28-13 Enact Chp. 917 Illicit Discharge

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(b) To establish legal authority to carry out inspections, monitoring procedures, and enforcement actions necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter. 917.02 APPLICABILITY. This chapter shall apply to all residential, commercial, industrial or institutional fa- cilities responsible for discharges to the municipal separate storm sewer system and on any lands in the City, except for those discharges generated by the activities de- tailed in Section 917.07(a)(1) and (a)(2). 917.03 DEFINITIONS. The words and terms used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall have the following meaning: (a) `Best management practices" means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educa- tional practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to storm water, including treatment practices, operating procedures and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. (b) "City" means the government of the City of Lakewood and its designated repre- sentatives, boards or commissions. (c) "EPA" means either the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, or any duly authorized official of either agency. (d) "Rentable materials" means, generally, any foreign matter that may float or re- main suspended in the water column, and includes but is not limited to plastic, aluminum cans, wood products, bottles and paper products. (e) "Hazardous materials" means any material including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety or property, or to the environment, when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed. (t) "Illicit discharge" shall have the same definition as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 122.26(b)(2), except it shall not include discharges permitted by Section 917.07 of this chapter. (g) "Illegal connection" means any drain or conveyance which on the surface or subsurface allows an illicit discharge to enter the municipal separate storm sew- er system. (h) "Municipal separate storm sewer system," or "MS4," shall have the same defini- tion as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 122.26(b)(8). (i) "Owner or operator" means any individual, association, organization, partner- ship, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by laxv and acting either as the owner or on the owner's behalf.