15.14.101 Notification of violation.
A. Authorization. When the director finds that a user has violated, or continues to violate, any provision of this chapter, including a wastewater discharge approval, order or any pretreatment standard or requirement, the director may serve upon that user a written notice of violation. The director may select any means of service that is reasonable under the circumstances.
B. Contents.
1. The notice of violation shall contain:
a. Statement of the specific violations that the director asserts has occurred.
2. The notice of violation may contain the following elements:
a. Factual findings adequately describing the basis upon which the director asserts a violation has occurred;
b. Compliance measures and/or schedule for compliance;
c. Administrative fines;
d. Any other provision or enforcement measure as deemed appropriate by the director.
C. Within seven days of the receipt of this notice, an explanation of the violation and a plan for the satisfactory correction and prevention thereof, to include specific required actions, shall be submitted by the user to the director. Submission of this plan in no way relieves the user of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the notice of violation.
D. The director may also take any action, including emergency actions or any other enforcement action, without first issuing a notice of violation. [Ord. 2020-07-016 § 1; Ord. 2019-11-032 § 1].