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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-08-25 86-351 ORDINANCEIntroduced by Councilor 0ullly August 25.1906 Suspension of EM Rules " CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (J0rDft=rBr ARiP.P5lln9 Cdaetez s.._Azticle s_ -_Mae of Public Sewers and Drains Be U ordained by the City CouuoU of City wFBAspr, asfoUops: a 06-351 ORDINANCE In City Council August 25,1906 ( TITUE.) Amending Chanter VrAx Suspension of:tM rules passed referedto public works consider Use o£Ipublic Severs and Drains next meeting p (% J C�' i.ti„-,� hd ond filed G/ Ctyce �, a O.e - In City Council September 8,1986 B Yes 1 Absent passed Voting Yes BrownjCOA,FreNxl,lebomita, Me Cartby,TSlley,NTeeler, Willey Absent Sullivan Chapter V, Article 9 Sec. L --1(1.7) • ARTICLE 9 - USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS AND DRAINS Sec. 1 Definitions. Unless the content specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terns used in this Ordinance shall be as follows: 1.1 *Biochemical Oxygen Canard" (B.O.D.): the quantity of oxygen utilized in bioGmdcal oxidation of organic matter under standard labor8tory procedure for five (5) days at 20 degress centigrade (20 ) expressed in milligrams per liter. 1.2 "Building Drain•: That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receves the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside a building and convoys it to the building serer, beginning eight fest (81) (2.5 peters) outside of the building wall. 1.3 "Building Sewer": The extension Croix the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. 1.4 "Cstegorfcal Pre[rea[vent Standards": The National Pmtceatmen[ Standards specify quantities or concentrations or pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced to POW by specific industrial dischargers. 1.5 "City": City of esngor. 1.6"C1g, r�": The City official appointed and designated by the City Manager as the City Engineer for the City of Bangor o[ his duly authorized representative. 1.7 "Combined Sewer": A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage. Council Ordinance 86-188 Passed: June 30, 1985 Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 1.8 - 1.17 1.8 'Cffltic sew Water and water -carried wastes nonoally insane oto the sanitary sewers fmn dwellings, including single-family hares, multi -family homes and hotels, £ron office buildings, factories and institutions, but not includbg storm water drainage or surface water drainage and rot including industrial wastes as defined in this Section. 1.9 "Garbage": Solid waste firm the dorestic and commercial preparatlm, corking, a i dispensing of food, and £rw the handling, storage and sale of fwd products and produce. 1.10 "Industrial User": My non-governnnental user of the City sewage systmn, including agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, transportation, mmenication, electrical, gas and sanitary services and any other industrial services discharging into the City sanitary swear system any industrial waste, or discharging into the City sanitary sewer system any waste other than drnrestic sewage as defined in this Section. 1.11 "Industrial Waste": All water, water -carried solids, liquid and gas wastes resulting frmm any industrial, manufacturing, o food processing operation or process or fron the developeant of any natural resource Or airy mixture of these fluids am dareatic sewage, or any mixture of these fluids with aayo o water or with any other liquid. 1.12 "Interference": The inhibition or disruption of a nunicipal sewer systan, treatment processes or operations which contribute to a violation of any requirements of its npC permit. 1.13 "Milliorams Per Liter": This term shall he abbreviated "mg/1", and shall mean a weight to volu a ratio. The figure appearing before the symbol "mg/1" shall be the nu:ber of milligrams to be found in 1 liter of the substance being tested. This figure can be transposed to pounds per million gallons of water by multiplying the figure appearing before the symbol "mg/1" by 8.34. 1.14 "Natural Outlet': Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditcgg lake, or other body of surface or groundwater. 1.15 "Non Od. Wrsest'cWrest'c Se�we a -i Sewage in which the average ' concentration of suspended materials does hot exceed 250 ng/l and in which the five (5) day'B.O.D. does not exceed 250 ug/1. 1.16 "NEMS': The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit PON= of the USEPA. 1.17 "Owner'; The owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge of any building or premises, or any person acting in the owner's behalf. ch. v, Art. 9 Sec. 1.18 - 1.30 1.18 "Person": My individual, firm, ompany, association, society, corparatTon, or group. 1.19 "pN . 'Ne logarithn (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration ezprema! in odes per liter. pH shall be determined by standard methods as defined in this Section. 1.20 "Pradses": My building or lot under individual ownership or lndivTl use where water service is metered independently. 1.21 "N : Publicly awned treatment works. 1.22 "Pretreatment": The reduction of the amvnt of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a leas harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into loiw. 1.23 "Pry rly Shredded Garbage": 7he wastes Emn the preparation, cooking, aha dispensi:g of fml that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely unsler the flow conditions Messily prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch (1.27 centirteters) in any dimension. 1.24 "Public Sewer": A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority. , 1.25 "Sanitary Sewer": A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are rot intentionally adnitted. 1.26 -S aeje": A canhination of the water -carried wastes fma residences, business buildings, institutions, and inMstrial eatahliahments, together with such ground, surface, and stomseaters as may he present. 1.27 "Sewage 1Yeatnent Plant": My arnangenent of devices and structures used for treating sawage. 1.