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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-02-28-F
of the
City Manager pro tern of the City of Eugene
AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-6.463;
RENUMBERING AS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-6.501; AND
REPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NOS. 58-93-17 AND
58-97-19-F.
The City Manager pro tern of the City of Eugene fmds that:
A. Section 2.019 and 6.5010fthe Eugene Code, 1971, authorize the City Manager to
adopt rules deemed necessary for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Eugene
Code, 1971.
B. Pursuant to that authority and based on the findings contained in Administrative
Order No. 58-02-28 issued on September 27, 2002, I proposed the amendment of the Industrial
Pretreatment Program Administrative Rule.
C. Notice of the proposed amendment was given by making copies available to any
person who had requested such notice and by publication in the Register-Guard, a newspaper of
general circulation within the City, for five consecutive days, to wit: September 30, October 4, 5, 6
and 7, 2002. Notice provided that written comments would be received for a period of 15 days from
the date of the first publication. No comments were received within the time or in the manner
provided in the notice.
Now, therefore, based upon the findings in Administrative Order No. 58-02-28 and the
above findings, which are hereby adopted, and pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 2.019
and 6.501 of the Eugene Code, 1971, I hereby repeal Administrative Order Nos. 58-93-17 and 58-97-
19-F as of the effective date of this Order, and adopt the Industrial Pretreatment Program
Administrative Rule R-6.501 and Appendix A attached hereto, to provide as follows:
R-6.501 - INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
R-6.501-A General Provisions
These rules. are intended to ensure that the City's pretreatment program complies with the
objectives of the Eugene Code, 1971, applicable state and federal law, and rules and regulations
adopted thereunder. Notwithstanding the specific requirements of these rules, each industrial user
of the City Sewerage System shall comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws and
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regulations governing the pretreatment of industrial wastes. Therefore, all references in these rules
to other statutes and regulations are to those statutes and regulations as amended.
R-6.501-B
Specific Restricted Substance Limitations
No industrial user shall discharge wastewater containing pollutants in excess of:
Arsenic, Total
Cadmium, Total
Chromium, Total
Copper, Total
110
Cyanide, Total
Lead, Total
Mercury, Total
Nickel, Total
Silica Gel Treated Hexane Ext. Material
Phenols, Total
Silver, Total
Zinc, Total
0.3 milligrams per liter
0.3 milligrams per liter
2.0 milligrams per liter
1.5 milligrams per liter
2.6 milligrams per liter
1.4 milligrams per liter
0.05 milligrams per liter
1.7 milligrams per liter
100 milligrams per liter
3.5 milligrams per liter
0.8 milligrams per liter
1.6 milligrams per liter
or further limitations as may from time to time be ordered by the City Manager, or concentration
limits set by any local, state or federal regulatory agency having jurisdiction, whichever is stricter.
R-6.501-C Annual Permit Fee
A nonrefundable annual permit fee in an amount established by the City Manager pursuant
to Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971 shall be paid for each industrial wastewater discharge
permit. The initial payment shall be due upon permit issuance. Thereafter, the fee shall be due
annually on August 1.
R-6.501-D
Enforcement
1.
Defmitions. As used herein, the following words and phrases mean:
(a) Noncompliance. A violation.
(b) Upset. An exceptional incident in which an industrial user is in unintentional
and temporary noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards or
requirements set forth in Sections 6.511 to 6.541 of the Eugene Code, 1971, these
rules or its permit, because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the industrial
user. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational
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error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack
of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
(c) Violation.
(1) A discharge exceeding a constituent limitation; or
(2) A failure to comply with requirements of a discharge permit, an order
issued by the City Manager, these rules, an Administrative Compliance Order
issued under these rules, or the Eugene Code, 1971.
(d) Director. The person designated as the Wastewater Division Director of the
Public Works Department of the City of Eugene, or designee.
2. Enforcement Orders.
(a) Notice of Noncompliance. The Director may issue a Notice of
Noncompliance for any violation. A Notice of Noncompliance shall be in writing
and specify the violation(s), and the consequences of continued noncompliance.
(b) Notice of Violation. The Director may issue a Notice of Violation for any
violation. A Notice of Violation shall be in writing and specify the violation(s). The
Notice may require a written response from the violator detailing the actions that will
be taken to resolve the violation(s). A Notice of Violation may also include a Notice
of Civil Penalty Assessment.
