It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Bolivar, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Bolivar, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Chapter.

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.

The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City of Bolivar and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City of Bolivar, is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities herein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provision of this Chapter within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.

Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 720.020, Subsection (D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.

Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City of Bolivar, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City of Bolivar at the time the application is filed.

A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within seventy-two (72) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.

The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the absorption facility is greater than twenty percent (20%) of the area of the lot.

At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in this Section 720.030, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.

The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City of Bolivar.

No statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by a representative of the Missouri Clean Water Commission.

When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent.

There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:

All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City of Bolivar from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new building only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations of the City of Bolivar. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the material and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the current edition of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice shall apply.

Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approval means and discharge to the building sewer.

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his/her representative.

All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City of Bolivar.

The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City of Bolivar bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The Superintendent or his/her representative shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and course of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.

While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Section 720.060, Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City of Bolivar shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City of Bolivar employees and the City of Bolivar shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in this Chapter.

The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City of Bolivar bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private property through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easements shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.

Any person found to be violating any provisions of this Article, except Section 720.050, shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.

Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in this Section 720.070, Subsection (A) shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount as provided in Section 100.220 of this Code for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.

This Article sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system for the City of Bolivar, Missouri, and enables the City to comply with all applicable State and Federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR, Part 403).

The objective of this Article is:

This Article provides for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors to the municipal wastewater system through the issuance of permits to certain non-domestic users and through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorizes monitoring and enforcement activities, requires user reporting, assumes that existing customer's capacity will not be pre-empted, and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.

This Article shall apply to the City of Bolivar, Missouri, and to persons outside the City of Bolivar who are, by contract or agreement with the City of Bolivar, users of the City of Bolivar POTW. This Article is a supplement to Ordinances included in Chapter 720 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bolivar, Missouri, as amended. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Superintendent of the City of Bolivar POTW shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Article.

No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW of the City of Bolivar. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of the POTW of the City of Bolivar whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other National, State or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW of the City of Bolivar:

When the Superintendent determines that a user is contributing to the POTW any of the above substances in such amounts as to interfere with the operation of the POTW, the Superintendent shall:

Each user shall provide protection from accidental 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 owner's or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the City of Bolivar and shall be approved by the City of Bolivar before construction of the facility. All existing Users shall complete such a plan by January 1, 1988. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after the effective date of this Article shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the City of Bolivar. 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. Within five (5) days following an accidental discharge, the user shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed written report describing the 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 other damage to persons or property; nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed by this Article or other applicable law.

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 procedure.

If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged into the sewers of the City of Bolivar which contains any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in Section 720.104 or are in violation of the standards of pretreatment provided in Chapter 1, EPA Rules and Regulations, Subchapter (D), Water Programs Part 403 — Pretreatment Standards, Federal Register Volume 46, No. 18, Wednesday, January 26, 1981, and any amendments thereto, and which, in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes or equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise may create hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:

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 Standards within the time limitations as specified by the Federal Pretreatment Regulations. Any facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the City of Bolivar, Missouri, shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the City for review and can only be approved if passed by the State. City and State approval must be obtained before construction of the facilities. The review of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the City under the provisions of this Article. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and be acceptable to the City prior to the user's initiation of the changes.

The City shall annually publish in the local newspaper a list of users which, during the previous twelve (12) months, were significantly violating applicable pretreatment standards or requirements. A "significant violation" shall be:

All records relating to compliance with pretreatment standards shall be made available to officials of the EPA or approval authority upon request.

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 agency without restriction, unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user.

When requested by the person furnishing a report, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets of secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available upon written request to governmental agencies 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.

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 (10) day notification is given to the user.

In lieu of introducing untreated or partially treated wastewater into the POTW, the owner of the premises producing such waste may construct and operate at his/her expense private waste treatment facilities with the effluent discharged to the waters of the State, provided:

All significant industrial users (SIU's) as defined in Section 720.090 shall submit during the months of January, April, July and October a self-monitoring report to the Superintendent. The report shall contain the results of sampling and analysis of the discharge, including the flow rate and the nature of concentration or production and mass where requested by the Superintendent, of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standard. The frequency of monitoring shall be as prescribed in Section 720.113.

The reporting frequency for any industry may be altered by the Superintendent upon consideration of such factors as actual flow rates and pollutant concentrations, seasonal production schedules, etc.