� "Sewage Works": All facilities for collecting, p ing, treating and disposing of sewage: 1.29 "Sewer": A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. 1.30 "Shall": is mandatory: "may" is pecndssive. ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 1.31 - 1.39 1.31 "S�_ Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent orn quantity of Elm exceeds for any period of duration lomerthan fifteen (15) minutes note than five (5) times the average twenty-fmr (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation. 1.32 "Stardard Methods": Methods approved by the engineering professron cf examination of waste and wastewater. Evidence of standard methods may be subaitted by showing standard methods approved bythe American water Works Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Water Wllution Control federation. 1.33 "Storm prain": (Saretimes termed "storm sewer") A sewer Tick carries storm and surface waters am drainage, Wt excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water. 1.34"Superintendent the Sewgc Wastewater Treatment Superintendent of the City of Barter, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative. 1.35 "Suspended Solids Solids that either float m the surface of, or are in Suspensionwater, sewage, o other liquids, and Which are removablnbylaboratory filtering. 1.36 "beset": An exceptional incident in which a discharger uninM�tiaealiy-m+tp kmMMrrasily is in a state of hon-gonplimm with the Categorical Pretreatment Standards due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the discharger, and including nmc liame due to the extent caused by operational error, Enproperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatnent facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or Enproper operation thereof. 1.37 'Waste water": Sewage. 1.38 'Waste Water Plant': Any facility genes by fhe city am used Tor recerving and treating sewage. 1.39 "Watercourse": A chennel in whir a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 2 - 3(3.2) Sec. 2 Use of Public Sewers Raguired 2.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to piece, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the City of Bangor, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other Sjectionable waste. 2.1 it shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Bangor, or in any area oder the jurisdiction of said City, my sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with this ordinance. 2.3 Except as homina£ter 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. 2.4 The Amer of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or otter purposes, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley, o 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, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to cometnaot connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) fact (30.5 meters) of the property line. _ Sec. 3 permit Required 3.1 No person sall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first Staining a written permit from the City Engineer. Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial change in volume or character of pollutants that am being discharged into the system shall notify the City Engineer at least forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed . change or connection. 3.2 The pewit shall specify whether the connection is (a) for - residential and commercial service, or (b) for service to establishments producing or a filing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent mall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application sell be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City E ghee e Thpermit will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI, Article 0, Section ] of these Ordinances. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 4 - 4(4.6) Sec. 4 Installation and Connection to Public Sewer 4.1 A11 costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be boons by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City faun any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly he occasioned by the installation of the Wilding sewer. 4.2 A separms and inch peen building sewer shall be provided for very 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 W the rear Wilding through an adjoining alley, court, yard of driveway, the Wilding sewer frau the front building may he extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one Wilding sewer. 4.3 Old Wilding maers nay he used in connection with new Wildings only when they are faux], on examination and test by the City Engineer, W meet all requirements of this Ordinance. 4.4 The size, slope, align ant, materials of construction of a Wilding sewer, and the amWAs to be used in excavating, Placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirments or the Wilding and pl nbirg cede or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of code provisions the haterials and procedures ret forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply. 4.5 ahenever possible, the Wilding sewer shall be brought to the Wilding at an elevation .below the hesement floor. In all buildings in which any Wilding drain is too law W permit gravity €lax to the public sever, sanitary sewage Carried by such Wilding drain shall he lifted by an approved neann and discharged to the Wilding sewer. 4.6 No person shall make correction of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surfame..,� ncff or groundwater to a Wilding s or building. drain which in turn is noted directly orindirectlyto a public sanitary sewer. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 4.7 - 4.8 4.7 The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sower. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Engineer, or his representative. 4.8 All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to pmtect 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. p c ch. v, Arc. 9 Sec. 5 - 5(5.6) Sec. 5 Prohibited Disoharces. M person shall discharge any of the following substances or conditions into any public sanitary sewor in the City, into any sewer flowing into any public sanitary sewer in the City, or into any sewer flowing into any waste water plant owned or operated by the City. 