Users shall provide and operate wastewater treatment as necessary to comply with this article and shall achieve compliance with all categorical pretreatment standards, local limits, and the prohibitions set out in section 26-24 through 26-26 of this article within the time limitations specified by EPA, the state, or the director of public utilities, whichever is more stringent. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated, and maintained at the user’s expense. Detailed plans describing such facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the director of public utilities for review, and shall be acceptable to the director of public utilities before such facilities are constructed. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to produce a discharge acceptable to the city under the provisions of this article.
(Ordinance O-10-005 adopted 4/29/10; Ordinance O-21-005 adopted 3/11/21)
(a) 
Whenever deemed necessary, the director of public utilities may require users to restrict their discharge during peak flow periods, designate that certain wastewater be discharged only into specific sewers, relocate and/or consolidate points of discharge, separate sewage wastestreams from industrial wastestreams, and such other conditions as may be necessary to protect the POTW and determine the user’s compliance with the requirements of this article.
(b) 
The director of public utilities may require any person 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. A wastewater discharge permit may be issued solely for flow equalization.
(c) 
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the director of public utilities, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease and oil, or sand; except that such interceptors shall not be required for residential users. All interception units shall be of type and capacity approved by the director of public utilities and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned, and repaired regularly, as needed, by the user at their expense.
(d) 
Users with the potential to discharge flammable substances may be required to install and maintain an approved combustible gas detection meter.
(Ordinance O-10-005 adopted 4/29/10; Ordinance O-21-005 adopted 3/11/21)
At least once every two (2) years, the director of public utilities shall evaluate testing/monitoring records and site inspection reports to determine whether each significant industrial user needs an accidental discharge/slug control plan. The director of public utilities may require any user to develop, submit for approval, and implement such a plan. Alternatively, the director of public utilities may develop such a plan for any user at the user’s expense. An accidental discharge/slug control plan shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(a) 
Description of discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges;
(b) 
Description of stored chemicals;
(c) 
Procedures for immediately notifying the director of public utilities of any accidental or slug discharge, as required by section 26-39.15 of this article;
(d) 
Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants, including solvents, and/or measures and equipment for emergency response;
(e) 
The city has the legal authority to revise slug control requirements, if necessary, to modify control mechanisms as needed; and
(f) 
The city has the legal authority and responsibility to evaluate within one (1) year of being designated as a SIU whether each such SIU needs a plan or other action to control slug discharges. The evaluations will be documented and the results will be made available to the approval authority upon request.
(Ordinance O-10-005 adopted 4/29/10; Ordinance O-21-005 adopted 3/11/21)
(a) 
Septic tank waste may be introduced into the POTW only at locations and times designated by the director of public utilities. Such waste shall not violate division 2 of this article or any other requirements established by the city. The director of public utilities may require septic tank waste haulers to obtain wastewater discharge permits.
(b) 
The director of public utilities shall require haulers of industrial waste to obtain wastewater discharge permits. The director of public utilities may require generators of hauled industrial waste to obtain wastewater discharge permits. The director of public utilities also may prohibit the disposal of hauled industrial waste. The discharge of hauled industrial waste is subject to all other requirements of this article.
(c) 
Industrial waste haulers may discharge loads only at locations designated by the director of public utilities. No load may be discharged without prior consent. The director of public utilities may collect samples of each hauled load to ensure compliance with applicable standards and may require the industrial waste hauler to provide a waste analysis of any load prior to discharge.
(d) 
Industrial waste haulers must provide a waste-tracking form for every load. This form shall include, at a minimum, the name and address of the industrial waste hauler, permit number, truck identification, names and addresses of the sources of the waste, and volume and characteristics of waste. The form shall identify the type of industry, known or suspected waste constituents, and whether any wastes are RCRA hazardous wastes.
(Ordinance O-10-005 adopted 4/29/10; Ordinance O-21-005 adopted 3/11/21)
(a) 
Any person who knowingly makes any false material statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this Act or who knowingly falsifies, tampers with, or renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by both. If a conviction of a person is a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection, punishment shall be a fine of not more than $20,000.00 per day of violation, or by imprisonment of not more than 4 years, or by both.
(b) 
Responsible corporate officer as “person.” For the purpose of this subsection, the term “person” means, in addition to the definition contained in section 502(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, any responsible corporate officer.
(Ordinance O-10-005 adopted 4/29/10; Ordinance O-21-005 adopted 3/11/21)