(2)
Suspension of service.
(a)
Endangerment to health or welfare of the community. The City,
through other than a formal notice to the affected industrial user,
may immediately and effectively halt or prevent any discharge of pollutants
into any natural waterway, surface drainage within the City, any area
under jurisdiction of the City, the POTW of the City or any wastewater
system tributary thereto, by any means available to it, including
physical disconnection from the wastewater system, whenever it reasonably
appears that such discharge presents an imminent endangerment to the
health or welfare of the community.
(b)
Endangerment to environment or treatment works. The City, after
written notice to the discharger, may halt or prevent any discharge
of pollutants into any natural waterway, surface drainage within the
City, any area under jurisdiction of the City, the POTW, wastewater
system tributary thereto, by any means available to it, including
physical disconnection from the wastewater system, whenever such discharge
presents or may present an endangerment to the environment or threatens
to interfere with the operation of the POTW.
(c)
Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment
service and/or the industrial wastewater discharge permit shall immediately
stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the
person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City shall
take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance
of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW
system or endangerment to individuals or the environment. The City
may reinstate the industrial wastewater discharge permit and/or the
wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the
noncomplying discharge.
(d)
A detailed written statement submitted by the industrial user
describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measure
taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be provided to the City
within five days of the date of occurrence. Suspension of service
shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other
action against the industrial user.
(3)
Administrative compliance order. When the City finds that an industrial
user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this
article, an industrial wastewater discharge permit, or order issued
hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the
City may issue an order to the industrial user responsible for the
discharge directing that the industrial user come into compliance
within a specific time. If the industrial user does not come into
compliance within the time provided, sewer service may be discontinued
unless adequate treatment facilities, devices, or other related appurtenances
are installed and property operated. Compliance orders also may contain
other requirements to address the noncompliance, including additional
self-monitoring and management practices designed to minimize the
amount of pollutants discharged to the POTW. A compliance order may
not extend the deadline for compliance established for a pretreatment
standard or requirement, nor does a compliance order relieve the industrial
user of liability for any violation, including any continuing violation.
Issuance of a compliance order shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite
for, taking any other action against the industrial user.
(4)
Consent order. The City may enter into a consent order, assurances
of compliance, or other similar documents establishing an agreement
with any industrial user responsible for noncompliance. Such documents
shall include specific actions to be taken by the industrial user
to correct the noncompliance within a time period specified by the
document. A consent order may include penalties, supplemental environmental
projects, or other conditions and requirements as agreed to by the
City and the industrial user.
(5)
Cease and desist order.
(a)
When the City Engineer finds that an industrial user is violating
this division, a wastewater discharge permit, any order issued hereunder,
or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, or that the industrial
user's past compliance history indicates that violations are likely
to recur, the City Engineer may issue an order to the user directing
it to cease and desist all such violations and directing the industrial
user to:
(b)
Issuance of a cease and desist order shall not be a bar against,
or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the industrial
user.
(6)
Administrative fines.
(a)
When the City finds that an industrial user has violated, or
continues to violate, any provision of this article, an industrial
wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other
pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may fine such industrial
user in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per day per violation. Such
fines shall be assessed on a per-violation, per-day basis. In the
case of monthly or other long-term average discharge limits, fines
shall be assessed for each day during the period of violation.
(b)
A lien against the industrial user's property shall be sought
for unpaid charges, fines, and penalties.
(c)
Industrial users desiring to appeal such fines must file a written
request for the City to reconsider the fine along with full payment
of the fine amount within 15 days of being notified of the fine. Such
notice or appeal shall set forth the nature of the order or determination
being appealed, the date of such order or determination, the reason
for the appeal, and request for reconsideration.
(d)
Issuance of an administrative fine shall not be a bar against,
or prerequisite for, taking any other action against the industrial
user.
C.
Judicial enforcement remedies.
(1)
Injunctive relief. When the City finds that an industrial user has
violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this article,
an industrial wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder,
or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may petition
the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Uinta County, for
the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate,
which restrains or compels the specific performance of the industrial
wastewater discharge permit, order, or other requirement imposed by
this article on activities of an industrial user. The City may also
seek such other action as is appropriate for legal and/or equitable
relief, including a requirement for the industrial user to conduct
environmental remediation. A petition for injunctive relief shall
not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action
against an industrial user.
(2)
Civil penalties.
(a)
An industrial user who has violated, or continues to violate,
any provision of this article, an industrial wastewater discharge
permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard
or requirement shall be liable to the City for a maximum civil penalty
not to exceed $1,000 per day per violation. In the case of a monthly
or other long-term average discharge limit, penalties shall accrue
for each day during the period of violation.
(b)
The City may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs,
and other expenses associated with enforcement activities, including
sampling and monitoring expenses, and the cost of any actual damages
incurred by the City.
(c)
In determining the amount of civil liability, the court shall
take into account all relevant circumstances including, but not limited
to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude and
duration of the violation, any economic benefit gained through the
industrial user's violation, corrective actions by the industrial
user, the compliance history of the industrial user, and any other
factor as justice requires.
(d)
Actions for civil penalties shall be civil actions brought in
the name of the City in the District Court of the Third Judicial District,
Uinta County. The City must prove alleged violations by a preponderance
of the evidence.
(e)
Filing a suit for civil penalties shall not be a bar against,
or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against an industrial
user.
(3)
Civil/administrative fine pass through. In the event that an industrial
user discharges such pollutants which cause the City to violate any
condition of its WYPDES permit and the City is fined by the EPA or
the state for such violation, then such industrial user shall be fully
liable for the total amount of the fine assessed against the City
by the EPA and/or the state.
(4)
Criminal prosecution. The City may refer violations that warrant
criminal prosecution to the U.S. Attorney General's Office, State
Attorney General or USEPA Criminal Investigation Division or other
appropriate agency. This referral shall not preclude the City from
taking a parallel administrative or civil enforcement action.
D.
Remedies nonexclusive. The remedies provided for in this article
are not exclusive of any other remedies that the City may have under
the provisions of Wyoming law. The City may take any, all, or any
combination of these actions against a noncompliant industrial user.
Enforcement of pretreatment violations will generally be in accordance
with the enforcement response plan. However, the City may take other
action against any industrial user when the circumstances warrant
and may take more than one enforcement action against any noncompliant
industrial user.
A.
Severability. If any provision, paragraph, word or section of this
article is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
remaining provisions, paragraphs, words and sections shall not be
affected and shall continue in full force and effect.
B.
Conflict. All other ordinances and parts of other ordinances inconsistent
or conflicting with any part of this article are repealed to the extent
of such inconsistency or conflict.
