84-003 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 31 SECTIONS 31-37 THROUGH SECTION 31-43 OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NU, 84-003
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE
AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 31, SECTIONS 31-37 THROUGH
SECTION 31-43 OF SAID CODE; REVISING AkTICLE III OF SAID
CHAPTER WHICH ESTABLISHES A SEWER SYSTEM AND CONTROLS
THE USE OF THE SAME; PRUVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED $200.00; REPEALITIG ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 1, 1984.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TfIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS :
5ection 1. That Section 31-40 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows:
"Section 31-40, Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the
following terms and phrases, as used in this enactment,
shall have the meanings herein designated:
1) Act or "the Act" - The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act,
as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq.
2) Approval Authority - The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the
appropriate agency of the State of Texas.
3) Approving Authority - The City Council or City
Manager of the City of Paris, Texas.
4) Authorized Representative of Industrial User -
a) a principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice-president, if the industrial user
is a corporation;
b) a general partner or proprietor if the indus-
trial user is a partnership or proprietorship
respectively;
c) a duly authorized representative of the
individual designated above if such rep-
resentative is responsible for the overall
operation of the facilities from which the
discharge originates.
5) Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD~)- The quantity
of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of
organic matter under standard laboratory proce-
dure, five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees
Centigrade expressed in terms of weight and
concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/1) ) as set
forth in Standard Methods.
6) Boiler Blowdown Wastewater - Wastewater emitted
from a boiler or energy generating equipment
containing chemical residues as a result of the
conventional boiler water treatment programs.
7) Building Sewer - The extension from the building
drain to the public sewer.
8) Categorical Standards or Categorical Pretreatment
Standards - National pretreatment standards
specifying quantities or concentrations of pollu-
tants or pollutant properties which may be
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discharged or introduced into a public sewer
system by specific industrial categories. These
standards are promulgated pursuant to Sec. 406.0
of the General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources (40 CFR Parts 125 and
403).
9) Chemical Oxygen Demand ( COD The measure of
oxygen consuming capacity of organic and inor-
ganic matter present in the water or wastewater
expressed in mg/1 as the amount of oxygen
consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific
test, but not differentiating stable from unstable
organic matter and thus not necessarily
correlating with biochemical oxygen demand.
10) City - The City of Paris, Paris, Texas, or any
authorized person acting in its behalf.
11) Composite Sample - A series of samples mixed
together so as to approximate the average
strength of discharge to the sewer. A composite
sample for a twenty-four hour period shall consist
of a pool of not less than twelve samples (100 ml.
minimum volume), unless special conditions
warrant otherwise and the Supervisor designates
an alternative procedure that is acceptable.
Samples shall be iced or refrigerated during
sampling and transportation to appropriate labo-
ratory facilities.
12) Control Manhole - A manhole giving access to a
building sewer at a point before the building
sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in
the public sewer.
13) Control Point - The point on a building sewer
where access to a discharge is provided, which
shall be before the discharge mixes with others in
the public sewer. The control point shall be the
control manhole unless otherwise designated by
the Supervisor.
14) Cooling Water - Water discharged from air condi-
tioning, cooling or other uses, to which the only
pollutant added in significant amounts is heat,
exclusive of boiler blowdown wastewater.
15) Direct Discharge - The discharge of wastewater,
treated or untreated, directly to the waters of
the State of Texas.
16) Domestic User - Any person who discharges only
normal domestic sewage.
17) Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA - The
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, or where
appropriate the term may also be used as a
designation for the administrator or other duly
authorized official of said agency.
18) Environmental Services Supervisor - The person
designated by the City Nlanager to enforce Chap-
ter 31 of the Code of Ordinances on behalf of the
City and other such duties as designated by the
City Manager.
19) Garbage - Animal and vegetable wastes and
residue from the preparation, cooking and
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dispensing of food and from the handling, pro-
cessing, storage and sale of food products and
produce.
20) Grab Sample - A sample taken on a one-time basis
with no regard to waste stream flow or consid-
eration of time involved. (100 ml minimum volume)
21) Holding Tank Waste - Any waste from septic
tanks, vacuum pump tank trucks, chemical toi-
lets, campers, trailers or other direct holding
vessels.
22) Indirect Discharge - The discharge of nondomestic
pollutants from any source regulated under
Section 307 (b) or (c) of the Act, (33 U.S.C.
1317) into the POTW (including holding tank
waste ) .
23) Industrial User - A source of indirect discharge
which does not constitute a "discharge of
pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to
Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1342),
including the following:
a) A major industry discharging in excess of
two hundred (200) pounds of BOD or sus-
pended solids per day, or a waste containing
toxic or hazardous material;
b) An institution discharging through a moni-
toring device;
c) A light industry discharging less than two
hundred (200) pounds of BOD or suspended
solids per day;
d) A commercial industry discharging domestic
waste, but with the potential to discharge
industrial or toxic waste by spillage or
process revision.
