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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ARTICLE XI, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
DISPOSAL STANDARDS, OF CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES, OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL AND PRETREATMENT; PROVIDING A
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND POLICY; PROVIDING AN
APPLICABILITY CLAUSE; DEFINING TERMS; PROVIDING GENERAL
PROHIBITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND REGULATIONS; PROVIDING
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS; ADOPTING
FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS; REQUIRING
PERMITS; ESTABLISHING FEES; PROVIDING INDUSTRIAL WASTE
DISCHARGE PERMIT REPORTING, MONITORING AND INSPECTION
PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR AN ABNORMAL SEWAGE SURCHARGE;
ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That Article XI, Commercial and Industrial Waste
Disposal Standards, of Chapter 55 Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE XI. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL AND
PRETREATMENT
Sec. 55-140. General Provisions
a. Purpose and Policy
This article establishes requirements and standards for direct and
indirect contributions into the wastewater collection and treatment systems
of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare and shall be liberally construed to that end and
to meet the following objectives:
(1) To enable the City to comply with all applicable State and
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Federal laws required by the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (Clean Water Act of 1977) (33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq.), as
amended, and the General Pretreatment Regulations as
promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City
wastewater system which will interfere with the operation of
the system or contaminate the resulting sludge;
(3) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the City
wastewater system which will pass through the system,
inadequately treated, into receiving waters or the
atmosphere or will otherwise be incompatible with the
system;
(4) To improve the opportunity and capacity of the City
wastewater system to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and
sludges from the system; and
(5) To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the
City wastewater system.
b. Applicability
This article shall apply to all persons within the corporate limits of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas and its terms shall, by contract or
agreement, apply to all persons outside the City who are users of the City
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). The City shall not provide sanitary
sewer service to any person outside its corporate boundaries without a
contractual agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of such
service. All such agreements shall include a provision incorporating the
provisions of this Article into the agreement and no such agreement shall
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be valid unless the provisions of this Article are so incorporated.
c. Definitions
As used in this article, these terms are defined as follows:
Act or the Act means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also
known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et. seq.
Abnormal sewage means any industrial waste having a suspended solids
or BOD content in excess of that found in normal sewage but which is
otherwise acceptable into a public sewer under the terms of this article.
Abnormal sewage surcharge means the charge, in addition to the usual
monthly charge for sanitary sewage service, levied against any person for
services rendered for collection and treatment of abnormal sewage or waste
to partially defray the added cost of transporting and treating such
abnormal sewage or waste.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of oxygen
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees Centigrade
expressed as parts per million by weight (milligrams per liter).
Categorical Standards means National Categorical Pretreatment
Standards or Pretreatment Standard as promulgated by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
CFR means the Code of Federal Regulations as published by the U.S.
government.
City means the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, or where the context
indicates, the City Manager, Director of the Public Utilities Department,
or other authorized representative of said city.
Composite Sample means a sample of the wastewater discharge to the
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collection system by a user which is composed of a series of not less than
three samples taken at the time of actual discharge and over a period of
time not exceeding twenty-four hours and calculated on a flow -proportional
basis.
Cooling water means the water discharge from any system of
condensation such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to
which the only pollutant added is heat.
Corrosive waste means any and all liquid or waterborne waste or
gaseous or solid substance which can cause actual physical damage or
destruction to any public or sanitary sewer or which prevents or materially
retards treatment of sewage in the sewage treatment plant.
Direct Discharge means the discharge of treated or untreated
wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Texas.
Domestic sewage means a combination of water -carried wastes, free from
ground, surface and storm water and industrial wastes, normally discharging
from sanitary conveniences.
Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, means the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, or where appropriate the term may also be used as a
designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said
agency.
Garbage means solid waste from domestic or commercial preparation,
cooking, or dispensing of food or from the handling, storage or sale of
produce.
Grab Sample means a sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without
consideration of time.
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Industrial User means any nonresidential user of publicly owned
treatment works which:
(1) discharges sewage containing more than fifty-two (52) pounds
of BOD or suspended solids per day or which discharges more
than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day of normal
sewage; or
(2) is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards;
or
(3) discharges any conventional or toxic pollutants which would
cause interference or passthrough or inhibit sludge use of
the publicly owned treatment works.
Industrial waste means any and all liquid or waterborne waste or
gaseous or solid substances that result from any process of industry,
manufacturing, trade or business, or any mixture of the same with water or
normal sewage, or distinct from normal sewage.
Interference means the inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment
processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement
of the sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with any
criteria, guidelines, or regulations promulgated by the EPA, the State of
Texas or this Article applicable to the method of disposal or use employed
by the POTW.
May is a discretionary term.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, or Pretreatment Standard,
means any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by
the EPA in accordance with section 307(b) and (c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to a
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specific category of Industrial Users.
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, Permit
means a permit issued pursuant to section 402 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) (33 U.S.C. 1342).
Normal sewage means sewage which, when analyzed, shows by weight a
daily average of not more than two thousand eighty-five (2,085) pounds per
million gallons (two hundred fifty (250) parts per million) of suspended
solids and not more than two thousand eight -five (2,085) pounds per million
gallons (two hundred fifty (250) parts per million) of BOD, and which is
otherwise acceptable into a public sewer under the terms of this Code.
Pass Through means the effect of pollutants which are unaffected by
the POTW treatment process and enter into receiving waters in quantities or
concentrations so as to cause POTW noncompliance with requirements of State
or Federal permits.
Person means any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate,
governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal
representatives or agents. The masculine gender shall include the feminine
and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
�H means the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in grams per liter of solution.
Pollutant means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue,
sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment,
rock, sand, cellar dirt and/or industrial or agricultural waste discharged
into water.
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Pollution means the man-made or man -induced alteration to the
chemical, physical, biological, and/or radiological integrity of water.
