HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD16194BILL NO. 2021-069
SPONSORED BY Councilmember Fitzwater
ORDINANCE NO. I t1 114
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 (SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL)
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY CHANGING
DEFINITIONS, ADJUSTING SPECIFIC POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 29 (Sewers and Sewage Disposal) Sec. 29-1 (Definitions and
Abbreviations) is amended as follows:
Dental Amalgam. An alloy of elemental mercury and other metals that is used in the
practice of dentistry.
Dental Dischargers. A facility where the practice of dentistry is preformed including, but
not limited to, institutions, permanent or temporary offices, clinics, home offices, and facilities
owned and operated b
A Federal, state or local governments, that discharges wastewater to a
ublicl owned treatment works
Significant noncompliance. Applies to all significant industrial users (or any other industrial user
that violates C, D, or H hereof) and shall mean:
A. violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66 percent or
more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period exceed, by any
magnitude, the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter
numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined
in article III;
B. Violations in which 33 percent or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant
parameter taken during a six-month period equal or exceed the product of pretreatment
standard or requirement including instantaneous limits, as defined by article III multiplied
by 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH;
C. Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement as defined by article III
(daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the
director of public works determines has caused, alone or in combination with other
discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of POTW
personnel or the general public;
D. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health,
welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the POTW's exercise of its emergency
authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
E. Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance schedule milestone
contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction,
completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
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F. Failure to provide, within 4-5 30 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline
monitoring reports, 90 -day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and
reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
G. Failure to accurately report noncompliance;
H. Any other violation, which may include a violation of BMPs, or group of violations
which the director of public works determines will adversely affect the operation or
implementation of the local pretreatment program.
Section 2. Sec. 29-94 (Interceptors) is amended as follows:
Sec. 29-94. Interceptors.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided at the user's expense wwn,, in
accordance with the Building Code or the opinion of the Director of Public Works, they are
necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any
flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients except, that such interceptors shall not be
required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Director of Public Works and shall be so located as to be readily
accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They
shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which
when butted in place shall be gas-tight and watertight. Where installed,all grease, oil and s^fa
inter-ee-pter-s shall be mait4aiaed by the user-, at his or- bef -Idi4ifmottsly effieien4
epefatk)HS.
Traps and Interceptors shall have cleaning schedules as frequent as necessary torp event
discharge ofrg ease and oil to the sanitary sewers. Owner shall maintain records of cleaning
in a manner acceptable to the Director of Public Works. Records shall be maintained for a
least one (1) year and shall be made available to City staff during periodic inspections or
upon request.
(Ord. No. 9979, § 2(32-45.9), 6-6-83; Ord. No. 13301, 11-5-2001)
Section 3. Sec. 29-96 (Specific Pollutant Limitations) is amended as follows:
Sec. 29-96. Specific pollutant limitations.
A. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and the total suspended solids discharged to the
City's POTW shall not exceed 450 mg/l. Any discharges(s) in excess of the limit shall
enter into an agreement with the City for an exception and/or implementation of an
approved pretreatment program.
B. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged wastewater to the POTW containing
concentrations in excess of the limitations as set forth for the following substances:
Pollutant
Daily
Maximum (mg/1)
Arsenic
0.10
Cadmium
0.50
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Chromium
5.0
Copper
5.00
Lead
1.0
Mercury
0.10
Nickel
4.00
Zinc
5.00
Cyanide
1.30
Phenols
0.50
Iron
4-:99- 25
Manganese
1.00
Molybdenum
1.00
Selenium
0.50
Silver
0.50
Benzene
0.05
BTEX
0.75
Surfactant
MBAS
100
Oil and grease
1 100
(Ord. No. 9979, § 2(32-46.3), 6-6-83; Ord. No. 10444, § 1, 7-1-85; Ord. 10957, § 2, 11-17-87;
Ord. 13198, § 9,5-21-2001; Ord. 14288, § 1, 12-3-2007)
Section 4. Sec. 29-101.1 is amended as follows:
Sec. 29-101.1. Records, information, etc., from industrial users.
A. When required by the Director of Public Works industrial users shall have on file with
the City, wastewater information deemed necessary for determination of compliance with
this chapter, the City's NPDES permit conditions, and State and federal law. Such
information shall be provided by completion of a questionnaire designed and supplied by
the Director of Public Works and by supplements thereto as may be necessary.
Information requested in the questionnaire and designated by the user as confidential is
subject to the conditions of confidentiality as set out in section 29-7.
Any industrial user and POTW subject to the reporting requirements established
in this chapter shall maintain records of all information resulting from any
monitoring activities required by this chapter. Such records shall include for all
samples:
a) The date, exact place, method, and time of sampling and the names of the
person or persons taking the samples;
b) The dates analysis were performed;
C) Who performed the analysis;
d) The analytical techniques/methods use; and
e) The results of such analyses.
2. Any industrial user subject to the reporting requirements established in this
section shall be required to retain for a minimum of €we three years any records
of monitoring activities and results (whether or not such monitoring activities are
required by this Chapter) and shall make such records available for inspection
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and copying by the Director of Public Works. This period of retention shall be
extended during the course of any unresolved litigation regarding the Industrial
User or POTW or when requested by the Director or the Regional Administrator.
B. Where a person owns, operates or occupies properties designated as an industrial user at
more than one location, separate information submittals shall be made for each location
as may be required by the Director of Public Works.
C. The Director of Public Works shall implement measures to insure the confidentiality of
information provided by a user pursuant to this chapter.
D. Existing and new dental dischargers must submit a one-time compliance report for
dental amalgam on a form designed and supplied bj the Director of Public Works.
(Ord. No. 9979, § 2(32-47.1), 6-6-83; Ord. 13198, § 10, 5-21-2001; Ord: No. 13301, 11-5-2001)
Section 5. Section 29-108 is amended as follows:
Sec. 29-108. Notification of violation.
Whenever the City finds that any user has violated or is violating this chapter, wastewater
contribution permit, or any prohibition, limitation of requirements contained herein, the City may
serve upon such person a written notice stating the nature of the violation. Within ten days of the
date of the notice, a plan for the satisfactory correction thereof shall be submitted to the City by
the user. The Wan shall contain a description of the noncompliance and its cause; the period
of the noncompliance including exact dates and times, and if the noncompliance has not
been corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue; and stens taken to reduce,
eliminate, andrp event the reoccurrence of the noncompliance. Submission of this plan in no
way relieves the user of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the notice
of violation. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the City to take any action,
including emergency action or any other enforcement action, without first issuing a notice of
violation.
Section 6.This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
Passed: ►o)J� Imo' � 1 gaz/
Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Approved:
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Mayor Carrie Tergin
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Att hey
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