24) Industrial Waste - Waste resulting from any
process involved with industry, manufacturing,
trade or business concerned with the development
of any natural resource, or any mixture of the
waste with water or domestic wastewater, as
distinct from normal domestic wastewater.
25) Interference - Any inhibition or disruption of the
POTW treatment processes or operations which
contributes to a violation of any requirements or
limitations of the City's NPDES permit. The term
also includes any prevention of sludge use or
disposal by the POTW in accordance with Section
405 of the Act (33 U. S. C. 1345) or any criteria,
guidelines, or regulations developed pursuant to
the Solid 4Uaste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean
Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or
more stringent state criteria (including those
contained in any state sludge management plan
prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA applicable
to the method of disposal or use employed by the
POTW).
26) Milligrams per liter (mg/1) - A weight-to-volume
ratio equivalent to parts per million.
27) National Categorical Pretreatment Standard - Also
referenced simply as "Pretreatment Standard",
denoting any regulation containing pollution
discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in
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accordance with Section 307 (b) and (c) of the
Act (33 U. S. C. 1347) which applies to a specific
category of industrial users.
28) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permit-A permit issued pursuant to
Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1342),
29) National Prohibitive Discharge Standard -
Sometimes referenced as "Prohibitive Discharge
Standard", denoting any regulation developed
under the authority of Section 307 (b) of the Act
and 40 CFR, Section 403.5.
30) Natural Outlet - Any outlet into a water-course,
ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or
groundwater.
31) New Source - Any source, construction of which
begins after the publication of proposed regu-
lations prescribing a Section 307 (c) (33 U.S.C.
1317) Pretreatment Standard which will be appli-
cable to such source, if such standard is there-
after promulgated within one hundred twenty
(120) days of proposal in the Federal Register.
If the standard is promulgated later than one
hundred twenty (120) days after proposal, a new
source will be one whose construction is begun
after the date of promulgation of the standard.
32) Normal Domestic Wastewater - Wastewater other
than industrial wastewater discharged by a person
into the sanitary sewers and containing an
average twenty-four (24) hour composite concen-
tration of not more than 250 mg/1 total suspended
solids and not more than 250 mg/1 BOD.
33) Overload - Any increase in flow, BOD, suspended
solids, or pollutants that would upset normal
operations or cause the POTW to be non-compliant
with its state or federal permits.
34) Person - Any individual, partnership,
co-partnership, firm, company, corporatioxi,
association, joint stock company, trust, estate,
governmental entity or any other legal entity, or
their legal representatives, agents or assigns.
The masculine gender shall include the feminine;
the singular shall include the plural where
indicated by the context.
35) pH - The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of
the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in
grams per liter of solution.
36) Pollutant - Any dredged spoil, solid waste,
incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage
sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or
discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and
agricultural, municipal and industrial waste dis-
charged into the water.
37) Polluted - Referring to the alteration of the
chemical, physical, biological and/or radiological
integrity of water induced or made by man.
38) Pretreatment or Treatment - The reduction of the
amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants,
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the alteration of the nature of pollutants, or the
alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in
wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or
instead of the discharge of pollutants into a
POTW. Such reduction or alteration can be
obtained by physical, chemical or biological pro-
cesses or other process change means, except as
prohibited by 40 CFR Section 403.6 (d).
39} Yretreatment Requirements - Any requirement
related to pretreatment, other than a national
pretreatment standard, imposed on an industrial
user.
40) Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) - A
treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the
Act, (33 U.S.C. 1292) owned by the City,
including any sewers that convey wastewater to
the POTW treatment plant, but not including
pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected
to a treatment facility.
For ordinance purposes, POTW shall also include
any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW
from users outside the City, who are by agree-
ment or contract users of the POTW treatment
facility .
41) POTW Treatment Plant (Facility) - That portion of
the POTW designed to provide treatment to waste-
water.
42) Public Sewer - Pipe or conduit carrying waste-
water or unpolluted drainage in which owners of
abutting properties have the use, subject to the
requirements and limitations imposed by the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas.
43) Receiving Waters - All streams, lakes, ponds,
marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells,
springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems,
drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumu-
lations of water, surface of underground, natural
or artificial, public or private, intermittant or
perennial flowing, which are contained within,
flow through, or border upon the state of Texas
or any portion thereof.
44) Sanitary Sewer - A public sewer conveying
domestic wastewater, industrial wastes, or both,
into which storm water, surface water,
groundwater, and other unpolluted wastes are not
intentionally discharged.
