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INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN SOVERN
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 26 , SERIES OF 1976
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11, CHAPTER 4, OF TITLE XV, OF
THE 1969 ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE, BY MAKING PROVISION FOR
THE RECOVERY FROM INDUSTRIAL-TYPE USERS OF CERTAIN COSTS
RELATING TO FEDERALLY FUNDED BI-CITY TREATMENT PLANT WITHIN
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1.
That Section 11, Chapter 4, of Title XV, of the 1969
E.M.C., is hereby amended to read as follows:
15-4-11: INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVEF.Y ( ICR)
{a) In accordance with Title II of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public
Law 92-500,33 USC 1251 et. seq.) provision is
hereby made for recovery from industrial-type
users of the federally funded Bi-City Treatment
Plant of their share of the total federal grant.
(b) Industries Affected shall be those identified
in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, (SICM) 1972 as revised, Divisions A
through I with the specific exception of those
industries which discharge only non process,
segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary
conveniences. Affected industries will be
classified as follows:
1. Major Contributing Industries are those
having one or more of the following
characteristics:
{i) have a flow of at least 50,000 qallon/
averaqe work day
(ii) have a flow qreater than St of the total
system flow
{iii) discharge toxic waste in toxic amounts
(iv) have significant impact on the treatment
process
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Monitoring to determine strength levels
shall be accomplished no less fre~uently
than annually. The results of sampling
and analysis will be recorded in the
Utilities office, reported to the affected
industry and reported to regulatory agencies
per their current directives.
2. Minor Contributing Industries are those
identified by SICM, Div. A thru I and not
classified as major contributing industries.
Monitoring, sampling and analysis of this
category will be accomplished where possible
to establish "normal" pollutant levels by
class. Relevant information from other
jurisdictions will be used as available to
compare and adjust class rates.
(c) Payment Rates shall be computed for ICR customers
based on the following basic capital costs for
the Bi-City plant:
(d)
Q (Volume) :
BOD:
SS:
$460.12 / 1000 gal-day of capacity
30.47 I pound-day of capacity
35.04 I pound-day of capacity
Specific i a dividual rates will be calculated
based on the volume strength and rate of flow
in accordance with current frederal guidelines.
Adjustments to individual rates will be made
annually or more frequently whenever evidence
is received that a major change in wastewater
volume and/or characteristics has occurred.
Payment will commence within one year of the
date of initiation of service through the
Bi-City plant.
Plant Expansion or Uagrading when in the future
the plant is expande or upgraded the industrial
allocations will be recalculated based on the
total expanded capacity of the facility in
relation to the capacity provided by federal
grants.
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(e) New Industry is one which connects to a treatment
works after such treatment works has been put
into service. ICR payments by a new industry
shall begin on the date use is initiated and shall
continue for the unexpired portion of the ICR
period or until the industry ceases use of the
facility, whichever occurs first. Total ICR
recovered from a new industry shall be the
Federal cost of the capacity used multiplied
by the ratio of its period of use to the ICR
period.
(f) Procedures for Management and Investment of
ICR Funds: The city shall retain 50% of the
amounts recovered from industrial users. The
remainder together with any interest earned
thereon, shall be returned to the U.S. Treasury
on an annual basis. A minimum of 80% of the
retained amounts, together with interest earned
thereon, shall be used solely for the eligible
costs of the expansion or reconstruction of
treatment works associated with the project and
necessary to meet the requirements of the Act.
The grantee shall obtain the written approval
of the Regional Administrator prior to committment
of the retained amounts for any expansion arid
reconstruction. The remainder of the retained
amounts may be used as the grantee sees fit,
except fo~ construction of industrial pretreatment
facilities or rebates to industrial user(s) for
costs incurred by such users in complying with
Federal user charge or industrial cost recovery
requirements. Pending use, the grantee shall
invest the retained amounts for reconstruction
and expansion in: (1) obligations of the U.S.
Government; or (2) obligations guaranteed as
to principal and interest by the U.S. Government
or any agency thereof; or (3) shall deposit such
amounts in accounts fully collateralized by
obligations of the U.S. Government or by obli-
gations fully guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the U.S. Government or any agency
thereof.
Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading
on the 21st day of June, 1976.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 23rd day
of June, 1976 •
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Read by title and passed on final reading on the 6th day of July, 1976. ·
Published by title as Ordinance No. 26 , Series of
1976, on the 7th day of July, 1976. ~~~
ATTEST:
I, William o. James, do hereby certify that the above
u1 fo · going is a true, accurate and complete copy of the
Ordinance , passed on final reading and published by title as
rdinance No. 26 , Series of 1976 .
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