Kern County Municipal Code Art. IV Industrial Stormwater

No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any industrial wastewaters directly or indirectly to the county's stormwater systems, surface canals or any waterway within the county. Stormwater runoff from industrial sites, not including industrial wastewater, may be discharged into the county's stormwater system, surface canals or any other waterway included in the county's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) May 17, 1993, application only after filing proper Notice of Intent and complying with other permit requirements of the state's General Industrial Storm Water Permit.

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)

All industrial activities shall comply with the strictest of any applicable federal or state standards or regulations covering the discharge of stormwater or surface water, including but not limited to those adopted pursuant to the Clean Water Act, PL 95-217, as amended, and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)

Any industrial activity not complying with standards or regulations, as required by Section 14.26.280, may be required by the chief engineer to develop and implement a compliance schedule for any measures or facilities as may be necessary to meet said standards and regulations.

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)

The chief engineer may require the submission of such notices of self-monitoring report from the site of industrial activities as he may consider necessary to assure compliance with said standards and regulations.

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)

Holders of NPDES industrial stormwater permits which discharge stormwater or surface water to the county's storm drainage facilities shall comply with applicable requirements of the county's NPDES permit for its municipal separate storm water system.

Industrial activities required to obtain NPDES permits regulating the discharge of stormwater and surface water to the county's storm drainage facilities shall notify the chief engineer that they are subject to such permit. NPDES permit holders shall notify the chief engineer immediately by telephone upon discovery of any discharge in violation of their permit.

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)

The chief engineer or a representative shall have access to the site of the industrial activity regulated by a NPDES industrial stormwater permit, for purposes of inspection and monitoring, upon notice to the designated representative of the NPDES permit holder or in the event of no NPDES permit being in effect, the operator of the industrial activity.

(Ord. G-6063 § 2 (part), 1994)