HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 94-18
ORDINANCE NO. 94-K
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIAL USERS OF
THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING A NEW
ARTICLE VIII OF CHAPTER 173 OF THE CODE
REGULATING WASTEWATER SYSTEM USE;
ESTABLISHING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING
CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRlAI, AND
SPECIAL USERS; ESTABLISHING PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS; PROHmITING CERTAIN DISCHARGES TO
THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM; PROVIDING AUTHORITY
FOR INSPECTIONS; ESTABLISHING SURCHARGES FOR
NONCONFORMING DISCHARGES; ESTABLISHING
METERING AND SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS;
ESTABLISHING FLOW AND CONCENTRATION
CONTROLS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee desires to establish
uniform requirements for the City of Ocoee's wastewater collection :j"ld treatment system; to
prevent introduction of pollutants into the sewer system which might interfere with the system
or contaminate the sludge or effluent from the system; and to prevent puHutants passing through
the wastewater treatment system and entering the environment withou', adequate treatment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this
Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166,
Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. A new Article VIII of Chapter 173 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby created to read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
REGULATION OF SEWER USE
Section 173.66. Definition. As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Biochemical oXY2en demand (BOD) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5) days
at twenty (20) degrees centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter by weight.
Buildin2 sewer shall mean the connecting pipe from a building, begimling five (5) feet outside
the inner face of the building wall, to the connection with the service lateral, provided by the
city at the property line.
Cate~orical Industry - an industry for which EPA has promulgated pollutant discharge limits
in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act, which applies to a specific
category of Industrial Users.
Clean Water Act shall mean The Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (33 USC ~~ 1251-1387).
Color shall mean the true color of the light transmitted through the waste solution after
removing suspended material, including the pseudocolloidal particles.
Commitment shall mean an official document authorizing performance of a specific activity
regulated by this article.
Composite Sample shall mean a minimum of eight (8) grab samples collected at equally spaced
one (1) hour intervals, per operating shift and proportioned according to flow.
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Daily Maximum shall mean the results of one day sampling - either a single grab sample or
composite sample during a twenty-four (24) hour period.
Department shall mean the City of Ocoee Public Utilities Department.
Director shall mean the Director of the Public Utilities Department.
Domestic waste shall mean all liquid and waterborne pollutants, exclusive of unpolluted water
or wastewater or wastes from processes or operations in industrial establishments.
40 CFR 403 shall mean Part 403 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, entitled,
"General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution."
Grab Sample shall mean a single "dip and take" sample collected at a representative point in
the discharge system.
Industrial User shall mean any user of publicly owned treatment works identified in the
"Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987", Office of Management and Budget, as
amended and supplemented under the following divisions:
Division A - Agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Division B - Mining.
Division D - Manufacturing.
Division E - Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and sanitary service.
Division I - Services.
Industrial waste shall mean the liquid and waterborne pollutants resulting from processes or
operations by industrial users.
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institutions together with minor quantities of ground and surface waters that are not admitted
intentionally.
Sienificant Industrial User is defined as follows:
All categorical industries and/ or
Any noncategorical industry that:
(i) Discharges 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater ("process
wastewater" excludes sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewaters)
(ii) Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5 percent or more of the
average dry weather hydraulic or organic (BOD, TSS, etc.) capacity of the
treatment plant.
(ill) Has a reasonable potential, in the opinion of the City, to adversely affect the
POlW treatment plant (inhibition, pass-through or pollutants, sludge
contamination, or endangerment of POlW workers).
Slue shall mean any discharge of water or wastewater in which the concentration of any given
pollutant, or the rate of flow, exceeds more than five (5) times the allowable discharge limit of
concentration or average rate of flow during a normal working day (Le., one-, two- or three-
shift operation) and continues for a period of more than fifteen (15) minutes, or the discharge
of any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a discharge
at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the treatment
works.
St>ecial User Surcharee shall mean the additional charge to industries and other users of the
Treatment works for treatment and disposal of wastewater with characteristics in concentrations
greater than normal strength.