'These require - vents shall apply to both sewage originating in the City Of B"M and the Towns of 9anoen ani Harmm. 5.1 Storm Water. No person shall discharge any storm water or ground water, roof runoff, sub -surface drainage or any water from downspouts, yard drains, fountains and ponds, suep pumps, septic tanks, lawn sprays, or geothernal type heating or cooling system into any sanitary sewer. Drainage from such sources shall be discharged into drains specifically designated for such purposes by the City Engineer Superintendent. Industrial cooling water my bediscMrged into such drains on approval by the City Engineer Superintendent. Such discharges shall amply with the reguirarentr of M M.R.S.A. 413. 5.2 Hot SubstMces. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit or sixty-five degrees Centigrade, or Mat arounts which will cause the NPA influent temperature to exceed one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit or forty degrees Centigrade. 5.3 Solidifiable Liquids. Any water or waste which contains oil, plastic or other substances, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred mg/l, or which may solidify or Moire discernibly viscuom at temperatures Mtween thirty -tun degrees Fahrenheit and One hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Centigrade and sixty-five degrees Centigrade. 5.4 Plaamable Materials. My gasoline, Mnsene, naptha, fuel oil or other flaamble or explosive liquids, solids or gases. 5.5 Solids. Solid or viscuous substances in quantity capable o&... causing obstruction to the flow of sanitary sewers . or of interfering with the operation of the waste water treatment works. -Snch substances include but are not limited to acids, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, manure, hair, animl wastes, parts of bodies of animis, lore slurry, lime residue, paint residues, fiMrglass or bulk solids. 5.6 Garbage. My garbage except properly shredded garbage. an. v, Art. 9 Sec. 5.7 - 5.10 5.7 Gaseous and Other Harmful Substances. My mxious or malodorous substance which can form a gas, which, singly or by interaction will: other wastes in the sewage system, is capable of Causing objectionable More or hazards to health, life or property or which by itself or in combination with other substances in the sewage system form solids and) concentrations exceeding the limits established in this Ozdinance or any substance which creates any Other Condition harmful to the structure M treatment processes of the waste water treatment system. - 5.8 Oil aM Grease. free Or efflulsifled oil and grease exceeding an average of one hundred ag/1 or eight hundred aM thirty pounds per million gallons of either oil or grease or any combination of oil and grease if it appears net the amounts Of oil and grease can do any of the following: deposit grease w oil on the sanitary armor lines in such a nanner s to ring or interfere with flow of sewage, overload the grease handling equipment of the waste water system, will mt he capable of being treated by the waste water treatment processes of the City or will have any harmful effect on the treatment process or ton treatment equipment due to the nature aM quantity of the substances. 5.9 Acids and Alkalis. Acids or alkalis, or waters containing the same, having a pt value lower than 6.0 or higher than 8.5. 5.10 Salts. Salts of heavy uetals in solution or suspension in concentrations toxic to biological waste water treatment processes or in concentrations sufficient to adversely affect sludge disgestion processim or any other biochemical, biological or other waste water treatment process or Harmful m the biology of the receiving stream to which the flow of the waste water treatment facility discharges, o exceeding any Of the following limits: and in an case stall ekceed say of the following limits: Toxic Substance Onva /1 CaAmium -b 0.02 Chromium -1 lA Capper -i 1y0 toad �4- o.lo Mercury AO?- 0-002 Nickel -3 1.0 Zinc 3 1.5 M. V, Art. 9 Sec. 5.11 - 5.16 x.11 Otber Elements. My other elements which will damage collection facilities or he detrimental to the treatment processes or W the receiving stream to which the effluent of the waste water treatment facility discharges. 5.12 Cyanide. Cyanide or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas or acidification in excess of two W/1 as Cx. 5.13 Radioactive Materials. Radiaective-nvtertalsdefix i -as �dousmateriaisuider-4edeeai-lmrs amga@PHea43ara§'+1Miena.-iawlu6}^4anYsubctanca wgiuedLy NR MS.-9�eparcmenEOFdav tts@ser t#secs-gavaal4+%r,-Paska9in+9 er-9}'peA-paokag}�si.w�ar..regwlatz�ws-fauna.-i,.4acFaau.4aati My radioactive wastes o isotopes in excessive amounts or of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits este is n amlicable Federal, State or Cicv 14rnIlations including any substance rewired by the United] states Ceparteent of Transportation to he A ck i or B wrier 49 CFR 1"13.926. 5.14 Tests Producing Substances. My waste waters containing phemis or other taste producing substances in such concentrations as to produce a detectable Nor or taste in the stream or other water course receiving the effluent from the treatment facilities. 