Section 134-10 SPILL PREVENTION PLANS

A. Industrial users shall develop spill prevention plans to provide protection from the accidental discharge of materials which may interfere with the municipal wastewater system.  All spill prevention plans shall be submitted to the Town of Front Royal for approval and must address the following:

 

     1.  Description of discharge practices, including non-routine batch discharges;

 

     2.  Description of stored chemicals;

 

3.  Procedures for immediately notifying the Town of any accidental or slug discharge, as required by Section 138-18 (E) and 138-18 (F) of this ordinance; and

 

4. Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slug discharge. Such procedures include, but are not limited to, inspection and maintenance or storage areas, handling and transfer of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plan site runoff, worker training, building of containment structures or equipment, measure for containing toxic organic pollutants including solvents, and/or measure and equipment for emergency response.

 

B. Industrial users shall construct facilities necessary to implement approved spill prevention plans and shall maintain the facilities at their sole expense. Existing industrial users shall have six (6) months from the effective date of this Article to submit a spill prevention plan to the Administrator for approval. In the event that the plan is rejected, the Administrator shall provide to the industrial user a written statement specifying the reasons for rejection. The industrial user shall then have thirty (30) days to submit an amended spill prevention plan complying with the deficiencies noted by the Administrator. In the event that an industrial user fails to provide an approved spill prevention plan and/or fails to implement an approved spill prevention plan, the Administrator may require said industrial user to cease all discharge into the municipal wastewater system.

 

 (Ord. No. 2-05 Amended Entire Section 12-20-04-Effective Upon Passage)