Standard methods shall mean the analytical procedures set forth in the latest edition of
"Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
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Public Health Association, or "EPA Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes,"
published by the Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality Office.
Stren~h of waste shall mean the concentration, expressed in milligrams per liter by weight
(mg/l), of a pollutant or substance contained in the liquid waste.
Suspended solids shall mean the total solid matter that either floats on the surface of, or is
suspended in, water or liquid waste, and which is removable by laboratory fIltration.
Treatment works shall mean any plant, pipeline system, facility, or property used or useful or
having the present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment,
disinfection, or disposal of sewage, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing shall
include existing sewers, sewer improvements, intercepting and trunk sewers, pumping stations
and force mains, the sewage treatment plant or plants, outfalls and all necessary appurtenances
and equipment, including all extensions and improvements thereto and shall include all property,
rights, easements, and franchises relating to any such work deemed necessary or convenient for
the operation thereof.
Unpolluted wastewater shall mean any wastewater which is substantially free of pollutants and
is discharged from the following:
(a) Rain downspouts and drains;
(b) Footing drains;
(c) Storm and surface water drains; and
(d) Cooling water systems.
Unpolluted wastewater shall contain, by de:fmition, none of the following:
(a) BOD in excess of five (5) milligrams per liter;
(b) Suspended solids in excess of five (5) mg/l;
(c) Emulsified greases or oils;
(d) Acids or alkalies;
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(e) Phenols or other substances in quantities sufficient to impart taste or odor in
receiving waters;
(f) Toxic or poisonous substances;
(g) Noxious or odorous gases; and
(h) Temperature in excess of one hundred forty (140) degrees Fahrenheit.
Unpolluted wastewater shall also mean any wastewaters judged by the Department of
Environmental Protection of the State of Florida to be admissible to streams and watercourses
under the jurisdiction of said department, and in accordance with the standards of water quality
established by said department for the particular stream or watercourse into which such
unpolluted wastewater is to be discharged.
Wastewater shall mean the spent water of the community comprising the liquid and water-
carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with
minor quantities of ground and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Wastewater disposal charees shall mean the charges made for the conveyance, treatment, and
disposal of wastewater and is synonymous with and replaces the term "sewage disposal service
charges" as used in antecedent documents.
Section 173-67. Industrial User Permits
A. Permit Applications - Existing and proposed new Industrial Users shall be
required to obtain a Permit pursuant to this Section. Applicants for a Permit shall
complete and file with the City an application in the form prescribed by the City.
Proposed new Industrial Users shall fIle their applications at least ninety (90) days
prior to their discharging to the Public Owned Treatment Works, as defmed in
the 40 CFR 403. The applicant shall submit, where appropriate, the following:
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1. Name, address, telephone number, and location (if different from address)
of applicant, owner of the premises from which industrial wastes are
intended to be discharged, and the name of a local representative duly
authorized to act on behalf of the applicant;
2. SIC number according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
Bureau of the Budget, 1972, as amended or as amended in the future;
3. Average daily and three (3) minute peak wastewater flow rates, including
daily, monthly and seasonal variations if any;
4. Schedule of all industrial process waste flows produced before and after
pretreatment if any, at said premises, including the daily volume and
wastewater constituents and characteristics as determined by representative
samples and analyses done by a qualified laboratory acceptable to the City
and in accordance with "Standard Methods";
5 . Estimated time and duration of discharge within a twenty percent (20 %)
tolerance;
6. Site plans, floor plans, mechanical and plumbing plans and details to show
all sewers, sewer connections, and appurtenance~ by the size, location and
elevation;
7. Each product produced by type, amount, process or processes and rate of
production;
8. Type and amount of raw materials processed (average and maximum per
day);
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9. Number and type of employees, and hours of operation of plant and
proposed or actual hours of operation of pretreatment system;
10. Any other information as may be deemed by the City to be necessary to
evaluate the permit application; and
11. A compliance schedule for meeting applicable pretreatment standards.
B. Processing and Issuance of Permits -
(1) The Director will act only on applications that are accompanied by
a report which contains all the information required in paragraph (A) above.