5.15 Miscellaneous. Materials which cause unusual concentrations of inert solids such as fuller's earth or other solids such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride or shim sulphate. Materials which cause excessive discoloration, such as but cot limited to dye snares and.tarming solutions. Materials which cause excessive turbidity. Materials which cause unusual biochemical oxygen demand or an fmnediate oxygen' demand. Materials with a high hydrogen sulfide content. Materials with unusual flaw and concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein. 5.16 Tonic Substances. My other toxic substances hereafter determined by the eicy-Pngineer Wperfm u tendent by local regulation to not be amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes of the City or which might interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment plant's processes or which might1t the mtential eM use8 of the treabrent plant's sludges. In. V, Art. 9 Sec. 5.17 - 5.20 5.17 EPA Requirements. Any substance or material prohibited under 40 CFR Part 403, in particular 5 403.5(a) and (b). Also any other substance or material which results in a violation by the discharge of which discharge sults in the violation of the gulations, now or her of bubTv. including the U.S. EPA. Anv industrial sewer 5.18 If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to his discharged to the public sewers, which waters mntrin the substances or possess the characteristics enurerated in this Section and which in the judgwent of the rtt Tnglracer Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equiprent, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Efty-engineer Superintendent may: (1) Reject the wastes, (2) Require pretreatment W an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers, (3) Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or (4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes. If the eityOgineer Superintendent permits the pretreatrent or equalization of waste flows, the designandinstallation of the plants and eWiprent shall be subject W ths, review and approval of the Cacp-Eag r Superintendent, and subject to the requirerents of all applicable cures ordinances, end laws. Whom preliminary treatment or flow-egualizipg facilities are provider] for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effectiveoperationby the owner at his expense. 5.19 Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall he provided when, Enin the opinion of the City Engineer, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flamable wastes, sand, or other harnful - ingredients; except that such interceptors spall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall he of a type and capacity approved by the City Engineer, and shall be located as W he readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. 5.20 No discharger shall increase the use of potable or process water in any way, for the purpose of diluting a discharge as a partial or auplefe substitute for adequate treatment to achieve ¢appliance with the standards set forth in this Ordinance. in determining the mount of pollutants discharged, quantity limits shall take precedence over concentration limits. M. V, Art. 9 Sac. 6 - (6.3(5) Sec. 6 Industrial Discharges - Parmit Anolication 6.1 It shall he unlawful to discharge industrial wastes to any Boxer within the City orth any sewer connecting to e City's sewer systan within the Towne of Hanpden and Henson without having first cooplied with the terns of this Ordinance. 6.2 Ald-indusEefal-a:__`--� ashal]_obtaiavastewate�dischaz6e ' penuEseaBotherwiee-.so�rt>lY-wi+A-a1�Uare-o€-td�iaBWiwaace GrdA nicety{99}dayeafEeetA�e€faetivada6sof-this lXdarrame. 6.2 Industrial dischargers shall omplete and file with the City a disclosure declaration in the form prescribed by the City and- accrnq mniedtytheepproTaiate-Eee. Existing industrial dischargers shell file disclosure form; within sfrtyt" thirty (30) days after being notified by the City, and proposed new dischargers shall file disclosure fonre at least nicety (90) days prior to connectiml the municipal wastewater facilities. The disclosure to he made by the discharger shed m made on written fours provided by the City and] shall cover: (1) Disclosure of nase, address and location of the discharger. (2) Disclosure of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amerdbd. (3) Disclosure of known or suspected to be presented wastewater constituents and characteristics including but hot limited to those mentioned in this Ordinance. Any smnpling and analysis that is required by the City shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the D.S. EPA and contained in 40 CPR Part 136, as amended. 11ne acts of all such sampling, analysis and reportiM shell be fully home by the Industrial discharger. (4) Disclosure of time and duration of discharges. (5) Disclosure of average daily and instantaneous peak �""... wastewater flow rates, in gallons per day, including daily, monthly and seasonal variations, if any. All floes shall he ne red unless other verifiable techniques am approved by the City due to cost or nonfeasibility. Ch. V, Art. 9 sec. 6.3(6) - (12) (6) Disclosure of site plans, floor plans, mechanical and phmhig plans and details to show all sewers, sewer connections, inspection manholes, selling chambers and appurtenances by size, location and elevation. (7) Description of activities, facilities and plant process on the premises including all msrerials which are or may be dischry d to the sewer works of the City. (8) Disclosure of the nature and concentration of any known or suspected pollutants or materials prohibited by the Ordinance in the discharge, together with a statement regaoiiog whether or not conpliance is being achieved with this ordinance on a consistent basis and if not, whether additional operations aM maintenance activities and/or additional pretreatment is required for the discharger to comply with this ordinance. (9) Disclosure of each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rare of production. (10) Disclosure of the type end mmunt of raw materials utilized (average and maximum per day) (11) All disclosure forms shall be signed by the principal executive officer of the discharger, arNo-§nali£ie& engirees. ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 7 - 7.5(1) Sac. 7 Industrial Dische Wastebate[ Diachary¢ Fl+[mits 7.1 %mtewater discharge permits shell be expressly subject to all provisions of this Ordinance and all other regulations, use[ charges and fees established by the City. The conditions of wastewater discharge permits shall be unifornly enforced in accordance with this Ordinarce, and applicable State and Federal regulations. 