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a ~, ti i ...~.o...,:a:..~.ii SECTION 18 - SPECIAL AGREEMENTS Nothing in this ordinance shall be conshved as preventing any special ageement or arrangement between the Boazd of Directors and any user of the wastewater treatment system whereby wastewater of unusual strength, character or quantity is accepted into the system and specially treated subject to any payments or user chazges as may be applicable, provided such wastewater will not interfere with the treatment process, sludge disposal options, NPDES permit compliance or cause a violation of water qualiry standards. SECTION 19 - SEVERABILITY If any provision, pazagraph, word, section or article of this ordinance is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, sections, and chapters shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION 20 - CONFLICT All other ordinances and parts of other ordinances inconsistent or conflicting with any part of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. SECTION 21- PUBLIC NOTIF[CATION OF UNTREATED WASTE AND WASTEWATER DISCHARGES (a) All wastewater spills that reach the surface waters (re~ardless of volume) and all soills to the Pround surface exceedin~ l 000 eallons (reeazdless of whether thev aze contained or reach surface waters) should be reoorted by the dischar¢er to the State's Departrnent of Environment and Natural Resources reeional office. (b) Whenever a dischazee of untreated wastewater of 1 000 eallons or more reaches surface waters, a press release must be sent bv the dischaz¢er to all print and electronic news media providina eeneral coveraee in the countv where the dischazee occurred The press release is to be issued within 48 hours of the determination that the wastewater has reached surface waters A couv of the uress release and a list of the media to which it was distributed must be kept on file bv the user for at least one veaz and copies made available unon reauest. (c) If the untreated discharee to the surface waters is I5,000 eallons or more, the dischazeer must issue a oress release and a notice of the dischar~e must be published in a news~aper with general circulation in the counri where the discharze occurred and in each countv downstream that is si~ificantlv affected. The Secretarv of the Denarhnent of Environment and Natural Resources determines which counties are simificantlv affected, and publication must occur within 10 davs of this determination and DENR's approval of the form and content of the notice and the news~apers in which it is to be aublished. 57 ~~~