Whenever the Wastewater Treatment Operator finds that any user has violated
or is violating this chapter, a wastewater discharge permit or any prohibition,
limitation or requirement contained in this chapter, the Wastewater Treatment
Operator may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of
the violation. Within 30 days of the date of the notice, a plan for the satisfactory
correction thereof shall be submitted to the Wastewater Treatment Operator
by the user.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, in
addition, be civilly liable to the Village of Oxford for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned to the Village of Oxford by reason of such violation.
The Village of Oxford Attorney, on his own initiative or at the request
of the Wastewater Treatment Operator, shall have the right to seek equitable
relief in the name of the Village of Oxford to restrain the violation of,
or to compel compliance with, any order or determination issued thereunder
by the Wastewater Treatment Operator.
The Wastewater Treatment Operator shall provide public notification,
in the daily newspaper with the largest circulation in the Village of Oxford,
of industrial users which were significantly in violation of state or federal
pretreatment standards or requirements since the last such notice. The frequency
of such notices shall be at least once per year. For the purposes of this
section, a "significant violation" shall be a violation:
A. Which remains uncorrected 45 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.
D. Which resulted in the Wastewater Treatment Operator's
exercising his emergency authority to halt or prevent any discharge which
presents an imminent danger to persons or property.