All significant industrial users (SIU's) shall be required to monitor their discharge at the frequency stipulated in the individual industrial discharge permit issued for each SIU. The minimum frequency for any SIU shall be once every three (3) months. Monitoring shall consist of sampling the discharge on a composite basis over a twenty-four (24) hour period and determining the nature and concentration of pollutants contained therein which are limited by the applicable pretreatment standard. Upon promulgation of a Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard for a particular industrial category containing more stringent monitoring requirements, the requirements of this Section shall immediately be superseded. The Superintendent shall notify all affected Users of the more stringent requirements.

All analysis shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136 and amendments thereto or with any other test procedures approved by the Administrator. Sampling shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the Administrator.

(Where 40 CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling and analytical technique for the pollutant in question, sampling and analysis shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in EPA Publication "Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants", April, 1977, and amendments thereto, or with any other sampling and analytical procedures approved by the Administrator.)

The City of Bolivar shall require to be provided and operated by the SIU's own expense a control manhole to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of the building sewer and/or internal drainage systems. The control manhole shall normally be situated on the user's premises, but the City of Bolivar may, when such location would be impractical or cause undue hardship of the user, allow the facility to be constructed in the public street or alley area and located so that it will not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles.

There shall be ample room in or near such control manhole or facility to allow accurate sampling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, sampling and measuring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the user.

Any spill or accidental discharge of wastes which may create an explosion hazard in the sewage works or in any way a deleterious effect upon these works, treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings, animals or the receiving stream shall be immediately reported to the Superintendent by the person responsible for such spill or accidental discharge.

Such notification shall set forth the time and place of the spill or discharge, the type and quantity of material included in the waste, and actions taken to stop the spill or discharge.

It shall be the responsibility of each person having knowledge of the spill or accidental discharge to have available, insofar as practicable and reasonable, the following information:

It shall be the responsibility of each person responsible for the spill or accidental discharge to provide the Superintendent with written verification of what measures are to be taken to prevent a recurrence of any such spill or accidental discharge. Such information shall be in the hands of the Superintendent within seven (7) days after the spill or accidental discharge occurred. This report shall also include a description of the cause of the spill or accidental discharge. 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, civil penalties or other liability which may be imposed by this Section or other applicable law.

No person shall tamper with any sewer lines or make any connection to the sanitary sewage system of the City of Bolivar, either direct or indirect, without written permission from the City of Bolivar or reconnect sewer services when such services have been disconnected for non-payment of a bill for sewage services or for any other cause unless such bill for sewage services, including charges for disconnection, has been paid in full.

No person shall maliciously or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the municipal sanitary sewerage system.

Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits or monitoring programs and from inspections shall be available to the public or other government agencies without restriction, unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City of Bolivar that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled as trade secrets of the user.

When requested by the person furnishing a report, 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 upon written request to governmental agencies for uses related to the Article, provided that such portions of a report shall be available for use by the State in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.

Information accepted by the City as confidential shall not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general public by the City of Bolivar until and unless a ten (10) day notification is given to the user.

The City of Bolivar may adopt charges and fees which may include:

These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Article and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the City.

General Permits. All significant users proposing to connect to or to contribute to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or contributing to the POTW. All existing significant users connected to or contributing to the POTW shall obtain a wastewater contribution permit within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this Article.

Permit Modifications. Within nine (9) months of promulgation of a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, the wastewater contribution permit of users subject to such standards shall be revised to require compliance with such standards within the time frame prescribed by such standard. Where a user, subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standard, has not previously submitted an application for a wastewater contribution permit as required in Section 720.122, the user shall apply for an applicable National Categorical Pretreatment Standard. In addition, the user with an existing wastewater contribution permit shall submit to the Superintendent within one hundred eighty (180) days after the promulgation of an applicable Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard information required by paragraph (h) and (i) in Section 720.122(B)(1) (Wastewater Contribution Permits).

Permit Conditions. Wastewater discharge permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this Article and other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the City. Permits may contain the following:

Permit Duration. Permits shall be issued for a specified period of time, not to exceed two (2) years. A permit may be issued for a period less than a year or may be stated to expire on a specific date. The user shall apply for a permit reissuance a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days prior to expiration of the user's existing permit. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the City during the term of the permit as limitations or requirements as identified in Section 720.104 are modified or other just cause exists. The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in his/her permit at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of change. Any changes or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule for compliance.

Permit Transfer. Wastewater discharge permits are issued to a specific user for a specific operation. A wastewater discharge 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 owner or user shall also comply with the terms and conditions of the existing permit.

