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Chapter 13.03A
Section 13.03A.0312
 

Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03A Pretreatment

Article III. Wastewater Discharge Permit

Section 13.03A.0312 Discharge Permit Revocation, Suspension [3.12]

The Plant Manager may suspend or revoke any discharge permit because of:

  1. failure to notify the Plant Manager of significant changes to the wastewater in advance. A “significant change” is one which affects compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or requirements;
  1. failure to provide prior written notification to the Plant Manager of changed conditions;
  1. misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts in the wastewater discharge permit application;
  1. late filing or significant or repeated errors or falsifying self-monitoring reports, certification statements, or any other disclosures;
  1. tampering with monitoring equipment;
  1. refusing to allow the Plant Manager timely access to the facility premises and records;
  1. failure to meet discharge/effluent limitations;
  1. failure to pay discharge permit fees or other charges assessed under the authority of this chapter, including fines or penalties;
  1. failure to pay application, sewer, or other applicable charges;
  1. failure to meet compliance schedules;
  1. failure to complete a wastewater survey or wastewater discharge permit application;
  1. failure to provide advance notice of a permit transfer or modification where needed;
  1. if the City has to invoke its emergency provision as cited in SMC 13.03A.0903
  1. violation of any pretreatment standard or requirement, or any terms or conditions of an applicable discharge permit or this chapter; or
  1. any other reason stated in this chapter or otherwise deemed due and sufficient.

Wastewater discharge permits shall be voidable upon cessation of operations or transfer of business ownership. All wastewater discharge permits issued to a particular user are void upon the issuance of a new wastewater discharge permit to that user.

NOTE: Bracketed enumerations reference the numbering in the EPA Region 10 Model Ordinance of March 27, 2012.

Date Passed: Monday, November 9, 2020

Effective Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020

ORD C35961 Section 35