Port Hueneme Municipal Code Ch. 6 Stormwater Quality Management

This Chapter implements the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251—1387 (sometimes referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act) and the California Water Code by prohibiting the discharge of any pollutant in the City to waters of the United States from a point source unless the discharge is authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) required by CWA § 402, 33 U.S.C. § 1342 and prohibits non-storm water discharges into the MS4.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

For the purposes of this Chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Chapter. Words and phrases not ascribed a meaning by this Chapter shall have the meanings ascribed by the regulations implementing the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Clean Water Act § 402, and Division 7 of the California Water Code, as they may be amended from time to time, if defined therein, and if not, to the definitions in an applicable permit issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board—Los Angeles, as such permits may be amended from time to time.

Automotive repair shop" means a facility in any or one or more of the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes: 5013, 5014, 5541, 7532-7534 or 7536-7539.

"Best management practices (BMPs)" means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce pollutants in discharges. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage, public education and outreach, proper planning of development projects, proper clean-out of catch basins and proper waste handling and disposal.

"City" means the City of Port Hueneme.

"Development" means any construction, rehabilitation, redevelopment or reconstruction of any public or private residential (whether single-family, multi-unit or planned unit development); industrial; commercial; retail; and other non-residential projects, including public agency projects; and mass grading for future construction.

"Director" means the Public Works Director of the City and persons designated by and under the Director's instruction and supervision.

"Discharge" when used without qualification means the discharge of a pollutant.

"Discharge of a pollutant" means any addition of any pollutant to waters of the United States, to the City's MS4, or any addition of any pollutant to waters of the contiguous zone from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being used as a means of transportation. Discharge of a pollutant also means additions of pollutants into waters of the United States from: surface runoff which is collected or channeled by man; discharges through pipes, sewers, or other conveyances owned by a State, municipality, or other person which do not lead to a treatment works.

"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

"Hazardous substances" means those substances designated as hazardous substances under Section 311(b)(2)(A) of the Clean Water Act, and listed in the table at 40 C.F.R. § 116.4.

"Hearing Officer" means the City Manager or the City Manager's designee, who shall preside at administrative hearings authorized by this Chapter and issue final decisions on matters raised therein.

"Illicit connection" means any man-made conveyance, device or artifice, that is connected to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, without a permit, through or by which an illicit discharge may be discharged.

"Illicit discharge" means any discharge to the MS4 or directly to the waters of the United States that is not composed entirely of storm water except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit and discharges which are exempt or conditionally exempt in accordance with any applicable order of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region (RWQCB-LA). Illicit discharge includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Discharges of wash waters resulting from the hosing or cleaning of gas stations, automotive repair shops or other similar automotive services facilities in any one of the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes: 5013, 5014, 5541, 7532-7534 or 7536-7539;

(b) Discharges if wash water from mobile auto washing and detailing; steam cleaning, mobile carpet cleaning, and other similar mobile commercial and industrial operations;

(c) Discharges of runoff from areas where machinery or equipment which is leaking oil, other fluids or coolant;

(d) Discharges of runoff from storage areas of material containing grease, oil, or hazardous substances;

(e) Discharges of swimming pool water, including swimming pool backwash water, containing chlorine or biocides;

(f) Discharges of untreated runoff from the washing or hosing down of hazardous substances;

(g) Discharges of untreated runoff from the washing or hosing down of impervious surfaces in industrial or commercial areas including parking lots, streets, sidewalks, driveways, patios, plazas, work yards, and outdoor eating areas, unless required by state or local health and safety codes;

(h) Discharge from the washing out or hosing down of concrete trucks, pumps, tools or equipment;

(i) Discharges of litter, vegetation clippings, landscaping waste (green waste) sediment, and construction and demolition waste;

(j) Discharge of any fungicide, insecticide, herbicide or rodenticide banned under federal or state law;

(k) Discharges of food and food-related wastes, including, but not limited to grease, restaurant kitchen mat wash and rinse water, and trash container wash and rinse water; and

(l) Discharges to the City's MS4 or waters of the United States or the State which would cause or contribute to the violation of water quality standards receiving waters.

