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HomeMy WebLinkAbout393_Amend Part 17 Ch 3_Discharge into Public Sewer SystemBOOK 5137 PAGE 1650 753257 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TULSA COUNTY FILED OR RECORDED 88 NOV - 1 PM 4:03 JOAN HASTINGS TULSA COUNTY CLERK CITY OF OWASSO ORDINANCE NO. 393 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART 17, UTILITIES, PROVIDING FOR CHAPTER 3, PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS, REG- ULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWERS AND CONNECTION, AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATER AND WASTE INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND DIRECTING CODIFICATION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAT: Section One (1): Part 17, Utilities, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, shall be amended by the inclusion therein as Chapter 3 - Publicly Owned Treatment Works, the following: Section 17 -301 Definiions (a) The term "Act" means the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seg., as amended). (b) The term "Indirect Discharge" or "Discharge" means the introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non - domestic source. (c) The term "Industrical User" or "User" means a source of Indirect Discharge. (d) The term "Inflow" means water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer service connections) from sources such as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar drains, yard drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. (e) The term "Interference" means an inhibition or disruption of the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal which is a cause of or significantly contributes to either a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or to the pre- vention of sewage sludge use or diposal by the POTW in accord- ance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid waste Disposal Act (SWDA) including Title II more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and including State regulations contained in any State Sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA, the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. An Industrial User significantly contributes to such a permit violation or prevention of sludge use or diposal in accordance with above -cited authorities whenever such User: (1) Discharges a daily pollutant loading in excess of that allowed by contract with POTW or by Federal, State or local law; (2) Discharges nature or or wastewater which substantially differs in constituents from the User's average discharge; (3) Knows or has reason to know that its discharge, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, would result in a POTW permit violation or prevent sewage sludge use or disposal in accordance with the above -cited authorities as they apply to the POTW's selected method of sludge management. BOOK 5137 PAGE 1651 (f) The term "Pass Through" means the discharge of pollutants thorugh the POTW into navigable waters in quantities or concentrations which are a cause of or significantly contribute to a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation). An Industrial User significantly contributes to such a permit violation where it: (1) Discharges a daily pollutant leading in excess of that allowed by contract with the POTW or by Federal, State or local law; (2) Discharges wastewater which substantially differs in nature and constituents from the User's average discharge; (3) Knows or has reason to know that its discharge, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, would result in a permit violation; or (4) Knows or has reason to know that the POTW is, for any reason, violating its final effluent limitations in its permit and that such industrial user's discharge either alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, increases the magnitude or duration of the POTW's violations. (g) The term "Publicly Owned Treament Works" or "POTW" means a treatment works as defined by Section 2121 of the Act, which is owned by a state or municipality (as defined by Section 502(4) of the Act. The definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewerage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW Treat- ment Plant. The term also means the municipality as defined in Section 502(4) of the Act, which has jusrisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works. Section 17 -302 Prohibited Discharaes (a) General Prohibitions. Pollutants introduced into POTW's by a non - domestic source shall not pass through the POTW or interfere with the operation or performance of the works. These general prohibitions and the specific prohibitions in paragraph (b) of this section apply to all non - domestic source introducing pollutants into a POTW whether or not the source is subject to other National Pretreatment Standards or any national, state or local pretreatment requirements. (b) Specific Prohibitions. In addition, the following pollutants shall not be introduced into a a POTW; (1) Pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the POTW; (2) Pollutants which will cause corrosive sttuctural damage to the POTW, but in no case discharges with PH lower than 5.0; (3) Solid or viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow of the POTW resulting in interference; (4) Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) released in a discharge at a flow rate and /or pollutant concentration which will cause in- terference with the POTW; BOOK 5137 PAGE 1652 (5) Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW resulting in interference but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW Treatment Plant exceeds 40 C (104 F). (c) All discharges shall be prohibited except those that meet the criteria for "Domestic Wastewater." BOD concentration shall not exceed 300 *mg /1. *Maximum limit for average domestic water. (d) Any new connections from inflow sources into the sanitary sewer portions of the sewer system shall be prohibited. Section 17 -303 New Sewers and Connections (a) The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the BOCA Code and the applicable rules and regulations of the City of Owasso. (b) All new sanitary sewerage works shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Oklahoma State Department of Health Regulations. (c) When a public sewer becomes available (within 200 ft.) the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days unless temporary waiver is given by Council due to extraordinary circumstances. Section 17 -304 Penalty (a) A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof may be punished by a fine of not more than.$200 for each act of violation with each day constituting a separate violation. (b) In addition to the preceeding, under authority of subsection "a" of this section, the City of Owasso is entitled to pur- sue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes or other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges. (c) The City of Owasso reserves the right to terminate service to any customer that fails to pay bills whien due or dis- charges any prohibited wastes into the sewer system. Section Two (2) : All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The invalidity of any section, clause sentence or provision.of the ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of-the ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. Section Three (3): By reason of the detriment that may result to the sewer system from excessive, unlawful discharges, the Council declares that an emergency exists whereby the provisions of this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon first publication hereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 28TH day of June, 1988. Mayor ATTEST: Jane Buchanan, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney Boo 6-iNPAGE 16153 Affidavit Of Publication STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TTJLSA COUNTY, ss: Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, and authorized, says that he is the publisher of the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, July 14,1988.1 J CITY OF OWASSO Owass Reporter a Weekly ORDINANCE NO. 393 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PAW newspaper printed in the City of Tulsa 17, UTILITIES, PROVIDING FOR CHAPTER 3, PUBLICLY OWNED Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a newspaper qualified to TREATMENT WORKS, REGU- LATING THE USE OF PUBLIC publish legal notices, advertisements and publications as SEWERS, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWERS provided in Section 106 of Title 25 AND CONNECTION, AND THE Oklahoma Statutes 1971 DISCHARGE OF WATER AND WASTE INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER and 1983 as amended, and thereafter, and complies with SYSTEM; AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ail other requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with THEREOF, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND DIRECTING reference to legal publications. CODIFICATION. NOW,- THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE That said notice, a true copy of which is attached CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAI' Section Three (3): By reason of the hereto, was published in the regular edition of said detriment that may result to the sewer system from excessive, unlawful newspaper during the period and time of publication and discharges, the Council declares that an emergency exists whereby the provisions Of this ordinance shall take effect not in a supplement, on the following dates: immediately upon first publication hereof. T PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 28th 18th day of June, 1988, /s/ Stacy P. Lamb Mayor ATTEST: /a/ Jane Buchanan Subscribed and sworn to before me City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ronald D. Cates City Attorney Notary Public September 13, 1991 My Commission expires: September 13, 1991 PUBLISHER'S FEE $21.30