Polluted water or waste means industrial waste or any water or liquid
waste containing any of the following: phenols or other substances to an
extent imparting taste or odor characteristic of such phenol or other
substances, as the case may be, in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous
substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; noxious or odorous
gases; more than ten thousand (10,000) parts per million, by weight, of
dissolved solids; more than twenty (20) parts per million each of suspended
solids and/or BOD; color exceeding fifty (50) color units as determined by
the platinum -cobalt method; or having a pH value of less than five and
five -tenths (5.5) or more than ten and five -tenths (10.5); and/or any water
or waste not approved for discharge into a stream or waterway by the
appropriate State or Federal authority.
Pretreatment means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the
elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutants or
pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in
lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW.
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or
biological processes, or other means, except as prohibited by this article
or regulations of the EPA, in particular 40 CFR Section, 403.6(d).
Pretreatment Requirement means any substantive or procedural
requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment
Standard imposed on an industrial user.
Publicly Owned Treatment Works, or POTW, means the City sanitary sewer
system.
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POTW Treatment Plant means that portion of the POTW designed to
provide treatment of wastewater.
Shall is a mandatory term.
Slug Load or Slug Discharge means any substance discharged to the
collection system at a rate and/or concentration which causes interference
to the POTW.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) means a classification
pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the
Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972,
as amended and revised.
Storm water means any flow occurring during or following any form of
natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
Suspended solids means solids that either float on the surface of, or
in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquid and which are removable by
a laboratory filtering device.
Toxic Pollutant means any pollutant or combination of pollutants
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the the Environmental
Protection Agency under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (Clean Water Act), Section 307(a), or other federal law.
Unpolluted water or waste means any water or liquid waste or
industrial waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified
grease or oil; acids or alkalis; phenols or other substances to an extent
imparting taste or odor in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances
in suspension, colloidal state or solution; noxious or odorous gases; more
than ten thousand (10,000) parts per million, by weight, of dissolved
solids; more than twenty (20) parts per million each of suspended solids
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and/or BOD; color exceeding fifty (50) color units as determined by the
platinum -cobalt method; a pH value of less than five and five -tenths (5.5)
or higher than ten and five -tenths (10.5); and any water or waste not
approved for discharge into a stream or waterway by the appropriate State
or Federal authority.
User means any person who contributes or causes or permits the
contribution of wastewater into the City POTW.
Wastewater means water, whether treated or untreated, that has been
used by and discharged from an industry, commercial enterprise, household
or other water consumer.
d. Abbreviations
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency.
IWD Permit - Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit.
1 - Liter.
mac - Milligrams.
mg/1 - Milligrams per liter.
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
POTW - Publicly Owned Treatment Works.
SIC - Standard Industrial Classification.
USC - United States Code.
TSS - Total Suspended Solids.
Sec. 55-141. General Prohibitions, Limitations and Regulations
Except as otherwise provided in the City Code:
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(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any
storm drain or any watercourse within the City any industrial waste that
would constitute polluted water or corrosive waste as herein defined.
(b) No person shall remove the top of a manhole or cleanout plug or
break into a manhole to permit drainage of ground or surface water into the
sewage system or for any other purpose, except as authorized by the City.
(c) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when they are
necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing sand, grease
or oil in quantities or concentrations as specified in subsection i(1)
hereof, flammable wastes or other harmful ingredients. Where installed,
all such interceptors shall be provided and maintained in compliance with
the City of Corpus Christi Plumbing Code and this article, by the user, at
his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
(d) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the
sanitary sewer any storm water, groundwater, roof runoff, sub-surface
drainage, yard or pavement runoff, or drainage from downspouts, yard
drains, yard fountains and ponds, or lawn sprays.
(e) Water from unpolluted industrial discharges such as water drains,
blow-off pipes or cooling water from various equipment or from swimming
pool drainage or backwash shall not be discharged into sanitary sewers if a
closed storm sewer is available. If a closed storm sewer is not available,
such water may be discharged into the sanitary sewer by indirect connection
provided the total discharge from a single source shall not exceed 25,000
gallons per day. No person shall discharge swimming pool drainage or
backwash water at such a rate or in such a manner as to accumulate standing
water upon any adjoining public or private property.
(f) In compliance with the Texas Water Quality Act and other
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statutes, the City may designate storm sewers and other watercourses into
which drainage described in subsections (d) and (e) of this section may be
discharged and such designated receiver flows shall be exclusive for such
discharges.
(g) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the POTW
any slug load or slug discharge or other waste which by itself or by
interaction with other wastes may (1) injure or interfere with wastewater
treatment processes or facilities; or (2) constitute a hazard to humans,
animals, or the environment; or (3) create a hazard in receiving waters of
the wastewater treatment plant effluent.
(h) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the POTW
or storm sewers or other water courses within the City any of the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes:
(1) Any wastewater having a temperature which is higher than one
hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (sixty-five (65)
degrees centigrade) or which will inhibit biological
activity in the POTW treatment plant and result in
interference or which is higher than one hundred four (104)
degrees Fahrenheit (40° Centigrade) at the introduction in
to the POTW treatment plant or a combined total increase of
plant influent temperature to greater than one hundred four
(104) degrees Fahrenheit.
(2)
(3)
Any flammable
or explosive
gasoline, kerosene, benzene,
liquid, solid or
naptha).
Any solid or viscous substances in quantities
gas (e.g.,
capable of
causing obstruction in the sewer flow or other interference
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with proper operation of the POTW, such as, but not limited
to: ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood,
paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry,
lime residues, slops, chemical residues, paint residues,
bulk solids, and any water or waste which contains gas,
grease or oil, plastic or other substance that will solidify
or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two (32) degrees and one hundred fifty (150) degrees
Fahrenheit.