45) Shall - is mandatory; May is permissive.
46) Significant Industrial User - Any industrial user
of the City POTW who:
a) discharges 25,000 gallons or more per day,
or
b) discharges a flow greater than 5$ of the
total daily flow in the city's wastewater
treatment facility, or
c) discharges in his waste toxic pollutants as
defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act of
state of Texas statutes and rules, or
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d) is found by the City, Texas Department of
4Vater Resources or the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to have significant impact,
either singly or in combination with other
contributing industries, on the wastewater
treatment system, the quality of sludge, the
system effluent quality, or air emissions
generated by the system, or
e) any user holding or requiring a wastewater
contribution permit.
47) Slug - Any discharge of wastewater or industrial
waste which in the concentration of any given
constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for
any period of duration longer than fifteen (15)
minutes more than five (5) times the average
twenty-four (24) hour concentration of flows
during normal operation.
48) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - A
classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual issued by the Executive
Office of the President, Office of Management and
Budget, 1972.
49) Standard Methods - The examination and analytical
procedures set forth in the fifteenth edition, of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater as prepared, approved and published
jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the
Water Pollution Control Federation and the supple-
ment to this document titled Selected Analytical
Methods Previewed and Cited by the U. S. EPA.
50) Storm Sewer - A public sewer assigned to carry
storm and surface waters and drainage, into
which domestic wastewater and industrial wastes
are not intentionally discharged.
51) Storm Water - Flow resulting from and occurririg
during or following natural precipitation.
52) Supervisor- See Environmental Services Supervisor.
53) Suspended Solids - The words °suspended solids"
shall mean total suspended matter that either
floats on the surface or is in suspension in water
or wastewater and that is removable by laboratory
filtering (as described in Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Waste waters,
current edition or Guidelines for Establishing Test
Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants,
contained in 40 CFR 136, as published in the
Federal Register and referred to as nonfilterable
residue) also called total suspended solids or
TSS.
54) Toxic Pollutant - Any pollutant or combination of
pollutants listed as toxic in regulations pro-
mulgated by the Administrator of the EPA under
the provision of CWA Section 307 (a) or other
acts.
55) Trap - A device designed to skim, settle or
otherwise remove oil, grease, sand, flammable
wastes or other harmful substances.
56) Unpolluted Wastewater - Water containing:
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a) no detectable tree or emulsified grease or
oil;
b) no detectable acids or bases;
c) no detectable phenols or other taste and
odor producing substances;
d) no detectable toxic or poisonous substances
in solution, colloidal state or suspension;
e) no detectable noxious or otherwise obnoxious
or odorous gases;
f) not more than an insignificant amount (5
mg/1) of suspended solids and BOD, as
determined by the Texas Department of
Water Resources (TDWR); and
g) no color exceeding fifty (50) units as
measured by the Platinum-Cobalt method of
determination as specified in Standard
Methods.
57) Upset - An exceptional incident in which a
discharger unintentionally and temporarily is in a
state of noncompliance with the discharge require-
ments set forth in this ordinance due to factors
beyond the reasonable control of the discharger,
and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused
by operational error, improperly designed treat-
ment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or
careless or improper operation thereof.
58) User - Any person who contributes, causes or
permits the discharge of wastewater into the City
POTW.
59) User Surcharge - A charge made on those
persons who discharge other than normal domestic
wastewater into the POTW.
60) Waste - Substances rejected, unutilized or super-
fluous to domestic, agricultural or industrial
activities in liquid, gaseous or solid form.
61) Wastewater - Liquid and water carrying domestic
or industrial waste from dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any ground water, surface water
and storm water that may be present, whether
treated or untreated, which is contributed into or
permitted to enter the POTW.
62) Wastewater Facilities - All facilities for collection,
pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater
and industrial wastes.
63) Wastewater Contribution Permit - A permit to
discharge wastewater as set forth herein.
64) Wastewater Treatment Plant - Facilities, devices
and structures for receiving, treating and pro-
cessing wastewater, industrial wastes, and
sludges from the sewer system.
65) Waters of the State - Same as Receiving Waters."
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Section 2. That Section 31-55 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows:
"5ection 31-55. Private collection system restrictions.
No person owning property withiri two hundred (200)
feet of a public sewer shall construct, use or maintain or
allow to be constructed, used or maintained, on or about
such property, any privy, cesspool, water closet, urinal,
slop sink, slop drain, bathtub, waste drain, or any other
apparatus for the purpose of receiving or removing sewage
matter or slop of any kind, unless the same is connected
with the sanitary sewer system of the City, nor shall lack
of private or public sewers be a lawful reason for any
person to make a direct or indirect discharge of wastewater
or polluted water to a storm sewer or any ditch, gutter,
manhole or other conveyance. "
Section 3. That Section 31-58 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows:
"Section 31-58. General prohibitions.