The term illicit discharge shall not include the following types of non-storm water discharges, unless the RWQCB-LA determines that these discharges cause specific receiving water limit violations:

(a) Flows from riparian habitats or wetlands;

(b) Diverted stream flows;

(c) Natural springs;

(d) Rising ground waters;

(e) Uncontaminated groundwater infiltration [as defined at 40 CFR 35.2005(20)];

(f) Water line flushing;

(g) Discharges from potable water sources;

(h) Foundation drains;

(i) Footing drains;

(j) Air conditioning condensate;

(k) Water from crawl space pumps;

(l) Reclaimed and potable irrigation water;

(m) Dechlorinated swimming pool discharges;

(n) Individual residential car washing;

(o) Sidewalk washing; or

(p) Discharges or flows from emergency fire fighting activities;

"Invoice for costs" means the actual costs and expenses of the City, including, but not limited to administrative overhead, salaries, attorneys fees and costs and other expenses recoverable under law, incurred during any inspection or investigation or subsequent proceeding in which a notice of violation, administrative compliance order or other enforcement option under this Chapter is utilized to obtain compliance with this Chapter.

"Municipal separate storm sewer system" or "MS4" or "City's storm drain system" means a conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels or storm drains) owned by City designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water, into waters of the United States and which is not a combined sewer or part of a publicly owned treatment works.

"National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit" means an authorization, license or equivalent control document issued by the US EPA, the State Water Resources Control Board or a Regional Water Quality Control Board, and includes a State General Permit and the permit issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board - Los Angeles Region, and entitled "WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL STORM WATER AND URBAN RUNOFF DISCHARGES WITHIN VENTURA COUNTY FLOOD CON-TROL DISTRICT, COUNTY OF VENTURA, AND THE CITIES OF VENTURA COUNTY," Order No. 00-108, (NPDES No. CAS 004002), or subsequent permits.

"Person" means any individual firm, association, partnership, corporation, partnership, consortium, local, state or federal government agency, political subdivision, trust, estate, cooperative association, joint venture, business entity or other entity, or the agent, employee or representative of any of the above.

"Pollutant" means a "pollutant" as defined in § 502(6) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362(6) or incorporated into California Water Code § 13373, discharged into water. "Pollutant" shall not mean uncontaminated storm water, potable water or reclaimed water generated by a lawfully permitted water treatment facility, or any substance, the discharge of which into the MS4, through best management practices, has been reduced to the maximum extent practicable, and shall not include those non-storm water discharges excluded from the definition of illicit discharge," unless the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region determines that these discharges cause specific receiving water limit violations.

"Private Property" means any real property, irrespective of ownership.

"Responsible party" means the person(s) identified in and responsible for compliance with the provisions of a storm water pollution prevention plan, storm water pollution control plan, State General Permit or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and includes the owner and operator of the property to which the plan relates.

"State General Permit" means either the State General Industrial Activities Storm Water Permit or the State General Construction Activity Storm Water Permit and the terms and requirements of either or both. In the event the EPA revokes the in-lieu permit-ting authority of the State Water Resources Control Board, then the term State General Permit shall also refer to any EPA-administered storm water control program for industrial and construction activities.

"Storm water" means runoff from rain or storm activity, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.

"Storm water pollution control plan" or "SWPCP" means a plan required by the City pursuant to this Chapter and in implementation of an applicable NPDES Permit.

"Storm water pollution prevention plan" means a plan as required by a State General Permit.

"Storm water quality management plan" means the Ventura Countywide Storm Water Quality Management Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

"Watercourse" means any natural or artificial channel for passage of water including, but not limited to, the VCFCD jurisdictional channels, (as described in the List of Channels within the Comprehensive Plan of the VCFCD as of October 4, 1993, and its amendments).

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(Ord. No. 694, § 2, 11-16-09)

(a) The discharge of pollutants to the City's storm drain system (MS4) is prohibited. All discharges of material other than storm water must be in compliance with a NPDES permit issued by the State of California or the U.S. EPA.

(b) No Person shall:

(1) Construct, use, maintain, operate and/or continue to utilize an illicit connection;

(2) Cause, allow or facilitate an illicit discharge;

(3) Act, cause, permit or suffer any agent, employee, or independent contractor, to construct, main-tain, operate or utilize an illicit connection, or cause, allow or facilitate an illicit discharge;

(4) Use the City's storm drain system (MS4) or watercourses for the discharge/disposal of wastes including, but not limited to litter, landscape debris, construction and demolition waste; any fungicide, insecticide, herbicide or rodenticide banned under federal or state law; food and food-related wastes, including, but not limited to grease, restaurant kitchen mat wash and rinse water; and trash container wash and rinse water; or

(5) Throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, kept, or maintained, in or upon any public or private property, driveway, parking area, street, alley, sidewalk or other component of the City's storm drain system (MS4), any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution. Wastes deposited in streets immediately prior to and for the purposes of collection are exempt from this prohibition.

(c) The prohibition on illicit connections in subsection (b), above, expressly includes, without limitation, all illicit connections regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.