(4) Any garbage with particles greater than one-half (1/2) inch
in any dimension. The installation of any grinder equipped
with a motor of one horsepower or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the City regarding (a) the
interior diameter and gradient of the pipe connecting such
grinder to the city sewer line, (b) the interior diameter
and gradient of the city sewer line at the connection to
such pipe, (c) the rate of discharge from said grinder into
said pipe, and (d) the capacity and ability of the sewage
treatment plant to process such garbage as delivered.
(5) Any noxious or malodorous substances which can form a gas
which, either singly or by interacting with other wastes, is
capable of causing objectionable odors or hazards to life or
which can form solids in concentration exceeding limits
established under this article, or which can create any
other condition deleterious to structures or treatment
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processes, or requiring unusual provisions, attentions or
expense to handle.
(6) Any material which may cause excessive discoloration such
as, but not limited to,. dye wastes and vegetable tanning
solutions where the coloration will not be removed by the
sewage treatment processes.
(7) Free petroleum oil or greases.
(i) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the POTW
any of the following, except in quantities or concentrations or with
provisions as stipulated herein:
(1)
Free or emulsified oil and/or grease exceeding an average of
two hundred (200) parts per million (1668 pounds per million
gallons) of any or any combination of free or emulsified
animal, vegetable or mineral (including emulsified
petroleum) oil and grease. More stringent limitations shall
be established for these wastes if it appears probable that
such wastes in a particular case (a) can deposit grease or
oil in the sewer lines in such a manner as to clog the
sewers; or (b) can overload skimming and grease -handling
equipment; or (c) can have deleterious effects on the
treatment process due to the excessive quantities.
(2) Acids or alkalies which attack or corrode sewers or sewage
disposal structures or having a pH value lower than five and
five -tenths (5.5) or higher than ten and five -tenths (10.5).
In no case shall corrosive waste be discharged into a drain,
sanitary sewer, storm sewer or soil waste pipe without being
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first diluted or neutralized so as to render such wastes
noncorrosive.
(3) Salts of a heavy metal in solution or suspension in
concentrations exceeding the following:
Monthly Daily Grab
Average Composite Sample
Arsenic (As) 0.1 0.2
Barium (Ba) 1.0 2.0
Cadmium (Cd) 0.1 0.2
Chromium (Cr) 0.5 1.0
Copper (Cu) 0.5 1.0
Lead (Pb) 0.5 1.0
Manganese (Mn) 1.0 2.0
Mercury (Hg) 0.005 0.005
Nickel (Ni) 1.0 2.0
Selemium (Se) 0.1 0.2
Silver (Ag) 0.05 0.1
Zinc (Zn) 1.0 2.0
0.3 mg/1
4.0 mg/1
0.3 mg/1
5.0 mg/1
2.0 mg/1
1.5 mg/1
3.0 mg/1
0.01 mg/1
3.0 mg/1
0.3 mg/1
0.2 mg/1
6.0 mg/1
or other heavy metals or toxic materials, except by permit
from the city specifying conditions of pretreatment,
concentrations, volumes, and other applicable provisions.
Where any user asserts a hardship and is able to demonstrate
that particular heavy metal salts can be adequately and
successfully treated by the POTW without violation of any
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(j)
State or Federal health discharge or sludge regulation or
limitation, then the City may establish, in the particular
Industrial Waste Discharge Permit, such higher levels of
discharge for such salts as are shown to be acceptable,
provided that any level so established shall apply only to
the individual permitee. Costs of demonstrating the
acceptable character of the higher level shall be borne
entirely by the user.
(4) Cyanide or cyanogen compounds in excess of one (1.0) part
per million by weight as cyanide.
(5) Any water or waste that contains more than ten (10) parts
per million of the following gases: Hydrogen sulphide,
sulphur dioxide or nitrous oxide.
(6) Radioactive wastes or isotopes without a specific permit
from the City therefor. The City may establish, in
compliance with applicable state and federal regulations,
regulations for discharge of radioactive wastes into public
sewers.
Fluoride in excess of five (5) parts per million above that
level contained in the public water supply.
(8) Any objectionable or toxic substance, which exerts an
excessive chlorine requirement so as to exceed a chlorine
demand of sixty milligrams per liter (60 mg/1).
No person shall discharge any water or wastes containing
(7)
substances in such concentrations as to cause the final effluent from the
sewage treatment plant to be unable to meet the requirements of the State,
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Federal or other public agencies with jurisdiction over such discharge to
the receiving waters.
(k) No person shall discharge any wastewater to any natural outlet
within the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, or in any area under the
jurisdiction of the City, and/or to the POTW, except as provided by a
permit or as otherwise authorized by the provisions of this Chapter.
(1) Unless exception is granted by the City or a discharger has a
permit issued by a State or Federal regulatory agency covering such
discharge, the public sanitary sewer system, where available, shall be used
by all persons discharging wastewater, industrial waste or polluted
liquids.
(m) Unless authorized by the Texas Department of Water Resources, no
person may deposit or discharge any waste included in subsection 1 of this
section on public or private property into or adjacent to any natural
outlet, watercourse, storm sewer or other area within the jurisdiction of
the City.
(n) The city shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized
to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules and orders of federal, state and local
governments and all dischargers shall make their facilities available to
the City as reasonably necessary to accomplish such verification.
(o) Where wastewater, liquid industrial wastes or polluted liquids
are to be transported by vehicle on or across public right-of-way for
disposal to public sewers the terms of Article XIII of this Chapter shall
apply.
