Ordinance 2247-97 - Laserfiche WebLink

To ensure that the reported data is valid for determining compliance with requirements, all data shall have a detection level (DL) no greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the regulatory limit included in this ordinance or applicable State or Federal regulation. (e.g. for Pb, with a regulatory limit of 1.89 mg/L, the DL shall be no greater than 0.47 mg/L.) Section 8: Section 9.6 of Ordinance 2034-95, which reads as follows: 9.6 Administrative Fines A. When the Director finds that a user has violated or continues to violate any provision of this ordinance, a wastewater discharge permit or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement, the Director may fine such user in an amount not less than $250 and not to exceed $10,000. Such fines shall be assessed on a per violation, per day basis. In the case of monthly or other long term average discharge limits, fines shall be assessed for each day during the period of violation. Said Administrative fines shall constitute a sewer service surcharge, and upon assessment, shall be subject to collection in the same manner as all other sewer utility rates, charges and penalties. B. Unless other arrangements have been made with, and authorized by the Director, unpaid charges, fines, and penalties shall accrue thereafter at a rate of one percent (1%) per month. After 90 days, if charges, fines, and penalties have not been paid, the City may revoke the user's discharge permit. C. Users desiring to appeal and dispute such fines must file a written request for the Director to reconsider the fine along with full payment of the fine amount within ten(10) days of being notified of the fine. The Director shall convene a hearing on the matter within seven (7) days of receiving the request from the user. In the event the user's appeal is successful, any payments made shall be returned to the user. Affirmance or modification of an administrative fine by the Public Works Director shall relate back to the original date of assessment. The City shall recover the costs of preparing administrative enforcement actions, such as notices and orders, including the cost of additional inspections, sampling and analysis, and may add them to the fine. D. Issuance of an administrative fine shall not be a bar against, or a prerequisite for, taking any other action against the user. E. Users seeking judicial review of administrative fines must do so by filing a Petition for Review in the Snohomish County Superior Court within thirty (30) days of the decision of the Director. is hereby amended to read as follows: 30