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
directly or indirectly, into the POTW, storm drains, surface
or ground water any pollutant or wastewater which will
interfere with the operation or performance of the publicly
owned treatment works, cause a public nuisance, impede or
block the flowing sanitary or storm sewer, or pollute the
Waters of Texas in excess of limits established in this
ordinance. Substances whose discharge may be prohibited
by the Supervisor when they interfere with the operation or
performance of the publicly owned treatment works include
but are not limited to the following :
(1) Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their
nature or their quantity are, or may be, sufficient
either alone or by interaction with other waste sub-
stances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious to
the POTW or the operation of the POTW in any other
way. At no time shall two successive readings on an
explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into
the system (or at any point in the system) be more
than five percent (5o) rior any single reading over ten
percent (100) of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the
meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not
limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene,
toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes,
peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides,
hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which
the City, the state and/or the EPA has notified the
user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system or
which the label states to be a flammable substance.
(2) Solid or viscous substances which may cause ob-
struction to the flow in a sewer or other interference
with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities
such as, but not limited to: grease, fat or oil in
excess of specific limitations set by this ordinance,
garbage with particles sized larger than one-half inch
( Zin any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch
manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails,
whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent
lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw,
shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent
hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt
residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel
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or lubricating oil, mud, or glass grinding or any
polishing wastes.
NOTE: The Supervisor, City Engineer or their
authorized representative is entitled to review and
approve the installation and operation of any equipment
to condition waste material or grind garbage with a
motor or driving means of three-fourths horsepower
( 3/ 4 hp ) or greater.
(3) Ar.y wastewater or other substance having a pH lower
than five point five (5.5) or higher than nine point
five (9.5) or any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to the structures, equipment,
and/or personnel at the POTW.
NOTE: Excursions outside the above established limits
may be acceptable as follows:
Maximum Excursion Duration
.5 pH unit not to exceed 60
minutes
1.0 pH unit not to exceed 30
minutes
1.5 pH units not to exceed 10
minutes
such excursions shall be at the discretion of the
Supervisor; however, in no case shall five or more
excursions of any type occur withiri a five day period
or shall the excursions in any five day period represent
more than one percent (1$) of the users wastewater
for that period.
(4) Any wastewater or other substance containing toxic
pollutants in any sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or
interfere with any wastewater treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a
toxic effect in the receiving waters of the publicly
owned treatment works, or to exceed the limitations set
up in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic
pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollu-
tant identified pursuant to Section 307 (c) of the Act
or listed in Table l.
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TABLE l. TOXIC POLLUTANTS
Acenaphthene Trichlorofluoromethane
Acrolein Dichlorodifluoromethane
Acrylonitrile Chlorodibromomethane
Benezene Hexachlorobutadine
Benzidine Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Carbon Tetrachloride Isophorone
(tetrachloromethane) Napthalene
Chlorobenezene Nitrobenzene
1, 2, 3-Trichlorobenzene 2-Nitrophenol
Hexachlorbenzene 4-Nitrophenol
1, 2-Dichloroethane 2 , 4-Dinitrophenol
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 4, 6-Dinitro-o-cresol
Hexachloroethane N-Nitrosodimethylamine
1,1-Dichloroethane N-Nitrosodiphenylamine
1, l, 2-Trichloroethane N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine
1,1, 2, 2-Tetrachloroethane Pentachlorophenol
Chloroethane Phenol
Bis(Chloromethyl) ether Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether Butyl Benzyl Phthalate
2-Chloroethyl Vinyl Ether (Mixes) Di-n-butyl Phthalate
2-Chloronapthalene Di-n-octyl Phthalate
2.4.6-Trichlorophenol Diethyl Phthalate
Parachlorometa Cresol Dimethyl Phthalate
Chlorform (Trichloromethane) Benzo(a) Anthracene
2-Chlorophenol (1, 2-Benz athracene )
1,2-Dichlorobenzene Benzo (a) Pyrene