7.2 wastewater discharge permits may ingose effluent restrictions or limits on the discharger if the Cfryfolt mer Superintendent determines that such limits are necessary to protect the quality of the treatment plant influent, effluent, or sludge, r to maintain ompliance with any applicable Federal or State law. 7.3 Permits shall Ce issued for a specified time period, not to exceed five (5) years. A pernit may be issued for a period of less than one (1) year, o may he stated to expire on a specified date. TM terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to nrdification and change by the Eity-6egi*eae Sucerintendent during the life of the permit, as limitations or requvrenents are �rodified and changed. The user should be infornrd of any proposed changes in hispermit at least forty- five (45) days prior to Ute effective date of charge. MY change or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable tine schedule for cwpliance. 7.4 wastewater discharge permits a issued to a specific operation. A wastewater discharge cernft shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new weer or a new user, different premises, or a new or changed operation. To facilitate the issuance of nem, Separate permits, the arty cngiaeae superintendent my allow new owners or individuals w operate an existing wastewater discharge parnit for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. 7.5 any user wbo violates the follwiW conditions of his permit, or of this Ordinance, or of applicable State and Federal regulations, is subject to having his permit revoked. Violations subjecting a user to possible revocations of hiti' permit include, but are not linitad to, the following: (1) Failure of a user to accurately report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge; - Ch. V, Art 9 - Sec. 7.5(2)-7.6.3 (2) Failure of the user to report significant changes in operations, or wastewater constituents and oneracteristics; (3) Refusal of reasonable access W the user's premises for purpose of inspection or monitaring; (4) Violation of conditions of the permit. 7.6 More additional pretreatnent mWor operation and maintenance activities will be required to comply with this Ordinance, the discharger shall provide a declaration of the shortest schedule by which the discharger will provide such additional. pretreatment aid/or iMlementation of additional operational and maintenance activities. 7.6.1 The schedule shall contain milestone dates for the commencement and crnpleticn of major events leading to the construction ate operation of additional - pretreatnent required for the discharger W comply with the requirements of this Ordinance including, but not' limited W, dates relating to hiring an engineer, cc pleting preliminary plans, crnpleting final plans, executing contracts for major components, commencing construction, completing construction, and all other acts necessary W achieve oapliance with this Ordinance. 7.6.2 Under no circustances shall the City permit a time increment for any single step directed toward compliance which exceeds nine (9) sonths. 7.6.3 No later than fourteen (14) days following each milestone date in the schedule and the final date for compliance, the discharger shall sutmit a progress report to the City including no less than a statement as W whether or not it cumplied with the increment of Progress represented by that milestone date and, if cot, ' the data on which it expects to comply with this increment of progress, the reasom for delay, and the steps being taken by the discharger to return the construction to the approved schedule. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 8 - 8.4 Sec. 8 Monionelm 8.1 All industries discharging into a public sewer shall perform such monitoring of their discharge as the City Engineer and/or duly authorizes enployces of the City may reasonably require, including installation, use and maintenance of monitoring egdipeent, keeping records and reporting the results of such monitoring to the eilyEtgineee superintendent. Such recoNa shall he made available upon request by the C'itp-Ldgineer suporintenlent to other agencies having jurisdiction over aischaraes to the receivinw waters. The industrial discharger 8.2 Each discharger shall provide and operate at the discharger's own expense, a monitoring facility W allow inspection. sampling, and flow measurement of each sewer discharge to the City. Each monitoring facility shall be situated on the discharger's premises, except where such a location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the discharger, the City may concur with the facility being constructed in the public street or sidewalk area provided that the facility is located an, that it wil not be obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles. There stall be ample roan in or near such sanpling facility to allow accurate saxpling and preparation of samples for analysis. The facility, sampling, and neasdring equiprent shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of the discharger. 8.3 All monitoring facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with all applicable local construction standards and specifications. Cmstructidn shall be oapletes within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of permit by discharger. 8.4 The City may inspect any portion of the discharger's premises to determine crspliance with the requirarents of this Ordinance. The discharger shall allow thea City or its representatives W enter upon the pranises of the discharger at all reasaable brine, for the purposea of inspection, sanpllft7g . or records examination. The City stall have the right to set W on the disctarger's property such devices as are necessary W concuct sarpling, inspection, oapliarce monitoring and/or metering operations. In the event that an industrial discharger i n or has previously been in ron-m�pliarxe with urs ordinanceorwith the discharger'a parmft, the disc2a—=r shall berequired to my tla full cast at all additional li dna anal is that the City my conduce to determine 1 ustriai orae a epee's cp ante ... t s manes. Ch. V., Art. 9 Sec. 8.5 - 9.2 8.5 All measurements, tests, end analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this ordinance shall to determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of h9ter and Wastewater", rublished by the Mericen Public health Asecciation, and shall be determined at the control mmohoid Mn