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COUNTY-CITY BUILDING <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />PxoNE219/235-9251 <br />Fax 219/235-9171 <br />TDD 219/235-5567 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />LEWIS N. POWELL <br />DIRECTOR <br />October 29, 1998 <br />Mr. Sean Coleman <br />President, Common Council <br />of the City of South Bend <br />400 County City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />RE: Ordinance Amending Chapter 17 of the South Bend Municipal Code <br />Dear Mr. Coleman: <br />Enclosed is a copy of an ordinance to amend portions of Chapter 17 of the South Bend Municipal <br />Code. As noted more specifically in the Ordinance, these amendments are suggested by US EPA <br />as a result of a Pretreatment Compliance Inspection (PCI) of South Bend's pretreatment program <br />conducted on December 10 and 11, 1997. <br />Specifically, there are two major ordinance revisions: 1) technically derived local pretreatment <br />discharge limits; 2) a requirement that certified operators be required to sign all industrial user <br />reports to the City. <br />EPA's PCI resulted in an administrative order against South Bend's pretreatment program issued <br />August 11, 1998. The order requires revisions to the individual user permits and the City's <br />enforcement responses to significant violations. EPA recommended that the local limits be <br />revised; it is not part of the formal order. However, it was indicated that the lack of technically <br />derived local limits would be a significant violation in a more complete audit of the program by <br />EPA in the future. <br />The first major revision is for technically derived local limits. The current local discharge <br />limitations in South Bend's Sewer Use Ordinance (Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code) have not <br />been technically derived as required by US EPA. The City contracted Lawson Fisher Associates <br />to technically derive new local limits according to US EPA's guidance document Crccidance <br />Manual on the Development and Implementation of Local Discharge Limitations Under the <br />Pretreatment Program. <br />ENGINEERING EA'VIRONMENTAL SERVICES EQUIPMENT' SERVICES <br />CARL LITTRELL, P.E. JOHN,, DILLON, PH.D. MATT CHLEBOWSKI <br />219/235-9251 219/277-8515 219/235-9316 <br />FAx 219/235-9171 FAx 219/277-8980 FAx 219/235-9007 <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />SAM HF.NSLEY <br />219/235-9444 <br />FAx 219/235-9272 <br />WATER WORKS <br />JOHN F. STANCATI <br />219/235-9322 <br />FAx 219/235-9728 <br />