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b. Consent -The Director may enter into Consent Orders, assurances of compliance, or other similar documents establishing an agreement with any User responsible for noncompliance. Such documents shall include specific action to be taken by the User to correct die noncompliance within a time period specified by the document. c. Show Cause - The Director may order a User which has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this ordinance, an individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, to appear before the Director and show cause why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. Notice shall be served on the User specifying the time and place for the meeting, the proposed enforcement action, the reasons for such action, and a request that the User show cause why the proposed enforcement action should not be taken. d. Compliance - When die Director finds that a User has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this ordinance, an individual wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any od-ier Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, tine Director may issue an order to the User responsible for the discharge directing that the User come into compliance within a specified time. If the User does not come into compliance within the time provided, sewer service may be discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices, or other related appurtenances are installed and properly operated. Compliance orders also may contain other requirements to address the noncompliance, including additional self-nnonitoring and management practices designed to minimize the amount of pollutants discharged to the sewer. A compliance order may not extend dnc deadline for compliance established f'or a Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, nor does a compliance order relieve the User of liability for any violation, including any continuing violation. 5. LIT - Litigation is the most severe enforcement action and is utilized when a User has not cooperated with the Control Authority or responded to the other enforcement remedies. Litigation defines several courses of action including civil suits for injunctive relief and/or civil penalties, criminal suits, termination of service, etc. These types of actions would all involve the courts and the City Attorney and would follow the procedures necessary for the due process. III. Significant Non Compliance (SNC) Utilizing the Enforcement Response Plan, Pretreatment Staff will initiate the appropriate response and see that the enforcement tracking files have been updated to show the type of action being taken and the response date. On a quarterly basis the Pretreatment Staff will be responsible for reviewing the compliance file of all Industrial Users for the previous six (6) months to determine significant non-compliance of any industrial user and on an annual basis, the names of all Industrial Users found in significant non-compliance will be published in the South Bend Tribune. A definition of significant non-compliance follows. Instances of Significant Non -Compliance (SNC) are Industrial User Violations which meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) Chronic violations of wastewater Discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty-six (66) percent or more of all of the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric Pretreatment Standard or Requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.30);