ole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special maNnle as been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest point at which the building sewer is connected. Saipling shall M carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and M determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (the particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty- four (24) hour coupesite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. actually, but net always, BJII and suspended solids analyses are otimined from twenty -faun (24) Mur cvgposites of all outfalls whereas pH's are detetninet from periodic grab samples). Sec. 9 National Pretreatment Standards 9.1 National Categorical Pretreatment Standards as pramrlgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Pct shall be met by all dischargers. M application for mxxli£icatien of the National Categorical pretreatment standards may be subarted to the Pagional P inistrator by the City when the City's wastewater treatment systan achieves consistent renewal of the pollutants as defined by 40 CFR Sec. 403.7. 9.2 Any discharger subject M a National Categorical pretreatment Standard as defined in Sec. 1, Subsection 1.4 of this Ordinance, after the co pllance date of such Natimal Categorical Pretreatment Standard, or, n the case of a discharger,after casuencesent of the discharge to the City sewer system shall submit to the Cfty during the months of June and Eeman er, unless required more frequently by the City, a report indicating that nature and concentrations, of known o suspected prohibited and/or regulated substances in the effluent which are limited by the National Categorical PretreaOrent Standards hereof. In addition, this report shall include a recard of all measured or estimated average and a maximum daily flows during the reporting period. Flows shall Ch. v, Art. 9 Sec. 9.2 - 12.2 he reported on the basis of actual measurement, provided however, where coat or feasibility considerations Justify, the City nay, accept reports of average and mmimun flows estimated by verifiable techniques. Tho City for good cause shown. considering such factors as local high or lav flow rates, holidays, budget cycles, or other extenuating factors may authorize the submission of said reports an conchs other than those specified move. Sec. 10 Records. All dischargers subject to this ordinance shall retain and preserve for no less than three (3) years any cards, books, documents, mmoranda, reports, mrrespodence and any and all sundries thereof, relating to munitori1g, smpling and chemical analyses rade by or on behalf of a discharger in connection with its discharge. All records which pertain to matters which are the subject of Administrative Adjushnent or any other enforcement or litigation activities brought by the City pursuant hereto shall be retained and preserved by the discharger until all enforce rent activities have concluded and all periods of limitation with respect tO any and all appeals have expired. The City shall have the authority to inspect and copy all userecords pertaining m their discharges including Material Safety Cars Shears. sec. 11 state %puirements. State requirements and limitations on discharges to the municipal wastewater facilities shall be met by all dischargers which are subject to such standards in any instance in which they are wre stringent than Mederal regairements ad limitations Or those in this Or any other applicable ordinance. Sec. 12 Public Access 12.1 Infornition and data furnished W the City with respect m the nature and frequency of discharge shell he avialable to the public or other government]. agency without restriction unless the discharger specifically requestsand is able tc dmOnstrat he Me satisfaction of the City that the release of such infatuation would divulge infonration, processes o mechols of production entitled tO protection as trade secreta or proprietary information of has discharger. lat., .12.2 wnm requested by a discharger furnishing a report, the portions of a report which may disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall rot be made available for inspection by the public but stall he made available upon written request to governmantl agencies for uses related to this Ordinance, the Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 12.2 - 14.3 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, State of Maine waste Discharge License Certificate and/or the Pretreatment Programs; provided, hwaver, that such portions or a report shall be available for use by the State of any State agency in judicial review of enforcement proceedings involving Ohs discharger furnishing the report. wastewater c retituents and characteristics will not as recognized as confidential information. Sec. 13 Special Agreements. No statement contained in this Ordinance shall - be construed as preventing any special agreement Or arrangements between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste Of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefore, by the industrial concern, provided that such agreements m not contravene any requirements of existing Federal laws and are compatible with any beer charge and industrial cost recovery system in effect. Sec. 14 Private Swede Disposal 14.1 Where a public sanitary or contained sewer is not available under the provisions of Sec. 2, the building sewer shall he connected to a prviate sewage disposal system carplyirg with the provisions of this Section. Connections; shall also amply with the State Of Maine Plumbing Cade, Part II, 9IDsurface wastewater Disposal Regulations. 14.2 Before oamencement of construction of a private sewage disposal systam the Owner shall first obtain a permit from the Plu lhg Irepector. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the Maine Department of Hunan Services, Division of Health engineering, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the Plumbing Inspector. 14.3 A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall hot beome effective until the installation is coupleted to the satisfaction of the plumbing Inspector. He shall be allowed ,,.