HomeMy WebLinkAbout004 - 01/19/2021 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF CITY CODE TO MAKE VARIOUS UPDATES REGARDING THE WASTEWATER UTILITY ORDINANCE NO. 004, 2021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO MAKE VARIOUS UPDATES REGARDING THE WASTEWATER UTILITY
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins owns and operates Fort Collins Utilities, which
includes a Wastewater Utility that provides wastewater service to customers in its service area
and also accepts for disposal the waste from septic tanks, vaults, privies, portable toilets; and
WHEREAS, Article IV of Chapter 26 of City Code pertains to the Wastewater Utility;
and
WHEREAS, Wastewater Utility staff has reviewed relevant portions of City Code in
order to update them to be consistent with current operations of the Wastewater Utility and best
management practices and has prepared proposed changes to City Code; and
WHEREAS, Wastewater Utility staff has worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to receive all necessary approvals for the proposed changes to City Code; and
WHEREAS, the Water Board has reviewed the proposed changes to City Code and has
recommended their enactment; and
WHEREAS, City Council now desires to amend portions of Article IV of Chapter 26 of
the City Code accordingly.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 26-289 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-289.—Miscellaneous fees and charges.
The following is a schedule of miscellaneous fees and charges:
Description Basis I Amount
(1) Connection fees and service charges Fees shall be set forth as in -T
Subsection 26-712(b)
1(2) Industrial discharge permits:
a. Administration Annually 1$76.00
b. Surveillance(on request) Determined for each user
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annually, based on direct cost
plus 15% indirect costs, billed
monthly
(3) Laboratory support services(on Determined on a case-by-case
request) basis based on direct cost plus
15% indirect costs
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(4) Materials and labor provided by Determined on a case-by-case
City basis based on direct cost plus
(on request) 15% indirect costs
.(5) Charges for disposal at the Fort Collins Regional Sanitary Waste Transfer Station:
a. Septic tanks, vaults, privies, Per gallon $0.09
portable toilets:
b. Recreational vehicle sanitary waste holding tanks:
1. Residential customers of the City No charge for individual
of Fort Collins Wastewater Utility disposal at Transfer Station i
1. Base fee, plus $2.46
2. Others — ---
2. Per gallon $0.074
2.5%- 10% per annum; to be
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set for new loans annually, with
the rate for new loans to be j
(6) Interest for wastewater service- based on factors set forth in §
26-720(b)and as provided in
related loans: the administrative rules and
regulations adopted by the
Financial Officer pursuant to §
26-720
To be set based on related
(7) Loan-related fees for wastewater program costs in the
service-related loans administrative rules and
regulations of the Financial
Officer pursuant to § 26-720
.Determined on a case-by-case
(8) Miscellaneous fees 1 basis based on direct costs plus
15% indirect costs
Section 3. That Section 26-332 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 26-332. - Prohibitive discharge standards.
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No user whether or not subject to pretreatment standards or requirements shall contribute or
cause to be contributed directly or indirectly any pollutant or wastewater that may interfere with
the operation or performance of the wastewater utility or pass through the treatment system
untreated or any pollutant or wastewater that is prohibited by the national prohibitive discharge
standards. Without limiting the acts or discharge that may constitute a violation of this Section, a
user shall not contribute any of the following wastewater, substances, materials or wastes into the
utility's wastewater system:
(1) Any liquids, solids, or gases which by reason or other nature or quantity are or may
be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause fire or
explosion or be injurious in any other way to the wastewater system or to the operation of
the wastewater system or utility. At no time shall two (2) successive readings on any
explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system, be more than five (5)
percent nor any single reading over ten (10) percent of the lower explosive limit(LEL) of
the meter. Prohibited materials include gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene,
xylene, ethers, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides,
hydrides, sulfides, waste streams with a closed cup flash point of less than one hundred
forty (140) degrees Fahrenheit or sixty (60) degrees Celsius, as determined using the test
methods specified in 40 C.F.R. § 261.21, and any other substance which the City, the
State or EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system;
(2) Any solid or viscous substance which could cause an obstruction to flow in the
sewers or in any way could interfere with the treatment process, including ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, tars, gas, cement, plaster, stone or marble dust, asphalt residues, spent lime,
wax, paraffin, paint, wood, sawdust, or shavings, straw, grass clippings, wastepaper,
plastics, metals, glass, rags, paunch manure, animal bones, hooves or toenails, hides, hair
or bristles, fat, fleshings or entrails, poultry heads, feet or feathers, whole blood, grinding
or polishing compounds, food processing bulk solids, residues from refining or
processing of fuel or lubricating oil, and all other like solid materials, objects, refuse and
debris;
Section 4. That Section 26-339 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-339. - Interceptors.