(c) Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment. As part of a Notice of Violation,
Administrative Compliance Order, or separately, the Director may issue a Notice of
Civil Penalty Assessment pursuant to Sections 6.586 and 2.018 of the Eugene Code,
1971 for any violation. The Notice shall comply with the requirements contained in
Section 2.018. The amount of the civil penalty shall be determined through the use
of the Enforcement Response Guide attached as Appendix A to these rules and
incorporated herein.
(d) Administrative Compliance Order. The Director may issue an
Administrative Compliance Order for any violation. The Order shall be in writing,
specify the violation(s) and require compliance measures. The Order may also
include a Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment for the violation.
(e) Appeals. A Notice of Violation, Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment, or
Administrative Compliance Order issued under this section may be appealed in the
manner set forth in Subsection 6.586(6) of the Eugene Code, 1971.
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(f) Service. All notices/orders shall be delivered or sent by first class mail. Any
notice/order served by mail shall be deemed received for purposes of time
computations hereunder, three days after the date mailed, if to an address within this
state, and seven days after the date mailed, if to an address outside this state.
(g) Settlement of Civil Penalty Assessment. Upon receipt of Notice of Civil
Penalty Assessment, an industrial user may request a conference with the City
Manager or designee. The City Manager or designee may compromise or settle any
unpaid civil penalty assessment where authorized under Section 2.582 of the Eugene
Code, 1971. A request under this paragraph shall not act as a stay, or otherwise
affect the filing or processing of an appeal under paragraph ( e) of this section.
3. Other Administrative Orders.
(a) Stipulated Enforcement Order. The Director may enter into a Stipulated
Enforcement Order for any violation. The Stipulated Enforcement Order shall state
findings, direct the user to come into compliance within a specified time and may
contain other requirements to address the noncompliance, including but not limited
to interim pretreatment limits and compliance goals, and additional self-monitoring
and management designed to minimize the amount of pollutants discharged to the
city sewerage system.
(b) Cease and Desist Order. The Director may issue a Cease and Desist Order
in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.561 of the Eugene Code, 1971.
(c) Termination and Revocation Order. The Director may issue a Termination
and Revocation Order in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.571 of the
Eugene Code, 1971.
(d) Reconsideration and Appeal. Reconsideration and appeals of orders issued
under subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall be pursuant to Section 6.591 of
the Eugene Code, 1971.
( e) Service. All notices/orders shall be delivered or sent by first class mail. Any
notice/order served by mail shall be deemed received for purposes of any time
computations hereunder, three days after the date mailed, if to an address within this
state, and seven days after the date mailed, if to an address outside this state.
4. Affirmative Defense.
(a) An upset shall constitute an affirmative defense to an enforcement action if
the requirements of the paragraph (b) of this subsection are met.
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(b) To establish the affirmative defense of upset, an industrial user must
demonstrate through properly signed, contemporaneous operating logs, or other
relevant evidence that:
(1) An upset occurred and the industrial user can identify the specific
cause(s) of the upset;
(2) The industrial user was at the time operating in a prudent manner and
in compliance with applicable operation and maintenance procedures; and
(3) The industrial user has submitted the following information to the
Director within 12 hours of becoming aware of the upset. If this information
is provided orally, a written submission must be provided within five days.
a. A description of the ~ccurrence and cause of noncompliance;
"'. ';
b. The perioddf noncompliance, including exact dat~~fi'nd times
or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncompliance is
expected to continue;
c. All steps being taken and! or planned to reduce, eliminate and
prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance; and
d. Evidence the industrial user took all reasonable steps to
minimize or prevent any discharge resulting from an upset.
(c) The industrial user seeking to establish the occurrence of an upset in an
enforcement proceeding shall have the burden of proof.
(d) Notwithstanding this rule providing for the upset affirmative defense, to the
extent such an affirmative defense is not available to the City or the Metropolitan
Wastewater Management Commission, it is not available to the industrial user.
5. Sin2le Operational Event.
(a) A single operational event is an exceptional incident which causes
simultaneous, unintentional, unknowing (not the result of a knowing act or
omission), temporary noncompliance with more than one effluent discharge pollutant
parameter. A single operational event does not include violations of the Eugene
Code, 1971 involving discharge without a Wastewater Discharge Permit or
noncompliance to the extent caused by improperly designed or inadequate treatment
facilities. A single operational event which leads to simultaneous violations of more
than one pollutant parameter shall be treated as a single violation. The industrial user
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bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, the occurrence of
the single operational event and its relationship to the effluent limitation exceedences
in question. Each day of a single operational event is a violation.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, a single operational event shall
be treated as a single violation only to the extent that, in resulting enforcement action
against the City or the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission the single
operational event is treated as a single violation.