(p) Any person who refuses to comply with or violates any of the
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provisions of this section, shall be served by the City with a written
notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a specific date
deadline for satisfactory correction thereof. Any person who shall
continue any violation beyond said time limit shall be deemed in breach of
his service contract and may be summarily disconnected from the sanitary
sewer by the City, subject to the appeals procedure provided in Section
55-147d hereof. Any such disconnection and reconnection, shall be at the
expense of the owner. Where waste damaging to sewer lines or treatment
processes is released to the sewer which causes rapid deterioration of
these structures, interferes with proper treatment of sewage, or creates a
public health hazard, the owner will be notified by the City to take
necessary steps to correct the problem; however, the City is authorized to
terminate service by such measures as are necessary to protect immediately
the facilities or public health if corrective action is not taken
immediately by the owner. This remedy of the City is cumulative of all
other remedies at law or equity available to the City or other public
agencies with jurisdiction over such discharge to the receiving waters.
Sec. 55-142. Pretreatment Standards and Regulations - adoption,
modification.
a. Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards Adopted
The Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, as now or hereafter
promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section
307(b) and (c) of the Federal Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) (33
U.S.C. 1347) for Industrial Users of POTW's are hereby adopted for all
purposes and made applicable under the provisions of this article.
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b. Modification of Standards
Where the City's wastewater treatment system achieves consistent
removal of pollutants limited by Federal Pretreatment Standards, the City
may apply to the EPA for modification of specific limits in the Federal
Pretreatment Standards. "Consistent removal" shall mean reduction in the
amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of the pollutant by the
wastewater treatment system to a less toxic_ or harmless state in the
effluent which is achieved by the system in ninety-five percent (95%) of
the samples taken when measured according to the procedures set forth in
Section 403.7(c)(2) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part
403, "General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of
Pollution" promulgated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(Clean Water Act). The City may then modify pollutant discharge limits in
the Federal Pretreatment Standards if the requirements contained in 40 CFR
Part 403, Section 403.7 are fulfilled and prior approval from the EPA is
obtained.
c. Most Stringent Regulations to Apply
Whenever particular Federal, State and/or local requirements
and
limitations on discharges differ, then the most stringent provisions shall
apply unless otherwise specifically provided in this article. The City
shall notify, in writing, all affected users of the applicable requirements
and limitations adopted by this provision.
Sec. 55-143. Accidental Discharges
a. Protection Plan Required
Each industrial user operating under a permit granted pursuant to the
provisions of this article shall provide protection from accidental
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discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this
article. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited
materials shall be provided and maintained at the user's expense. Where
applicable, detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to
provide this protection shall be submitted to the City for review, and
shall be approved by the City before construction of the facility. No user
shall be granted a permit under the provisions of this article until
accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the City and the
accidental discharge protection plan shall be a condition of any such
permit. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall
not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify the
user's facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this article. In
the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility of the user
to immediately telephone and notify the POTW of the incident. The
notification shall include location of discharge, type of waste,
concentration and volume, and corrective actions.
b. Written Report
Within five (5) days following an accidental discharge, the user shall
submit to the City a detailed written report describing the nature and
cause of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the user to prevent
similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not relieve the user
of any expense, loss, damage, or other liability which may be incurred as a
result of damage to the POTW, fish kills, or any other damage to person or
property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines,
penalties, or other liability which may be imposed by this article or other
applicable law.
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c. Notice to Employees
As a part of the accidental discharge protection plan, a notice shall
be permanently posted on the user's bulletin board or other prominent place
advising employees whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge.
Employers shall insure that all employees who may cause or suffer such a
dangerous discharge to occur are advised of the emergency notification
procedures.
Sec. 55-144. Permits
a. Permits Required
All industrial users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the
POTW shall obtain an Industrial Wastewater Discharge (IWD) Permit before
connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing industrial users
connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain an Industrial
Wastewater Discharge Permit within 180 days after the effective date of
this Ordinance. Existing user permits will remain in full force and effect
during such interim period.
b. Permit Application and Fee
Users required to obtain an Industrial Wastewater Discharge
Permit shall complete and file with the City an application in the form
prescribed by the City accompanied by a fee of Two Hundred Seventy-Five
Dollars ($275.00). In support of the application, the user shall submit,
in units and terms appropriate for evaluation, the following information as
applicable:
(1) Name, address, and location (if different from the address);
(2) SIC number according to the Standard Industrial
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Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as
amended;
(3) Wastewater constituents and characteristics, including but
not limited to those mentioned in Sec. 55-141, as determined
by an approved analytical laboratory; sampling and analysis
shall be performed in accordance with procedures established
by the EPA pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, as
amended;
(4) Time and duration of contribution;
(5) Average daily and 30 minute peak wastewater flow rates,
including daily, monthly and seasonal variation if any;
(6) Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and
details to show all sewers, sewer connections, and
appurtenances by size, location and elevation;
(7) Description of activities, facilities and plant processes on
the premises including all materials which are or could be
discharged.
(8) Where known, the nature and concentration of any pollutants
in the discharge which are limited by any City, State, or
Federal Pretreatment Standards, and a statement regarding
whether or not the pretreatment standards are being met on a
consistent basis and if not, whether additional Operation
and Maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is
required for the user to meet applicable Pretreatment
Standards;
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(9) If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to
meet the Pretreatment Standards, the shortest schedule by
which the user will provide such additional pretreatment.
The following conditions shall apply to this schedule:
(a) The completion date in this schedule shall not be later
than the compliance date established for the applicable
Pretreatment Standard.
(b) The schedule shall contain increments of progress in
the form of dates for the commencement and completion
of major events leading to the construction and
operation of additional pretreatment facilities and
procedures required for the user to meet the applicable
Pretreatment Standards (e.g., hiring an engineer,
completing preliminary plans, completing final plans,
executing contracts for major components, commencing
construction, completing construction, etc).
(c) No increment referred to in subparagraph (b) shall
exceed 9 months; nor shall the entire schedule exceed
18 months.