(a) Grease, oil or sand interceptors or other pretreatment facilities shall be installed
and maintained by laundries, restaurants, service stations, auto repair shops, car washes
and other nonresidential facilities when, in the opinion of the Utilities Executive Director,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing FOG in excessive
amounts, any flammable wastes. acid or alkaline substances, sand, or other harmful
ingredients.
Section 5. That Section 26-340 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-340. -Discharge limitations.
(c) Volatile organic compounds . Organic compounds that may cause or result in toxic fumes
or vapors in the wastewater collection system are limited to a maximum concentration in
discharges of wastewater calculated by the formula:
Maximum Concentration in mg/I 7 (TLV/TWA)/HLC
Where:
TLV/TWA — The compound's Threshold Level
Value/Time-Weighted Average in
mg/m3 as listed in the American
Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists' Guide to Occupational
Exposure Values-1992, or latest edition
HLC = The compound's Henry's Law Constant
in(mg/m3)r'mg/1)
(d) Mercury from dental facilities. No dental facility shall discharge wastewater generated
from the placement or removal of dental amalgam containing mercury unless said dental facility
has installed the equipment described in, and conducts its operations in accordance with, the
following best management practices:
(1) Dental facilities shall minimize the discharge of amalgam containing wastewater
by utilizing at a minimum, chair-side traps, screens, and vacuum pump filters.
(2) Cleaning of equipment that comes in contact with amalgam shall be conducted in
a manner reasonably expected to minimize the discharge of wastewater. Equipment shall
be maintained in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations to ensure continued
effective operation.
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(3) All wastewater generated from the placement or removal of dental amalgam or
the cleaning of amalgam traps or filters shall be discharged through an amalgam
separator that:
a. Has been ISO 11143 certified;
b. Has been installed, and is operated, maintained, and inspected
according to the manufacturer's specifications; and
C. Achieves a minimum mercury removal efficiency of ninety-five
(95) percent.
(4) Cleaners that contain chlorine bleach, chlorine, iodine, peroxide or any other
oxidizing or corrosive compounds that mobilize mercury shall not be used in any waste
lines or drains connected to the amalgam separator. Cleaners must have a pH of greater
than 6 but less than 8.
(5) All dental amalgam wastes shall be stored in structurally sound, tightly closed and
appropriately labeled containers.
(6) All dental amalgam waste shall be transferred to an offsite recycling facility for
recycling of mercury or shall be managed and disposed of in accordance with applicable
federal, state and local hazardous waste laws and regulations.
(7) The following documentation shall be established and maintained for no less than
three (3)years in a location and manner so as to permit review by the City upon request:
a. The manufacturer and model of any amalgam separator in use;
b. The date of installation of any amalgam separator in use;
C. The dates that amalgam retaining containers were replaced;
d. The dates and person(s)conducting inspections and results of inspections;
e. The name and address of the facility to which any waste amalgam is
shipped;
f. The date and amount of any waste amalgam shipped;
g. Documentation of any maintenance performed on any amalgam separator;
h. The manufacturer's operating manual for the amalgam separator installed;
and
i. Documentation related to self-certification.
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(9) The Initial Compliance Report shall be kept for the life of the practice, or until a
transfer in ownership and shall be made available for review upon request.
(10) The Utilities Executive Director may request that any user operating a dental
facility provide such information regarding installation and operation of equipment, or
the purchase, use, storage, recycling or disposal of dental amalgam as the Utilities
Executive Director determines to be reasonably necessary to determine compliance with
the requirements of this Subsection 26-340(d) and applicable federal regulations,
including 40 CFR 441, and any such user shall provide said requested information in
accordance with the terms of the Utilities Executive Director's request.
(e) Best management practices. The Utilities Executive Director may impose such additional
schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management
practices as he or she determines to be necessary to implement the prohibitions listed in 40
C.F.R. § 403.5(a)(1) and (b) and § 26-332 of this Article, such as treatment requirements,
operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste
disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. Such best management practices shall be
considered local limits and are pretreatment standards for the purposes of 40 C.F.R. 403.5 and
Section 307(d) of the act.
(f) No user shall increase the use of process water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge
as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with any
applicable limitations set by this Article.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of
January, A.D. 2021, and to be presented for final passage on the 19th day of January, A.D. 2021.
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