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<br /> 1 ORDINANCE NO. //CS-X-5--
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<br /> AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 1047-84 (EMC 14.08.300)
<br /> 3 regulating discharge of certain untreated sewage into the City's
<br /> sewer system.
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<br /> THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN:
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<br /> Section 1: Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1047-84 (EMC 14.08.300) which reads
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<br /> as follows:
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<br /> 9 Matter Excluded From All Sewers
<br /> 10 Sewage, waste, or any matter having the following characteristics
<br /> shall not be discharged into, be place where they might find their way
<br /> 11 into, or be allowed to run, leak, or escape into any part of the sewer
<br /> system:
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<br /> (a) Solids or viscous substances including but not limited
<br /> 13 to: ashes, cinders, glass, sand, gravel, mud, coal, straw, rubbish, shavings,
<br /> grass clippings, metal, rags, feathers, pin feathers, oils, grease, tar,
<br /> 14 asphalt, plastics, paraffin, cloth or cloth cutting wastes, wood, sawdust,
<br /> brewing or distilling slop, spend grain or hops, paunch maneur, entrails,
<br /> 15 fleshings, hide, hair, offal from livestock, poultry killing and fish
<br /> processing or waste containing pulped or macerated residue from
<br /> 16 industries which process fruit, vegetables, fish, meat or similar products.
<br /> (b) Any matter which is chemically or physically stable for at
<br /> 17 least five days at twenty degrees centigrade, or which would form a
<br /> deposit or obstruction or damage or reduce the capacity of the sewer into
<br /> 18 which it was placed.
<br /> (c) Flammable, explosive or poisonous liquids, gases or solids or
<br /> 19 any matter which, after entrance into a sewer, might reasonably be
<br /> expected to form in any way such flammable, explosive or poisonous
<br /> 20 liquids, gases or solids.
<br /> (d) Matter of any nature at a temperature above one hundred
<br /> 21 fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
<br /> (e) Liquid matter of any nature containing suspended solids in
<br /> 22 excess of two hundred fifty (250) parts per million.
<br /> (f) Matter of any nature containing a five day biochemical
<br /> 23 oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of two hundred (200) parts per million.
<br /> (g) Animal or vegetable greases, oils or matter containing
<br /> 24 animal or vegetable grease or oil of any nature in excess of fifty (50)
<br /> parts per million, or any petroleum products.
<br /> 25 (h) Liquid matter with a hydrogen ion concentration below 5.0
<br /> or above 9.0.
<br /> 26 (i) Substances having a strong, unpleasant odor.
<br /> 27 (j) Substances which can produce a toxic vapor, including but
<br /> not limited to chlorinated hydrocarbons.
<br /> (k) Food waste which has not been properly shredded so that
<br /> 28 one hundred percent will pass a three-eighth inch sieve and seventy-five
<br /> percent pass a one-fourth inch sieve. Persons engaged in the retail sale
<br /> 29 of raw produce shall be limited to one grinder having a prime move not
<br /> exceeding five horsepower for the processing of raw produce waste.
<br /> 30 (1) Liquid matter containing daily maximum metal
<br /> concentrations in excess of 3.0 mg/1 of Copper, 3.0 mg/1 of Lead, 6.0 mg/1
<br /> 31 of Zinc, 6.0 mg/1 of Chromium, 6.0 mg/1 of Cadmium and 6.0 mg/1 of
<br /> Nickel.
<br /> 32 (m) Radioactive waste.
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