BERTRAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP – ORDINANCE ADOPTION – SEWER USE

BERTRAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
Ordinance Summary – Ordinance #221013F

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT ON OCTOBER 13, 2022, THE BERTRAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE SEWER USE AND INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT IN BERTRAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP.
The Ordinance includes the following Sections:
Division 1. General Purposes:
To establish standards, rules, and regulations with respect to the use of the City’s of Niles publicly owned treatment works (“POTW”) by users located within the Township.
To prevent the discharge of pollutants into the City’s POTW that do not meet applicable pretreatment standards and requirements; that would interfere with the operation of the POTW; that would pass through the POTW into the receiving waters or the atmosphere, the environment, or otherwise be incompatible with the system; that would inhibit or disrupt the POTW’s processing, use, or disposal of sludge; that would cause health or safety problems for POTW workers; or that would result in a violation of the City’s NPDES permit or of other applicable laws and regulations.
To regulate the discharge of wastewater to the POTW and to enforce the requirements of this article through the issuance of permits and through other means as provided by this article;
To authorize and require all inspection, monitoring, reporting and enforcement activities as necessary to insure compliance with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements and other applicable laws and regulations;
To provide for the recovery of costs from users of the wastewater collection and treatment system sufficient to administer regulatory activities and to meet the costs of the operation, maintenance, improvement or replacement of the system.
Division 2 regulates the use of public sewers, while Division 3 includes provisions on private sanitary sewer disposal systems. Division 4 is entitled “Building Sewers and Connections”. Division 5 regulates discharges to the POTW, and Division 6 discusses wastewater discharge permits. Division 7 details reporting and notice requirements for non-domestic users. Division 8 discusses sampling, analysis, and monitoring requirements for non-domestic users, and Division 9 governs accidental discharges. Division 10 has requirements on upset and additional affirmative defenses. Divisions 11, 12, 13 and 14 deal with bypass, confidential information, record retention and administration of the POTW respectively. Division 15 discusses operation and maintenance of user pollution controls, and Division 16 discusses enforcement of the ordinance’s terms. Division 17 details administrative hearings and the appeals process, and Division 18 contains provisions on appeals, rates, charges and fees.
The ordinance shall be effective 30 days from date of publication.
A true copy of the complete ordinance may be inspected at the Bertrand Charter Township Hall, 3835 Buffalo Road, Buchanan, MI 49107, or citizens can request a copy by contacting the Township at 269-695-5001.
Date: October 13, 2022 Don Vite, Township Clerk