(d) Requirement to Eliminate Illicit Discharges. The City may require a person responsible for an illicit discharge to discontinue the illicit discharge immediately, or by a specified date, and, if necessary, to take measures to eliminate the source of the illicit discharge to prevent the occurrence of future illicit discharges.

(e) Requirement to Eliminate or Secure Approval for Illicit Connections. The City by written notice may require a person responsible for an Illicit Connection to the City's storm drain system (MS4) to eliminate or secure approval for the illicit connection by a specified date, regardless of whether or not the connection or discharges to it had been established or approved prior to the effective date of this Chapter. If subsequent to eliminating a connection found to be in violation of this Chapter, the responsible person can demonstrate that an illicit discharge will no longer occur, said person may request City approval to reconnect. The reconnection or reinstallation of the connection shall be at the City's discretion and shall be subject to such conditions as the City may determine; such reconnection or reinstallation shall be at the responsible person's expense.

(f) Requirement to Remediate. Whenever the City finds that an illicit discharge of pollutants is taking place or has occurred the City, by written notice to the responsible person may require that the illicit discharge cease, be remediated, and the affected property restored within a specified time, along with all other remedies available to the City.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any person or entity required under federal or state law to have a NPDES Permit for a facility or activity in the City to operate such a facility or activity in the City which discharges to the City's MS4 or waters of the United States or the State without a NPDES Permit.

(b) Any person or entity in the City required to have a NPDES Permit for a facility or activity in the City which discharges to the City's MS4 or waters of the United States or the State shall retain at such facility or activity the following documents which evidence compliance with permit requirements:

(1) A copy of the notice of intent to comply with the Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity or Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity, where appropriate;

(2) A waste discharge identification number issued by the SWRCB where appropriate;

(3) A storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP), (iv) any storm water quality data; and

(4) A plan containing urban runoff mitigation features where appropriate. Any person or entity required to comply with the Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity or Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity for a facility in the City shall provide a copy of the notice of intent to comply, and undertake all other activities required by any NPDES General Permit applicable to such discharges. Copies of such notification shall be provided to the City when notice is provided to the State Water Resources Control Board.

(c) Any person or entity in the City required to have a NPDES Storm Water Permit for a facility or activity in the City which discharges to the City's MS4 or waters of the United States or the State, upon request from a duly authorized officer of the City, shall make available to the City all of the documents described in subsection (b) of this Section during any City storm water-related educational or enforcement program and to demonstrate compliance with such NPDES Storm Water Permit, including but not limited to the adequacy of and compliance with any SWPPP required thereunder.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) On and after January 27, 2001, all development within the City shall be undertaken in accordance with:

(1) Any conditions and requirements established by an applicable NPDES permit which are reasonably related to the reduction or elimination of the discharge of pollutants in storm water from the project site;

(2) A storm water pollution prevention plan, which shall be prepared in accordance with a State-wide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity or Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity, if applicable;

(3) A storm water pollution control plan (SWPCP) if required by an applicable NPDES Storm Water Permit;

(4) Any condition and/or requirements established by the City to protect specific watersheds or drainage basins.

(5) Any applicable requirement of a Storm Water Quality Urban Impact Mitigation Plan (SQUIMP) required by an NPDES Permit or this Code.

(b) Proof of compliance with any applicable Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity or Statewide General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity, may be required in a form acceptable to the City prior to or as a condition of approval of a subdivision map, site plan, building permit, or development or improvement plan upon inspection of the facility; during any enforcement proceeding or action; or for any other reasonable cause.

(c) Compliance with the conditions and requirements of a SWPCP shall not exempt any person from the requirement to comply independently with all applicable provisions of this Chapter.

(d) Each SWPCP shall include the rationale for selecting or rejecting BMPs, and shall be signed by the project architect, or engineer of record, in the form set forth in the applicable NPDES Storm Water Permit. Each SWPCP shall include a signed certification from the land owner in the form set forth in the applicable NPDES Storm Water Permit.

(e) The owners of a development and their successors and assigns shall implement and adhere to the terms, conditions and requirements of the approved SWPCP. Each failure by an owner of the property, to implement and adhere to the terms, conditions and requirements of an approved SWPCP shall constitute a violation of this Chapter.

