These regulations set forth uniform requirements for users of publicly owned treatment works (POTW) for the Sumner wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) and contributing jurisdictions (contributing jurisdictions) to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including chapter 173-216 WAC, the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.), and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403).
The objectives of these regulations are:
A. 
To encourage economic growth by establishing clear, fair standards and requirements for the management and pretreatment of nondomestic waste.
B. 
To protect the POTW from potential harm. Harm to be prevented includes causing interference or otherwise harming the POTW; causing pass-through, or otherwise harming the receiving environment; or causing the POTW to respond to discharge based on a real or perceived threat;
C. 
To protect POTW staff who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and to protect general public;
D. 
To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater by industrial users;
E. 
To provide high-quality end products, such as reclaimed water and biosolids from the POTW, for beneficial use;
F. 
To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operations, maintenance, and improvement of the POTW, as economically feasible; and
G. 
To enable the Sumner WWTF to comply with its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject.
These regulations shall apply to all persons connected (or believed connected) to the POTW. The regulations compel the production of information; authorize the issuance of control documents, including wastewater discharge permits; provide for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establish administrative review procedures; require reporting; and provide for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program establishment herein.
The provisions of these regulations shall be revised or amended from time to time, consistent with the purpose and policy set forth within these pretreatment regulations, to conform to changes in the state and federal water quality laws and regulations.
(Ord. 2839 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024)
Except as otherwise provided herein, as the owner of the Sumner wastewater treatment facility (WWTF), the city of Sumner (city), is the control authority responsible for administering and managing the overall affairs of the WWTF. The city of Bonney Lake (CoBL) is the owner of a system of sewers that provide for the collection and transmission of wastewater to the WWTF. CoBL is the contributing jurisdiction (contributing jurisdiction) responsible for managing their system of sewers connected to the WWTF.
The city public works director (director) shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of these regulations. Any powers granted to, or duties imposed upon, the director may be delegated by the director to other control authority, WWTF or contributing jurisdiction personnel. The director is authorized to adopt implementing procedures consistent with these pretreatment regulations.
(Ord. 2839 § 1 (Exh. A), 2024)