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A. The public works director is authorized to establish local limits pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5(c). The public works director may impose mass limitations in addition to or in place of concentration-based limitations for local limits.

B. Local limits established by the public works director and approved by the state are listed below:

Regulated Pollutant

Local Limit (mg/L)

Limit Duration

Arsenic

0.90

Daily Maximum

Cadmium

0.35

Daily Maximum

Chromium

16.0

Daily Maximum

Copper

0.82

Daily Maximum

Lead

0.80

Daily Maximum

Mercury

0.18

Daily Maximum

Molybdenum

11.7

Daily Maximum

Nickel

0.30

Daily Maximum

Selenium

0.50

Daily Maximum

Silver

1.61

Daily Maximum

Zinc

7.17

Daily Maximum

Acetone

8.85

Daily Maximum

Ammonia as Nitrogen (N)

39.3

Monthly Average

Biochemical Oxygen Deficiency (BOD)

343

Monthly Average

Boron

20.0

Daily Maximum

Chloride

880

Daily Maximum

Cyanide

2.26

Daily Maximum

Hydrogen Sulfide (liquid)

0.34

Instantaneous

Oil & Grease, Nonpolar

100

Daily Maximum

Oil & Grease, Total

600

Daily Maximum

Sulfate

3,660

Daily Maximum

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

4,270

Daily Maximum

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

3,783

Monthly Average

C. Local limits shall apply at the end of the user’s lateral pipeline at the point where the industrial wastewater is discharged to the POTW. Users holding a valid nondomestic wastewater discharge permit or general permit shall have limits apply at the designated sample station.

D. Local limits shall be reviewed as needed to prevent pass through and interference. Any revision to the control authority’s local limits shall be submitted for approval to the state. Upon state approval, the revised local limits shall be enforceable under the conditions of this article. Copies of the most recently state-approved local limits shall be made available upon request through the office of the public works director.

E. The public works director may develop best management practices (BMPs), by ordinance or in nondomestic wastewater discharge permits or general permits, to implement local limits and the requirements of Section 22.240.210. (Ord. No. 2010-002, § 2, 2-1-10; Ord. No. 2018-009, § 1, 4-23-18; Ord. No. 2024-004, § 2, 5-21-24)