[R.O. 2009 § 720.010; R.O. 2007
§ 720.010; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
Unless the context specifically indicated
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five (5) feet [one and one-half (1.5) meters] outside the
inner face of the building walls.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial reparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch [one
and twenty-seven hundredths (1.27) centimeters] in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority and/or Liberty Utilities
(Missouri Water), LLC, or its successor(s).
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water or groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
Any facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage;
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Bolivar, Polk
County, Missouri, or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.020; R.O. 2007
§ 720.020; Ord. No. 554 Art. II, 7-6-1972]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner
on public or private property within the City of Bolivar, Polk County,
Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Bolivar,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any
natural outlet within the City of Bolivar, or in any area under the
jurisdiction of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this Chapter.
C.Â
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall
be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic
tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal
of sewage.
D.Â
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes,
situated within the City of Bolivar and abutting on any street, alley
or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future
be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City of Bolivar,
is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities
herein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provision of this Chapter within ninety
(90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said
public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the
property line.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.030; R.O. 2007
§ 720.030; Ord. No. 554 Art. III, 7-6-1972]
B.Â
Before commencement of construction of
a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written
permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit
shall be made on a form furnished by the City of Bolivar, which the
applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other
information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit
and inspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid
to the City of Bolivar at the time the application is filed.
C.Â
A permit for a private sewage disposal
system shall not become effective until the installation is completed
to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He/she shall be allowed
to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event,
the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when
the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within seventy-two
(72) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
D.Â
The type, capacities, location and layout
of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations
of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Missouri. No
permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing
subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the absorption
facility is greater than twenty percent (20%) of the area of the lot.
E.Â
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in this Section 720.030, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
F.Â
The owner shall operate and maintain the
private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times,
at no expense to the City of Bolivar.
G.Â
No statement contained in this Section
shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that
may be imposed by a representative of the Missouri Clean Water Commission.
H.Â
When a public sewer becomes available,
the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60)
days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge
and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 720.040, Building Sewers And
Connections, was repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior history
includes R.O. 2009 § 720.040, R.O. 2007 § 720.040
and Ord. No. 554.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.050; R.O. 2007
§ 720.060; Ord. No. 554 Art. VI, 7-6-1972]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or
tamper with any structure, appurtenances or equipment which is a part
of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be
subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 720.060, Powers And Authority
Of Inspectors, was repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior history
includes R.O. 2009 § 720.060, R.O. 2007 § 720.070
and Ord. No. 554.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.070; R.O. 2007
§ 720.080; Ord. No. 554 Art. VII, 7-6-1972]
A.Â
Any person found to be violating any provisions of this Article, except Section 720.050, shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.Â
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in this Section 720.070, Subsection (A) shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount as provided in Section 100.220 of this Code for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Chapter shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 720.080, Purpose Of Policy,
was repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior history includes R.O.
2009 § 720.080 and R.O. 2007 § 720.101.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.090; R.O. 2007
§ 720.102; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this Article,
shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Director in a NPDES State with an approved State pretreatment
program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES State or NPDES
State without an approved State pretreatment program.
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer of
at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user is a
corporation;
A general partner or proprietor if
the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative
of the individual designated above, if such representative is responsible
for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect
discharge originates.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions in five (5)
days at twenty degrees centigrade (20° C.), expressed in parts
per million by weight.
That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which
received the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside
the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning
five (5) feet outside the building wall.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or Pretreatment
Standard.
The City of Bolivar, Missouri, or the Board of Aldermen of
the City of Bolivar, Missouri.
Refers to the "approval authority" defined hereinabove; or
the Superintendent if the City has an approved pretreatment program
under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
The water-carried wastes from commercial and industrial establishments
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The water discharges from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the pollutant added is heat.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of Missouri.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Bolivar and his/her
duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump trucks.
The discharge or introduction of non-domestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317) into the POTW.