Persons who have filed incomplete applications will be notified by the Director
that the application is deficient and the nature of such deficiency and will be given
thirty (30) days to correct the deficiency. Upon receipt of a complete application,
the Director shall review and evaluate the application and shall propose such
special Permit conditions as he deems advisable. All Permits shall be expressly
subject to all the provisions of this Article and all other applicable ordinances,
laws, and regulations.
(2) Upon completion of his evaluation, the Director shall notify the
applicant of any special conditions which he proposes be included in the Permit.
The applicant shall have thirty (30) days from and after the date of the Director's
recommendations for special Permit conditions to review same and file written
objections with the Director regarding any such special Permit conditions. The
Director may, but shall not be required to, schedule a meeting with applicant's
authorized representative within fifteen (15) days following receipt of the
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applicant's objections, and attempt to resolve disputed issues concerning special
Permit conditions. If applicant flies no objection to special Permit conditions
proposed by the Director or if a subsequent agreement is reached concerning
same, the Director shall issue an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit to the
applicant with such special conditions incorporated therein.
(3) The Director shall deny any application for a Permit which does
not meet the criteria for issuance of a Permit as set forth in this Article.
(4) Issuance of a Permit shall not relieve the discharger from
complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances promulgated by
other governmental authority, nor shall the issuance of a Permit be construed as
a representation by the City that the discharge permitted therein complies with all
of such laws, regulations and ordinances. Permits are issued solely to govern the
discharge of wastewater into the public sewerage system and the applicable
receiving waters, as between the discharger and the City, and shall not be
construed to benefit any third party.
C. No permit shall be issued to any user which does not meet the following
standards:
1. The waste to be discharged will not cause damage to the treatment works.
2. The waste to be discharged is amenable to the treatment processes
employed in the wastewater treatment facility.
3. The concentrations of substances, compounds, and elements in the waste
proposed to be discharged, do not exceed the established discharge limits.
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4. The waste proposed to be discharged, does not contain any pollutants
which will inhibit or interfere with the operation or performance of the
treatment works; and no such pass-through interference shall be permitted.
For clarification of the term "pass-through", see 40 CFR 403.3(n).
D. No person shall discharge industrial wastewater into the City of Ocoee's sewer
system without fIrst applying for and obtaining a Permit; except that
notwithstanding the foregoing, all dischargers of industrial wastewater into the
City of Ocoee's sewer system prior to the effective date of this Article are hereby
granted temporary authority to continue to discharge industrial wastewaters in
compliance with the City's codes, regulations, and policies. This temporary
authority shall expire ninety (90) days after the date of notifIcation by the
Director of the requirement for a discharger to submit a Permit application. Any
industrial user discharging pursuant to the temporary authority provided herein
is subject to all provisions of this Article, and such authority may be suspended
or revoked in accordance with the terms and procedures, set forth herein.
E. Any person who proposes to make a signifIcant change in the character or volume
of any industrial waste discharge into a sanitary sewer shall make written
application (on a special form furnished by the department) to the Director for a
new permit to discharge industrial waste and shall not make a signifIcant change
in the character or volume of any such industrial waste discharge unless and until
a new Permit has been issued. The application shall be supplemented by any
information which may have been furnished by the applicant to any other
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governmental agency and by such other plans or other data as the Director may
reasonably require for purposes of determining whether the qualifications are met
as specified in this chapter.
Section 173-68. Authority for Inspection.
A. The Director, and other duly authorized employees of the department bearing
proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all parts of the
premises of any industrial user, at reasonable times, for the purpose of inspection,
observation, flow measurement, sampling, examining and copying records, and
testing of industrial waste and other pollutants in accordance with these
regulations and the Clean Water Act.
