Section 2820. Purpose
This Ordinance sets forth uniform requirements for discharges into the City of Gardiners wastewater facilities and enables the municipality to protect public health in conformity with all applicable State and Federal laws relating thereto.
The objectives of this ordinance are to:
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipalitys wastewater facilities which will interfere with the normal operations of the facilities or contaminate the resulting sludge;
2. Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility which will pass through the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or otherwise be incompatible with the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility.
To ensure that the quality of the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility sludge is maintained at a level which allows its use and disposal in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations.
4. Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge facilities.
5. Protect the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility personnel who may be affected by the wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and to protect the general public.
6. Provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility.
7. Enable Gardiner to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements and any other federal or state laws to which the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility is subject.
This Ordinance shall apply to all domestic sewage dischargers and other users of the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; authorizes monitoring, compliance and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the operation of the municipalitys wastewater treatment facility.
This Ordinance further provides for the regulation of discharges into the municipalitys wastewater facilities through the enforcement of administrative regulations. This Ordinance does not provide for the recovery of operations, maintenance or replacement costs associated with the municipal wastewater facilities or the cost associated with the construction of collection and treatment facilities used by industrial dischargers, in proportion to their use of the municipal wastewater facilities which are the subject of separate enactment.
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