Publishing a list of major wastewater rule breakers

The director shall publish annually, in accordance with State law, a list of the users who, during the previous twelve months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. The term significant noncompliance means: A. Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, as defined in which 66 percent or more or wastewater measurements taken during a six month period exceed the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter by any amount; B. Technical review criteria violations, defined as those in which 33 percent or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH); C. Any other discharge violation that the director believes 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 pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the director's exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge; E. Failure to meet, within ninety days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance; F. Failure to provide, within thirty days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules; G. Failure to accurately report noncompliance; H. Any other violation(s) that the director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program. (Ord. 2760 § 4 (part), 1999)