(f) The costs and expenses of the City incurred in the review, approval, or revision of any SWPCP or other development requirements (or in the approval or revision of any such) shall be assessed to the property owner or responsible party and shall be due and payable to the City. The City may elect to require a deposit of estimated costs and expenses, and the actual costs and expenses shall be deducted from the deposit, and the balance, if any, refunded to the property owner or Responsible Party.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) A storm water pollution control plan (SWPCP) required under this Chapter shall include appropriate best management practices (BMPs) referred to in any applicable NPDES Storm Water Permit. The City may adopt requirements identifying appropriate best management practices (BMPs) for any activity, operation, or facility which may cause or contribute to pollution or contamination of the City's storm drain system (MS4). If a relevant BMP has been promulgated by the City or any federal, State of California, and/or Regional agency, for any activity, operation, or facility which would otherwise cause the discharge of Pollutants to the City's storm drain system (MS4) or watercourses, every person undertaking such activity or operation, or owning or operating such facility shall comply with such BMP.

(b) Responsibility to Implement Best Management Practices. Notwithstanding the presence or absence of requirements promulgated pursuant to this Chapter, any person engaged in activities or operations, or owning facilities or property, which will or may result in pollutants entering the City's storm drain system (MS4) shall implement best management practices to the extent they are technologically and economically achievable to prevent and reduce such pollutants.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) Right to Inspect. Prior to commencing any inspection as herein below authorized, the Director shall obtain the consent of the owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations of the property or shall obtain an administrative inspection warrant or criminal search warrant.

(b) Entry to Inspect. The Director may enter public or private property to investigate the source or potential source of an illicit discharge to the City's storm drain system (MS4) or watercourses located within the City at all reasonable times to inspect the same and to inspect and copy records related to storm water compliance. In the event the owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations refuses entry after a request to enter and inspect has been made, the Director is empowered to seek assistance from the City Attorney in obtaining such entry.

(c) Compliance Assessments. The Director may inspect public or private property for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Chapter, including but not limited to:

(1) Identifying products produced, processes conducted, chemicals used and materials stored on or contained within the property;

(2) Identifying point(s) of discharge of all waste-water, process water systems and pollutants;

(3) Investigating the natural slope at the location, the runoff coefficient, drainage patterns and man-made conveyance systems (including roads with drainage systems, catch basin, curbs, gutters, man-made channels and storm drains);

(4) Establishing the location of all points of discharge from the property, whether by surface runoff or through a City's storm drain system (MS4);

(5) Locating any illicit connection or the source of any illicit discharge;

(6) Evaluating compliance with any storm water pollution control plan; and

(7) Evaluating compliance with any storm water permit.

(d) Records Review. The Director may conduct such inspection as is necessary to determine compliance with prohibitions against illicit discharges

(e) Sample and Test. The Director may inspect, sample and test any area runoff, soils area (including groundwater testing), process discharge, materials within any waste storage area (including any container contents), and/or treatment system discharge for the purpose of determining the potential for contribution of pollutants to the City's storm drain system (MS4). The Director may investigate the integrity of all storm drain and sanitary sewer systems or other pipelines on the property using appropriate tests, including but not limited to smoke and dye tests or video surveys. The Director may photograph or videotape, make measurements or drawings, and create any other record reasonably necessary to document conditions on the property.

(f) Monitoring. The Director may undertake monitoring and analysis including both the construction and maintenance of monitoring devices, or require the owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations of the property to undertake construction and maintenance of devices, at their own expense, for the purpose of measuring any discharge or potential source of discharge to the City's storm drain system (MS4).

(g) Test Results The owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations of property subject to inspection shall provide copies of test results to the City and on submission of a written request to the Director, shall be entitled to copy test results conducted by the Director.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) Notice of Violation. The Director shall review, and, if appropriate, may issue and serve a notice of violation on the owner and/or person in charge of day-to-day operations of any public or private property, as to which an illicit connection or illicit discharge exists. The notice of violation shall:

(1) Identify the provision(s) of this Chapter, the applicable storm water pollution prevention plan, storm water pollution control plan or NPDES or other permit alleged to have been violated;

(2) State that continued noncompliance may result in civil, criminal or administrative enforcement actions against the owner and/or person in charge of day-to-day operations;

(3) State a compliance date that must be met by the owner and/or person in charge of day-to-day operations;

(4) Describe the abatement required; and

(5) Order remediation work.

