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HomeMy Public PortalAbout08102 O R D I N A N C E NO. 8102 REPEALED BY ORD. NO. 10082 AN ORDINANCE, repealing Ordinance No. 4982, as adopted March 9, 1983, and adopting a new ordinance in lieu thereof regulating the discharge to the facilities of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District of waters or liquid wastes which have been removed and transported from any pit, sump, holding tank, septic tank, sewage treatment plant or industrial facility. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. Ordinance No. 4982, as adopted March 9, 1983, is hereby repealed. Section Two. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer or to any public sewer facility other than the points of discharge designated in this section any waters or wastes which have been removed and transported from any pit, sump, holding tank, septic tank, sewage treatment plant or industrial facility. Under no circumstance will hazardous wastes as defined in 40CFR Part 261 be discharged. Acceptable points of discharge are as follows: 1. MSD Lemay Sewage Treatment Plant 201 Hoffmeister (63125) 2. MSD Lemay Pump Station 8520 Virginia Avenue (63111) 3. Coldwater Creek Sewage Treatment Plant 13798 Old Halls Ferry Road (63034) 4. Bissell Point Sewage Treatment Plant 10 East Grand Avenue (63147) 5. Missouri River Sewage Treatment Plant 3455 Creve Coeur Mill Road (63146) Section Three. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged such waters or liquid wastes at a designated point of 2 discharge without first obtaining a permit to operate in St. Louis County from the St. Louis County Department of Community Health and submitting to an annual check to determine if proper equipment is being utilized and such equipment is in acceptable working order. Section Four. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged such waters or liquid wastes at a designated point of discharge without approved authorization in the form of unassignable scrip, identified as "Waste Hauler Discharge Permit", issued by the District in increments of five hundred (500) gallons and five thousand (5,000) gallons of waters or liquid wastes. The fee for such permits shall be based upon the non-residential wastewater user charges in effect at the time the scrip is issued. Non-hazardous wastes of excessive strength may be accepted for discharge at controlled discharge rates for an additional charge, as agreed upon, between the original source of the wastes and the District. The number of Waste Hauler Discharge Permits (scrip) required will be based upon the total vehicle tank capacity, rounded up to the nearest five hundred (500) gallons. All applicants for unassignable scrip issued by the District shall furnish the following information on a Waste Transporter Identification Application: a) Name of person and address b) St. Louis County Department of Community Health Permit No. c) Vehicle State License No. for each vehicle operated 3 d) Volume of wastes removed each year for the last three years; new applicants to submit an estimate of volume for the first year e) Number of vehicles applicant has in transportation service f) Proof of comprehensive liability insurance Section Five. Any person granted a permit to discharge waters or liquid wastes at the points designated herein and in possession of proper authorization in the form of unassignable scrip assents to the conditions hereinafter stated and agrees to be bound by his conditional obligations and duties, to wit: 1. The permittee will discharge waters or liquid wastes at designated points only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday excluding holidays unless otherwise authorized. 2. The permittee will comply with all District regulations and follow the directions of District employees while on District premises. 3. The permittee binds himself to save the District harmless from any and all damage and expenses which may be suffered by it by reason of any or all of his acts done on its premises, including but not as a limitation, the discharge of the aforesaid substances or materials set out in the District's sewer use ordinance. 4. The permittee will maintain adequate comprehensive Liability Insurance and furnish a certificate of same to the District for its approval when filing the Identification Application. 5. The permittee will, in the event of spills or leakage of waters or liquid wastes on the District's premises, as a result of his acts or faulty equipment, appropriately clean to the satisfaction of the attendant on duty the area involved. Section Six. The District has the right to refuse the 4 discharge of any hauled waste if in the opinion of the District such wastewaters could cause operational and maintenance problems or be detrimental to the health of District employees. A sample of the waters or liquid wastes being discharged shall be collected by the attendant on duty at a designated point of discharge and submitted for analysis to the District's Department of Environmental Compliance to determine its compliance with the requirements of the District's sewer use ordinance and applicable state and federal regulations. In the event these waters or liquid wastes are found to be in violation of said ordinance, the permit to discharge to any District facility may be revoked and any damages incurred by the District will be charged to the person discharging said wastes. Section Seven. Certain waters or liquid wastes of commercial or industrial origin may be acceptable for discharge once prior permission for such discharge has been obtained from the District's Department of Environmental Compliance. Section Eight. The discharge of waters or liquid wastes into any District facility, manhole or other location not approved for such discharge shall be considered unlawful and the person responsible for such discharge shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the County Jail or City Workhouse, as the case may be, for not more than one (1) year, or both, by such fine and imprisonment for each such 5 violation. Section Nine. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of the Ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this Ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. Section Ten. This ordinance shall become effective on November 1, 1990. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted June 15, 1990.