B. Any industrial user subject to the reporting requirements of these regulations shall
maintain records of all information resulting from any monitoring activities. Such
records shall include for all samples: The date, place, method and time of
sampling and the names of the person or persons taking the samples; the dates
analyses were performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical
techniques/methods used; and the results of such analyses.
C. The industrial user shall be required to retain for a minimum of three (3) years
any records of monitoring activities and shall make such records available as
public information.
Section 173-69. Excluded Wastes.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or deposit any of the following
materials, waste materials, wastes, gases or liquids into any sanitary sewer.
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1. Any waste, liquid or vapor at such a temperature as will create hazardous
conditions within, or cause deterioration of, the sanitary sewers, or inhibit
the biological activity in the treatment works resulting in interference, but
in no case heat 'in such quantities that the temperature of the influent at the
treatment works exceeds one hundred four (104) degrees Fahrenheit.
Unless a specific temperature is a condition of the user's wastewater
discharge permit, no user shall discharge effluent into any sewer line of
the treatment works exceeding one hundred forty (140) degrees
Fahrenheit.
2. Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oil, whether or not
emulsified, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter by weight,
which may solidify or become viscous at tempera~ures between forty (40)
and one hundred-forty (140) degrees Fahrenheit or contain petroleum
products, nonbiodegradable cutting oils, or prodLcts of mineral origin.
3. Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat or grease.
4. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
5. Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 11.0, or
having any other corrosive properties capable of either causing damage or
creating a hazard to structures, equipment and or personnel of the
department. An excursion of greater than 15 minutes per day lower than
6.0 or higher than 11.0 will be considered a violation. A variance to the
upper pH limit may be granted by the Director if it has been determined
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to be beneficial to the department. An applicarion for the variance must
be made in writing to the Director. The variance may be terminated by
the Director at any time it is determined the discharge is causing damage
or creating an operational problem in the system or a hazard to structures,
equipment and or personnel of the department.
6. Any waters or wastes having a color which is not removable by the
existing waste water treatment plant processes and which causes the plant
effluent to exceed color requirements for discharge to the receiving
waters.
7. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, kerosene, toluene, xylene or other
hydrocarbon solvents or oils, or other flammable or explosive liquids,
solids or gases or fuel tank bottom waters or fuel contaminated ground
water.
8. Any other solid or viscous substance in quantities capable of causing
obstruction to flow in sewers or interference with proper operation of the
treatment works, including but not limited to ashes, cinders, ceramic
wastes, sand, mud, straw, shavings, thread, gla1's, rags, metal, feathers,
bones, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, insulation materials, fibers of
any kind, stock or poultry feed, processed grains, viscera or other fleshy
particles from meat, poultry or seafood processing or packing plants, lime
or similar sludges.
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9. Any noxious of malodorous gas or any substance capable of creating a
public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing entry of workmen into the
treatment plant or collection system for maintenance, inspection or repair.
10. Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD), etc.,
discharged into any treatment works in such a flow rate or strength as to
cause interference with the operation or perfonnance of the treatment
works.
11. Any contents removed from septic tanks, grease traps, or food service
separators.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge into any sanitary sewer any of the
following material in concentrations exceeding the stated limits:
1. Any toxic or poisonous substance or any other materials in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or
interfere with the wastewater treatment processes.. or to constitute a hazard
to humans or animals, or to cause a violation of the water quality
standards for the effluent from the treatment works, or cause sludge
products to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to exceed the
limitations set forth in a pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall
include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section
307(a) of the Clean Water Act.
2. Permissible concentrations of heavy metals and other incompatible
pollutants in the discharge of any user of the treatment works will be
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established from time to time. Such limitations will recognize the total
quantity of each such material received at the treatment works, the
tolerance of the treatment processes thereto, the efficiency in removal of
the material and the appropriate effluent or stream standards adopted by
the state or federal regulatory agencies.
