(a)
Industrial Waste User. Any industrial waste user (1) who has a discharge flow in excess
of fifty thousand gallons per average day or (2) who has a discharge flow in excess
of five percent of the district's treatment facility or (3) who has in his discharge
toxic pollutants in amounts in excess of the standards established by Section 307(a)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, PL 92-500 and any amendments, guidelines,
rules or regulations adopted thereunder, or (4) who is found by the district to have
a significant impact on the district's sewer system or treatment facilities, whether
singly or in combination with other industrial waste users, or (5) who discharges
waste with a five-day twenty-degree centigrade biochemical oxygen demand greater than
two hundred forty milligrams per liter or (6) who discharges waste containing more
than two hundred fifty milligrams per liter of suspended solids or (7) who discharges
waste containing any substances having the prohibited characteristics described in section 29-26, may be required by the district to obtain a waste discharge permit and provide protective
facilities, including but not limited to pretreatment facilities, before discharging
any waste in the district's sewer system.
(b)
Food Service Establishment. All food service establishments must obtain a fats, oil,
and grease discharge permit and must install the appropriate protective facilities,
including but not limited to traps or interceptors, before discharging any waste in
the district's sewer system. New food service establishments or existing development
being converted to a new food service establishment must comply with fats, oils and
grease control measures prior to occupancy approval. Existing food services establishments
found to not be in compliance must do so within one hundred eighty days from notice
by the district. A waiver delaying this requirement for up to three years may be issued
by the district to allow the food service establishment to either complete the appropriate
plumbing retrofit or to demonstrate alternative technology or practices. A variance
may be issued by the district where it may be physically infeasible to install the
appropriate fats, oils and grease control device (provided alternate measures are
employed), or for a food service establishment deemed by the district to be have limited
food preparation.
(c)
A permittee shall be subject to inspections by the district and is required to maintain
records for at least two years. Permittee shall notify district of any operational
problems such as onsite backups or overflows. Permittee shall notify district not
less than sixty days prior to any planned changes on the premises that may result
in new or increased discharges.
(d)
A discharger of waste that requires a permit, or land owner housing multiple discharges
on a single parcel, that has failed to install or properly operate a waste discharge
control device and is found to be responsible for damage or impact to the district's
facilities, a sanitary sewer overflow, or fines, shall be subject to the cost of remediating
said impacts. The district shall have the right to place a lien on the property to
recover these costs. In addition to the penalties for violations described in section 29-24, the district may physically terminate sewer service by providing thirty-day written
notice via first-class mail to the landowner's last known address as indicated in
the district's records for owner's failure to comply with permit requirements when
in the judgment of the district there is a threat of substantial endangerment to the
public, employees, the environment, overflows, or violations of federal, state or
local laws. A decision to terminate service may be appealed per section 29-38.