�,- to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any .�, event, the applicant for the permit shall notify him when the N work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. Ch. V,Art. 9 Sec. 14.4 - 15.1 14.4 The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage dispuel system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of public Health of the State of Maine, and shall M in compliance with the State of Maine Plunhing Cade, Part II, Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Fegulations, and the Minimun Int Siw law (12 M.R.S.S. C. 423-A). No permit shall be issued for any, private sewage disposal systen employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less Nan COD acre. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet. 14.5 At such timea public sewer bees available to a property served by a private ttm vate sewage disposal system, as provided in Sec. 2, a direct connection shall he made to the public sewer in compliance with this ordinance, anal my septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandwmed and filled with suitable materials. 14.6 The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary nanner at all tires, at no expense to the City. 14.7 No statement contaired in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirarents that nay be imposed by the Plumbing Inspector. 14.8 When a public sewer femmes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and a private sewage disposal system spall he cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank -run gravel or dirt. Sec. 15 '..ele'c't mk-Bfstxsak Haptage Disposal. 15.1 Any individual or firm engaged in the business of cleaning septic tanks or sanita term holding tanks may discharge the contents of said tanks at the Pollution Ahateaent Facility located on lower Main Street, ia-Nue-mammee'-aMaE-Ne deaaciesdeeigwbe9-4ytke�ity-regiaeer. The hours of disposal shall be between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M. on Monday through Friday, except holidays. Trucks having a volume gauge or a sight glass will to charged at the prescribed rate per 1,000'1. gallons for the actual volua delivered to the plant; trucks not having a gauge, ureter, or other answering device satisfactory to the Superintendent or his representative will he presumed to be full, and will be charged at the same rate for the entire vobme of the truck. Any individual or firm who dumps at another location within the City of Bangor or at a time other than as specified above, will he prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of 30 M.R.S.A. 34105. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 15.2 - 16.4 15.2 If at any time, in the opinion of the City-Elginser Superintendent the discharge of septic tank waste is placing an encase ve burden on the treat znt process at the Petbutim AtetemnK"Facttity Wastewater Treabrent plant, or is otherwise causing a nuisance, then the giEy-klx}treee Surerinte� nt may refuse to permit the disposal of said waste at the plant, ani town. -Hmrw�mata-br[rarsp�[ted-ro-mroelfer-ef[Ye mwn. Sec. 16 CPeration of Private Psm stations and Treatent plants 16.1 The operation of all privately arced pump stations, lift stations or ejector standards for the purpose of pnping sanitary sewage shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer; and shall be subject to inspection as outlined in Sec. S of this Crdinanca. 16.2 All private pump stations, lift stations or ejector stations dull be equipped with at least two paps, each of which shall have a capacity to pump the total design flow of the facility, and each being provided with automatic switches which will insure uninterrupted operation in case of overload or failure of the other. In addition, the pump statim facility shall have an approved standby gasoline or diesel generator system of sufficient capacity to operate the props in case of power failure, and shall also be equipped with an approved alarm system designed tC provide warning in case of mechanical failure. 16.3 All sewage pump stations, lift stations and ejector stations and attendant facilities stall be properly maintained by a qualified mechanic or operator, and a proposed schedule and method of maintenance shall he subject to the approval of the City Engineer. 16.4 No person or firm shall construct or operate a private sewage treatment facility without first obtaining the necessary waste discharge permits fmn the state Department of Environmental Protection. the operation of such plants shall meet all requirements as may be set forth by the State. If, in the - opinion of the su@eeiMe rent City Engin r the operation oiL •� any privately owned sewage treatment plant is considered to be unsatisfactory and is creating a nuisance, than the �ipeeinK4edeM City Engineer shell immediately notify the State Department of Environmental Protection of the problem. -'A>e•6npeMn[enden!-eM NiZ other duly authorized employee of the City shall have the right to inspect said facilities as provided in Sec. 8. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 17 - 19.1(3) Sec. 17 Sewer Use Charges 17.1 All parsons, £inns and cot ations within the City of Bangor who, are, or will be, corrected into the City sewage system shall he subject to a sewer use charge. A schedule of charges shall to established from tine W time by the City Council, W W Weed upn the velure and/w type of sewage discharged into .the systed. the schedule of chargee sMll he such that the WW1 revenues obtained shall cover the cost of ornistruc[ion, operation and maintenance of the entire system. 