3. The following maximum daily concentrations and monthly averages of
certain metals are hereby established:
METAL Daily Monthly
Maximum Average
Mg/L Mg/L
Arsenic as As 0.10 0.05
Barium as Ba 10.0 5.0
Cadmium as Cd 0.4 0.2
Chromium as Cr (total) 5.0 2.5
Copper as Cu 3.6 1.8
Lead as Pb 0.6 0.3
Manganese as Mn 2.0 1.0
Nickel as Ni 3.6 1.8
Selenium as Se 0.04 0.02
Silver as Ag 1.0 0.5
Zinc as Zn 3.6 1.8
Mercury as Hg 0.010 0.005
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4. All of the following shall be excluded from the treatment works unless
certain conditions of pretreatment concentrations and volumes have been
especially described and approved by the Director:
Antimony
Bery ilium
Bismuth
Cobalt
Molybdenum
Rhenium
Strontium
Tellurium
Tin
Uranium
Cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas
on acidification in excess of one (1) mg/l by weight as Cn are prohibited.
5. Any radioactive isotope in concentration greater than that permitted by the
latest effective regulations promulgated under applicable federal or state
law.
6. Any pollutant, except in compliance with standards promulgated by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection.
Section 173.70. Surcharges.
A. Those users with wastes having suspended solids, BOD or other constituent
concentrations in excess of the maximum values of unpolluted waste water shall
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be subject to surcharge(s) for excess concentrations of suspended solids, oxygen
demanding constituents or other constituents as follows:
Constituent ppm - Allowable Constituent ppm
= % Surcharge
Allowable Constituent ppm
% Surcharge X Normal Use Charge for Period = Amount of Surcharge
The surcharge, unless exception is made by the Director, will be based on
constituent most exceeding allowable limit during period involved and will be
based on average results from a minimum of two (2) laboratory analyses taken
at different times during period involved.
B. The Director shall advise each user what analyses shall ':>e conducted on waste
samples and the frequency of sampling required. Samples may be required to be
taken and analyzed by the user, at his expense, in a manner and at such intervals
as required by the Director and copies of test results shall be furnished to the
Director on forms approved by him. Samples may also be taken and analyzed
periodically by the staff of the waste water plant operations division.
Section 173-71. Metering and Sampling.
A. All industrial users discharging or proposing to discharge in excess of twenty five
thousand (25,000) gallons per day of wastewater shall provide a control manhole
of design approved by the Director, incorporating a wastewater meter and
provisions for collection of flow proportioned composite samples of waste waters.
B. All Industrial users discharging or proposing to discharge less than twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons per day, shall provide means for convenient and
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accurate determination of the quantity of wastewater discharged to the sewers by
one of the following:
1. A wastewater meter, or
2. The city water metered into the premises or to the industrial process and
discharged to the sewers, or
3. The private water supply metered for use on the premises or in the
process and discharged to the sewers, or
4. A combination of (2) and (3) above.
C. All industrial users discharging or proposing to discharge less than twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons per day shall provide a convenient location for
sampling wastewaters before discharge to the sewers. 'lne location or locations
shall permit accurate correlation of wastewater characteristics with the volume
and rates of flow of wastewater past the sampling location.
D. All control manholes and metering and sampling facilities shall be installed and
maintained by the special user at his own expense.
E. Samples shall be collected and analyzed annually or more frequently as
determined by the Director. A sample shall comprise three (3) or more separate
composite samples, each of which is collected and composited in relation to flow
during a customer's normal working day, as necessary in the opinion of the
Director, to represent fairly the characteristics of the wastes.
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Section 173-72. Pretreatment.
A. Any person whose proposed discharge cannot meet the standards for discharge to
the sewer system set forth in this Article shall have the sole responsibility to
implement, at his own expense, the methods for eliminating the problem so as to
make the waste discharge comply with these requirements and with the
pretreatment standards established pursuant to this Chapter, Section 307 of the
Clean Water Act and 40 CFR Part 403 Pretreatment Regulations.
B. Upon the promulgation of the pretreatment standards, industrial users subject to
such standards shall, within one-hundred-eighty (180) days, submit a report to the
department containing all or applicable portions of the fonowing:
1. The name and address of the industrial user, iI, eluding the name of the
operator and owners.
