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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 72-52KEWJr/im/9/28/710 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY REPEALING CHAPTER 3.2A AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 32A, BEING A CHAPTER REGULATING THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS; REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS; REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC WASTEWATER FACILITIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 32A of the Code of Ordinances, City of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby enacted and, after being so enacted, the same shall read as follows: Section 32A-1. Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows: (1) "B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 200C., expressed in milligrams per liter. (2) "Building Drain" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 3 feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (3) "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. (4) "City" shall mean the City of Beaumont, Texas. (5) "Director of Public Utilities" shall mean the Director of Public Utilities of the City of Beaumont, Texas, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. D-72_ —/v --7 (6) "Domestic Wastewater" shall mean waterborne wastes normally discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface water and industrial wastes. "Normal" domestic wastewater shall mean "normal" sewage for Beaumont in which the average concentration of 5 -day B.O.D. is established at 250 milligram per liter, on the basis of the normal daily contribution of twenty hundredths (.20) pounds per capita, per 100 gallons, and the average concentration of Suspended Solids is established at 300 milligram per liter. (7) "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the prepara- tion, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.. (8) "Industrial Waste Inspector" shall mean the Agent of the Superintendent of Water Reclamation responsible for maintaining constant control over Liquid Industrial Wastes in the City of Beaumont, or his authorized deputy, agent or represents Live. (9) "Industrial Wastes" shall mean all waterborne solids, liquids, or gaseous wastes resulting from any industrial, manufacturing or food processing operation or process, or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic wastewater. (10) "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body or surface of ground water. (11) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group, or partnership. (12) "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. -2- ` x ; (13) "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. (14) "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. (15) "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries wastewater to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. (16) "Wastewater" shall mean a combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present. (17) "Wastewater Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating waste- water. (18) "Wastewater Facilities" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater. (19) "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive. (20) "Slug" shall mean any discharge of water, waste- water or industrial waste other than toxic materials which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity or flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation. (21) "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes wastewater and polluted industrial wastes. -3- (22) "Superintendent1° shall mean the Superintendent of Water Reclamation Division of the City of Beaumont, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. (23) "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filter- ing. (24) "Unpolluted Water or Waste" shall mean any water or waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols, or other substances imparting taste and odor in receiving water; toxic poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more than ten parts per million each of suspended solids and B.O.D. The color shall not exceed fifty .parts per million as measured by the Platinum - Cobalt method of determination specified in the Standard Methods for the Fxami nati nn of Water nnrd WA G t-Pwa tar (25) "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. Section 32A-2. Use of the Public Sewers. (1) Discharge of storm water, etc. to sanitary sewer prohibited. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run off, subsurface drainage or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. (2) Designation of sewers for storm water, etc. In compliance with the Texas Water Quality Act and other statutes, the Director of Public Utilities may designate storm sewers and other watercourses into which unpolluted drainage described in subsection (1) of this section may be discharged. Unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Director -4- of Public Utilities, to a storm sewer, or watercourse, or into the sanitary sewer system upon prior written approval of the Director of Public Utilities or Superintendent of Water Reclamation. (3) Discharge of manufacturing, industrial, etc. wastewater. In cases where, in the opinion of the Superintendent, the character of the wastewater from any manufacturer or industrial plant, building or other premises is such that it will damage the system or cannot be treated satisfactorily in the system, the Director of Public Utilities shall have the right to require such user to dispose of such waste otherwise, and prevent it from entering the system. (3.1) Prohibited Discharge. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the sewer or drainage system of the city, directly or indirectly, any of the following described matters, waters or wastes: (a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°F or which will cause the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant influent to increase at a rate of 10°F or more per hour, or a combined total increase of plant influent temperature to 1100F. (b) Any water or.waste which may contain more than one hundred (100) milligram per liter, by weight, or fat, oil or grease, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 320 and 1500 Fahrenheit (0-650 centigrade). (c) Any gasoline, benzine, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas. (d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. (e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, -5- 1 or other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities. (f) Any wastes or waters containing suspended or dissolved solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the wastewater treatment plant or in the public wastewater facilities. (g) Any noxious or maloderous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. (h) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the wastewater facilities. (i) Any water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance, such as plating or heat treating waste, in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to con- stitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent. (j) Any heavy metals, in solution or suspension, in concentration exceeding