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ORDINANCE NO. 2464
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14 (UTILITIES) CHAPTER
14.16 (SEWERS) BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14.16.020, 14.16.445,
AND 14.16.564, ALL RELATING TO CONFORMANCE WITH
CURRENT FEDERAL STANDARDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers) of the Redding Municipal Code
is hereby amended by amending sections 14.16.020, 14.16.445 and 14.16.564 to read as follows:
14.16.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section. For terms in this chapter not defined in this section, see
Chapters 16.16, 16.20 and 18.40 of this code.
[No change to the definitions of the terms "Aliquot" through "Oil and grease (0&0)"]
"Organic Treatment Capacity" means the maximum design load of a wastewater treatment
plant in pounds of BOD or TSS per day or other equivalent mass units.
[N 0 change to the definitions of the terms "Pass through" through "Significant industrial user
(SIU)"]
"Significant Noncompliance" (SNC). An industrial user is in "significant noncompliance"
ifhis or her violations meet one or more of the following criteria:
a. . Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits defined here as those in which
sixty-six percent (66%) or more of all of the measurements taken for the same
pollutant parameter taken during a six - (6) month period exceed (by any magnitude)
a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits.
b. Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty-
three percent (33%) or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant
parameter during a six -( 6) month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric
pretreatment standard or requirement including instantaneous limits multiplied by the
applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil, and grease, and 1.2 for all other
pollutants except pH).
c.
Any other violations of a pretreatment standard or requirement (daily maximum,
long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the city determines
has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass
through, including endangering the health ofPOTW personnel or the general public.
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d. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to the public
or the environment, or has resulted in the city's exercise of its emergency authority
under 40 CFR 403.8(t)(1)(vi)(B) to halt or prevent such a discharge.
e. Failure to meet, within ninety (90) days after the due 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 forty five (45) days after the due date, any required reports
including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical
pretreatment standards or deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on
compliance with compliance schedules.
g. Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
h. Any other violation( s), which may include a violation of Best Management Practices,
which the city determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of
the local pretreatment program.
[No change to the definitions of the terms "Single-pass cooling water" through"Wastewater
treatment plant" or "Treatment plant"]
14.16.445 Recordkeeping Requirements.
Users subject to the reporting requirements established in this section shall retain, and make
available for inspection and copying, all records of information obtained pursuant to monitoring
activities required by this ordinance, any additional records of information obtained pursuant to
monitoring activities undertaken by the user independent of such requirements, and documentation
associated with Best Management Practices. Records shall include the date, exact place, method,
and time of sampling, and the name of the person(s) taking the samples; the dates analyses were
performed; who performed the analyses; the analytical techniques or methods used; and the results
of such analyses. The records shall remain available for a period of at least three (3) years. This
period shall be automatically extended for the duration of any litigation concerning the user or city,
or where the user has been specifically notified of a longer retention period by city.
14.16.564 Test procedure.
All wastewater analyses shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the
EP A Administrator pursuant to Section 304(h) of the Clean Water Act and contained in 40 CFR 136
and amendments thereto, or with any other test procedures approved by the administrator. Sampling
shall be performed in accordance with the techniques approved by the EP A Administrator. Where
40 CFR 136 does not include sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutants in question, or
where the EP A Administrator determines that the 40 CFR 136 sampling and analytical techniques
are inappropriate for the pollutant in question, sampling and analyses shall be performed using
validated analytical methods or any other sampling and analytical procedures, including procedures
suggested by the city or other parties, approved by the EP A Administrator. (Ord. 2291 ~ 1 (part),
2002)
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Section 2. The passage ofthis ordinance is not a "project" according to the definition in
the California Environmental Quality Act, and therefore is not subject to the provisions requiring
environmental review.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after the date of its adoption, and the
City Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause its publication according to law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read by the City
Council at a regular meeting on the 15th day of June, 2010; and was duly read and adopted at a
regular meeting on the 20th day of July, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Bosetti, Dickerson, McArthur, Stegall, and Jones
None
None
None
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Form Approved:
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