HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 49-87 - 8/11/1987 - SANITARY SEWER PRE TREATMENT PROGRAMRESOLUTION NO. 49-87
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SANITARY SEWER PRE TREATMENT PROGRAM,
A PERMIT FOR DISCHARGING WASTEWATER, AND A PERMIT FEE FOR DISCHARGING
WASTEWATER INTO THE SANITARY SEWERS IN THE DEVON-O'HARE INDUSTRIAL
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 Pre Treatment 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 Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency mandated Pre Treatment 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 Pre Treatment 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 RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State
of Illinois:
Section 1: Each sanitary sewer user in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial
Park shall be responsible for participating in and complying with the Pre
Treatment Study and Pre Treatment Program as promulgated pursuant to the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Section 2: Each sanitary sewer user in the Devon -O'Hare Industrial
Park shall pay an initial and annual fee of $200.00 for a Permit to use
the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment plant in said area.
Section 3: 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: A sanitary sewer user who fails to comply with the re-
quirements 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: Penalty. The penalty for not participating in the devel-
opment 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: Appeal. Appeals to these requirements, procedures, results,
requirements 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 $500.00 payable to the Village of
Elk Grove Village to the Village Manager of the Village of Elk Grove Village,
901 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007.
The appeal will be considered within 10 days of a properly filed re-
quest for same and a decision shall be made by the Village Manager 20 days
after the appeal is discussed. The decision shall be final.
Section 7: Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective on
and after its passage and approval by the Village President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village as provided by law.
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VOTE: AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 11th day of August , 1987.
APPROVED this 11th day of August , 1987.
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
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Charles J. Zettek
Village President