HomeMy WebLinkAbout906ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN INDUSTRIAL COST
RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR THE BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
WASTEWATER PUMPING AND TREATMENT SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the City of Batesville, Arkansas is charged
with the responsibilities of operating and maintaining the
Batesville Wastewater System in accordance with all applicable
local, state and federal laws; and
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WHEREAS, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) hasrequired as a grant condition for the receipt of grant
funds (EPA Project No. C--05-0332-03) to finance in part the
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Batesville Wastewater Pumping and Treatment System, that an
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Industrial Cost Recovery System be developed by the grantee,
ii the City of Batesville through its operating agent, the Batesvill
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Utilities Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Industrial Cost Recovery System must
comply with published regulations under Public Law 92-500 which
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stipulates that "any non-governmental user of publicly owned
{� treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
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supplemented, under the following divisions:
(a) Division A. - Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
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(b) Division B. - Mining j
f (c) Division D. - Manufacturing I
(d) Division E. - Transportation, Communications
Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services
(e) Division I. - Services"
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f, is subject to provisions of the Industrial Cost Recovery System
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as described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, a user in the Industrial Divisions previously
listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce
primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary
conveniences.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the City of Batesville,
Arkansas fixes and establishes that:
(1) domestic type wastewaters are defined by
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Batesville City Ordinance No. 905 as those which are
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shown to exhibit strength characteristics not
exceeding 270 mg/l biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),
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270 mg/1 suspended solids, at any hydraulic flow
rate, or exhibiting any other characteristics which
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are not normally constituents of domestic wastewater;
(2) any industrial or commercial user which
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discharges wastes into the Batesville Wastewater
System in excess of 50,000 gallons per day, whether
'! equalized or not, and the characteristics of same
wastes may be less than those defined above in (1)
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shall likewise pay the Industrial Cost Recovery
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Charge as delineated hereinafter;
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(3) the discharge characteristics of any
industrial or commercial customer exceeding the
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ii limits previously stipulated in either (1) and/or
(2) above shall pay an industrial cost recovery
charge based on its pro --rata share of the capital
costs of construction of the Batesville Wastewater
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Pumping and Treatment System in addition to thF:
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normal monthly sewer user charge.
(4) any industrial concern whose hydraulic,
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chemical, or biochemical characteristics do not
exceed the previously defined limits of (1) and/or
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(2) above will not be required to pay industrial
cost recovery charges;
(5) the industrial cost recovery charge as
applied initially to existing industries will be
ii modified and redistributed as additional qualifying
ii industries are connected to the wastewater system
and as a minimum for all industrial users on a
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yearly basis;
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(6) each affected industrial discharge shall
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be monitored on a periodic basis but as a minimum
once each year to determine flows and loadings;
(7) the method of determining the applicable
industrial cost recoverT charge shall be in
accordance with latest EPA published regulations;
(8) all industries affected by this resolution
shall have, upon receipt of written notification
from the Utilities Commission of a change in ICR
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costs, 30 days in which to appeal to the Board the
stipulated changes in ICR costs.
jj (9) any industry subject to ICR charges may
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remit to the Utilities Commission the appropriately
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i' computed charges on either a monthly, quarterly, or,
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as a maximum, on a yearly basis.
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i! BE IT ORDAINED that the City of Batesville fixes and
g neral equations to be used in
establishes the following, geq
computing and allocating Industrial Cost Recovery charges that
shall be paid by all qualifying users of the Batesville Waste-
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;! water System as previously defined, said charges becoming
effective fiscal year beginning October 1, 1980.
Equation (1)
ICR Char es to Flow =(Flow Capital Costs)(Percent_Industrial Use)
Useful Life 30 YearsT
Where,
Percent Industrial Use = Actual Industrial Flow i
Plant Design Flow
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Equation (2)
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ICR. Charges to BOD = (BOD Capital Costs) (Percent Industrial Use);
Useful Life (30 Years)
Where,
Percent Industrial Use = Actual Industrial BOD, Lbs.
Plant Design BOD, Lbs.
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Equation (3)
ICR Charges to
Suspended Solids
Where,
(SS Capital Costs) (Percent Industrial Use)
Useful Life 30 Years)
Percent Industrial Use = Actual Industrial SS, Lbs. 'f
Plant Design SS, Lbs.
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i Total Yearly ICR Charges = Equation (1) + Equation (2) + Equation'
It is hereby ascertained and declared that the fore -
going measures are necessary to comply with State and Federal Lawj
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and to insure continuing qualification of EPA Project No. C-05-
0332-03 for federal _funding. It is therefore declared that an
�! emergency exists and that this ordinance being necessary for the
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immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety
shall take effect and be enforced from/and after its passage.
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ii PASSED ON FIRST READING
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PASSED ON SECOND READING 19
PASSED ON THIRD READINGS-� --- �� , 19 l
Adopted this , day of
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Mayor'
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Co iit�a on Attorney
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