Whenever a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, water service to the user may be severed. Service will only recommence, at the user's expense, after it has satisfactorily demonstrated its ability to comply.
(Ord. 1404 NS § 10.1, 2008)
A violation of any provision of this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement is hereby declared a public nuisance and shall be corrected or abated as directed by the water/sewer superintendent. Any person(s) creating a public nuisance shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 9.40 CMC governing such nuisances, including reimbursing the city of Colville for any costs incurred in removing, abating, or remedying said nuisance.
(Ord. 1404 NS § 10.2, 2008)
The water/sewer superintendent may decline to reinstate wastewater collection and treatment service to any user whose wastewater services were suspended or terminated under the provisions of this chapter, unless such user, at the sole discretion of the water/sewer superintendent, either: (A) first files with the city of Colville a satisfactory bond, payable to the city of Colville, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by the water/sewer superintendent to achieve consistent compliance; or (B) first submits proof that the user has obtained financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair POTW damage caused by its discharge.
(Ord. 1404 NS § 10.3, 2008)
A. 
In any enforcement action allowed under this chapter, the water/sewer superintendent may recommend, and the city of Colville may agree, to set aside all or portions of the recommended penalty amount in favor of requiring completion of a project of environmental benefit to the POTW of equal or greater value than the proposed penalty. Such projects must be proposed or agreed to in writing by the user.
B. 
In recommending this option, the water/sewer superintendent shall consider all relevant circumstances, including, but not limited to, the following criteria: (1) the net environmental benefit, (2) the ability of the project to help achieve or ensure compliance, (3) the willingness of the party to change the circumstances that led to the noncompliance, and (4) the responsible party's technical and financial ability to successfully complete the project.
C. 
In enforcement actions taken by the Department, the city of Colville may make written recommendations either for, or against, an innovative settlement agreement with a noncompliant user based on the above criteria.
(Ord. 1404 NS § 10.4, 2008)