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Article I. General Provisions
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This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for dischargers into the City of Pasco’s, hereinafter referred to as “the City,” domestic and industrial publicly owned treatment works (POTW), and enables the City to protect public health in conformity with all local, state, and federal laws relating thereto, including the Clean Water Act (33 USC § 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403).

(1) In this regard, the objectives of this chapter are the following:

(a) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the domestic or industrial sewer which could cause interference with the operation of the POTW;

(b) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the domestic or industrial sewer which could pass through the POTW, inadequately treated, into the environment or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;

(c) To prevent damage to the transmission or treatment systems;

(d) To ensure that the qualities of the domestic and industrial biosolids are maintained at a level that allows their use and disposal in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations;

(e) To protect personnel who may be affected by wastewater and biosolids in the course of their employment, and to protect the general public;

(f) To improve the opportunity to reuse and reclaim wastewater and biosolids of the domestic and industrial POTW;

(g) To promote strategies which reduce the amounts of pollution generated by users of the domestic and industrial POTW, thereby reducing the associated hazards to the POTW and the environment;

(h) To enable the City to run a pretreatment program that meets Washington State rules in Chapter 173-216 WAC, federal rules of 40 CFR Part 403, conditions of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, State Waste Discharge Permit (SWD), sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject; and

(i) To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the POTWs.

(2) This chapter shall apply to all persons connected (or believed connected) to the sanitary sewer or industrial sewer collection systems. The chapter compels the production of information; authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein. [Ord. 4169 § 1, 2014; Code 1970 § 13.62.010(A).]