A. 
If, for any reason, a facility does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any prohibition or limitations in this chapter, the facility responsible for such discharge shall take immediate corrective action to prevent continued harm to the treatment works and shall immediately notify the Director so that additional corrective action may be taken to protect the treatment works. In addition, a written report addressed to the Director detailing the date, time and cause of the accidental discharge, the quantity and characteristics of this discharge and corrective action taken at the time of the discharge, and action taken to prevent future discharges, shall be filed by the responsible person within five days of the occurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
B. 
Such notification will not relieve users of liability for any expense, loss or damage to the sewer system, treatment plant or treatment process or for any fines imposed on the Authority.
C. 
At least once every two years, the Authority shall evaluate whether each such significant industrial user needs a plan to control discharges of a nonrouting/nonepisodic nature, including but not limited to an accident or spill or a noncustomary batch discharge. If the POTW decides that a control plan is needed, then such control plan shall contain, at a minimum, a description of the discharge practices, including nonroutine batch discharges, and a description of stored chemicals. The control plan shall further include procedures for immediately notifying the POTW of such discharges, including any discharge that would violate a prohibition under 40 CFR 403.5(b) with procedures for follow-up notification within five days. The control plan shall further include, if necessary, procedures to prevent adverse impact from accidental spills, including inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site, building of containment structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants (including solvents), and/or measures and equipment for emergency responses.
Whenever the Director finds that any person has violated or is violating this chapter, or any prohibition, limitation or requirement contained herein, he may serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days, for the satisfactory correction thereof.
A. 
When the Authority finds that a discharge of wastewater has been taking place, in violation of prohibitions or limitations of this chapter, or the provisions of a wastewater discharge permit, the Director may issue an order to cease and desist and direct that those persons not complying with such prohibitions, limits, requirements or provisions to:
(1) 
Comply forthwith.
(2) 
Comply in accordance with a time schedule set forth by the Authority.
(3) 
Take appropriate or remedial preventive action in the event of a threatened violation.
B. 
In addition to its other powers under this Sewer Use Ordinance, the Authority or the Executive Director, if time does not permit the convening of a quorum of the Authority, may also suspend sewer service (without notification) in order to stop discharge which presents an imminent or substantial hazard to the public health, safety or welfare of persons, to the local environment, or which interferes with the operation of the treatment plant; this in effect, would require an industrial user to immediately shut down the violating process. In the event the user fails to comply with the suspension order by failing to stop or eliminate the violation, the Authority will take such other means as necessary to physically stop the discharge to the sewers.
A. 
In the event that sampling performed by the industrial user indicates a violation, said user shall notify the authority within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The user shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat analysis to the authority within 30 days after becoming aware of the violation, except that the industrial user is not required to resample if the authority itself performs the sampling at the industrial user at a frequency of at least once per month or the authority performs sampling at the user between the time when the user performs its initial sampling and the time when the user receives the result of this sampling.
B. 
User(s) will report to the Authority and the Authority's Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator, as appropriate, any exceedance of an effluent limitation that causes injury to persons or damage to the environment or poses a threat to human health or the environment, within two hours of its occurrence, or of user(s) becoming aware of the occurrence. Within 24 hours thereof or of an exceedance, or of becoming aware of an exceedance, or of an effluent limitation for a toxic pollutant, user(s) shall provide the Authority and/or the Authority's Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator with such additional information on the discharge as may be required by the Authority, including an estimate of the danger posed by discharge to the environment, whether the discharge is continuing and the measures taken, or being taken, to remediate the problem and any damage to the environment and avoid a repetition of the problem.
C. 
In addition to the reporting requirements stipulated in the permit issued by the WNYMUA, user(s) shall further be required to file monthly reports with the Authority if user(s) has in any month committed a serious violation or failed to submit a completed discharge self-monitoring report and does not contest or unsuccessfully contested the assessment of a civil administrative penalty therefor, or if user(s) has exceeded an effluent limitation for the same pollutant at the same discharge point source by any amount for four out of six consecutive months. The WNYMUA may restore the original reporting requirements stipulated in the permit if user(s) has not committed any of the violations identified herein for six consecutive months.
D. 
User(s) shall further be required to report to the Authority any serious violation within 30 days of the violation, together with a statement indicating that user(s) understands the civil administrative penalties required to be assessed for serious violations and explaining the nature of the serious violations and the measures taken to remedy the cause or prevent a recurrence of the serious violations.
When the Authority finds that a discharge of wastewater has been taking place, in violation of prohibitions or limitation prescribed in this chapter or wastewater source control requirements, effluent limitations or pretreatment standards, or the provisions of a wastewater discharge permit, the Authority may require the user to submit for approval, with such modifications as it deems necessary, a detailed time schedule of specific actions which the user shall take in order to prevent or correct a violation of requirements.
A. 
If the violation is not corrected by timely compliance, the Director may order any person who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to show cause before the Authority why service should not be terminated. A notice shall be served on the offending party, specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Authority regarding the violation, and directing the offending party to show cause before said Authority why an order should not be made directing the termination of service. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail (return receipt request) at least 10 days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.
B. 
The Authority may itself conduct the hearing and take the evidence or may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the assigned department to:
(1) 
Issue in the name of the Authority notices of hearings requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in any such hearings;
(2) 
Take the evidence; or
(3) 
Transmit a report of the evidence and hearing, including transcripts/records and other evidence, together with recommendations to the Authority for action thereof.
C. 
At any public hearing, testimony taken before the Authority or any person designated by it must be under oath and recorded either by the hearing officer in a summary manner or stenographically. In the latter case, the transcript, so recorded will be made available to any member of the public or any part to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges thereof.
D. 
After the Authority has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the party responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed or existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly operated and such further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate.
A. 
Any user, permit applicant or permit holder affected by any decision, action or determination, including cease and desist orders, made by the Director in interpreting or implementing the provisions of this chapter or any permit issued hereunder may file with the Director a written request for reconsideration within 10 days of such decision, action or determination, setting forth in detail the facts supporting the user's request for reconsideration.
B. 
If the ruling made by the Director is unsatisfactory to the person requesting reconsideration, he may, within 10 days after notification of Authority action, file a written appeal for the Authority's governing body. The written appeal shall be heard by the body within 30 days from the date of filing. The Authority's governing body shall make a final ruling of the appeal within 10 days of the close of the meeting. The Director's decision, action or determination shall remain in effect during such period of reconsideration.