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degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters. (16) Any water or waste that for a duration of fifteen minutes has a concentration greater than three times that which is specified for TSS and BOD under Section 911.14 and/or which is discharged continuously at a rate exceeding 200 gallons per minute, will be unacceptable. (17) Trucked or hauled pollutants are prohibited except at discharge points authorized by the POTW. See 40 CFR 403.5(b)(8). (d) If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substance or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsection (c) hereof, and which, in the judgment of the Service Director may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Service Director may: (1) Reject the wastes; (2) Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition in accordance with guidelines adopted in the ordinances of this City for discharge into the public sewers; (3) Require control over quantities and rates of discharge; and/or (4) Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treatment of the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of subsection (i) hereof. If the Service Director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws. (e) Where preliminary treatment or flow -equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense to the approval of the Service Director. (f) Each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sewer shall construct and maintain one or more control manholes or access points to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of his wastes, including domestic sewage. (1) Control manholes or access facilities shall be located and built in a manner acceptable to the Service Director. If measuring devices are to be permanently installed they shall be of a type acceptable to the Service Director. (2) Control manholes, access facilities and related equipment shall be installed by the person discharging the waste, at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be in safe condition, accessible and in proper operating condition at all times. Plans for the installation of the control manholes or access facilities and related equipment shall be approved by the City Engineer prior to the beginning of construction. (g) All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods", as defined in Section 911.03(83), and in accordance with 40 CFR 136 entitled "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants," and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular analysis involved will determine whether a twenty-four hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be