(d) Not later than 14 days following each date in the
schedule and the final date for compliance, the user
shall submit a progress report to the City including,
as a minimum, whether or not it complied with the
increment of progress to be met on such date and, if
not, the date on which it expects to comply with this
increment of progress, the reason for delay, and the
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steps being taken by the user to return the
construction to the schedule established. In no event
shall more than 9 months elapse between such progress
reports.
(10) Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes
and rate of production;
(11) Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and
maximum per day);
(12) Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of
plant and proposed or actual hours of operation of
pretreatment system;
(13) Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be
necessary to evaluate the permit application.
c. Permit -Issuance
(1) The City shall issue an Industrial Wastewater Discharge
Permit upon evaluation and acceptance of the data furnished
by the Applicant provided such data shows a compliance with
the terms of this article and the conditions provided herein
and in the permit. The City may make such inspections and
tests and take such samplings as may be necessary to
satisfactorily show the accuracy of the data furnished,
especially regarding the estimated or actual amounts and
strengths of industrial wastes.
(2) Where applicable, pretreatment facilities and/or flow
regulating devices approved by the City shall be installed
or plans, specifications and construction schedules approved
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by the City shall be agreed upon prior to the issuance of a
permit under this article.
(3) Acceptance of the IWD Permit by the user shall serve as
acceptance of and agreement to all the terms and conditions
of this article and said permit, including payment of all
fees, charges and surcharges incidental to said permit
and/or connection to or use of the City sanitary sewer
system.
(4) Existing establishments discharging into the City POTW on
the effective date of this article shall be subject to all
provisions of this article, including surcharge provisions,
even though a permit to discharge may not have been issued
hereunder.
d. Permit Conditions
Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits shall be expressly subject to
all provisions of this article and all other applicable regulations, user
charges and fees established by the City. Permits may contain the
following:
(1) The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the
wastewater to be discharged to the sanitary sewer system;
(2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents
and characteristics;
(3) Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or
requirements for flow regulations and equalization;
(4) Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection
and sampling facilities;
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(5) Specifications for monitoring programs, which may include
sampling locations; frequency of sampling; number, types and
standards for tests and reporting schedules and fee
schedules;
(6) Compliance schedules;
(7) Requirements for submission of technical reports or
discharge reports;
(8) Requirements for maintaining and retaining plant records
relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the City,
and affording the City access thereto;
(9) Requirements for notification of the City of any new
introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial
change in the volume or character of the wastewater
constituents being introduced into the wastewater treatment
system;
(10) Requirements for notification of slug discharges;
(11) Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the City to ensure
compliance with this article.
e. Permit Duration
IWD Permits shall be issued for a period of five (5) years, and shall
expire on a stated specific date. The user shall apply for permit
reissuance a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the
user's existing permit.
f. Permit Modifications
(1) The terms and conditions of IWD permits shall be subject to
modification by the City during the term of the permits as
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limitations or requirements specified in Sec. 55-141 are
modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be
informed of any proposed changes in his permit at least
thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change.
Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a
reasonable time schedule for compliance.
(2) Within nine (9) months of the promulgation or amendment of a
National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the Permits of
users subject to such standards shall be revised to require
compliance with such standard within the time frame
prescribed by such standard. Where a user becomes subject
to a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard and has not
previously submitted an application for an Industrial
Wastewater Discharge Permit under this article, the user
shall apply for an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit
within 180 days after the promulgation of the applicable
National Categorical Pretreatment Standard. In addition,
users with existing Permits shall submit to the City within
180 days after the promulgation of an applicable Federal
Categorical Pretreatment Standard the information required
by paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection b of this section.
g. Permit Transfer
Each Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit is issued to a specific
user for a specific operation. A permit shall not be reassigned or
transferred or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises, or a new
or changed operation without the approval of the City. Any succeeding
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owner or user shall also comply with the terms and conditions of the
existing permit.
Sec. 55-145. Industrial Waste Discharge Permit Reporting, Monitoring
and Inspection Procedures
a. Initial Compliance Report
Within 90 days following the date for final compliance with applicable
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or other Pretreatment
Requirements or, in the case of a new user, following commencement of the
introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to National
Categorical Pretreatment Standards or Pretreatment Requirements shall
submit to the City a report showing the nature and concentration of all
pollutants in the discharge from the regulated process which are limited by
pretreatment standards and requirements and the average and maximum daily
flow for these process units in the user facility. The report shall state
whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met
on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional 0&M and/or pretreatment
is necessary to bring the user into compliance with the applicable
pretreatment standards or requirements. This statement shall be signed by
an authorized representative of the industrial user, and certified to by a
Registered Professional Engineer.
b. Periodic Compliance Reports
(1) Any user subject to a Pretreatment Standard, after the
compliance date of such Pretreatment Standard or, in the
case of a new user, after commencement of the discharge into
the POTW, shall submit to the City each six months, unless
required more frequently in the Pretreatment Standard or by
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the IWD Permit, a report indicating the nature and
concentration of pollutants in the effluent which are
limited by such Pretreatment Standards. In addition, this
report shall include a record of all daily flows which
during the reporting period exceeded the average daily or
maximum peak flows reported in the user's permit
application.
(2) The City may impose mass limitations on users which are
using dilution to meet applicable Pretreatment Standards or
Requirements, or in other cases where the imposition of mass
limitations are appropriate. In such cases, the report
required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall indicate
the mass of pollutants regulated by Pretreatment Standards
in the effluent of the user. These reports shall contain
the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge,
including the flow and the nature and concentration, or
production and mass where applicable, of pollutants
contained therein which are limited by the applicable
Pretreatment Standards. The frequency of monitoring shall
be prescribed in the applicable Pretreatment Standard. All
analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures
established by the EPA pursuant to section 304(g) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 40 CFR, Part 136, as
amended, or with other test procedures approved by the EPA.
Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the EPA publication, "Sampling and
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Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents
for Priority Pollutants", April, 1977, as amended, or with
other sampling and analytical procedures approved by the
EPA.
c. Monitoring Facilities
(1)
Each industrial user shall provide and operate at the user's
own expense, monitoring facilities to allow observation,
inspection, sampling, and flow measurement of all waste
created and/or discharged by the user. Each such monitoring
facility shall be constructed in a manner approved by the
City on the user's premises downstream from any treatment or
storage tanks or other approved works utilized by the user
for pretreatment, provided, however, that where such
on -premises location would be impractical or cause undue
hardship on the user, the City may allow the facility to be
constructed in the public street or other area so long as
such location provides ease of entrance and will remain
readily accessible and unobstructed with ample room in or
near such sampling manhole or facility to allow accurate
sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The
facility and all sampling and measuring equipment shall be
maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating
condition at the expense of the user.
(2) In the event it is determined by the City that no special
manhole or other facility is required to accurately
determine the quality and quantity of waste being
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discharged, the downstream public sewer manhole nearest to
the point at which the serviced premises is connected shall
be used for all monitoring purposes.
d. Inspection and Sampling
(1) Industrial waste discharged or deposited into the sanitary
sewer shall be subject to periodic inspection and sampling
as often as may be deemed necessary by the City. Samples
may be collected manually or by the use of mechanical
equipment and shall be collected in such manner as to be
representative of the character and concentration of the
waste under operational conditions. The laboratory methods
used in the examination of said waste shall be those
approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Independent laboratory tests, at the user's expense, will be
acceptable if performed under direct supervision of a
registered professional engineer using approved methodology
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The City shall inspect the facilities of any user to
ascertain whether the requirements of this article are being
met. Owners, occupants and/or users of premises where
wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the City or
its representatives ready access at all reasonable times to
all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection,
sampling, records examination or copying or in the
performance of any of their duties. The City, the EPA
and/or appropriate state agencies shall have the right to
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set up on the user's property such devices as are necessary
to conduct sampling, inspection, compliance, monitoring
and/or metering operations. Where a user has security
measures in force which would require proper identification
and clearance before entry into the premises, the user shall
make necessary arrangements with its security guards so that
upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from
the said entities will be permitted to enter, without delay,
for the purposes of performing their specific
responsibilities.
e. Pretreatment
(1)
Users shall provide necessary wastewater treatment as
required to comply with this article and shall achieve
compliance with all Federal Categorical Pretreatment
Standards within the time limitations as specified by the
Federal Pretreatment Regulations.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of any person, owner or
occupant discharging waste into the sanitary sewage system
of the City to furnish the City with drawings or plans and
specifications in such detail as it may require to determine
if the pretreatment structure planned by such person is
adequate to provide necessary pretreatment and makes
sufficient allowances for emergency operations. However,
the providing of such plans to the City will in no way
relieve such person of the responsibility for modifying the
structure once constructed as necessary to produce an
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(3)
effluent acceptable to the City under the terms of this
article.
Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level
acceptable to the City shall be provided, operated, and
maintained at the user's expense.
(4) The City shall annually publish in a newspaper of general
circulation within the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a list
of the users which were not in compliance with Pretreatment
Requirements or Standards at least once during the 12
previous months. The notification shall also summarize any
enforcement actions taken against such users during the same
12 months, and shall state the corrective actions taken or
proposed to be taken by the user with the results or status
of such actions.
(5) All records relating to compliance with Pretreatment
Standards shall be made available to appropriate officials
of the EPA or the State of Texas upon request.
f. Confidential Information
(1) Information and data on a user obtained from reports,
questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring
programs and from inspections shall be available to the
public or other governmental agencies without restriction
unless the user specifically requests otherwise and is able
to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that the
release of such information would divulge information,
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processes or methods of production entitled to protection as
trade secrets of the user.
(2) When such request by the person furnishing a report is
accepted and approved by the City, the portions of a report
which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall
not be made available for inspection by the public but shall
be made available to governmental agencies only upon written
request to governmental agencies and only for uses related
to this article, the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, State Disposal System
permit and/or the Pretreatment Programs; provided, however,
that such portions of a report shall be available for use by
the State or any state agency in judicial review or
enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the
report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will
not be recognized as confidential information.
(3) Information accepted by the City as confidential shall not
be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general
public by the City until and unless a ten day notification
is given to the user.
Sec. 55-146. Abnormal Sewage Surcharge
(a) Any user generating abnormal sewage which exhibits none of
the characteristics of wastes prohibited in Section 55-141,
but which has an average concentration of suspended solids
or BOD content in excess of normal sewage (as defined in
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Section 55-140) during a twenty-four-hour period, may be
required to pretreat such abnormal sewage to meet the
parameters of normal sewage or such other level in excess of
normal sewage parameters as the City may determine is
acceptable in a particular case. Such wastes may, however,
be accepted by the POTW for treatment if all of the
following requirements are met:
(1) The wastes will not cause damage to the collection
system.
(2) The wastes will not impair the treatment processes.
(3) The user agrees to payment of a surcharge over and
above published sewer rates, as provided herein; and
(4) The waste is amenable to treatment such that when it
leaves the sewage treatment plant to be discharged the
waste does not exceed or cause the total discharge to
exceed the standards set by federal and state agencies
having jurisdiction.
(b) Prior to imposition of a surcharge, the user shall be
notified in writing that his waste discharge exceeds the
maximum limits as established in this article.
(c) If after sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of
notice the quality of the waste has not been brought within
the maximum allowable limits, the user must enter into a
surcharge agreement or be disconnected from the City's
sanitary sewer system.
(d) Surcharges will be adjusted on billings for the month
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following submission of new data but not more frequently
than quarterly.