1, 3-Dichlorobenzene ( 3 , 4-Benzopyrene )
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 3,4-Benzofluoranthene
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine Benzo(k) Fluorathane
1,1-Dichloroethylene (11,12-Benzofluoranthene)
1, 2-Trans-Dichloroethylene Chrysene
2 , 4-Dichlorophenol Acenaphthylene
1, 2-Dichloropropane Anthracene
1,2-Dichloropropylene (1,3- Benzo(ghi)Perylene (1,12-
Dichloropropene) Benzoperylene)
2 , 4-Dimethylphenol Fluroene
2, 4-Dinitrotoluene Phenathrene
2,6-Dinitrotoluene Dibenzo (a,h) Anthracene
1, 2-Diphenylhydrazine (1, 2, 5, 6,-Dibenzathracene )
Ethylbenzene Indeno (1,2,3-cd)Pyrene
Fluoranthene ( 2 , 3-1-phenylenepyrene )
4-Chlorophenyl Phenyl Ether Pyrene
4-Bromophenyl Phenyl Ether Tetrachloroethylene
Bis (2-Chloroisopropyl) Ether Toluene
Bis(2-Chloroethyoxy) Methane Trichloroethylene
Methylene Chloride (Dichloromethane) Vinyl Chloride (Chloroethylene)
Methyl Chloride (Chloromethane) Aldrin
Methyl Bromide (Bromomethane) Dieldrin
Bromoform ( Tribromomethane ) Chlordane (Technical Mixture
Dichlorobromomethane and Ivfetabolites)
4,4-DDT PCB-1260 (Arochlor 1260)
4,4-DDE (p,p'-DDX) PCB-1016 (Arochlor 1016)
4,4-DDD (p,p'-TDE) Toxaphene
A-Endosulfan-Alpha Antimony (Total)
B-Endosulfan-Beta Arsenic (Total)
Endosulfan Sulfate Asbestos (Fibrous)
Endrin Beryllium (Total)
Endrin Aldehyde Cadmium (Total)
Heptachlor Chromium (Total)
Heptachlor Epoxide Copper (Total)
a-BHC-Alpha Cyanide (Total)
b-BHC-Beta Lead (Total)
r-BHC (lindane)-Gamma Mercury (Total)
g-BHC-Delta Nickel (Total)
PCB-1242 (Arochlor 1242) Selenium (Total)
PCB-1254 (Arochlor 1254) Silver (Total)
PCB-1221 (Arochlor 1221) Thallium (Total)
PCB-1232 (Arochlor 1232) Zinc (Total)
PCB-1248 (Arochlor 1248) 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-
p-dioxin (TCDD)
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(5) Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids
which either singly or by interaction with other wastes
are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to
life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers
for maintenance or repair.
(6) Any substance which may cause the effluent of the
POTW or any other product of the PUTW such as
residues, sludges or scums to be unsuitable for
reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the
reclamation process. In no case shall a substance dis-
charged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in
non-compliance with sludge use or disposal criteria,
guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405
of the Act; any criteria, guidelines or regulations
affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the
Toxic Substance Control Act, or state criteria
applicable to the sludge management method being
utilized.
(7) Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its
NPDES permit or the receiving water quality
standards.
(8) Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in
the treatment process, such as, but not limited to,
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9) Any unpolluted storm water, surface or ground water,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, unpolluted cooling
water, unpolluted industrial process waters or other
unpolluted drainage. In compliance with the Texas
69ater Quality Act and other statutes, the City
Engineer may designate storm sewers and other water-
courses into which unpolluted drainage may be
discharged.
(10) Any pollutant, including oxygen- or chlorine-
demanding pollutants (BOD, COD, etc. ) released at a
flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which a user
knows or has reason to know will cause interference to
the POTW. In no case shall a slug load have a flow
rate or contain concentration or qualities of pollutants
that exceed for any period of time longer than fifteen
(15) minutes more than five times the average twenty-
four (24) hour concentration, quantities, or flow
during normal operation.
(11) Any wastewater liquid or vapor having a temperature
which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW
treatment plant resulting in interference, causes
interference to the collection system, causes the total
wastewater treatment plant influent temperature to
increase at a rate of ten (10) degrees Fahrenheit or
more per hour, or a combined total increase of plant
influent to one hundred ten (104) degrees Fahrenheit
(40 degrees C).
(12) Any wastewater or other substance containing any
radioactive wastes or isotopes of such halflife or
concentration as may exceed limits set or established
by the City PJlanager and the Supervisor in compliance
with applicable state or federal regulations.
NOTE: No person may discharge radioactive wastes
into the POTW without the written approval of the City
Manager and the Supervisor.
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(13) Any wastewater or other substance containing phenols,
hydrogen sulfide or other taste-and-odor producing
substances, shall conform to the concentration limits
established by the Supervisor. After treatment of the
composite wastewater, the concentration limits may not
exceed requirements established by state, federal or
other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to
receiving waters.