A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute
a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to Section
402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement
of the NPDES permit then applicable to the POTW. The term includes
prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance
with 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345) or any criteria,
guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal
Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act or
more stringent State criteria (including those contained in any State
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable
to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
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. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial
users.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of 307(b) of
the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a Section 307(c)
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) Categorical Pretreatment Standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated within one hundred twenty (120) days of proposal in the
Federal Register. Where the standard is promulgated later than one
hundred twenty (120) days after the proposal, a new source means any
source, the construction of which is commenced after the date of promulgation
of the standard.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, company, firm,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal identity or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include feminine, the
singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
The man-made or man -induced alteration of the chemical,
physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater.
Denoting parts per million the concentration of a material
in pounds per million pounds per water (1 ppm = 1 milligram/liter,
mg/1).
The reduction of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants
or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to discharging or otherwise introducing
such pollutants into the sewage works. The reduction or alteration
can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or other
means except as prohibited by 10 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
A public sanitary sewer, the initial cost of which was paid
by public funds.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), the initial cost of which was paid by public
funds and initially owned by the City, but in this instance is now
currently owned by Liberty Utilities (Missouri Water), LLC, or Liberty
Utilities, or their successor(s). This definition includes any sewers
that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include
pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing
treatment. For the purposes of this Article, "POTW" shall also include
any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside
the City of Bolivar who arc, by contract or agreement, users of the
POTW.
Any natural watercourse into which water, treatment plant
effluent, combined sewer overflow or stormwater is discharged.
Those wastes which are comparable to wastes which originate
in residential units and contain only human excrement and wastes from
kitchen, laundry, bathing and other household facilities.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with
such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
All faculties for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating
and disposing of sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any industrial user of the City's wastewater disposal system
who:
Has in his/her wastes toxic pollutants
as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act or Missouri Statutes
and rules; or
Is found by the City, the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources or the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to have significant impact, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the wastewater system, the
quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions
generated by the system.
Methods of analysis and testing as outlined in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage,"
published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American
Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
State of Missouri.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but which is not to carry sanitary sewage and polluted industrial
wastes.
The Director of Public Works of the City or his/her authorized
agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are largely removable
by standard laboratory methods.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environment
Protection Agency under the provision of CWA 307(a) or other Acts.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the City's POTW.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed with or permitted
to enter the POTW.
A receiving stream.
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.100; R.O. 2007
§ 720.103]
The following abbreviations shall
have the designated meaning:
|
BOD
|
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
|
|
CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
|
|
COD
|
Chemical Oxygen Demand
|
|
EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency
|
|
l
|
Liter
|
|
mg
|
Milligram
|
|
mg/l
|
Milligrams per Liter
|
|
NPDES
|
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
|
|
POTW
|
Publicly Owned Treatment Works
|
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SIC
|
Standard Industrial Classification
|
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SWDA
|
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.
|
|
USC
|
United States Code
|
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TSS
|
Total Suspended Solids
|
[R.O. 2009 § 720.104; R.O. 2007
§ 720.104; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
A.Â
No user shall contribute or cause to be
contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which
will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW servicing
the City of Bolivar. These general prohibitions apply to all such
users of the POTW servicing the City of Bolivar whether or not the
user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or
any other National, State or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
A user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW servicing
the City of Bolivar:
1.Â
Any liquids, solids or gases which
by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient either
along or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion
or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of
the POTW. At no time shall two (2) successive readings on an explosion
hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any
point in the system) be more than five percent (5%) nor any single
reading over ten percent (10%) of the lower explosive limit (LEL)
of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to,
gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols,
ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates,
carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the
City or State or EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard
to the system.
2.Â
Solid or viscous substances which
may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or other interference
with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities such as,
but not limited to: grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half
(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, resides from
refining or processing of fuel or lubrication oil, mud or glass grinding
or polishing wastes.
3.Â
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants
in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other
pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in
the receiving waters of the POTW or to exceed the limitation set forth
in a Categorical Pretreatment Standard. A toxic pollutant shall include,
but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section
307(a) of the Act.
4.Â
Any wastewater having a pH less than
five (5.0), unless the POTW is specifically designed to accommodate
such wastewater or wastewater having any other corrosive property
capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or
personnel of the POTW.
5.Â
Any noxious or malodorous liquids,
gases or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes
are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are
sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance and repair.