17.2 the schedule of sewer use charges SM11 M subject W the approval of the state Department of Environmental P Otectim and the D.B. EPA. 9 schedule of charges may M changed from time W tine W conform with new State and/or Federal criteria and W conform W the "went costs of construction, operation and maintenance. The current schedule of user charges, the method of ineaaumm3nt and collection, and all other regulations pertaining thereto shall be posted or available for inspection in the office of the City Clerk. Sec. 18 administration and Enforcement. The administration and enforcement of this Ordinance shall be the responsibility of the City Engineer of the City of Bangor. Sec. 19 violations 19.1 Any industrial waste discharger who experiences an upset in operations, which places the discharger in a temporary, instantaneous or ptOlonged state of non-capliance with this Ordinance shall inform the edty Sum tandem thereof fnnodiately upon first awareness of the upset. A written follorup report shall be filed by the discharger with the £ity Superintendent within two (2) weeks. The report shall specify: (1) Description of the upset, the cause thereof and the upset's impact on a diacMrger compliance status. (2) wratim of ncn gliance, including exact dates and ira times of nm- fiance, and if the ncn m liana continues, the tine by which compliance is reasonably _ expected W ower. (3) All steps taken or W be taken W reduce, eliminate and prevent occurrence of such an upset or other conditions of ton�liance. Ch. V, Art. 9 Sec. 19.2 - 19.5 19.2 If the City Engineer shall find any provision of this ordinance being violated, he shall notify in writing the person responsible for such violation, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary, to correct it. 19.3 The City may for goad cause sham suspend the wastewater treatment service to a dischargerN when it appears to e City that an actual or threatened discharge presents or may present an Brent or w1hatantial danger to the health or welfare of persons, substantial danger N the en resent, interfere win the operation of the sunicipal wastewater facilities or violate any pretraebumt limits inposed by this ordinance. My discharger notified of the suspension of the C ty`s wastewater treatment service shall iaaediately cease all discharges. In the event of failure of the discharger to couply voluntarily with the suspension order, the City shall take all action it dem necessary, including imnudiate severance of the sewer wwection, N tarmiwce former disctargefrw the discharger's preaises into the system. In addition, the City Solicitor is authorized to take all necessary action, including but net limited to the crmanaannnt of litigation in the nae of the City of Bangor, to cuspal or obtain the discharger's cuspliance with such order and N temirate any further discharges frena the discierger's pranises into the system. 19.4 Vfien the violation is net corrected by timely ca pliance, the City may order any discharger who causes or allow% cvMuct prohibited by this sever user ordinance hereof, to show cause before the City why the proposal service tenniwtion action should not be taken. A written notice shall be served on tie discharger by personal service, certified or registered, return receipt requested, specifying the tine ani place of a hearing to be held by the City regarding the violation, the resume why the enforcement action is N he taken, the proposed enforcement action, and directing the discharger to ehow cause before the City why the proposed enforcement action should net be taken. The notice Of the hearing shall be served no less than can (101 days before the hearing. Service may be made re any agent, officer, or authorized representative of a discharger. 'Rre proceedings at the bearing shall be considered by the City which shall then enter appropriate orders with respect w they alledged improper activities of the discharger. appeal of such orders may be taken by the discharger in accordance with applicable local or state law. 19.5 In the even[ N t tM C4 f M Industrial 'schazoe he in nw�nlrance w1[h Nrs (hdlnance or with di ha emit issued b Hx Cit the Crt my' a at its new, t to reemenc w the eschar 1 ance schedu e [o elurarete the cause of the violat won If no a regiment can he reached, the City can sedate a oyialrance schedule to the Industrial olsrha[ger. The eom&M schedule as include an mor Nevis usCrra sT cha'rate use of the dL V, art. 9 Sec. 19.5 - 22 City's sewers for the discharge of the undesirable wastewater. xE Ne Iiluatrial Oise rqe[ Ea la to meet the conpl a schedule, or has a historical record o£ violations, or las M to report a violation cord con W the Superintendent, the City is required, unaer tea Pretreaisent Standards, to fine the discharger inSignificant Nor,Compliance. The City i required by ren cal law to wblish the names of all dischargers ni 9pr£virant Ibn= luxe no's laroeac �rexspaper, to take legal corrective action against the discharger and to report the aisrtamer co sea �icn I in Boston, Massachusetts. See. 20 Adninisteacive Review. Any, discharger of any interested party snail have the right W request in writing an interpretation or ruling by the City Engineer on say matter covered by this Ordinance and shall he entitledto a prrn�t written reply. In the event that such inquiry is by a discharger and deals with matters of perfomance or wipliance with this ordinance for which enforcement activity relating W an alleged violation is the subject, receipt of a discharger's request, shall stay all enforcement proceedings pending receipt of the aforesaid writtan reply. Appeal of any order of the City Engineer entered pursuant W this ordinance may be appealed to the Superior Court in accordance with Rule BOB, Maine Rules of Civil procedure. Sec. 21 legal Action. When any violation of any provision of this Ordinance is found to exist, the City Solicitor is authorized in the mane of the City of Bangor, upon direction of the City Engineer, to institute any all all proceedings he deems necessary W obtain conpliance. Sec. 22 penalties. My person adjudged to be in violation of this Ordinance shall he guilty of a civil violation and shall be fined rpt less than $50.00 nor more Nan $1,000.00. Pesch day a violation is permitted to exist after notification shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to any penalties that Ml; City may'inwgae, any Terson or lmustrfal discharger that violates this O[dvirance ylicable discharge permit shall be required [o makeTvlviWtaon to the C t operati.Z problems, mechanical failures, fines oc penalties, Incurreo uY lla as a reau �tfie v of ds wastewater a schargeeor illegal act.