2. A list of any enviromental control permits held by, or for, the industrial
user.
3. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard
industrial classification of the operation(s) carried out by such user.
4. Information showing the average and maximUIl1 flow of the discharge
from such industrial user to the treatment works, in gallons per day.
5. The results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and
concentration of pollutants, and the applicable pretreatment standards for
each regulated process.
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6. A statement reviewed by an authorized representative of the industrial user
and certified by a qualified professional, indicating whether pretreatment
standards are being met consistently and, if not, whether additional
operation and maintenance are required to meet the pretreatment
standards.
7. If additional pretreatment or operations and maintenance will be required
to meet the pretreatment standards, then the report shall contain the
shortest schedule by which the industrial user will provide such additional
pretreatment. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than
the compliance date established for the applicable pretreatment standard.
C. Within ninety (90) days following the date for final compliance with applicable
pretreatment standards, any industrial user subject to ple~reatment standards shall
submit to the department a report stating whether the pr~treatment standards are
being met on a consistent basis and, if not, what additio.'ul modifications would
be necessary to bring the industrial user into compliance with the applicable
pretreatment standards. This statement shall be signed by an authorized
representative of the industrial user and certified by a qualified professional.
D. Any user subject to a pretreatment standard shall be required to submit to the
department during the months of April and October a report for the preceding six
(6) months, indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the effluent
which are limited by such pretreatment standards. In addition, this report shall
include a record of daily flows and any other information deemed necessary to
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ensure compliance with the pollutant limitations. This report shall be signed by
an authorized representative of the industrial user.
Section 173-73. Determination of Character and Strengths of Wastes.
The industrial waste and/or pollutants being discharged by any persons into the treatment
works shall be subject to periodic inspection and analysis. A determination of character and
strength of said wastes may be made annually, or more often as may be deemed necessary by
the Director or his authorized representative. Samples shall be collected over such period of
time and compo sited in such a manner as to be representative of the wastes being discharged.
The laboratory methods followed in the examination of said wastes shall be those as set forth
in Standard Methods.
Section 173-74. Flow and Concentration Control.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any given pollutant, including
oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), in a slug as defmed in this chapter.
Any slug discharge shall be reported to the department immediately by telephone.
B. Within five (5) days following such occurrence, the user shall provide the
department with a detailed written report describing the cause of the discharge
and measures taken by the user to prevent similar occurrences.
C. 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.
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Section 173-75. Enforcement.
In the event of discharges of wastewater in violation of these regulations or of any order
issued by the department as authorized by these regulations, which present an imminent or
substantial endangerment to the treatment works, the department may, in addition to enforcement
proceedings pursuant to Chapter 1 of the Code, take emergency measures which include, but are
not limited to, interruption or termination of service without notice.
SECTION 3. A new Subsection G to Section 173.4 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby created to read as follows:
173.4 Sewer surcharges.
Sewer users with discharges which exceed maximum concentrations shall be
subj ect to a surcharge as set forth in ~ 173.70 of this Chapter.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, selite;nce, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reasons held invalid or unconstitu i.tonal by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, ,jistinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereto.
SECTION 5. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City that
the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of
the City; and that sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "chapter", "section", "article", or such other appropriate word
or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the
code is accomplished, sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the
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correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City
Manager, without need of public hearing, by fIling a corrected or recodified copy of same with
the City Clerk.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~/1lday of :LlAu,
,1994.
APPROVED;
ATTEST;
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
;$ $:ur ;)~~ -j A
s. Scott Vandergrift, Mayn~
(SEAL)
ADVERTISED 6-9 , 1994
READ FIRST TIME 6-7 , 1994
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
Jl/A)6- .;2/ , 1994
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO.Y&2.
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
this 31 day of.l'l4\.l , 1994
FOLEY & LARDNER
By:
r10J r ~
City Attorney
A:\INDUSfl.NEW 16/10/94118WOIO ITKM:jh
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