HomeMy WebLinkAbout033281 ORD - 01/30/2024 Ordinance amending Section 55-141 and 55-163 of the City Code relating to
the technically-based local limits for discharge of wastewater to the City's
wastewater treatment facilities in accordance with Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality regulations; providing for a penalty not to exceed
$2,000 and publication.
WHEREAS, the City, working with a technical consultant, has proposed updates to its
technically-based local limits for discharge of wastewater into the City's wastewater system; and
WHEREAS, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has reviewed the City's
proposed changes to its technically-based local limits and requires that the City adopt an
ordinance updating the limits in accordance with its findings;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The Corpus Christi Code, Chapter 55, Sec. 141, Subsection (d) is amended by
adding the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is
stricken (deleted) as delineated below:
(d) Specific local pollutant limitations.
(1) The following pollutants limits are established to protect against pass
through and interference at the POTW. No person shall discharge wastewater
to Allison Wastewater Treatment Facility or Greenwood Wastewater Treatment
Facility containing in excess of the following discharge limits (expressed as
daily maximum limits):
0.634 mg/I—Arsenic, total
0-04 40.134 mg/I—Cadmium, total
2.980 mg/I—Chromium, total
0.3500.630 mg/I—Copper, total
0.130 mg/I—Cyanide, total 4-2
0.5118 mg/I—Lead, total
0.00036 mg/I—Mercury, total
1,100126.34 mg/L—Phenols, total
0.590 mg/I—Nickel, total
0.050170 mg/I—Silver, total
1.476 mg/I—Zinc, total
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(2) Concentrations apply at the point where the industrial waste is discharged to
the POTW. All concentrations for metallic substances are for"total" metal
unless indicated otherwise. For mercury, compliance will be measured at the
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discretion, the director may impose mass limitations in addition to or in place of
the concentration-based limitations above.
(3) Significant Industrial Users desiring to discharge to the Oso Water
Reclamation Plant or New Broadway Wastewater Treatment Facility shall
submit a permit application prior to discharge. Limits for the following pollutants
may be found in a wastewater discharge permit:
Arsenic, total
Cadmium, total
Chromium, total
Copper, total
Lead, total
Mercury, total
Phenols, total
Nickel, total
Silver, total
Zinc, total
No user shall discharge pollutants in excess of the limits in a wastewater
discharge permit.
(4) The City reserves the right to establish, by ordinance or in wastewater
discharge permits, more stringent standards or requirements on discharges to
the POTW.
SECTION 2.The Corpus Christi Code, Chapter 55, Sec. 163, Subsection (j) is amended by adding
the following language that is underlined (added) and deleting the language that is stricken
(deleted) as delineated below:
Compliance with numerical limitations.
(1) No transporter may introduce wastes into the POTW that contain pollutants ie
cxccse of the followings: in violation of the limits and prohibitions set out in
section 55-141 of the City's Code of Ordinances.
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Arsenic 0.634 mg/I
Gadmium 0.018 mg/I
Chromium (T) 6.152 mg/I
Chromium (Hexavalent) 0.235 mg/I
Copper 0.350 mg/I
Cyanide 0.364 mg/I
head 0.511 mg/I
wry 0.053 mg/I
Nickel 1.466 mg/I
Silver 0.072 mg/I
Zinc 1.476 mg/I
(2) A transporter shall ensure that all wastes discharged to the city meet these
limitations.
(3) Any discharge of any liquid wastes in excess of these limits is a violation of this
article.
(4) The director over wastewater operations may take random samples of liquid
wastes for analysis to ensure compliance with this article.
(5) If the results of analyses are within the limitations, the city will pay for the sampling
and analysis.
(6) If a sample shows a violation of a numerical limit the transporter shall pay the costs
of sampling and analysis.
a. Each parameter that exceeds the limit will be billed as separate test.
b. Violations of the limits may result in permit suspension or revocation.
SECTION 3. 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 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as
required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 5. Penalties are as provided in Section 1-6 of the Corpus Christi Code.
SECTION 6. This ordinance takes effect upon official publication. The new limits provided in this
ordinance are effective upon final approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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Introduced and voted on the J ( )iay of TCV\t.A , 2024.
PASSED and APPROVED on the a ay of )04\k , 2024.
ATTEST:
Paulette Guajardo, Mayo "e•ecca Huerta, City Secretary
EFFECTIVE DATE
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