§ 94-461. Purpose and policy.

(a)

This article sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works for the city-parish consolidated government to comply with (but not limited to) all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 United States Code 1251 et seq. and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 403). The objectives of this article are:

(1)

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that could interfere with its operation;

(2)

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that could pass through the publicly owned treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise to be incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works;

(3)

To ensure the quality of sludge to allow its use and disposal in compliance with the statutes and regulations;

(4)

To protect publicly owned treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment, and the general public,

(5)

To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works;

(6)

To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works; and

(7)

To enable the city-parish consolidated government to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system and/or Louisiana pollutant discharge elimination system permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.

This article shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment works. The article authorizes the issuance of industrial waste permits; provides for the monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; authorizes the requirement for implementation of pollution prevention and/or waste minimization to reduce or eliminate the amount of pollutants discharged to the POTW; authorizes the requirements to control or reduce the concentrations of any of the prohibited discharges listed in sections 94-552 and 94-553(c) through the use of best management practices; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.

(b)

The administration, implementation, and enforcement shall be conducted as follows:

(1)

Except as otherwise provided herein, the director of utilities shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this article. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the director of utilities may be delegated by the director of utilities to other city-parish consolidated government personnel.

(2)

The director of public works shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of sections 94-491 and 94-492 described as insanitary deposits prohibited and polluted waste prohibited in natural outlets respectively.

(c)

Abbreviations: The following abbreviations, when used in this article, shall have the designated meanings:

BMPs—Best management practices

BOD—Biochemical oxygen demand

CFR—Code of federal regulations

COD—Chemical oxygen demand

EPA—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

gpd—gallons per day

mg/l—milligrams per liter

NPDES—National pollutant discharge elimination system

POTW—Publicly owned treatment works

RCRA—Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

NAICS—North American Industrial Classification System

U.S.C.—United States Code

(Ord. No. O-037-2004, § 1, 3-2-04)