(14) Any wastewater or other substance which poses a
hazard to human or animal life or creates a public
nuisance, including but not limited to the following:
Antimony
Beryllium
Bismuth
Cobalt
Uranylion
Rhenium
Strontium
Tellurium
Herbicides
Fungicides
Pesticides
NOTE: When it has been determined that a user is
contributing to the POTW any of the above enumerated
substances or any other substance determined by the
Supervisor to meet the requirements of this section in
detectable amounts such as might interfere with the
operation of the POTW, the Supervisor shall:
a. Advise the user of the total impact of the
contribution on the POTW;
b. Develop the effluent limitations for such user
to correct the interference with the POTW.
c. Set up a compliance schedule for the user to
follow in correcting the discharge.
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Section 4. That Sectivn 31-65 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows :
"Section 31-65. Requirements for traps.
(a) Any user discharging oil, sand, flammable wastes,
grease or wastes containing grease in amounts that will
impede or stop the flow in public sewers or cause the user
to violate any limitations set forth in this ordinance shall,
at his own cost and expense and as required by the
provisions herein, provide interceptors or traps of a type
and capacity approved by the City with the following
features:
(1) Impervious material construction capable of with-
standing abrupt and extreme changes in
temperature;
(2) Watertight and equipped with easily removable
covers which, when bolted in place, shall be
gastight and watertight;
(3) Located as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection;
(4) Maintained by the owner or user at his own cost
and expense;
(5) In continuous and efficient operation at all times.
(b) Approval of traps and interceptors shall be
obtained from the City Engineer. Approval shall in no way
relieve the user from providing traps and/or interceptors of
adequate size and design to bring all discharges iiito com-
pliance with this ordinance. The user shall maintain for a
period of at least the previous twelve (12) months records
of cleaning of any traps and/or interceptors in his use.
These records shall contain at a minimum the name and
address of the person performing the cleaning service and
the dates the service is performed. Emulsifiers and/or
degreasers shall riot be acceptable as a substitute for
proper cleaning of grease and oil traps.
(c) A permit shall be required for operation of traps
and interceptors connected to the POTW when a wastewater
contribution permit is not in effect for the user. An
annual permit fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be charged
to cover periodic sampling and inspection. The fee will be
billed as directed by the Finance Director."
Section 5. That Section 31-77 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows :
"Section 31-77. Inspection, sampling and right of entry.
The City may inspect the facilities of every user to
ascertain whether the requirements of this ordinance are
being met according to the purposes herein stated.
Persons or premises occupants where wastewater is created
or discharged shall allow the City or their authorized
representative(s) ready access at any and all reasonable
times to all parts of the premises necessary for the purpose
of inspection, sampling, records examination or the perfor-
mance of any of their official duties. The City of Paris,
Paris, Texas, the state agencies with jurisdiction and the
EPA shall have the right to set up on the user's property
such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling
inspection, compliance monitoring and/or metering op-
erations. If a user has in force security measures
requiring proper identification and clearance prior to entry
into their premises, the user shall make any necessary
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arrangements with their security service(s) so that
personnel from the City presenting suitable identification
(or such personnel from state agencies or the EPA) will be
allowed to enter, without delay, for the purposes of per-
forming their specific responsibilities. In no case shall
there be a delay of greater than ten (10) minutes for
access to control points or control manholes and thirty (30)
minutes for access to records or facility inspection.
Sampling shall be done on a 24-hour composite flow-
weighted basis for purposes of determination of surcharges
when possible. No part of this ordinance shall be interpre-
ted to prevent non-flow-weighted composite or grab
sampling whenever necessary or required to monitor or
check any user for compliance with this ordinance.
Section 6. That sub-paragraph (a) of Section 31-78 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows :
"Section 31-78. Sample analysis.
(a) Wastewater and waste samples will be collected
and tests performed by City personnel wherever feasible.
The laboratory procedures to be used in the examination of
industrial or other wastes or wastewater will be those set
forth in "Standard Methods" as previously defined in this
ordinance. However, alternate methods for certain analysis
may be used when approved by the Supervisor. Users
subject to Categorical Pretreatment Standards shall be
sampled once a month for substances limited in appropriate
Standards until a one year history of compliant sampling is
established. They shall thereafter be sampled twice
annually unless a violation is found. When a violation is
found, sampling shall be of a frequency to identify the
magnitude of the violation and continued at the discretion of
the City until compliance is achieved and the City is
satisfied that the reason for the problem has been
corrected. Sampling may be done by the user, City or
contract personnel at the discretion of the City. All
regular Categorical Pretreatment Sampling and analysis costs
set forth above shall be paid by the user."
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Section 7. That sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 31-79
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be
amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Section 31-79. Nionitoring facilities.
