Paso Robles Municipal Code Art. X Public Participation

A. The director shall publish annually, in a newspaper of general circulation that provides meaningful public notice within the jurisdictions served by the POTW, a list of the IUs which, at any time during the previous twelve months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. The term significant noncompliance shall be applicable to all SIUs (or any other IU that violates subsections 3., 4., or 8. of this section) and shall mean:

1. Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty-six percent or more of all the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined in Sections 14.10.040 and 14.10.070;

2. Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty-three percent or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined in Sections 14.10.040 and 14.10.070, multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);

3. Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement, as described in Sections 14.10.040 and 14.10.070 (daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard), that the director determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including any violation that has endangered the health of POTW personnel or the general public;

4. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent danger to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the director's exercise of his or her emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;

5. Failure to meet, within ninety days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for commencing construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;

6. Failure to provide within forty-five days after the due date any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;

7. Failure to accurately and timely report noncompliance; or

8. Any other violation(s), which may include a violation of best management practices, that the director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.

(Ord. No. 1105 N.S., § 2 (Exh. A), 12-1-2020)