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1 <br /> <br />SECTION 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose and Policy <br /> <br /> This ordinance sets forth uniform requirements for users of the Publicly Owned <br />Treatment Works (POTW) for the City of Everett, and enables the City to comply with all <br />applicable State and Federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) <br />and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403). The objectives of this <br />ordinance are: <br /> <br />A. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that will interfere with <br />the operation of the POTW; <br />B. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which will pass through <br />the POTW, inadequately treated, into receiving waters or otherwise be <br />incompatible with the POTW; <br />C. To ensure that the quality of the wastewater treatment plant biosolids is <br />maintained at a level which allows its use and disposal in compliance with <br />applicable statutes and regulations; <br />D. To protect POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater, wastewater <br />solids, and biosolids in the course of their employment and to protect the <br />general public; <br />E. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and biosolids <br />from the POTW; <br />F. To enable the City to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination <br />System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other <br />Federal or State laws to which the POTW is subject. <br />This ordinance shall apply to all users of the POTW. The ordinance authorizes the <br />issuance of wastewater discharge permits and discharge authorizations; authorizes <br />monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review <br />procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the <br />equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein. <br />