When the Superintendent finds that any user has violated or
is violating this Part 1, a wastewater discharge permit or any prohibition,
limitation or requirement contained in this Part 1, the Superintendent
may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of
the violation. Within 15 days of the date of notice, a plan for the
satisfactory correction thereof shall be submitted to the Superintendent,
by the user.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part 1 shall,
in addition, be civilly liable to the Village for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned to the Village by reason of such violation.
The Village Attorney, at the request of the Village Board, shall
have the right to seek equitable relief in the name of the Village
to restrain the violation of or to compel compliance with any order
or determination issued thereunder by the Superintendent or Village
Board.
The Superintendent shall provide public notification in the
official newspaper of industrial users which were significantly in
violation of local or federal pretreatment standards or requirements
since the last such notice. The frequency of such notice shall be
at least once per year. For the purposes of this section, a significant
violation shall be a violation:
A. Which remains uncorrected 30 days after notification of noncompliance;
B. Which is a part of a pattern of noncompliance over the past twelve-month
period;
C. Which involves a failure to accurately report noncompliance; and/or
D. Which resulted in the Superintendent exercising his emergency authority
to halt or prevent any discharge which presents an imminent danger
to persons or property.