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information. Information accepted by the City as confidential shall not be transmitted to any party except as provided herein and unless a ten-day notification is given to the discharger. (d) All industrial users shall pr-em-ptlly notify the Service Director thirty days in advance of any substantial changes in the volume or character of pollutants in their discharge, including the listed or characteristic hazardous wastes for which the industrial user has submitted initial notification under 40 CFR 403.12(p). (e) All reports required by this chapter of the Codified Ordinances shall be signed by an authorized representative as defined in Section 911.03(5) and all reports shall include the following certification statement: I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. 917.06 ENFORCEMENT. (a) No discharger shall violate any provision, regulation or requirement of the Codified Ordinances. (b) Whenever the Service Director finds a discharger in violation of the Codified Ordinances, he may serve written notice upon the violator stating a brief and concise description of the violation and direct compliance with the Codified Ordinances within ten days. Service of the notice shall be made personally or by certified mail upon the discharger or authorized representative of the industrial user. (c) When the violation has not been corrected as directed by the Service Director, the Service Director may issue a written citation to the discharger. The citation shall contain a brief and concise description of the particulars of the violation, the proposed enforcement action, as well as the time and place of a hearing. The date of the hearing shall be no earlier than thirty days nor later than sixty days from the date of service. Service of the citation shall be made personally or by certified mail upon the discharger or authorized representative of the industrial user. Service is complete on date of mailing. (1) The City Service Director shall be the officer before which the hearing shall be conducted. He shall determine the order in which the hearing shall proceed. (2) At the hearing the discharger or its representative or attorney shall be permitted to present its position, arguments and contentions. Evidence may be admitted and witnesses may be examined and cross-examined to either support the discharger's position or to refute evidence and testimony offered by the City Engineer. Further, the right to proffer evidence into the record shall be recognized. All witnesses shall be placed under oath and the City Service Director shall permit subpoenas to be issued upon written request. If neither the discharger nor its authorized representative appear at the hearing, the City Service Director shall proceed with the hearing. (3) Within thirty days from the date of the hearing, the City Service Director shall render his decision in writing, supported by conclusions of fact supporting his decision, to all parties. The City Service Director may order any appropriate relief including dismissal of the City Engineer's citation or termination of wastewater treatment services to the discharger. The decision of the