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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1939 - 1/26/1988 - SANITARY SEWER PRETREATMENTORDINANCE NO. 1939 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SANITARY SEWER PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, A PERMIT FOR DISCHARGING WASTEWATER, AND A PERMIT FEE FOR DISCHARGING WASTEWATER INTO THE SANITARY SEWERS IN THE DEVON-O'HARE INDUSTRIAL PARK WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village operates and maintains a sewer system and treatment plant for the exclusive use of businesses and industries in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park; and WHEREAS, the Federal Clean Water Act has established criteria and standards for the nature and quality of wastewater discharged into local sanitary sewers and its treatment and its discharge into open waterways; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has been designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer and enforce the Federal Clean Water Act in Illinois; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has advised the Village of Elk Grove Village that it must conduct a Pretreatment Study and implement a program to control the nature of wastewater discharged by local businesses and industries in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park and subsequently to the Village of Bensenville; and WHEREAS, the cost to the Village of Elk Grove Village for the Environmental Protection Agency mandated Pretreatment Program is not included in the rate charged for sanitary sewer service in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park or elsewhere in the Village; and WHEREAS, the Pretreatment Program will benefit the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park sanitary sewer users exclusively; and WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village is a duly constituted Home Rule community under the constitution of the State of Illinois. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of Illinois: Section 1: That each sanitary sewer user in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park shall be responsible for participating in and complying with the Pretreatment Study and Pretreatment Program as promulgated pursuant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Section 2: That each sanitary sewer user in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Park shall pay an initial and annual fee of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars for a Permit to use the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment plant in said area. Section 3: That a sanitary sewer user in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial Area shall be responsible for the cost of any special service or analysis unique to that user in order to establish or comply with the conditions of sanitary sewerage uses. Section 4: That a sanitary sewer user who fails to comply with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Village of Elk Grove Village or the Village of Bensenville for the discharge of wastewater into the sanitary sewer system shall be responsible for any fines or penalties imposed by the Federal or State Environmental Protection Agencies, and for legal costs incurred by the Village of Elk Grove Village in the connection with such violation or violations. Section 5: That the penalty for not participating in the development of discharge standards or for complying therewith or for failing to remedy a violation in a timely manner following due notice by the Village of Elk Grove Village shall be one or both of the following per incident: A. $1,000.00 B. Termination of water service. Section 6: That an appeal to these requirements, procedures, results, and penalties may be made by submitting a written request and such supporting information as deemed appropriate by the party seeking an appeal along with a certified check for Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars payable to the Village of Elk Grove Village to the Village Manager of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007. The appeal will be considered within ten (10) days of a properly filed request for same and a decision shall be made by the Village Manager twenty (20) days after the appeal is discussed. The decision shall be final. Section 7: That Resolution No. 49-87 and any other ordinances or resolutions in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 8: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. - 2 - ATTEST: VOTE: AYE: 4 _ NAY: 0 ABSENT: 2 PASSED this 26th day of January , 1988. APPROVED this 26th day of January , 1988. Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk - 3 - Charles J. Zettek Village President