§ 19-21. Title, purpose and policy.

This article, which shall be known as the "Marion County Industrial Pretreatment Ordinance," sets forth uniform requirements for customers of the utility and enables the county to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including chapter 62-625, Florida Administrative Code, the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 403) and the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) as the same may be amended from time to time. The purpose of this article is:

(1)

To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will interfere with its operations;

(2)

To prevent the pass through of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works and subsequently into receiving waters;

(3)

To protect both personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment, and the general public;

(4)

To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge;

(5)

To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works; and

(6)

To enable the county to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements and any other federal or state laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.

(Ord. No. 97-15, § 1(1.1), 7-15-97; Ord. No. 02-28, § 5, 11-19-2002)