(a) The City may require to be provided and
operated at the user's own cost and expense monitoring
facilities to allow inspection, sampling, and flow
measurement or any combination of these based upon the
significance of the waste water discharge as determined by
the City. The monitoring facility should normally be
located on. the user's premises; however, when such location
would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user,
the City may allow the construction of the facility in the
public street or sidewalk area in a location that will not be
obstructed by landscaping or parked vehicles. The above
shall apply to both old and new users when monitoring
facilities are necessary.
(c) Plans and specifications for constructions of
monitoring facilities shall conform to City standards and
shall be approved by the City Engineer. Rental or lease of
suitable equipment on an as-needed basis in lieu of perma-
nent installation may be acceptable subject to approval by
the Supervisor; such approval shall not release the user
from the requirement to provide sampling facilities which
are accessible to the City and which are secured and pro-
tected. "
Section 8. That sub-paragraph (c) of Section 31-80 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows :
"Section 31-80. Flow-measuring devices.
(c) All flow meters ancl/or devices shall be iristalled
so they may be easily cleaned, serviced, inspected, and
calibrated. Users shall maintain such devices calibrated
and in properly operating condition at all times. The City
may inspect these devices for compliance with this ordinance
at its discretion.
Section 9. That sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 31-81
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be
amended so that such shall read as follows:
"Section 31-81. Pretreatment.
(a) Users shall provide necessary wastewater pre-
treatment as required to comply with this ordinance and
shall achieve compliance with all Federal Categorical Pre-
treatment Standards within the time limitations as specified
by the Federal Pretreatment Regulations. Any facilities
required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the
City shall be provided, operated and maintained at the
user's cost and expense. Detailed plans showing the pre-
treatment facilities and their operating procedures shall be
submitted to the City for review, and shall be approved by
the City before construction of the facility. The review of
such plans and operating procedure will in no way relieve
the user from the responsibility of modifying the facility as
necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the City
under the provisions of this ordinance. Any subsequent
changes in the pretreatment facilities or operating proce-
dures shall be reported to and acceptable to the City prior
to the initiation of the changes.
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(c) All records relating to compliance with Pretreat-
ment Standards shall be maintained for a period of at least
three years and be made available to officials of the EPA,
Texas Department of Water Resources, or other agency with
proper jurisdiction upon written request."
Section 10. That sub-paragraphs (a) ,(e) and (h) of Section
31-82 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas,
be amended so that such shall read as follows :
"Section 31-82. Waste water contribution permit system.
(a) Any user shall have a wastewater contribution
permit prior to discharging into the City sewer system if:
1) the discharge is subject to promulgated National
Categorical Pretreatment Standards; or,
2) the discharge contains pollutants in concentrations
or quantities that interfere or have the potential
to interfere with the operatiorr, of the sewer
system or increase the costs of operation of the
system, as determined by the City; or,
3) the discharge requires pretreatment in order to
comply with the discharge limitations in this
ordinance; or,
4) the discharge is metered at or the water usage
exceeds 15,000 gallons per day; or,
5) the user has on premises liquid or solid wastes
which require a state or federal permit or license
for disposal.
(e) Permit renewal. Industrial dischargers holding a
Wastewater Contribution Permit shall apply for permit
renewal one hundred, twenty (120) days before their permit
expires. Any desired changes in permit limits, changes in
plant piping, changes in wastewater quality, changes in
wastewater quanity, or pretreatment facilities made since
the issuance of last permit, or additional information
required by the City should be a part of the application for
permit renewal.
(h) Revocation of permit. Any user who violates this
ordinance, or applicable state and federal regulations or the
conditions of the permit, is subject to having the permit
revoked and therefore, is subject, with the approval of the
City Manager, to termination of utility services provided by
the City."
Section 11, That sub-paragraph (a) of Section 31-90 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so
that such shall read as follows :
"Section 31-90. Fees and charges due to violations.
(a) The City of Paris may recover all reasonable costs
of repairing damages to the POTW, of sampling, analysis,
inspection, cleanup, costs of paying fines or penalties
which result from a discharge not in compliance with this
ordinance, and any other costs incurred by the City in
controlling discharges in violation of this ordinance.
Section 12. That Section 31-91 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended so that such shall read
as follows :
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"Sectian 31-91. Surcharges.
(a) The City will accept BODS of up to 250 mg/1 and
SS of up to 250 mg/1 as normal domestic wastewater. The
City may elect to accept BOD 5 and SS in excess of 250
mg/1. BODS and SS over the value of 250 mg/1 shall be
subject to an excessive strength surcharge. These sur-
charges shall be calculated on a monthly basis using
metered wastewater contributioxi as a volume factor, if
provided by the user, or 1000 of water usage.
