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.001 mg/l phenolic compounds which cannot be removed by the City's wastewater treatment process. 2.5 State Requirements. State requirements and limita- tions on discharges shall apply in any case where they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those in this ordinance. 2.6 City's Right of Revision. The City reserves the right to establish by ordinance more stringent limitations or !requirements on discharges to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary to comply with the objectives presented in Sectio 11.1 of this ordinance. ? 2.7 Excessive Discharge. No user shall ever increase the use of process water, or in any way attempt to dilute a dis- charge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or in any other pollutant -specific limitation developed by the City or State. i (Comment: Dilution may be an acceptable means of complying with some of the prohibitions set forth in Section 5 of Ordinance 717, i specifically, the pH prohibition.) 2.8 Accidental Discharges. Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other substances regulated by this ordinance. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge or prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained at the owner or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Utilities Commission for review, and shall be approved by the Utilities Commission before construction of the facility. All existing users shall complete such a plan by January 1, 1983. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after the effective date of this ordinance shall be permitted to introduce Pollutants into the system until accidental discharge procedures have been approve i i f s 14 -