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Dated and effective this 5 day of 9c.tohet, 2002.
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s R. Carlson
Manager pro tem
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
First month with violation(s) in a 12-month Notice of None Director
period Noncompliance
Second month with violation(s) in a 12- Notice of Violation $100 per Director
month period pollutant per
day
Third month with violation(s) in a 12- Notice of Violation $200 per Director
month period pollutant per
day
Fourth month with violation(s) in a 12- Notice of Violation $300 per Director
month period pollutant per
day
Fifth month with violation(s) in a 12-month Notice of Violation $500 per Director
period Administrative pollutant per
Compliance Order day
Sixth to twelfth month with violation(s) in Notice of Violation $500 per Director
a 12-month period (Administrative pollutant per
Compliance Order day
remains in effect)
Any series of violations of effluent Administrative See Note 5 Director
limitations whicp. meet the defmition of Compliance Order
Significant Noncompliance
Any exceedance of effluent limitations Administrative $2500 per Director
which causes danger, interference, pass- Compliance Order or pollutant per
through, or sludge contamination civil litigation or day
terminate service
Appendix A to Admin Order No. 58-02-28-F
Administrative Rule R -6.501 - Page 1
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Failure to immediately report any slug load, Notice of Violation $200 Director
or a spill or discharge that could cause (see Note 13)
interference or pass-through (no harm)
Failure to immediately report spill, slug Administrative $2500 Director
load, or discharge causing interference or Compliance Order
pass-through, or other harm (see Note 13)
Failure to provide a written report within 5 Notice of Violation $300 Director
days of a spill, slug load, or discharge that
could cause interference or pass through
Failure to report a violation of a permit Notice of None Director
effluent limitation within 24 hours Noncompliance
Failure to report a violation of a permit Notice of Violation $200 Director
effluent limitation within 3 days
Failure to provide a certified laboratory Notice of Violation $200 Director
report and written report within 5 days of a
permit effluent limitation violation
Failure to provide a written report of an Notice of Violation $300 Director
effluent limitation violation as required by
a Notice of Violation
Any noncompliance report late by more Administrative $500 Director
than 30 days (SNC) Compliance Order
Appendix A to Admin Order No. 58-02-28-F
Administrative Rule R-6.50 1 - Page 2
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Failure to notify the City of a substantial Notice of Violation $200 Director
change in volume or character of pollutants
in discharge
Failure to notify the City of a batch Notice of Violation $500 Director
discharge
Failure to report a slug discharge within 24 Notice of Violation $200 Director
hours
Failure to notify the City of the disposal of Notice of Violation $200 Director
over 500 gallons of wastewater to any other
person in a period of 12 consecutive
months
Failure to obtain prior written Notice of Violation $1000 Director
permission for discharge of any hazardous
waste, subject to exemptions in City Code
Failure to report the discharge of any Notice of Violation $200 Director
hazardous waste within 180 days, subject to
exemptions in City Code
Two or more failures to submit required Administrative $500 Director
reports or notifications in a 12-month Compliance Order
period (See Note 2)
Failure to report all monitoring data Notice of Violation $200 Director
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Any report (other than a noncompliance Telephone Call None Director
report) late by more than 5 days but less
than 15 days
Any report(~ther than a noncompliance Notice of None Director
report) late by 15 to 30 days Noncompliance
Any report (other than a noncompliance Administrative $200 Director
report) late by more than 30 days (SNC) Compliance Order
Any incomplete or inaccurate report, or any Telephone Call None Director
report improperly signed or certified
Any incomplete or inaccurate report, or any Notice of Violation $100 Director
report improperly signed or certified after
telephone notice by City
Nature of Violation
Response
Notice of
Noncompliance
Penalty
Personnel
Failure to implement required pollution
management practices (frrst notice)
Failu ,:. <'implement required pollution
management practices (additional notices)
None
Director
Notice of Violation
$200 per
month
Director
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation
Response
Notice of Violation
Penalty
$200
Personnel
Failure to maintain required records for
three years
Director
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Failure to conduct self-monitoring as Notice of Violation $200 per event Director
required in permit and conduct
monitoring
Improper sampling or analytical procedures Notice of None Director
used, no intent Noncompliance
Improper sampling or analytical procedures Administrative $2500 Director
used, intent Compliance Order
(See Note 10)
Failure to install required monitoring Notice of None Director
equipment or facilities, delay less than 30 Noncompliance
days
Failure to install required monitoring Notice of Violation $200 Director
equipment or facilities, delay more than 30
days
Failure to install required monitoring Administrative $500 Director
equipment or facilities, delay more than 90 Compliance Order
days
