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a. Any permittee found in violation of Pretreatment Standards and <br />Requirements (40 CFR 403), the City of South Bend Municipal Code, or <br />this industrial wastewater discharge permit issued by the City of South Bend <br />and any applicable compliance schedules, shall be subject to administrative <br />fines of not more than $2500 per day per violation and/or civil litigation <br />and/or fines and imprisonment upon criminal conviction. <br />9. Revocation o Permit <br />a. The Director may revoke an individual wastewater discharge permit for <br />good cause, which shall be subject to appeal under Article 2, Chapter 17, <br />Subsection 17-11 (e) of the South Bend Municipal Code, but the <br />effectiveness of revocation shall not be stayed pending administrative <br />appeal. Reasons for permit revocation by the Director include, but are not <br />limited to the following: <br />i. Failure to notify the Director of significant changes to the wastewater <br />prior to the changed discharge; <br />ii. Failure to provide prior notification to the Director of changed <br />conditions pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 17, Subsection 17- 10 (o) (5); <br />iii. Misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts in the <br />wastewater discharge permit application; <br />iv. Falsifying periodic compliance reports and certification statements; <br />v. Tampering with monitoring equipment; <br />vi. Refusing to allow the Director timely access to the facility premises <br />and records; <br />vii. Failure to meet effluent limitations; <br />viii. Failure to pay fines; <br />ix. Failure to pay sewer charges; <br />x. Failure to meet compliance schedules; <br />xi. Failure to complete a wastewater discharge survey or the wastewater <br />discharge permit application; <br />xii. Failure to provide advance notice of the transfer of business <br />ownership of a permitted facility; or <br />xiii. Violation of any Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, or any <br />terms of this permit or Chapter 17 of the City of South Bend's <br />Municipal Code. <br />10. Confidentiality <br />a. Information and data on a permittee obtained from reports, surveys, <br />wastewater discharge permit applications, individual wastewater discharge <br />permits and monitoring programs, and from the Director's inspection and <br />sampling activities, shall be available to the public without restriction, <br />unless the permittee specifically requests, and demonstrates, to the <br />satisfaction of the Director, that the release of such information would <br />WE <br />