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an authorized city employee to reconnect service. Any reconnection fees in effect are applicable. (Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92) "Sec. 34-86. Surcharges. "(a) The City will accept BODS of up to two hundred fifty (250) mg/1 and TSS ofup to two hundred fifty (250) mg/1 as normal domestic wastewater. The City may elect to accept BODS and TSS in excess of two hundred fifty (250) mg/1. BODS and TSS over the value of two hundred fifty (250) mg/1 shall be subject to an excessive strength surcharge. These surcharges shall be calculated on a monthly basis using metered wastewater contribution as a volume factor, if provided by the user, or one hundred (100) percent of water usage. A surcharge may also be levied on ammonia concentrations over thirty (30) mg/1. "(b) The total fat, oil, and grease allowed by this article is one hundred (100) mg/1, whether free or emulsified. When this parameter is determined on a grab sample, any amount over the allowable limit shall be added in milligrams per liter to the BODS and TSS values used for purposes of surcharge calculation. "(c) Unless otherwise specified, samples shall be twenty-four-hour composites. When a flow recording device is provided the samples may be flow-weighted; otherwise, a simple composite sample shall be used. "(d) The surcharges shall be based on all samples taken in the previous month or the most recent sample available. In no case shall the sampling basis be less than two (2) twenty-four-hour composite samples per year if a surcharge is levied or two (2) separate grab samples as appropriate. "(e) The City may elect to set a minimum surcharge. Regular sampling may be suspended on those users considered by the supervisor to be consistently below the minimum surcharge. When sampling has been suspended, periodic grab samples may be used to determine if regular sampling should be reinstated. "(f) Prior to the end of a surcharge period, the user may elect to have his discharge re-sampled by the City for purposes of increasing the number of samples to be averaged during a particular surcharge period if the user believes and the City agrees that the additional samples will cause the average to better reflect the user's wastewater contribution for a particular surcharge period. If City sampling equipment is unavailable, user must supply the proper equipment at his own expense. The City shall retake one (1) sample for each sample taken in the normal sampling program for a charge equal to the City's expense. Sampling at the request of the user in greater frequency than stated above shall be elective on the part of the supervisor; charges for such sampling may be at a fiat rate of three (3) times the City's cost. The user may request, no later than the onset of sampling, a split or duplicate of any sample taken by the City for surcharge calculation or compliance with any portion of this article. Excessive strength rates are established in section 34-23 of this chapter. 28