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Section 913.18: SHOW CAUSES HEARING FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS a) Notice of Hearing - If the violation is not corrected by timely com- pliance, the City Engineer may order any user which causes or allows an unauthorized discharge to show causes before the City Council why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of a hearing to be held by the City Council regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken, the proposed enforcement action, and directing the user to show cause before the City Council why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of the hearing shall be served personally or by registered or certi- fied mail (return receipt requested) at least ten (10) days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of a corporation. b) Hearing officials - The City Council may itself conduct the Hearing ah~ take t'~e evidence, or may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the City of Lakewood to: 1) Issue in the name of the City Council notices of Hearing requesting the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to any matter involved in such hearings; 2) Take the evidence; and 3) Transmit a report of the evidence and Hearing, including transcripts and other evidence, together with recommenda- tions to the City Council for action thereon. c) Transcripts - At any Hearing held pursuant to this Chapter, testi- mony taken must be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript, so recorded, will be made available to any member of the public or party to the Hearing upon payment of the usual charges therefore. d) Issuance of Orders - After the City Council has reviewed the evidence, it may issue an order to the user responsible for the discharge direct- ing that, following a specified time period, the sewer service be dis- continued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other re- lated appurtenances shall have been installed or existing treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances are properly oper- ated. Further orders and directives as are necessary and appropriate may be issued. Section 913.19: ANNUAL PUBLICATION a) A list of the industrial users which were not in compliance with any pretreatment requirement or standard at least once during the twelve (12) previous months shall be published annually in a local newspaper. The notification shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the user(s) during the same twelve (12) months Section 913.20: PROHIBITED CONDUCT a) No person, firm, or corporation shall discharge sewage, industrial waste, or other waste into the City's wastewater disposal system contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, Federal or State Pre- treatment Requirements or any order of the City Council. b) No person shall make any ~false statements, representations, or certifications in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this Chapter or Wastewater Discharge Permit. c) No person shall falsely tamper with or knowingly render inaccurate any monitoring device or method required in this Chapter. (17)