the following: Arsenic 0.05 milligram per liter Barium 5.0 milligram per liter Boron 1.0 milligram per liter Chromium 5.0 milligram per liter Cadium 0.02 milligram per liter Copper 1.0 milligram per liter Lead 0.1 milligram per liter Maganese 1.0 milligram per liter Mercury 0.005 milligram per liter Nickel 1.0 milligram per liter Iron 5.0 milligram per liter Selenium 0.02 milligram per liter Silver 0.1 milligram per liter Zinc 5.0 milligram per liter (k) Any cyanide greater than 1.0 milligram per liter or CN. (1) Any waters or wastes containing phenols, hydrogen sulfide, or other taste -and -odor producing substances, shall conform to concentration limits established by the Public Utilities Department. After treatment of the composite waste- water, concentration limits may not exceed the requirements established by state, federal, or other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to receiving waters. (m) Any radio active waste greater than allowable releases as specified by current United States Bureau of Standards Handbooks dealing with the handling and release of radioactivity. (4) Discharge of water, wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances, statement required. Where the operation of a person, firm or corporation entails the discharge of water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances, a written statement, on a standard form provided by the Director of Public Utilities, 'setting forth the nature of the operation contemplated or presently carried on shall be filed with the Director of Public Utilities. The statement shall contain the amount of water: which.will be used and its source, the proposed point of discharge of wastes into the sewer system of the city, the estimated amount so to be discharged, and a fair statement setting forth the expected bacterial, physical, chemical, and other known characteristics of said wastes. Within 30 days of receipt of such statement, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Utilities to make an order stating such minimum restrictions as in the judgment of the Superintendent may be necessary to guard adequately against un- lawful uses of the City's Wastewater Facilities. (5) Interceptors—When required; type, capacity, location, construction. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided for the proper handling of liquid wastes, containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, -7- sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for premises used exclusively as private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Director of Public Utilities and shall be located as to be readily and easily 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 bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight. (6) Same—Maintenance. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (7) Review and approval of certain wastes; preliminary treatment facilities generally. The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having (a) a five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater, than 250 milligram per liter, or (b) containing more than 300 milligram per liter of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section 32A-2(3), or (d) having an average daily flow greater than one percent of the average daily wastewater flow of the City, or unusual (slugs) flow and concentration, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent. Where necessary to comply with this ordinance, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 250 milligrams per liter, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constitutents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 32A-2 (3.1), or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. IM 1. Natural outlet; 2. Watercourse; 3. Storm sewer; 4. Other area within the jurisdiction of the City. (c) The Director of Public Utilities Department shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of laws, regulations, ordinances, rules m d orders of federal, state and local government. Section 32A-3. Protection from Damage. The city may pursue all criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes and ordinances against a person negligently, willfully or maliciously causing loss by tampering with or destroying public sewers or treatment facilities. Section 32A-4. Power and Authority of Enforcing Agents. The Director of Public Utilities and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identifica- tion shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 32A-5 Penalties. (1) Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance except Section 32A-3 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof, said time limit to:be'determined by the Director of Public Utilities, but in no event shall the time limit for correction of the violation exceed thirty (30) days. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, -12- • permanently cease all violations. If the offender continues violation after the expiration of the time stated, the Director of Public Utilities may prohibit the further use of the wastewater facilities by the offender and may remove or close the offender's sewer and water connections. Where acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines or treatment processes are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper treatment of wastewater, the Director of Public Utilities is authorized to immediately terminate service, and the Director of Public Utilities, if he shall find the same constitutes a public nuisance, shall have the power to abate the same forthwith. (2) Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in the preceding section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. (3) Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation. Section 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to a particular person, or to a particular set of circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall in no way affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. -13- PASSED by the City Council this the 1611 day of ac��'�9"l1� -3 1972. �z Mayor - -14- KEWJr/im/9/28/720 ORDINANCE NO. F ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 32A OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY REPEALING CHAPTER 32A AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 32A, BEING A CHAPTER REGULATING THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS; REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS; REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC WASTEWATER FACILITIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 32A of the Code of Ordinances, City of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby enacted and, after being so enacted, the same shall read as follows: Section 32A-1. Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows: (1) '"B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 200C., expressed in milligrams per liter. (2) "Building Drain" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 3 feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (3) "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. (4) "City" shall mean the City of Beaumont, Texas. (5) "Director of Public Utilities" shall mean the Director of Public Utilities of the City of Beaumont, Texas, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. P (6) "Domestic Wastewater" shall mean waterborne wastes normally discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface water and industrial wastes. "Normal" domestic wastewater shall mean "normal" sewage for Beaumont in which the average concentration of 5 -day B.O.D. is established at 250 milligram per liter, on the basis of the normal daily contribution of twenty hundredths (.20) pounds per capita, per 100 gallons, and the average concentration of Suspended Solids is established at 300 milligram per liter. (7) "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the prepara- tion, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. (8) "Industrial Waste Inspector" shall mean the Agent of the Superintendent of Water Reclamation responsible for maintaining constant control over Liquid Industrial Wastes in the City of Beaumont, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative. (9) "Industrial Wastes" shall mean all waterborne solids, liquids, or gaseous wastes resulting from any industrial, manufacturing or food processing operation or process, or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic wastewater. (10) "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body or surface of ground water. (11) "Person';' shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group, or partnership. (12) "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. -2- No Text (22) "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of Water Reclamation Division of the City of Beaumont, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. (23) "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filter- ing. (24) "Unpolluted Water or Waste" shall mean any water or waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols, or other substances imparting taste and odor in receiving water; toxic poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more than ten parts per million each of suspended solids and B.O.D. The color shall not exceed fifty parts per million as measured by the Platinum - Cobalt method of determination specified in the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. (25) "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. Section 32A-2. Use of the Public Sewers. (1) Discharge of storm water, etc. to sanitary sewer prohibited. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof run off, subsurface drainage or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. (2) Designation of sewers for storm water, etc. In compliance with the Texas Water Quality Act and other statutes, the Director of Public Utilities may designate storm sewers and other watercourses into which unpolluted drainage described in subsection (1) of this section may be discharged. Unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Director -4- No Text or other solid or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interferences with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities. (f) Any wastes or waters containing suspended or dissolved solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materia]s at the wastewater treatment plant or in the public wastewater facilities. (g) Any noxious or maloderous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. (h) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the wastewater facilities. (i) Any water or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance, such as plating or heat treating waste, in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to con- stitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent. (j) Any heavy metals, in solution or suspension, in concentration exceeding the following: Arsenic 0.05 milligram per liter Barium 5.0 milligram per liter Boron 1.0 milligram per liter Chromium 5.0 milligram per liter Cadium 0.02 milligram per liter Copper 1.0 milligram per liter Lead 0.1 milligram per liter Maganese 1.0 milligram per liter Mercury 0.005 milligram per liter Nickel 1.0 milligram per liter Iron 5.0 milligram per liter Selenium 0.02 milligram per liter Silver 0.1 milligram per liter Zinc 5.0 milligram per liter (k) Any cyanide greater than 1.0 milligram per liter or CN. sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for premises used exclusively as private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Director of Public Utilities and shall be located as to be readily and easily 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 bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight. (6) Same—Maintenance. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (7) Review and approval of certain wastes; preliminary treatment facilities generally. The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having (a) a five-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 250 milligram per liter, or (b) containing more than 300 milligram per liter of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section 32A-2(3), or (d) having an average daily flow greater than one percent of the average daily wastewater flow of the City, or unusual (slugs) flow and concentration, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent. Where necessary to comply with this ordinance, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 250 milligrams per liter, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constitutents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 32A-2 (3.1), or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. IRR • � ��� M. �. �� 4 C � �p �fbs Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and of the State Department of Health of the State of Texas, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. (8) Maintenance of preliminary treatment facilities. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously, in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense. (9) Manholes. When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Director of Public Utilities. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. (10) Standard of acceptance of wastewater excessive in concentration; surcharge; determination of concentration. Persons, firms, or corporations discharging industrial waste which exhibit none of the characteristics of wastes prohibited in Section 32A-3 other than excessive B.O.D. or Suspended Solids but having a concentration in excess of 11normal" sewage as defined in Section 32A-1(6) as "normal" domestic sewage may be accepted for treatment if all the following requirements are met: Q 1. The waste will not cause damage to the wastewater facilities. 2. The waste will not impair the treatment processes or plant effluent quality. 