6.Â
Any wastewater with objectionable
color not removed in the treatment process such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
7.Â
Any wastewater having a temperature
which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant
resulting in interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature
at the introduction into the POTW which exceeds forty degrees Centigrade
(40° C.) [one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104° F.)] unless
the POTW treatment plant is designed to accommodate such temperature.
8.Â
Any wastewater containing any radioactive
wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed
limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable
State or Federal regulations.
9.Â
Any water or wastes containing a
concentration of total phenols in excess of five-tenths (0.5) ppm.
10.Â
Any substance which may cause the
POTWs effluent or any other product of the POTW such as residues,
sludges or scums to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to
interfere with the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance
discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in non-compliance with
sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed
under Section 405 of the Act; any criteria, guidelines or regulations
affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act
or State criteria applicable to the sludge management method being
used.
11.Â
Any pollutants, including oxygen
demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) released at a flow rate and/or pollutants
concentration which a user knows or has reason to know will cause
interference to the POTW. In no case shall a slug load have a flow
rate or contain concentration or quantities of pollutants that exceed
for any time period longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five
(5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration, quantities
or flow during normal operation.
12.Â
Any wastewater which causes a hazard
to human life or creates a public nuisance.
13.Â
Any substance which will cause the
POTW to violate its NPDES and/or State disposal system permit or the
receiving water quality standards.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 720.105, Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standards, and 720.106, Modification Of Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standards, were repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior history for Section 720.105 includes R.O. 2009 § 720.105 and R.O. 2007 § 720.105. Prior history for Section 720.106 includes R.O. 2009 § 720.106 and R.O. 2007 § 720.106.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.107; R.O. 2007
§ 720.107; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
The City reserves the right to establish
by ordinance more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges
to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 720.108, Excessive Discharge;
720.109, Accidental Discharges; and 720.110, Pretreatment Facilities,
were repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior histories include: for Section 720.108 R.O. 2009 § 720.108; and R.O. 2007 § 720.108; for Section 720.109 R.O. 2009 § 720.109 and R.O. 2007 § 720.109; and for Section 720.110 R.O. 2009 § 720.110 and R.O. 2007 § 720.110.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.111; R.O. 2007
§ 720.111]
A.Â
In lieu of introducing untreated or partially
treated wastewater into the POTW, the owner of the premises producing
such waste may construct and operate at his/her expense private waste
treatment facilities with the effluent discharged to the waters of
the State, provided:
1.Â
The design and operation of such
facilities shall continuously produce an effluent which is in compliance
with standards that may be imposed by the Director and the State of
Missouri.
2.Â
Construction drawings, specifications
and other pertinent information relating to such proposed treatment
facilities shall be prepared by the owner at his/her expense and shall
be submitted to the Director and the State of Missouri. Construction
shall be in accordance with such approved plans and shall not commence
until such approvals are obtained in writing, appropriate permits
are obtained and charges or fees are paid.
3.Â
Such facilities shall be operated
and maintained in a satisfactory and an effective manner by the owner
at his/her expense. Such facilities shall be subject to inspection
by the Director at reasonable times with reasonable notice.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 720.112, Reporting Requirements;
720.113, Monitoring Requirements; 720.114, Required Reports, and 720.115,
Monitoring Facilities, were repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior histories include: for Section 720.112 R.O. 2009 § 720.112, R.O. 2007 § 720.112 and Ord. No. 1209; for Section 720.113
R.O. 2009 § 720.113 and R.O. 2007 § 720.113; for
Section 720.114 R.O. 2009 § 720.114 and R.O. 2007 § 720.114,
and for Section 720.115 R.O. 2009 § 720.115 and R.O. 2007
§ 720.115.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.116; R.O. 2007
§ 720.116]
Each industrial user shall provide
protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other
substances regulated by this Article. Facilities to prevent accidental
discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained
at the owner's or user's cost and expense. Detailed plans showing
facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall
be submitted to the City of Bolivar before construction of the facility
or before industrial work is commenced. No user shall be permitted
to introduce pollutants into the sewer system until accident discharge
procedures have been approved by the City of Bolivar. Review and approval
of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the user
from the responsibility to modify the user's facilities as necessary
to meet the requirements of this Section.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.117; R.O. 2007
§ 720.117]
A.Â
Any spill or accidental discharge of wastes
which may create an explosion hazard in the sewage works or in any
way a deleterious effect upon these works, treatment process or constitute
a hazard to human beings, animals or the receiving stream shall be
immediately reported to the Superintendent by the person responsible
for such spill or accidental discharge.
