Part 1 — Discharge Regulations and General Prohibitions

No person shall discharge any substances directly into a manhole or other opening in a City sewer, other than through a City-approved sewer connection. (Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012)

It shall be unlawful to discharge any sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters into any storm drain or natural outlet or channel without a valid National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

(Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012)

No person shall discharge, cause, allow, or permit any trucked or hauled waste to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system, except at a site specifically designated in a wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012)

• (a) Each industrial user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes regulated by this chapter into either the storm sewer or the sanitary sewer system.

• (b) Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the industrial user's expense.

• (c) All industrial users shall notify the City by telephone or in person within one hour of becoming aware of accidentally discharging wastes of reportable quantities as determined in Title 40, Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 117 CFR, or discharge of any substance which, if otherwise disposed to, would be hazardous waste under 40 CFR Part 261 , to enable countermeasures to be taken by the City to minimize damage to the sanitary sewer system, the plant, the treatment processes, and/or the receiving waters. If hazardous waste is discharged, the industrial user shall be subject to all requirements in 40 CFR Section 403.12(p) .

• (d) Within five days of the date of occurrence a detailed written statement describing the causes of the accidental discharge and the measures being taken to prevent future occurrences shall be provided to City.

• (e) Notification to the City will not relieve industrial users of notification requirements under any other Federal, State, or local law, nor of liability for any expense, loss, or damage to the sanitary sewer system, plant, or treatment process or receiving waters, or for any fines or penalties imposed on the City on account thereof under applicable provisions of State or Federal law.

• (f) All permitted facilities must maintain a spill control plan for protection against accidental discharges, including but not limited to berming of chemicals and waste materials. The review of such plans and procedures shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to provide the protection necessary to meet the requirements of this Code or other State or Federal regulations.

• (g) This plan must be reviewed and revised as needed within thirty (30) days after an accidental discharge has occurred or as required by the Director.

• (Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012)

Each owner or operator shall, at the owner's or operator's own expense, provide such treatment or take such other measures, as the Director may require to prevent accidental discharge, reduce objectionable characteristics, contents, or rate of discharge of waters or waste being deposited in the sanitary sewer system, to prevent damage to or interference with the sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012; Ord. 2039 § 10, 1-11-2022)

• (a) The Director may require any industrial user of the sanitary sewer system to construct, at the industrial user's own expense and at an approved location, monitoring facilities to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of the building sewer or internal drainage systems.

• (b) The monitoring facilities, sampling and measurement equipment, and access thereto, shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the discharger.

• (c) Any required monitoring facilities shall be specified in the wastewater discharge permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

• (d) A sample box shall be designed in such a way as to retain sufficient wastewater in the sample box at all times to allow sample collection representative of the last wastewater discharge.

• (Ord. 1901 § 2, 11-27-2012)