3. The donor agrees to a surcharge over and above sewer rates as established in Section 32-8 Code of Ordinances, City of Beaumont, Texas. The method for computing the surcharge shall be set by the following formula: IC - B + V [a(B.O.D. - 250) + b(S.S. - 300)] IC - Industrial Charge B - Basic rate for Domestic Wastewater as set forth in Section 32-8 Code of Ordinances, City of Beaumont, Texas. a - B.O.D. surcharge factor ($0.125 per million gallon per milligram per liter). b - S.S. surcharge factor ($0.117 per million gallon per milligram per liter). B.O.D. - Five day Biochemical Oxygen Demand of the industrial waste (mg/1) to be measured at intervals from composite samples. S.S. - Suspended Solids of industrial waste (mg/1) to be measured at intervals from composite samples. V Volume discharge in million gallons per month. The basis for determining the surcharge shall be reviewed bi-annually and shall be adjusted to reflect any increase or decrease in wastewater treatment costs based on the previous years experience. Determination of the average concentration of strength of the waste delivered shall be made by the City and tests made on representative average samples collected by the City shall be made at intervals as the City may desire. Samples shall be taken and tests made and approved by the City and values shall be final in fixing the applicable surcharge. However, the -10- (1) Any waters or wastes containing phenols, hydrogen sulfide, or other taste -and -odor producing substances, shall conform to concentration limits established by the Public Utilities Department. After treatment of the composite waste- water, concentration limits may not exceed the requirements established by state, federal, or other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to receiving waters. (m) Any radio active waste greater than allowable releases as specified by current United States Bureau of Standards Handbooks dealing with the handling and release of radioactivity. (4) Discharge of water, wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances, statement required. Where the operation of a person, firm or corporation entails the discharge of water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances, a written statement, on a standard form provided by the Director of Public Utilities, 'setting forth the nature of the operation contemplated or presently carried on shall be filed with the Director of Public Utilities. The statement shall contain the amount of water: which will be used and its source, the proposed point of discharge of wastes into the sewer system of the city, the estimated amount so to be discharged, and a fair statement setting forth the expected bacterial, physical, chemical, and other known characteristics of said wastes. Within 30 days of receipt of such statement, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Utilities to make an order stating such minimum restrictions as in the judgment of the Superintendent may be necessary to guard adequately against un- lawful uses of the City's Wastewater Facilities. (5) Interceptors® -When required; type, capacity, location, construction. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided for the proper handling of liquid wastes, containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, am Company may request in writing that parallel sampling and tests at all times be made.by the Company and the City, in which case the surcharge may be made, assuming City approval of Company's test methods, using the average of comparable values obtained by Company and City. For establishments discharging less than 20,000 gal/day, the B.O.D. and suspended solids may be determined from standard values for various industries established by the Public Utilities Department. The rate factor, as established by test, for a producer will not be subject to revision more often then once each six months. (11) Measurements, tests, and analysis. All measure- ments, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which. reference is made in Section 32A-2(3) and 32A-2(7) shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in' Section 32A-2(9) or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest down- stream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. (12) Compliance with existing authority. (a) Unless exception is granted by the Director of Public Utilities, the public sewer system shall be used by all persons discharging: 1. Wastewater; 2. Industrial waste; 3. Polluted liquids; or 4. Unpolluted waters or liquids. (b) Unless authorized by the Texas Water Quality -Board, no person may deposit or discharge any wasteincluded in subsection (a) of this section on public or private property in or adjacent to any: 1 9)� 1. Natural outlet; 2. Watercourse; 3. Storm sewer; 4. Other area within the jurisdiction of the City. (c) The Director of Public Utilities Department shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of laws, regulations, ordinances, rules and orders of federal, state and local government. Section 32A-3. Protection from Damage. The city may pursue all criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes and ordinances against a person negligently, willfully or maliciously causing loss by tampering with or destroying public sewers or treatment facilities. Section 32A-4. Power and Authority of Enforcing Agents. The Director of Public Utilities and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identifica- tion shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 32A-5. Penalties. (1) Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance except Section 32A-3 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof, said time limit to�be determined by the Director of Public Utilities, but in no event shall the time limit for correction of the violation exceed thirty (30) days. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, -12- ON permanently cease -all violations. If the' offender continues violation after, the expiration .of the time : stated, the Director of Public Utilitie.s.may prohibit the further use of the wastewater. ...facilities by, -the -offender and may remove, or close the offender's sewer.'and'water. connections -Where acids or chemicals -damaging -to :sewer _lines or treatment -processes are. released to the, sewer causing, rapid, deterioration` of ;these structures or interfering with proper- treatment of was tewa ter, the Director-. of Public Utili ties is authorized -to _immediately.terminate service., and the Director of., Public ,Utilities;_ if he shall find the same constitutes a -public nuisance, shall have.. the power; .to abate the same forthwith. - ,(2) Any person who :s, haft- continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in. the preceding,section shall be' guilty of a misdemeanor, andupon conviction thereof shall 'be punished `as provided in,, Sec tion .l--8' of the Code of ordinances of the City' of Beaumont, Texas. Each day in which, any such• violation shall, continue sha11: be deemed .a. sepa-rate offense. (3.) Any person vio a.ting. any of the .provisions of this ordinance shall. become liable to .the City for any expense, loss, or, damage -occasioned the -City.-by reason. of such `violation.. "Sec tion - 2. :That:'all ordinances and parts of ordinances in-coriflict. herewith are -,hereby repealed Sec tion . 3 . That if any section; ubsection, sentence, .clause or phrase of .this, ordinance or-- ;the,- application of, same, .to a 'particular person,.or to -a 'particular set.of circumstances, should for any reason- be held' to be invalid,- such invalidity shall in .no way, affect the' remaining portions of thi`s ordinance, . and to .such end the- various portions and provisions of this ordinance are -declared to:be severable: -13- —i7T— ' ZL6T c 10 p*A�;l aua sZua T?ounoD 6:I-rD aua Sq QHSSVd - lip