(e) BOD and suspended solids values will be determined from
standard values established by the City for various
industries having normal pretreatment facilities for that
industry. Because pretreatment facilities will vary, either
the user at his expense or the City at its expense may elect
to sample the discharge from an a user to determine more
accurate values of BOD and suspended solids being discharged
from a particular user for the purpose of determining a
surcharge. Sampling done by a user shall be under the
direction of a registered professional engineer employed by
the user and reports submitted to the City shall contain a
statement that the samples collected and values determined
are based on a twenty-four-hour composite representative of
the establishment's flow. Values obtained by composite
sampling shall take precedent over standard values in
determining surcharges. Standard values for industries not
included in the table of industrial discharge values will be
determined by the City by composite sampling or, in the case
of a new user not yet discharging, from data available from
the industry or from other cities.
(f) The volume of flow used in computing abnormal sewage
surcharges shall be based upon metered water consumption as
shown in the records of meter readings maintained by the
Corpus Christi Utilities Department. In the event that a
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(g)
person discharging waste into the City sanitary sewer system
produces evidence to the City demonstrating that a portion
of the total amount of water used for all purposes does not
reach the City sanitary sewer system, a separate meter or
meters or other approved flow measuring device may be
installed at the user's expense, upon his request, to
measure only that portion of the total flow being discharged
into the City sewer system. Upon request by the user credit
may be allowed by the City for evaporation, product water
exported from the user or other operational consumption
through which such water is not discharged to the POTW. If
it is impossible to show volume by metering, then recognized
industry standards designated by the City shall apply.
However, in no event will the monthly sewer bill determined
by such estimated flow with surcharge ever be less than the
published rate times meter flow without surcharge. If a
surcharge is assessed by the City, it shall be shown
separately on the monthly billing.
Any person discharging industrial waste into the sanitary
sewers of the City who procures any part or all of his water
supply from sources other than the Corpus Christi Utilities
Department, all or part of which is discharged into the
sanitary sewer, shall install and maintain at his expense
water meters of the type approved by the City for the
purpose of determining the proper volume of flow to be used
in computing sewer service charges. Such meters shall be
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read monthly and tested for accuracy when deemed necessary
by the City. Where it can be shown that a portion of the
water as measured by the aforesaid meter, or meters, does
not enter the sanitary sewer system of the City, then the
user if he so elects, may install additional approved meters
at the user's expense in such a manner as to measure the
quantity of water actually entering the said sanitary sewer
system from the premises of such user, and the quantity of
water used to determine the sewer service charge and
abnormal sewage surcharge shall be the quantity of water
actually entering the sewage system as so determined.
(h) Computations of each surcharge, as applicable, shall be
based on the following:
S= V x 8.34 x X x (BOD - 250 )
S= V x 8.34 x Y x (TSS - 250)
S = Surcharge in dollars for the billing period.
V = Water consumption in millions of gallons during the
billing period.
8.34 = Weight of water in pounds per gallon.
X = Unit charge in dollars per pound for BOD as
established in the Sewer Rate Ordinance in effect
at the time of the billing.
Y = Unit charge in dollars per pound for Total
Suspended Solids as established in the Sewer Rate
Ordinance in effect at the time of the billing.
BOD = 5 day biochemical oxygen demand in parts per
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million by weight.
TSS = Total suspended solids in parts per million
by weight.
250 = Normal BOD and total suspended solids in parts
per million by weight.
(i) The City reserves the right to review and approve any waters
or industrial waste entering the sewer system or proposed to
be discharged into the system having an average daily flow
greater than ten (10) per cent of the design flow capacity
of the plant which will treat the waste. In the event the
City's measurement discloses such flow to be in excess of
ten (10) per cent of said capacity, the City shall be under
no obligation to receive such flow in excess of ten (10) per
cent of design capacity and the City's published rates shall
not apply to such excess. An owner affected hereby shall be
promptly notified of such determination by the City. A
special contract, at the City's option, may be made with the
user to accommodate such excess flow.
Sec. 55-147. Enforcement
a. Dangerous Contributions - Emergencies
The City may immediately and without notice suspend the wastewater
treatment service and disconnect a user from the City sanitary sewer system
when such action is necessary, in the opinion of the City, in order to stop
an actual or potential discharge which presents or may present an imminent
or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons or the
environment, causes or will cause substantial interference to the POTW or
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damage to sanitary sewer facilities or structures, or otherwise creates an
emergency condition requiring immediate corrective action. The City shall
attempt to notify the affected user prior to any such action and shall
notify the affected user as soon as possible and in any event within
twenty-four hours after taking such action. Correction of the endangering
condition and reconnection to the sanitary sewer system shall be as
provided for in other cases of disconnection.
b. Disconnection
(1) Any person, depositing or discharging waste into the
sanitary sewer, who fails to comply with the terms of
this article within forty-five (45) days after written
notice of noncompliance or any person who allows or
causes waste of unacceptable quality under the
requirements of this article to be discharged into any
sanitary sewer in the City may be subject to
disconnection from the City water system and/or the
City sanitary sewer system or sewage works and shall
only be reconnected at the owner's expense. If such
person does not use City water, the City is authorized
to disconnect such person's service from the City's
sanitary sewer system and the same shall only be
reconnected at the owner's expense. The City shall
notify the occupant or user of the premises where the
waste is generated at least twenty-four (24) hours
before disconnecting the service except in emergency
situations as provided for in this article and shall
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inform the occupant or user of the reason or condition
causing the disconnection. No sanitary sewer service
or water service disconnected hereunder shall be
reconnected until the condition causing the
disconnection has been corrected.
c. Revocation of Permit
(1) Any user who violates the following conditions of this
article, or applicable state and federal regulations, is
subject to having his IWD permit revoked in accordance with
the procedures of this article:
(a) Failure of a user to factually report the wastewater
constituents and characteristics of his discharge;
(b) Failure of the user to report significant changes in
operations or wastewater constituents and/or charac-
teristics;
(c) Refusal of reasonable access to the user's premises for
the purpose of inspection or monitoring; or
(d) Violation of any conditions of the permit.
