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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br />INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 2, DIVISIONS 1, 3,4 AND 6 OF THE <br />SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCORPORATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL <br />PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)'S MODEL PRETREATMENT ORDINANCE <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Wastewater Management <br />published its most recent Model Pretreatment Ordinance in January 2007. The City of South <br />Bend's adoption of this Model Ordinance by amending the South Bend Municipal Code at <br />Chapter 17, Article 2, Divisions 1 and 3 will enable South Bend to comply fully with all <br />applicable State and Federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 United States Code § 1251 <br />et se q.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (Title 40, Code of Federal Re lations [CFR] <br />Part 403. It will further protect South Bend's water treatment processes, and it will enable South <br />Bend to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit <br />conditions, as well as any other State and Federal laws to which a publicly owned wastewater <br />treatment works is subject. <br />This ordinance also amends Chapter 17, Article 2, Divisions 4 and 6 to conform to the <br />amendments of Divisions I and 3, and all amendments to the South Bend Municipal Code within <br />this ordinance are in the best interest of South Bend, its citizens, and its water resources. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, that Chapter 17, Article 2, Divisions 1, and 3 shall be amended in <br />their entirety to read as follows: <br />SECTION I. Chapter 17, Article 2, Division 1, Section 17 -5 of the South Bend Municipal Code <br />shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />Sec. 17 -5 Definitio" Abbreviations. <br />The following abbreviations when used in this Article, shall have the following <br />designated meaning: <br />BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand <br />BMP — Best Management Practice <br />BMR -- Baseline Monitoring Report <br />CFR — Code of Federal Regulations _ <br />CIU— Categorical Industrial User <br />COD — Chemical Oxygen Demand <br />