Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 13.22 Waste Water Hauling and Deposal—regulations

It is unlawful for any commercial liquid waste hauler to discharge to the city's designated disposal site without a current city liquid waste hauler's permit, a current city business license, Riverside County Department Of Environmental Health Liquid Waste Hauler permit, and decal or to otherwise fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:

A. "Director" shall mean the director of the public works department, or equivalent office, and/or his designee.

B. "RCRA" shall mean the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

C. "POTW" and "city designated disposal site" shall mean the water waste treatment plant owned by the city of Blythe located at 15901 S. Broadway in Blythe, CA.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

The city shall only accept wastewater from liquid waste haulers. No other waste shall be accepted or discharged to the city's POTW. No truck or trailer vacuum tank that exceeds six thousand gallons in volume shall be permitted unless the truck or trailer has been modified to only contain six thousand gallons of total volume at all times.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No person shall violate any term or condition of a city liquid waste hauler permit, liquid waste hauler permit conditions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. Liquid waster hauler's obligation to comply with all permit terms and conditions;

B. Liquid waste hauler's obligation to comply with the terms of this chapter;

C. Liquid waste hauler's obligation to comply with the Riverside County Health Department's applicable rules and regulations regarding cleanliness and sanitary conditions;

D. Restrictions on operating hours for city's designated disposal site;

E. The revocation, suspension or placement on probation on the permit and imposition of other enforcement actions against the liquid waste hauler for violation of the permit terms or conditions, or of this chapter;

F. Record keeping and reporting requirements;

G. The obligation to notify the director immediately of any unusual circumstances observed during liquid waste pumping operations;

H. Compliance with all applicable California Motor Vehicle Codes; and

I. Other conditions, limitations or prohibitions deemed appropriate by the director.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

The city's waste water treatment plant is the only designated liquid waste haulers disposal site for liquid waste disposal in the city of Blythe. All liquid waste disposed in the city shall be at the city's waste water treatment plant.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No person shall be issued a city liquid waste hauler permit without first:

A. Obtaining a valid city business license;

B. Paying liquid waste hauler permit fees, if applicable, established by resolution of the city council; and

C. Completing and submitting to the city an application for a city liquid waste hauler permit signed under penalty of perjury certifying that the following information provided by the liquid waste hauler applicant is true and correct:

1. Name, address and phone number of the liquid waste hauler;

2. Number of vehicles (vehicles include trucks, tankers and trailers), gallon capacity, license plate number, registered owner's name, and make and model of each vehicle operated by the liquid waste hauler for the purpose of hauling liquid wastes;

3. Name of the liquid waste hauler's authorized representative;

4. Name and policy number of the liquid waste hauler's insurance carrier and bonding company if applicable;

5. The number of the current permit issued to the liquid waste hauler by the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health for transportation and disposal of liquid wastes; and

6. Any other information as may be required by the director.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Liquid wastes disposed at the city's designated disposal site shall be subject to inspection, sampling and analysis to determine compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter by authorized personnel who may perform or supervise such inspection, sampling and analysis at any time before or during delivery of the liquid waste. If the city finds the wastes do not comply with this chapter, the liquid waste hauler shall pay the city for all of the city's costs associated with such inspection, sampling, and analysis, and any other fees, charges or penalties assessed by the director.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No liquid waste hauler shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the city's designated disposal site any material defined as hazardous by RCRA.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No liquid waste hauler shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the city's designated disposal site grease, oil or diluting grease or oil into the city's designated disposal site.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

If the city determines the wastes contain hazardous substances, then the liquid waste hauler shall remain at the city's designated disposal site until the hazardous substances is transferred to a waste hauler lawfully authorized to transport and dispose of the hazardous substances. The director may notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of all violations of this section.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

All liquid waste manifest forms shall be completed in full and signed by the liquid waste hauler, and signed by the director, before any load is discharged into the city's designated disposal site.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Providing false information to the city in any permit application, hauler's report or manifest, or correspondence is a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Liquid waste haulers shall retain all records and reports required to be retained by this chapter for a minimum of three years and shall make such reports and records immediately available to the city upon request.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

A liquid waste hauler shall pay all fees, charges and penalties imposed by the director pursuant to this chapter within thirty days of receiving notice to pay such fees, charges, or penalties.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Only liquid wastes, from septic tanks, seepage pits, cesspools, or any other similar receptacles, that contain no industrial waste, shall be disposed of at the city's designated disposal site.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Any liquid waste hauler that hauls both industrial wastes and domestic wastes shall remove all industrial waste contamination from the interior of the vacuum tank prior to loading any domestic wastes into such tank.

Liquid waste haulers are prohibited from discharging industrial waste into the POTW. No liquid waste hauler shall mix industrial waste and domestic wastes to discharge the mixture to the city's designated disposal site.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Any liquid waste hauler seeking to discharge to the city's designated disposal site shall first certify under penalty of perjury as to the origin of the wastes and shall provide documentation as to the address of any location(s) where the liquid waste hauler obtained the wastes.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

If the wastes hauled by a liquid waste hauler are found unacceptable for discharge into the POTW, the liquid waste hauler shall dispose of the wastes at a legal disposal site. The liquid waste hauler shall provide the city with a true and correct copy of the waste hauler's manifest documenting the legal disposal of the rejected wastes within fourteen calendar days form the date the wastes were rejected by the city.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No liquid waste hauler shall dispose of any rejected load into any septic tank, cesspool, seepage pit or similar devices, any grease interceptor or trap, and storm drain, or the POTW except as authorized in writing by the director.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

No liquid waste hauler shall mix or dilute any rejected load in order to achieve compliance with this chapter without prior written authorization from the director.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

The director may deny a liquid waste hauler permit for any of the following reasons:

A. The applicant knowingly falsified information on the application or any document required by the application;

B. The applicant's previous liquid waste hauler permit was suspended or otherwise revoked and the condition upon which such action was taken still exists; or

C. The applicant is not current on all disposal and permit-related reports and charges.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

If an application is denied, the director shall notify the applicant in writing of such denial and the appeal procedures. The notification shall state the grounds for such denial and any actions required for the applicant to obtain a permit. All liquid waste hauler permits issued may be suspended, revoked, or placed on probation up to one year upon finding by the director that any of the following facts exist:

A. The permittee failed to display the authorization document upon request;

B. The permittee has changed, altered or otherwise modified the face of a permit or authorization document without the permission of the director;

C. The permittee has violated any term or condition of the permit;

D. The permittee has falsified any application, record, report or monitoring results required to be maintained, has failed to make them immediately available to the director upon request, or has withheld required information;

E. The permittee failed to stop immediately the discharge from his or her truck into the designated disposal facilities of the city upon the order of any authorized public works department employee;

F. The permittee discharged or attempted to discharge hazardous substances into the designated disposal site;

G. The permittee failed to comply with the terms of subsection I of this section;

H. The permittee discharged or attempted to discharge industrial waste into the designated disposal site;

I. The permittee has repeatedly filed documents with falsified or incorrect information;

J. The permittee has discharged or attempted to discharge waste to the city's designated disposal site; that has been previously rejected by another regulatory agency, municipality, or entity having authority to grant permission for the disposal of the waste, and has failed to notify the director of the rejected status of the waste;

K. The permittee has done physical violence or harm to any city employee; or

L. The permittee has made threatening remarks or threatening acts toward any city employee.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Any liquid waste hauler permit which has been revoked, suspended or placed on probation pursuant to this section may be reinstated upon a finding by the director that the condition which resulted in such revocation, suspension or probation no longer exists.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Upon director's determination of a violation of this chapter, the liquid waste hauler shall be subject to the enforcement actions set forth in this section and Section 13.22.040 of this chapter, and to such enforcement actions contained in the liquid waste hauler permit as necessary to protect the POTW, the public, the environment or city employees.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Any authorized POTW employee can order a liquid waste hauler to immediately stop their discharge. The order shall be based on the employee's professional judgment that the discharge may violate this chapter, threaten or harm the POTW, its employees, the public or the environment.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)

Liquid waste hauler permits are exclusive to that permittee. Transfer or assignment of a permit is prohibited and will void the current permittee's permit.

(Ord. No. 850, § 1, 7-26-11)