§ 58-170. Publication of significant violators.  


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  • The city shall annually publish, in the largest daily newspaper circulated in the area where the municipal wastewater system is located, a list of the industrial users who, during the previous 12 months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. The term "significant noncompliance" shall mean:

    (1)

    Sixty-six percent or more of wastewater measurements taken during a six-month period exceed the discharge limit for the same pollutant parameter by any amount;

    (2)

    Thirty-three percent or more of wastewater measurement taken during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit 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 discharge violation the city believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of city personnel or the general public;

    (4)

    Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment or has resulted in the city's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;

    (5)

    Failure to meet, within 90 days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction or attaining final compliance;

    (6)

    Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;

    (7)

    Failure to report noncompliance; or

    (8)

    Any other violation which the city has reason to believe is significant.

(Ord. No. 91-4, § 9, 12-11-1991)