B.Â
Such notification shall set forth the time
and place of the spill or discharge, the type and quantity of material
included in the waste, and actions taken to stop the spill or discharge.
C.Â
It shall be the responsibility of each
person having knowledge of the spill or accidental discharge to have
available, insofar as practicable and reasonable, the following information:
D.Â
It shall be the responsibility of each
person responsible for the spill or accidental discharge to provide
the Superintendent with written verification of what measures are
to be taken to prevent a recurrence of any such spill or accidental
discharge. Such information shall be in the hands of the Superintendent
within seven (7) days after the spill or accidental discharge occurred.
This report shall also include a description of the cause of the spill
or accidental discharge. Such notification shall not relieve the user
of any expense, loss, damage or other liability which may be incurred
as a result of damage to the POTW, fish kills or any other damage
to person or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user
of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed
by this Section or other applicable law.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.118; R.O. 2007
§ 720.118; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
A.Â
No person shall tamper with any sewer lines
or make any connection to the sanitary sewage system within the City
of Bolivar, either direct or indirect, without written permission
from Liberty Utilities (Missouri Water), LLC, or its successor(s)
in interest, or reconnect sewer services when such services have been
disconnected for non-payment of a bill for sewage services or for
any other cause unless such bill for sewage services, including charges
for disconnection, has been paid in full.
B.Â
No person shall maliciously or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sanitary sewerage system
servicing the City of Bolivar.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.119; R.O. 2007
§ 720.119]
A.Â
Information and data on a user obtained
from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits or monitoring
programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or
other government agencies without restriction, unless the user specifically
requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City
of Bolivar that the release of such information would divulge information,
processes or methods of production entitled as trade secrets of the
user.
B.Â
When requested by the person furnishing
a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets
or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by
the public, but shall be made available upon written request to governmental
agencies for uses related to the Article, provided that such portions
of a report shall be available for use by the State in judicial review
or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report.
Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized
as confidential information.
C.Â
Information accepted by the City as confidential
shall not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general
public by the City of Bolivar until and unless a ten-day notification
is given to the user.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.120; R.O. 2007
§ 720.120; Ord. No. 3810, 12-13-2022]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sections 720.121, Administration, 720.122,
Wastewater Contribution Permits, 720.123, Reporting Requirements For
Permittee, 720.124, Connection To POTW A Privilege, 720.125, Wastewater
Service Rates, 720.127, Enforcement, 720.128, Revocation Of Permit,
720.129, Notification Of Violation, and 720.130, Show Cause Hearing,
were repealed 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3810. Prior histories include: for Section 720.121 R.O. 2009 § 720.121 and R.O. 2007 § 720.121; for Section 710.122 R.O. 2009 § 720.122, R.O. 2007 § 720.122 and Ord. No. 1209; for Section 720.123 R.O. 2009 § 720.123
and R.O. 2007 § 720.123; for Section 720.124 R.O. 2009 § 720.124
and R.O. 2007 § 720.124; for Section 720.125 R.O. 2009 § 720.125,
R.O. 2007 § 720.125, Ord. No. 2520 and Ord. No. 2587; for
Section 720.127 R.O. 2009 § 720.127 and R.O. 2007 § 720.127;
for Section 720.128 R.O. 2009 § 720.128 and R.O. 2007 § 720.128;
for Section 720.129 R.O. 2009 § 720.129 and R.O. 2007 § 720.129;
and for Section 720.130 R.O. 2009 § 720.130 and R.O. 2007
§ 720.130.
[R.O. 2009 § 720.131; R.O. 2007
§ 720.131]
If any person discharges sewage,
industrial wastes or other wastes into the waste treatment system
of the City of Bolivar contrary to the provisions of this Article,
Federal or State pretreatment requirements or any other regulation
of the City, the City Attorney may commence an action for appropriate
legal and/or equitable relief in the Circuit Court of Polk County,
Missouri.