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation
Response
Notice of Violation
(See Note 10)
Penalty
$2500
Personnel
Making any false statement, representation,
or certification in any application, record,
report, plan or other document; or
falsifying, tampering with or rendering
inaccurate any monitoring device
Director
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Industrial User unaware of requirement; no Telephone call. None Director
harm Permit application
sent
Industrial User unaware of requirement; Administrative $500 Director
results in harm Compliance Order
Failure to apply for permit within 30 days Notice of Violation $200 Director
after notice from City
Failure to apply for permit within 30 days Terminate service None Director
after Notice of Violation
Industrial User aware of requirement; no Notice of Violation $300 Director
harm
Industrial User aware of requirement, Administrative $2500 Director
results in harm Compliance Order
Nature of Violation
Response
Penalty
Personnel
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Application for permit Notice of Violation $100 Director
reissuance late by more than 15 days (due
90 days prior to expiration date)
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Wastestream diluted in lieu of treatment; Notice of Violation $300 Director
initial violation
Waste stream diluted in lieu of treatment; Administrative $2500 Director
recurnng Compliance Order
Nature of Violation
Response
Penalty
$2500
Personnel
Entry to premises or access to sampling
location denied
Notice of Violation
Director
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Compliance date missed by less than 30 Notice of None Director
days Noncompliance
Compliance date missed by more than 30 Notice of Violation $200 Director
days
Compliance date missed by more than 90 Administrative $500 Director
days (SNC) Compliance Order
Failure to meet a compliance date listed in Administrative $500 per day Director
an Administrative Compliance Order Compliance Order in
effect
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Discharge of wastes at unpermitted Notice of Violation $1000 Director
discharge point (first violation)
Discharge of wastes at unpermitted Notice of Violation $5000 Director
discharge point (second violation) Permit revoked;
unauthorized to
discharge at WPCF;
letter of notification
to hauler; copy of
letter to DEQ
Discharge of wastes at unpermitted time Notice of None Director
(frrst violation in 12 months) Noncompliance
Discharge of wastes at unpermitted time Notice of Violation $500 Director
(second and subsequent violations in 12
months)
Failure to submit or properly complete Notice of None Director
manifest at time of disposal Noncompliance
Failure to submit or properly complete Notice of Violation $50 per Director
manifest within 10 days of Notice of manifest
Noncompliance
Failure to submit or properly complete Notice of Violation $50 per Director
manifest at time of disposal two or more manifest
times in any calendar month
Discharge of other than Notice of Violation $500 Director
domestic or septage wastes without prior
approval
Failure to supply copies of required Notice of Violation $200 Director
documents to City by due date
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation Response Penalty Personnel
Failure to clean up spilled material at Notice of Violation Twice cost to Director
disposal site city of labor
and materials
to clean up site
Mobile Waste Hauler discharging without a Notice of Violation $1000 Director
permit
Failure to pay waste disposal charges Letter regarding None Finance,
within 30 days of mailing date delinquent account (Accounts
with copy of billing Receivable)
*** *** ***
City may restrict None Director
disposal hours and! or
limit volume of
wastes discharged
Failure to pay waste disposal charges Certified letter, None Finance,
within 60 days of mailing date demanding payment (Accounts
within 10 days; cash, Receivable)
money order,
cashiers check only
Failure to pay waste disposal charges Permit revoked, Unauthorized Director
within 10 days of mailing date of above unauthorized to to
certified demand letter discharge at WPCF; discharge at
letter of notification WPCF
to hauler; copy of (See Note 11)
letter to DEQ
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INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Enforcement Response Guide
Nature of Violation
Response
Notice of
Noncompliance
Penalty
Personnel
Failure to comply with any other condition
or requirement of a Wastewater Discharge
Permit or Mobile Waste Hauler Permit not
included above (no intent)
Failure to comply with any other condition'
or requirement of a Wastewater Discharge
Permit or Mobile Waste Hauler Permit not
included above (intent)
None
Director
Notice of Violation
$200
Director
NOTES
1. Definitions (for other definitions see Eugene City Code 6.506):
Director: City of Eugene Wastewater Division Director
SNC: Significant Noncompliance (Eugene City Code 6.576)
WPCF: Eugene/Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility
DEQ: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
POTW: Publicly Owned Treatment Works
2. Where used in this guide, a twelve-month period means a moving twelve-month window,
including the month for the current violation and the preceding eleven months. The
enforcement response for violations of effluent limitations varies according to the past
compliance history of the industrial user. The number of months containing violations in
the twelve-month window is determined, and the enforcement response and penalty
assessed accordingly.
