HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1404 ORDINANCE NO. 1404
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 14 OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING SOURCE CONTROL FEES,
ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, NON-COMPLIANCE SAMPLING FEES,
AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 14 of Orange County,
California ("District") does hereby find:
A. That the District is required by federal and state law, including the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et sea.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40
C.F.R. 403) to implement and enforce a program for the regulation of wastewater
discharges to the District's sewers; and
B. That the District is required by federal, state, and local law to meet
applicable standards of treatment plant effluent quality; and
C. That pursuant to these requirements, the Board of Directors adopted
Ordinance No. 1403, establishing wastewater discharge regulations; and
D. That the District incurs additional costs in conducting non-compliance
sampling of those industrial wastewater dischargers who violate the District's industrial
wastewater discharge regulations; and
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E. That Ordinance No. 1403 provides that the Board of Directors is to
establish various fees and charges to recover those costs to the District which are
made necessary by industrial wastewater dischargers who violate the District's
industrial wastewater discharge regulations; and
F. That the adoption of the proposed fees and charges will provide revenue
to assist in the payment of the costs incurred by the District in enforcing its industrial
wastewater discharge regulations; and
G. That the fees and charges hereby established by this Ordinance do not
exceed the estimated reasonable costs to the District for the administration and
implementation of non-compliance sampling associated with the industrial waste
control program; and
H. That the administrative reports upon which the fees are based have been
made available to the public and have been presented to the Board of Directors at a
public meeting, in accordance with applicable provisions of law; and
I. That Ordinance No. 1403 provides for the Board of Directors to establish
various rates of fees and charges to recover the costs to the District of implementing
its Source Control program in addition to the non-compliance sampling fees: and
J. That the adoption of the proposed fees and charges will provide revenue
to assist in the payment of costs to the District to provide sewerage collection,
treatment and disposal service, together with conducting all regulatory and
administrative services related to the industrial dischargers/users of the District's
systems; and
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K. That an administrative report, including financial analysis and an
engineering report has been prepared by the District setting forth and identifying the
needs and costs of implementing the District's source control program; and
L. That the administrative and engineering reports have been made
available to the public and have been presented to the Board at a public meeting, all in
accordance with applicable provisions of law; and
M. That the new and revised fees and charges established by this
Ordinance do not exceed the estimated amount required to provide the sewerage
service and administration, for which the fee is levied.
N. That the adoption of this Ordinance is statutorily exempt under the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the provisions of Public Resources
Code Section 21080(b)(8) and California Code of Regulations Section 15273(a).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 14
of Orange County, California, does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1: Purpose.
The purpose of this Ordinance is to recover those costs incurred by the District
when performing non-compliance sampling of industrial wastewater dischargers who
have violated the District's industrial wastewater discharge regulations. The fees and
charges hereby established are to be paid by the violating industrial wastewater
discharger who has caused the District to perform the non-compliance sampling.
Revenues derived under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be used to defray the
costs incurred by the District in performing the non-compliance sampling and
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subsequent laboratory analysis. The purpose of this Ordinance is also to consolidate
existing fees and charges with the proposed non-compliance fees as discussed in
Section 2 into one Ordinance. The existing fees and charges are shown in Table A.
Section 2: Non-Compliance Sampling Fees.
Commencing February 7, 1992, any industrial wastewater discharger who
violates the District's industrial wastewater discharge regulations and causes the
District to conduct non-compliance sampling of that industry's wastewater shall pay a
non-compliance sampling fee in the sum or sums set forth in Table B.
Section 3: Severability.
If any provisions of this Ordinance or the application to any person or
circumstance is held invalid by order of court, the remainder of the Ordinance or the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
Section 4: Effective Date.
These fees shall become effective February 7, 1992.
Section 5: Certification.
The Secretary of the Board shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
District as required by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the affirmative vote of greater than two-thirds of
the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 14 of Orange County,
California, at a regular meeting held January 8, 1992.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of County Sanitation District No. 14
of Orange County, California
ATTEST:
Secretary of the Board of d$Directors
of County Sanitation District No. 14
of Orange County, California
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TABLE "A"
SOURCE CONTROL FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES,
AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
Permit Fees:
Class Permit $250.00/Year
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 302.3)
Class II Permit $100.00/3 Years
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 303.3)
Class III Permit $ 75.00/3 Years
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 304.3)
Special Purpose Discharge Permit $250.00/Year
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 305.3)
Wastehauler Discharge Permit $ 75.00/Year
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 306.3)
Wastehauler Discharge Permittee Decal:
Initial Issue $25.00
Replacement $50.00
Wastehauler Discharge Permittee Entry Card:
Initial Issue $ 50.00
Replacement $100.00
Wastehauler Discharge Permittee - Charge for Use:
Waste originating $0.02/gallon of
within District truck capacity
Waste originating $0.04/gallon of
outside District truck capacity
Transportable Treatment Unit
Discharge Permit Fees $250.00/Year
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 307.3)
TABLE -W (CONTINUED)
SOURCE CONTROL FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES,
AND MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
Administrative/Processing Fees:
District Collection of Tax Data $100.00/Permit
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 302.6(c),
303.6(c), 304.6(c))
District Collection of Water
Consumption Data $100.00/Permit
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 302.6(d),
303.6(d), 304.6(d))
Appeal Hearing Filing Fee $400.D0
(Ord. No. 1403, Sec. 618)
TABLE "B"
NON-COMPLIANCE SAMPLING FEES
1. Total Cost of Processing and
Sampling a Minor Violation $200.00/per occurrence
2. Total Cost of Processing and
Sampling a Major Violation $455.00/per occurrence
3. Additional Costs for
Specific Analyses as Required
A. Heavy Metals Analysis $ 16.00
(This price includes analysis
of all the following:)
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Nickel
Lead
Silver
Zinc
B. Arsenic Analysis $ 16.00
C. Mercury Analysis $130.00
D. 601/602 Analysis $ 84.00
E. 604 Analysis $153.00
F. 606 Analysis $180.00
G. 608 Analysis $193.00
H. 624 Analysis $225.00
I. 625 Analysis $375.00
J. Ammonia Analysis as
Nitrogen $ 24.00
K. Biochemical Demand (BOD)
Analysis $ 24.00
TABLE "B" (CONTINUED)
NON-COMPLIANCE SAMPLING FEES
L. BOD and Suspended Solids
Analysis $ 30.00
M. Chemical Oxygen Demand
Analysis $ 12.00
N. Conductivity Analysis $ 6.00
O. Cyanide (Amenable)
Analysis $ 48.00
P. Cyanide (Total)
Analysis $ 30.00
O. Dissolved Mineral
Solids Analysis $ 12.00
R. Grease and Oil (Hexane
Soluble Matter) Analysis $ 73.00
S. Grease and Oil (Mineral
Partition) Analysis $ 73.00
T. Total Organic Nitrogen
Analysis $ 24.00
U. pH Analysis $ 73.00
V. Phenol Analysis $ 73.00
W. Suspended Solids (Total
Only) Analysis $ 6.00
X. Suspended Solids (Total
and Volatile) Analysis $ 12.00
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, RITA J. BROWN, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No. 14 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1404 was passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of said Board on the 8th day of January, 1992, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Directors Peer A. Swan, Chairman, Fred Barrera, Leslie
A. Pontious, Don R. Roth, Sally Anne Sheridan
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None -
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of January,
1992.
Rita J. Brown
Secretary of the Board of Directors
County Sani.tation District No. 14
of Orange. County, California
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