§ 15.60.330. Director—Authority and responsibilities.

A.

Responsibilities and assignment. The director and his staff shall be responsible for the administration of all sections of this title. Administratively, he shall be assigned to the department of water and sewerage services.

B.

Authority. The director shall have the authority to enforce all sections of this title. He shall be responsible and have the authority to operate the various treatment works. He shall be responsible for the preparation of operating budgets and recommendations concerning activities within his responsibility and authority.

C.

Records. The director shall keep in his office a complete record of all applications required under this title, including a record of all wastewater discharge permits. He shall also maintain the minutes and other records of the wastewater hearing authority.

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Wastewater hearing authority. The director shall attend all meetings of the wastewater hearing authority, or whenever it is necessary for him to be absent he shall send a designated representative and shall make such reports to and assist such authority in the administration of this title.

E.

The director shall notify industrial users identified in 40 CFR Section 403.8(f)(2) and (i) of any applicable pretreatment standards or other applicable requirements promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of Section 204(b) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1284), Section 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1345), or under the provisions of Section 3001 (42 U.S.C. 6921), 3004 (42 U.S.C. 6924) or 4004 (42 U.S.C. 6944) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Failure of the director to so notify industrial users shall not relieve such users from the responsibility of complying with such requirements.

F.

The director shall comply with all applicable public participation requirements of Section 101(e) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 125 1(e)) and 40 CFR Part 105 in the enforcement of National Pretreatment Standards. The director shall at least annually provide public notification, in the largest daily newspaper published in Nashville of industrial users during the previous twelve months which at least once were not in compliance with the applicable pretreatment standards or other pretreatment requirements. The notification shall summarize enforcement actions taken by the control authorities during the same twelve months. An industrial user shall be deemed to be in compliance with applicable pretreatment standards or other pretreatment requirements if he has completed applicable increments of progress under the provisions of any compliance schedule in the user's wastewater discharge permit or if the user has been granted an exception under the provisions of Section 15.60.180.

(Ord. BL2010-678 § 2, 2010; prior code § 40-189)