Hercules Municipal Code Art. 3 Fees

It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the City's wastewater disposal system for the implementation of the program established herein. These charges relate solely to the matters covered by this Article and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the City.

(Ord. 201 § 3.1, 1985)

The City Manager may elect to charge the discharger on a time and material basis for the following items:

(a) Reviewing accidental discharge procedures;

(b) Costs related to the setting up and operation of any pretreatment program, including the costs of reviewing the pretreatment process and construction plans;

(c) Filing appeal;

(d) Costs to City relating to the consistent removal of pollutants subject to Federal Pretreatment Standards;

(e) Preparing and processing requests relative to consistent removal of pollutants subject to Federal Pretreatment Standards;

(f) Monitoring, inspection and surveillance, including periodic sampling by the City to insure that self-monitoring programs are accurately recording wastewater discharge conditions;

(g) All costs and fees charged to Hercules by Pinole with respect to each discharger;

(h) All costs relating to the processing of permits for significant users when such costs exceed the permit application fee;

(i) Other charges as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein.

(Ord. 201 § 3.2, 1985; Ord. 256 Div. 1, 1987)

The City Manager may elect to waive any additional charges for the following items in consideration of the permit fee as provided for in Section 5-5.402 (b) of this Chapter.

(a) Costs of setting up and operating the City's industrial wastes program;

(b) Monitoring, inspections, and surveillance procedures as they relate to general compliance, but not to accidental or non-compliance discharge.

(c) Processing permit applications.

(Ord. 201 § 3.3, 1985)