(b) The notice of violation, where deemed applicable by the Director, may include the following terms and requirements:

(1) Specific steps and time schedules for compliance as reasonably necessary to prevent threatened or future unauthorized illicit discharges, including but not limited to, the threat of an illicit discharge from any pond, pit, well, surface impoundment, holding or storage area;

(2) Specific steps and time schedules for compliance as reasonably necessary to prevent;

(3) Specific steps and time schedules for compliance as reasonably necessary to discontinue any illicit connection;

(4) Specific requirements for containment, cleanup, removal, storage, installation of overhead covering or proper disposal of any pollutant having the potential to contact storm water runoff;

(5) Any other terms or requirements reasonably calculated to prevent continued or threatened violations of this Chapter including, but not limited to, requirements for compliance with BMPs guidance documents promulgated by any federal agency, the State of California or the City; and

(6) Any other terms or requirements reasonably calculated to achieve full compliance with the terms, conditions and requirements of the storm water quality management plan, a storm water pollution prevention plan, storm water pollution control plan or NPDES permit or this Chapter.

(c) Cease and Desist Orders.

(1) The Director shall review, and, if the Director determines it to be appropriate, may issue a cease and desist order where the public health and safety requires the same, directing the owner and/or person in charge of day-to-day operations of any public or private property and/or any other person responsible for a violation of this Chapter to:

(A) Immediately discontinue any Illicit Connection or Illicit Discharge to the storm drain system;

(B) Immediately contain or divert any flow of non-storm water off the property, where the flow is occurring in violation of any provision of this Chapter or other law;

(C) Immediately discontinue any other violation of this Chapter;

(D) Clean up the area affected by the violation.

(2) The Director may direct by cease and desist order that the owner or other person in charge of day-to-day operations or any permittee under any applicable permit, immediately cease any activity not in compliance with the terms, conditions and requirements of the applicable plan, permit or this Chapter.

(d) Recovery of Costs. The Director shall serve an invoice for costs upon the owner and/or person in charge of day-to-day operations of any public or private property, or any other responsible person who is subject to a notice of violation or a cease and desist order. An invoice for costs shall be immediately due and payable to the City. If any owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations, permittee or responsible party, or any other person fails to either pay the invoice for costs or appeal successfully the invoice for costs in accordance with this Chapter, then the City may institute collection proceedings.

(e) Service of Notices. Any notice of violation, cease and desist order or invoice for costs (collectively, "order") served pursuant to this Chapter shall be subject to the following:

(1) Each order shall state that the recipient has a right to appeal the matter as set forth in this Chapter.

(2) The order shall include the address of the affected property and be addressed to the owner and the person in charge of day-to-day operations of the property as shown on the most recently issued equalized assessment roll or as may otherwise appear in the current records of the City.

(3) If the owner or person in charge of day-to-day operations of affected property cannot be located after the reasonable efforts of the Director, the order shall be deemed served ten (10) business days after posting on the property.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

(a) Any person aggrieved by the issuance of an order may appeal from the issuance of such order in accordance with the following:

(1) Any such appeal shall be filed within fifteen (15) days of the date of service of the order;

(2) No such appeal shall be valid for any purpose unless it is timely filed and unless a filing and processing fee is paid contemporaneously with the filing thereof in an amount as set by city council resolution;

(3) That upon the timely filing of such an appeal, the hearing officer shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal as expeditiously as is possible;

(4) At the time of such hearing, the hearing officer shall permit any interested person to present any relevant testimony bearing on the matters involved in the issuance of the order which is the subject of the appeal. The hearing officer need not follow the strict provisions of the rules of evidence as utilized in a judicial proceeding but shall follow the substance of such rules to the end that the decision rendered is based upon reliable relevant evidentiary material. The hearing officer's decision shall be final and con-elusive and subject only to judicial review.

(b) The provisions of Sections 1094.5 and 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure set forth the procedure for judicial review of any act taken pursuant to this Chapter. Parties seeking judicial review of any action taken pursuant to this Chapter shall file such action within ninety (90) days of the occurrence of the event for which review is sought.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

Any condition in violation of the prohibitions of this Chapter, including but not limited to the maintenance or use of any illicit connection or the occurrence of any illicit discharge, shall constitute a threat to the public health, safety and welfare, and is declared and deemed a public nuisance pursuant to and may be abated and punished as provided in this Code.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

Each and every remedy available for the enforcement of this Chapter shall be non-exclusive and it is within the discretion of the City to seek cumulative remedies, except that multiple monetary fines or penalties shall not be available for any single violation of this Chapter.

(Ord. 638 § 1 (part), 2001)

Any person in violation of this Chapter also may be in violation of the federal Clean Water Act or the Porter-Cologne Act and other laws and also may be subject to sanctions including civil and criminal liability. Accordingly, the City is authorized to file a citizen suit pursuant to federal Clean Water Act Section 505(a), seeking penalties, damages, and orders compelling compliance, and other appropriate relief. The City may notify EPA Region IX, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, or any other appropriate state or local agency, of any alleged violation of this Chapter (Ord 638 § 1 (part), 2001)