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HomeMy WebLinkAbout046 - 04/17/2001 - AMENDING CITY CODE RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT LOCAL LIMITS AND REQUIREMENTS ORDINANCE NO. 46, 2001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT LOCAL LIMITS AND REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS, the City is required by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to develop and periodically adjust local limits and other requirements to control the discharge of pollutants from industrial and commercial dischargers of wastewater; and WHEREAS, the City Council's last adjustment to the limits and requirements was done in 1993; and WHEREAS, the City has completed a new local limit review and development process; and WHEREAS, the review process has shown that the City's discharge limits and requirements must be changed to assure continued protection of the City's water reclamation system, and the environment. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Section 26-206 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended by adding the following definition: Commercial discharger shall mean a discharger of non-domestic wastewater that is not classified as a significant industrial user. Section 2. That Section 26-306 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-306. Wastewater discharge permit required. It is unlawful for any person to discharge to the wastewater utility without first obtaining a sewer connection permit as provided in §26-236 et seq., of this Article and an industrial discharge permit if required by this Article. It is unlawful for any person to discharge septage waste or wastewater to the wastewater utility without first obtaining a liquid waste hauler permit as provided in §26-324 of this Article. Section 3. That paragraph (a) of Section 26-324 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-324. Liquid waste hauler permits. (a) Liquid waste hauler permits may be issued by the utility to any person desiring to haul septage waste or wastewater for the purpose of discharge to the utility. Section 4. That subsection (10) of Section 26-337 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-337. Prohibitive discharge standards. (10) Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or more than 11.0 or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the utility; Section 5. That paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 26-343 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins are hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-343. Discharge limitations. (a) Concentration-based limitations. The following pollutant limitations shall apply to all significant industrial users. The limits for oil and grease and pH shall also apply to all commercial dischargers. Maximum Parameter Concentration (ma/1) Sample Type Arsenic, total 0.036 composite Boron, total 3.60 composite Cadmium, total 0.03 composite Chromium, hexavalent 0.27 grab Chromium, total 2.45 composite Copper, total 0.50 composite Cyanide, amenable 0.07 grab Iron, total 20.9 composite Lead, total 0.21 composite Manganese, total 0.88 composite Mercury, total 0.0009 composite Molybdenum, total 0.09 composite Oil and grease 187 grab pH, minimum 5.0 grab pH, maximum 11.0 grab Nickel, total 0.26 composite Selenium, total 0.025 composite Silver, total 0.10 composite Temperature (degrees C.) 65.0 grab Zinc, total 3.0 composite (b) Pollutant loadings from commercial dischargers. The following are the total pollutant loadings allowed from all commercial dischargers. The Director may limit the discharge of pollutants from commercial dischargers as necessary to meet the daily allowable loadings below. 2 Maximum Daily Parameter Loading (1 bs/day) Sample Type Arsenic, total 0.546 composite Boron, total 55.1 composite Cadmium, total 0.443 composite Chromium, hexavalent 4.15 grab Chromium, total 37.6 composite Copper, total 7.60 composite Cyanide, amenable 1.07 grab Iron, total 320.0 composite Lead, total 3.13 composite Manganese, total 13.4 composite Mercury, total 0.0137 composite Molybdenum, total 1.35 composite Nickel, total 3.99 composite Selenium, total 0.385 composite Silver, total 1.46 composite Zinc, total 45.7 composite Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the date of filing with the City Clerk a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency approving the above referenced changes in the City's discharge limits and requirements. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 20th day of March, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the April 17th day of April, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of April,A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: LL City Clerk 3