(2) Whenever the City finds that any user has violated or is
violating this article, his Industrial Wastewater Discharge
Permit, or any prohibition, limitation or requirement
promulgated by a state or federal agency and applicable to
such user, the City shall serve upon such person a written
notice stating the nature of the violation. If within 30
days of the date of the notice, a plan for the satisfactory
correction thereof shall not have been submitted to the City
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by the user, then the City may revoke the applicable
Industrial Waste Discharge Permit. Such revocation shall
become effective ten days after notice of the same is given
to the Permitee.
d. Variances and Appeals
(a) Initial fact determinations, samplings, findings and rulings
under this article shall be made by the Director of the
Public Utilities Department or an authorized representative
of the City other than the City Manager.
(b) Any order, decision, termination of sewer or water service
action or directive taken by the City pursuant to this
article shall be subject to appeal and review by the City
Manager by any aggrieved party upon filing written notice of
appeal to the City Manager within seven (7) days of the
action complained of. The City Manager shall conduct an
informal hearing within seven (7) days of receipt of notice
of appeal and hear evidence presented by the appealing party
and by the officer whose action is complained of. The City
Manager shall give at least three (3) days' notice of the
time and place of the hearing to such party. After the
hearing, the City Manager will have five (5) days to render
his determination.
(c) The City Manager may affirm, modify or reverse any order,
decision, termination, action or directive taken by the City
pursuant to this article with respect to waste prohibited in
public sewers, special procedures relating to industrial
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waste or to any requirements for pretreatment or imposition
of any surcharge.
(d) The decisions of the City Manager are appealable to the City
Council subject to the procedures of Article V, Section 15
of the City Charter.
e. Legal Action
If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes
into the City's wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of
this article, Federal or State Pretreatment Requirements, or any order of
the City, the City Attorney may commence an action for appropriate legal
and/or equitable relief in the appropriate Court, including a suit for
injunction which remedy shall be cumulative of all other remedies at law
and in equity.
f. Offenses
(1) Any user who is found to have violated an Order of the City
Council made under this Chapter or who violates or knowingly
fails to comply with any provision of this Chapter or the
orders, rules, regulations and/or permits issued hereunder,
is guilty of a Class C Misdemeanor and shall, upon
conviction therefor, be fined not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100) nor more than the maximum amount set by law
for such offense. Each day on which a violation shall occur
or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(2) Any person who knowingly makes any false statements,
representation or certification in any application, record,
report, plan or other document filed or required to be
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maintained pursuant to this Chapter, or an Industrial
Wastewater Discharge Permit, or who falsifies, tampers with,
or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or
method required under this Chapter, shall be guilty of a
Class C misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine of not more than the maximum amount allowed by law
for such an offense.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be
held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it
is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force
and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published by publishing the
caption thereof stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance in the
official publication of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and shall be
effective from and after such date of publication.
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That the foregoing ordinance read for
second reading on this the o54tday of
following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Welder Brown
That the foregoing ordinance as read for t s cond time and p s ed to its
third reading on this the day of i.�, , 19 it , by the
following vote:
e first time and !Rq�. ed to its
, 1965' , by the
Leo Guerrero
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavik
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Welder Brown
That the fore ing ordinan
on this the )( day of
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Welder Brown
Leo Guerrero
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavik
read for the ,third time and passed finally
, 19 gY , by -the following vote:
Leo Guerrero
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat S1 vik
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the /6 day of
ATTEST:
Cit Secretary
APPROVED:
250DAY OF n , 19k
J. BRUCE AYCOCCKKCITY ATTORNEY
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THE C OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
18328
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, tss:
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came.
MARGARET RAMAGE who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
COMMUNITY RELATIONS SUPERVISOR of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi limes,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas,, in said County and State, and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE N0. 18328, amendingarticle XI, COMMERCIAL_
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in CaiLer-Times Pub'1ishing_CQs
on thel6th da of July _ 19_ 8Snd once each....... day_ _ _ the� far.. _. one
consecutive. day
one .des.
56.10 MARGARET RAMAGE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this..
EDNA ICOSTER'41T 30"84•
07aA
17th _ gyeof
Notary Public,
July
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eces County, Texas
19.. 84
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NOTICE,OF PASSAGE
NOP�B 28CE • -
AMENDING ARTICLE XI,
COMMERCIAL AND INDUS-
TRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL
STANDARDS, OF -CHAPTER
55, UTILITIES, OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE
REGULATION OF COMMER-
CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
WASTE DISPOSAL AND PRE-
TREATMENT; PROVIDING A
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
AND POLICY, PROVIDING
AND APPLICABILITY
CLAUSE, DEFINING TERMS;
PROVIDING GENERAL PROHI-
BITIONS, LIMITATIONS AND
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING
PRETREATMENT STAN-
DARDS AND REGULATIONS,
ADOPTING FEDERAL CATE-
GORICAL PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS; REQUIRING'
PERMITS; ESTABLISHING
FEES; PROVIDING INDUSTRI-
AL WASTE DISCHARGE
PERMIT REPORTING, MONI-
TORING AND INSPECTION
PROCEDURES; PROVIDING
FOR AN ABNORMAL SEW-
AGE SURCHARGE;
ESTABLISHING ENFORCE-
MENT PROCEDURES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Was passed and approved
by the Cny Council of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas on
he 10th day of July, 1984.
The full text of said ordinance
's evadable to the public in the
Office of the City Secretary
-s-B8 G. Read
City Secretary
Corvus Christi. Texas