Town of Ithaca, NY Article VIII Fees

§ 216-45 Charges and fees.

It is one of the purposes of this chapter to provide for the recovery of costs from persons who use the POTW, in order to implement the programs established herein. Charges and fees may include:

A. Fees for reimbursement of the costs of setting up and operating the POTW's pretreatment program;

B. Fees for monitoring, sampling, inspections, and surveillance procedures;

C. Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction;

D. Fees for permit applications and modifications;

E. Fees for consistent removal (by the POTW) of pollutants otherwise subject to national Categorical Pretreatment Standards;

F. Fees for sludge disposal;

G. Other fees as the Special Joint Subcommittee may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.

§ 216-46 Assessment of charges and fees.

The charges or fees for the items enumerated in § 216-45 above shall be set from time to time in accordance with procedures permitted by applicable laws.

§ 216-47 Surcharges for certain conventional pollutants.

A. Industrial Users discharging wastewater which exceeds the following concentrations for any of the conventional pollutants listed below shall pay a surcharge for use of the POTW:

	Pollutant	Level Above Which Surcharge Applies (24 Hour Composite, in ppm)
	Chemical oxygen demand	350
	Suspended solids	250
	BOD5	250
	Phosphorus	6
	Nitrogen, total	25
	The surcharge shall be calculated to recover the POTW's costs to treat these conventional pollutants to the extent that the concentrations of these conventional pollutants exceed the levels stated above. The surcharge shall be set from time to time in accordance with procedures permitted by applicable laws. The Chief Operator may grant a surcharge waiver to any Industrial User which demonstrates that its exceedances of the surcharge threshold levels are due to innovative water conservation practices.

B. The surcharge threshold levels set forth above are not local limits. All Pretreatment Standards and Pretreatment Requirements, including the prohibition against Pass Through and Interference, do apply to discharges of the conventional pollutants listed above. In addition, nothing in this section shall prevent the Chief Operator from exercising his or her right, as described in § 216-10 of this chapter, to require an Industrial User to comply with specific discharge limits on these pollutants if deemed necessary to meet the objectives of § 216-1A of this chapter. In the event that an Industrial User receives specific discharge limits for any of these pollutants, no surcharge shall apply and violations of the discharge limit by the Industrial User shall instead subject the Industrial User to the enforcement provisions of this chapter.