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'(f) Revocation of Treatment Services - The City may seek to ter- minate the wastewater treatment services to any discharger which fails to (1) factually report the wastewater constituents and characteris- tics of its discharge; (2) report significant changes in wastewater constftuents or characteristics; (3) refuses reasonable access to the Discharger's premises by representatives of the City for the purpose of inspection or monitoring; or (4) violates the conditions of this Ordinance, or any final judicial order entered with respect thereto. (f) Enforcement Actions; Annual Publication. A list of all sig- nificant DischaYgers which were the subject of enforcement proceedings pursuant to the Codified Ordinances during the 12 previous months shall be annually published by the City in the largest daily newspaper serving the municipality. The public notice will summarize the enforcement actions taken against the Dischargers during the same 12 months whose violations remained uncorrected 45 or more days after notification of noncompliance; or which have exhibited a pattern of noncompliance over that 12-month period, or which involve failure to accurately report noncompliance. (g) Operating Upsets. Any Discharger which experiences an upset in operations which places the Discharger in a temporary state of non- compliance with the Codified Ordinances shall inform the City within 24 hours of first awareness of the commencement of the upset. Where such information is given orally, a written follow-up report thereof shall be filed by the Discharger with the City within five days. The report shall specify: (1) Description of the upset, the cause thereof and the upset's impact on a Discharger's compliance status; (2) Duration of noncompliance, including exact dates and times of noncompliance, and if the noncompliance contin- ues, the time by which the compliance is reasonably expected to occur; (3) All steps taken or to be taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of such an upset for other conditions of noncompliance. A documented and verified bonafide operating upset shall be an affirmative defense to any enforcement action brought by the City against a Discharger for any non-compliance with the Ordinance which arises out of violations alleged to have occurred during the period of the upset. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the person to comply with the time schec]ule imposed by the Codifed Ordinances, a written request for extension of time may be presented for consideration by the City. -13-