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June 18, 2007 (Regular Meeting) (g €) Termination of permit or Permission to Discharge The Executive pirector may revoke a wastewater discharge permit or permission to discharge for good cause, including, but not limited to, the Following reasons: 1. Failure to accurately report the wastewater constituents and characteristics of his discharge; 2. Failure to report __,-= "_c.^`_ a changes or expansion in the manufacturing/production and/or pretreatment process used by the Permittee, which has potential to impact the characteristics or volume of the discharge or the manner in which the discharge is regulated; in epe~at€ess-a e~ wastewa~e~ esi~~i-t~tsa~-' ~~~ 3. Refusal or reasonable access to the user's premises for the purpose of inspection or monitoring; 9. Violation of conditions of the permit or permission to discharge, ' conditions of this ordinance, or anv ap licable State and Federal regulations; or. 5. Failure to submit any required report. Noncompliant industrial users will be notified of the proposed termination of their wastewater permit and will be offered an opportunity to show cause under Section 8.1 of this ordinance why the proposed action should not be taken. 8.2 Civil Penalties (a) Any user who is found to have failed to comply with any provision of this ordinance, or the orders, rules, regulations and permits issued hereunder, may be fined up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) {$}&;688} per day per violation. Each day on which a violation shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. (ii) Penalties between $10,000 and $25 000 per day Per violation m~ be assessed against a violator only if: (1)for any class of violation, only if a civil penalty has been imposed against the violator within five years preceding the violation, or (2)'in the case of failure to file, submit, or make ' available as the case may be, anv documents, data, or reports required by this ordinance, or the orders, rules, regulations and permit issued hereunder only if the Executive Director determines that the violation was intentional and a civil Penalty has been imposed against the violator with the five vears preceding the violation. Page 468 (b) In addition to civil penalties WSACC may recover from the responsible user the cost of repairing any damage to the POTW resulting from the user's violation.'.