3. For violations of effluent limitations of greater than three times the limitation, the
penalties indicated above will be subject to a multiplier determined as follows:
Multiplier = (analytical result -:- permit limitation), rounded to the next lower whole
number: Analytical results between 4 and 9 times the limitation will be subject to a
multiplier of two. Analytical results 10 times the limitation or greater will be subject to a
multiplier of3. For example, for a discharge with an effluent limitation of 0.5 mg/L, and
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an analytical result of5.1 mgjL, the multiplier is 3. [(5.1 + 0.5) = 10.2, which rounded to
next lower whole number is 10.
4. For violations of effluent limitations where the analytical result is less than or equal to 1.2
times the permitted effluent limitation, or is less than 0.2 pH units above or below a per-
mitted effluent pH range, the City will not assess an administrative penalty for that viola-
tion. The violation will, however, be recorded and treated as a permit violation for all
other purposes, including the calculation of Significant Noncompliance.
5. For any series of violations of effluent limitations which meet the definition ofSig-
nificant Noncompliance, the enforcement response will be the issuance of an Ad-
ministrative Compliance Order. The penalty assessed will be as listed above, according
to the number of months with violations, or as specified in the Order.
6. Penalties listed for effluent violations are per pollutant per day, and apply to results ob-
tained from City or industrial user monitoring. The City may conduct monitoring as often
as necessary to determine compliance. For the purposes of assessing an administrative
civil penalty for a violation of effluent limitations, general discharge prohibitions, or
specific restricted substance limitations, the term "day" shall have one of the following
meanings:
a. If the violation is determined from data obtained from a grab sample, or a series of
grab samples, day means calendar day.
b. If the violation is determined from data obtained from an automatic pH recording
instrument, day means calendar day.
c. If the violation is determined from data obtained from a composite sample
collected by an automatic sampling device, day means the 24-hour period
beginning at the time sampling is initiated.
7. A violation of a monthly average, weekly average, or 4-day average effluent limitation
will be considered as one violation for the purpose of calculating the administrative
penalty, or other enforcement response.
8. Penalties listed above (except penalties for Mobile Waste Haulers) will be subject to a
flow-based multiplier according to the following:
For any discharger with a total daily wastewater flow greater than 100,000 gallons per
day, the administrative penalty listed in the enforcement response guide will be multiplied
by (Q x 10), where Q is the daily wastewater flow in million gallons per day (MGD) for
the industrial user responsible for the violation. For violations which relate to a separate
wastestream (such as an effluent limitation specific to one of several wastestreams), the
flow of this wastestream is used in the calculation. For general violations which relate to
the facility as a whole (such as entry denial), the wastewater flow from the whole facility
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is used in the calculation. For example, an industry with a wastewater flow of 550,000
gallons per day, and responsible for a violation for which the administrative penalty from
the enforcement response guide is $500, will receive an adjusted administrative penalty of
$500 x 0.55 x 10 = $2750.
The value of Q will be calculated as follows:
For violations of a daily effluent limitation, Q = wastewater flow for the day of the
violation.
For violations of a weekly effluent limitation, Q = daily average wastewater flow for the
week of the violation.
:l For violations of a monthly effluent limitation, Q = daily average wastewater flow for the
month of the violation.
For other violations, Q = daily average wastewater flow for the month of the violation.
If the wastewater flows above are not available, the best available data will be used by the
City to estimate the flow.
9. Other enforcement orders available besides those listed in the guide above include:
Stipulated Enforcement Order; Cease and Desist Order; and Termination and Revocation
Order. These orders can be issued separately or in conjunction with any other order in the
guide.
10. In addition to the enforcement response listed above, the matter will be referred for
criminal prosecution where deemed appropriate by the Wastewater Division Director.
Conviction will result in a fine of not less than $1000 or more than $2500, or 30 days in
jail, or both, for each day in which such violation occurs.
11. A Mobile Waste Hauler Permit may be reinstated when account is made current; only
cash, money order, or cashiers check will be accepted for six month period following
permit revocation. A $50.00 reconnection fee will be charged.
12. i\For industries'with more than one regulated wastestream, the escalated response to
effluent violations is applied separately. For example, if an industry has three
consecutive months of violations at one wastestream and then the following month a
violation occurs at a separate wastestream, this would count as the industry s first
violation for that wastestream assuming there were no other violations at this location
during the past 12 months.
13. For slug discharges, notification to the POTW shall occur within 60 minutes of the
industrial user becoming aware of it.
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