[Ord. No. 1226, § I, 6-23-2020]
No person shall violate any provision of this chapter, any regulation established pursuant to it, federal or state law, regulation, or pretreatment requirement or any order of the City relevant thereto, or any conditions of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter.
The City may enforce this section by commencing an action for appropriate legal and/or equitable relief. Such relief may be civil, injunctive or criminal.
[Ord. No. 1226, § I, 6-23-2020]
Any person who shall violate this chapter, any regulation, or any permit granted pursuant to this chapter or regulation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $5,000 or the maximum allowed by state law for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
The Commissioner shall establish from time to time a schedule of offenses and fines therefor, such fines to be levied in accordance with the procedures of Chapter 4 1/2 of this Code. Inclusion or omission of any offense on such schedule shall not prevent the City from taking any other or additional enforcement action as may be required to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Schedules of Fines
Violation of chapter, general
$300
Late or incomplete industrial discharge reporting, first offense
$100
Late or incomplete industrial discharge reporting, second and subsequent offense
$100 x number of offenses
Making connection or discharging to sewer without permit
$300
Failure to report changes in industrial discharge, slugs, etc.
$500
Exceeding permit limits for regulated pollutants, each
$500
Discharge pH less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5, first offense
$500
Discharge pH less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5, second and subsequent offense
$500 x number of offenses
Improper sampling or nonrepresentative monitoring of industrial wastewater discharge, after warning
$1,000
Dilution of discharge to avoid pretreatment after warning
$1,000
Discharge to sewer of prohibited substance, pollutant or waste
$1,000
Discharge causing interference in operation of WWTP or pass through not resulting in violation of city NPDES permit
$1,000
Significant noncompliance with pretreatment standards
$2,500
Discharge causing interference in operation of WWTP or pass through resulting in violation of city NPDES permit
$5,000
Discharge to sewer or explosive substances, gasoline, fuels, or volatile chemicals not otherwise permitted, etc.
$5,000
NOTE: Violation of pollutant concentration limits shall be determined by daily average measurements and analyses. Fines shall be assessed per violation per day, each such day constituting a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 1226, § I, 6-23-2020]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the City for reason of such offense, including, in the case of industrial users determined by the Commissioner to be in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards, the cost of publication of such record of noncompliance in the largest daily newspaper published in the area of the wastewater system as required by 40 CFR Part 403.8.