Corona Municipal Code Ch. 14.24 Cleanup and Waste Control Procedures

(A) Unless otherwise provided by this title, no person shall allow the discharge of any liquid containing crude petroleum or its products into, over or upon any street, public highway or right-of-way, drainage canal or ditch, storm or sanitary drain or flood control channel.

(B) No person shall allow any oil, waste oil, refuse or waste material to be on the surface of the ground or under, around, over, along or near any oil well, sump, boiler, oil storage tank or building, unless such material is contained within an oil sump, tank, catchment basin or skimming pond.

(C) All property within 25 feet of any oil well, flammable liquid tank or appurtenance to any oil well shall be at all times kept free and clear of dry weeds, grass, rubbish or other combustible debris. If the distance is deemed by the Secretary to be not sufficient to provide reasonable fire safety, the Secretary may require a greater distance which shall not exceed the height of the derrick or the greatest dimension of the tank.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.010.)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, either as principal, agent, servant, employee or otherwise, to cause or permit crude, distilled or refined oil, water, wastewater, mud, any by-product of any oil production or activity or any substance resulting from oil production activity to become deposited upon or to flow upon, into, over or across any sidewalk, curb, alley, street, any public right-of-way or into any storm flood control or sanitary drainage system, sewer, canal or gutter.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.020.)

The Agency may issue a permit to any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation to deposit water or wastewater into any storm or sanitary drainage system of the city; provided, such water or wastewater does not contain crude, distilled or refined oil, mud or any residuary products of oil or other substances mentioned in Cal. Fish and Game Code § 5650; and, provided further, that permittee installs and properly maintains a clarification system approved by the Agency for the purpose of treating the water.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.030.)

A verified application for the permit shall be filed with the Agency, together with a fee of $25 per well. The sum shall not be refundable if the application is denied.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.040.)

The application specified in § 14.24.040 shall contain and specify:

(A) A description of the property upon which the water or wastewater is located and the name of the owner of the property;

(B) The point where the water will be discharged into the storm, flood or sanitary drainage system;

(C) The method of clarifying and settling the objectionable substances from the water, including plans and specifications for a wastewater settling system;

(D) If the water is to be conducted over private property belonging to persons other than the applicant, there shall accompany the application a statement that permission has been secured in writing from the owner or owners of the property to so conduct the water and an agreement by the applicant to indemnify and hold the city, its officers, Council members, agents or employees harmless from any claim or cause of action brought against the city, its officers, Council members, agents or employees for any personal injury or property damage caused by the conduction.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.050.)

The permittee shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by it and any damages occurring to the city property by reason of the permittee connecting to or closing out any of its connections to city property.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.060.)

If the Agency denies the application for the permit, the applicant may no later than ten days after the denial appeal the denial to the Council pursuant to the provisions of § 14.32.070.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.070.)

A permit for disposal of wastewater shall:

(A) Specify the location of the clarifying plant, the type of plant to be used therefor and incorporate the plans and specifications for such as approved by the Agency;

(B) Designate the location at which the water will be discharged into the storm flood control or sanitary drainage system, the size of the discharge pipe and method of discharge.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.080.)

(A) The fee for a wastewater disposal permit shall be $30 per well per calendar year, payable to the Agency on the first day of February of each calendar year. If permits are issued for a portion of a calendar year, the permit fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis. The minimum permit fee for a portion of a calendar year shall not be less than $9 per well.

(B) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the city.

(C) If any fee required by this section is not paid at the time and in the manner provided in this section, the fee shall become and be delinquent 30 days after the due date and a penalty in an amount equal to 10% of the fee shall be added thereto each month. The computed penalty is not to exceed the yearly fee.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.090.)

The discharge line shall have located at the point of discharge a gate valve which shall be capable of being locked.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.100.)

In operating under a permit under this section, the following standards and restrictions shall be met and complied with. No sanitary sewer shall be opened except by a licensed plumber and care shall be taken that no cement pipe or similar material shall be used in making connections. The connections shall be of such a length that they do not extend over four inches into a sewer "Y" or chimney. The trench from a main sewer to the property line shall be properly settled when back-filled. Upon discontinuance of oil operations or cancellation of the permit, the drain pipe shall be cut off at the property line and the connection cemented off.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.110.)

No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged into a storm, flood control or sanitary drainage system any sewage, waters, vapors or industrial wastes that have any one of the following characteristics or components:

(A) Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

(B) Acid, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow or interfering with the proper operation of a storm, flood control and sanitary drainage system;

(C) Industrial wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create any hazard in the receiving waters of a sewage treatment plant;

(D) Noxious or malodorous gas or substances capable of creating a public nuisance;

(E) Liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 85°F, unless properly treated for scale inhibition;

(F) Industrial wastes which may contain more than 200 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.120.)

(A) Upon violation of any of the terms of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter, including failure to pay any fee before delinquency occurs, the Agency may temporarily suspend the permit. If such a permit is temporarily suspended, the Agency shall notify the permittee in writing to appear before the Council at its next meeting and show cause why his or her permit should not be revoked. The notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid certified, no later than five days prior to such meeting.

(B) The Agency may, without suspending such permit, order any permittee to show cause before the Council why the permit should not be revoked. The Council, at the hearing, shall follow the hearing procedures provided in § 14.32.070. After the hearing, the Council may, by resolution, revoke or suspend for a definite time or modify the terms of the permit.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.130.)

No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferred except upon written consent of the Agency. Application for such consent to transfer shall be made to the Agency by the proposed transferor upon forms provided therefor by it. The consent application shall be accompanied by an application of the proposed transferee for the Agency’s approval of the transfer. The application of the proposed transferee shall contain all the information and be accompanied by all the documents and fees required of any applicant for an original permit under this chapter.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.140.)

(A) The Council reserves the right on its own motion to revoke any and all permits issued under this chapter after written notice to the permittee and a hearing thereon, if it deems the public welfare, necessity and convenience require such revocation. If the Council orders such revocation, it may order any unused portion of any paid permit fees refunded to the permittee, unless such fees are not refundable pursuant to other chapters of this title. Notice under this section shall be given by mail, postage prepaid certified, addressed to the permittee at the address shown on the application for the permit no later than ten days before the scheduled hearing.

(B) For the purpose of this title, the water or wastewater from the production of oil wells in the city shall not be considered industrial waste, which requires a permit under this chapter.

(`78 Code, § 14.24.150.)