Intermunicipal agreements with other jurisdictions.
A. If another municipality contributes wastewater to the POTW, the Town of Webster shall enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the contributing municipality.B. Prior to entering into an agreement required by the above subsection, the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers shall request the following information from the contributing municipality:(1) A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the POTW by the contributing municipality;(2) An inventory of all users located within the contributing municipality that are discharging to the POTW; and(3) Such other information as the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers may deem necessary.C.
An intermunicipal agreement, as required by the above subsections shall contain the following conditions:(1) A requirement for the contributing municipality to adopt a sewer use law which is at least as stringent as this chapter and local limits which are at least as stringent as those set out in Articles IX and X of this chapter. The requirement shall specify that such ordinance and limits must be revised as necessary to reflect changes made to the Town's law or local limits;(2) A requirement for the contributing municipality to submit a revised user inventory on at least an annual basis;(3) A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities, including wastewater discharge permit issuance, inspection and sampling, and enforcement, will be conducted by the contributing municipality; which of these activities will be conducted by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers; and which of these activities will be conducted jointly by the contributing municipality and the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers;(4) A requirement for the contributing municipality to provide the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers with access to all information that the contributing municipality obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;(5) Limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the contributing municipality's wastewater at the point where it discharges to the POTW;(6) Requirements for monitoring the contributing municipality's discharge;(7) A provision ensuring the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers access to the facilities of users located within the contributing municipality's jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of inspection, sampling, and any other duties deemed necessary by the Chief Plant Operator and/or Superintendent of Sewers; and(8) A provision specifying remedies available for breach of the terms of the intermunicipal agreement.(9) Where the contributing municipality has primary responsibility for permitting, compliance monitoring, or enforcement, the intermunicipal agreement should specify that the municipality (in which the POTW is located) has the right to take legal action to enforce the terms of the contributing municipality's ordinance or to impose and enforce pretreatment standards and requirements directly against noncompliant dischargers in the event the contributing jurisdiction is unable or unwilling to take such action.
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