(b) The total fat, oil, and grease allowed by this
ordinance is 100 mg/1, whether free or emulsified. When
this parameter is determined on a composite sample, any
amount over the allowable limit shall be added in mg/1 to
the BOD5 and SS values used for purposes of surcharge
calculation.
(1) Unless otherwise specified, samples shall be
twenty-four (24) hour composites. When a flow-
recording device is provided the samples may be
flow-weighted; otherwise, a simple composite
sample shall be used.
(2) 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 (24) hour
composite samples per year if a surcharge is
levied.
(3) The City may elect to set a minimum surcharge.
Regular sampling may be suspended on those
users, considered by the Supervisor to be consis-
tently below the minimum surcharge. When
sampling has been suspended, periodic grab
samples may be used to determine if regular
sampling should be reinstated.
Prior to the end of a surcharge period, the user may
elect to have his discharge resampled by the City for
purposes of increasing the number of samples to be av-
eraged 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 users 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 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 shall be at a flat
rate of three 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 ordinance."
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CHARGE RATES FOR EXCESSIVE SURCHARGE
SCRBOD5 Charge SCR TSS Charge
dollars/mg/1/million gallons $ .7339 $ .5712
(4) Calculation of excessive strength surcharge:
SC- [(BOD5 mg/1 - 250 rng/1) SCRBOD
5 +
(TSS mg/1 - 250 mg/1) SCRTSSI X MG
Where :
SC = Surcharge
BOD5 mg/1 = Average user BODS for surcharge calculation
250 mg/1 = allowable BOD5 and total suspended solids con-
centration without surcharge
SCRBOD = 5 charge rate for BOD5
TSS mg/1 = Average user TSS for surcharge calculation
MG = User wastewater contribution in million gallons for the
month or the user water usage whichever is applicable.
SCRTSS - charge rate for TSS
NOTE: The SCRSS and SCRBOD5 are rates based on one
(1) mg/1 in one (1) million gallons of wastewater.
(5) Shortened capacity life surcharge: Since BOD and
SS concentrations in excess of 250 mg/1 will tena to use up
the capacity of the treatment plant, there is a cost incurred
for the shortened useful capacity of the treatment plant,
which shall be recovered as follows :
a. Determination of monthly average BOD5 of the
treatment plant influent through twenty-four hour
composite sampling and lab analysis reported in
pounds per day.
b. Using a predetermined strength for normal domes-
tic wastewater from the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, industrial contribution will be determined
by calculating the difference between the actual
BOD and SS received and the amount that should
have been received according to normal domestic
strength.
c. Each month, using the plant design capacity, the
amount in excess of normal domestic wastewater
will be determined as a percentage of plant
capacity; percentage will be assumed to be the
reduction in useful plant capacity life, to be
converted to years using plant design criteria.
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d. A difference in debt services on the treatment
plant between designed useful capacity life and
calculated useful capacity life for that month
using the Capital Recovery Factor Formula
i ( l+i ) n
will be determined.
e. This recovery figure will be spread over those
non-domestic users exceeding normal domestic
wastewater limits according to their contributions
to the total excessive strength flows.
(6) Calculation of shortened capacity life surcharge:
Where:
A= Average monthly monthly measured BOD5 at
wastewater plant (lbs. per day)
B= BODS in pounds at wastewater plant if received at
predetermined normal domestic wastewater strength.
C= Design life of wastewater plant (month).
E= Adjusted capacity life (months)
F= Construction cost for treatment plant.
G= Amount in dollars to be proportioned among
excessive strength non-domestic users for any given
surcharge period.
H= Individual non-domestic user's average BOD5
contribution (lbs ) in excess of normal domestic waste-
water as quantified from City sampling data during the
surcharge calculation period.
I= Shortened capacity life surcharge.
E= B (c)
A
G= F i(l+i)E -F C
(l+i)E-1 (l+i) C -1
I= (G) ( H
g )
Shortened capacity life surcharge shall be calculated
monthly.
(7) Total surcharges:
a. Total surcharge shall be the sum of the excessive
strength surcharge plus the shortened capacity
life surcharge.
b. Excessive strength surcharge rates will be recal-
culated at the beginning of each fiscal year using
the actual costs from the previous year with such
rate becoming effective September 1. Excessive
strength surcharge rates shall be based on cost
to treat.
Section 13. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C" Misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200.00, and each
and every day's continuance of any violation of the above enumerated
section shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 14. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
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Section 15. This ordinance shall become effective on the lst
day of February, 1984.
Passed and adopted this 9th day of January, 1984.
a t~-v AJAlw
J e Graham, Mayor
Attest :
H. . Gre n, Ci y er
APPROVED AS T FORM:
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T K, aynes , City Attorney
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