Compliance Date Report. Within ninety (90) days following the date for final compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or, in the case of a new source, following commencement of the introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any user subject to pretreatment standards and requirements shall submit to the Superintendent a report indicating 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 which are limited by such pretreatment standards or requirements. The report shall state whether the applicable pretreatment standards or requirements are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additional O&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 qualified professional.

Inspection And Sampling. The City shall inspect the facilities of any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this Article is being met and all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants of premises where wastewater is created or discharged shall allow the City or their representative ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises for the purpose of inspection, sampling, records examination or in the performance of any of their duties. The City, approval authority and (where NPDES State is the approval authority) the EPA shall have the right to 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 their premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with their security guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the City, approved authority and EPA will be permitted to enter, without delay, for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities.

It is determined and declared to be necessary and conductive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating and maintaining the public wastewater treatment works.

Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Section shall be as follows:

Classes Of Users — Charges. The following classes of users and charges to those users are hereby established as follows:

Class I: Residential, light commercial and light institutional users. Class I users are single-family contributors and non-residential users who contribute less than ten thousand (10,000) gallons per month or less of wastewater that is less than or equal to normal domestic strength wastewater. The current rate for this class of user is established by and set forth in the provisions of Section 710.050 of the Bolivar Municipal Code, as amended. The standard rate for Class I is eleven dollars ($11.00) per month for the first two thousand (2,000) gallons plus one dollar thirty-four cents ($1.34) per thousand gallons thereafter for the operation and maintenance, including replacement, as determined in Appendix "A" which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.[2] The standard rate may be reduced if and to the extent that the City subsidizes the standard rate by applying an appropriation to the sewer fund from the capital improvement sales tax or other revenue sources other than sewage user revenues. This reduction in the standard rate shall be calculated as shown on Appendix "A".

Class II: Heavy commercial/industrial users. Class II users are commercial and industrial users whose use of the sewer system may be extensive but whose BOD and SS do not exceed the limitations described in Appendix "A".[3] User charges shall be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of water or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user charge for that contributor shall be based on a wastewater meter or a separate water meter installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City. The current rate for a Class II user is established by and set forth in the provisions of Section 710.050 of the Bolivar Municipal Code, as amended. The standard rate is the same as a Class I user and the provisions relating to the standard rate and the subsidized standard rate as set forth above under Class I users are incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference.

Class III: Extra strength users. Class III users are those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic sewage as determined under Section 6 of Appendix "A".[4] The current rate for Class III users is established by and set forth in the provisions of Section 710.050 of the Bolivar Municipal Code, as amended. The standard rate is the rate applicable to Class I and Class II users and the provisions thereof relating to the standard rate and the subsidized standard rate are incorporated herein by reference. In addition, Class III users will pay an additional rate per pound of excess BOD at the rate of twenty-three cents ($.23) per pound and excess SS at the rate of twenty cents ($.20) per pound. These surcharges shall be calculated as shown on Appendix "A".

User To Pay Increased Costs — When. Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's treatment works or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user will be as determined by the responsible plant personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.

Rates Apply To All Users. The user charge rates established herein apply to all users, regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.

The City of Bolivar may suspend wastewater treatment service and/or a wastewater contribution permit when such suspension is necessary, in the opinion of the City, in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, to the environment, causes interfere to the POTW or causes the City to violate any condition of its NPDES permit.

Any person notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service and/or the wastewater contribution permit shall immediately stop or eliminate the contribution. In the event of a failure of the person to comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severancement of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW system or endangerment to any individuals. The City shall reinstate the wastewater contribution permit and/or the wastewater treatment service upon proof of the elimination of the non-complying discharge. A detailed written statement submitted by the user describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence shall be submitted to the City within fifteen (15) days of the date of occurrence.

Any user who violates the following conditions of this Article or applicable State and Federal regulations is subject to having his/her permit revoked:

The City may order any user who causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to enter the POTW to show cause before the Board of Aldermen why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the Board of Aldermen regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken, the proposed enforcement action, and directing the user to show cause before the Board of Aldermen why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) at least ten (10) days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation.

The Board of Aldermen may itself conduct the hearing and take the evidence or may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the City of Bolivar to:

At any hearing held pursuant to this Article, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript, so recorded, will be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment of the usual charges thereof.

After the Board of Aldermen has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge directing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances shall have been installed on existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances and are properly operated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued.