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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH GRENVILLE
BY-LAW NO. 103-24
A By-Law to Prohibit, Regulate and Control Discharges into the Public Sewer Systems
WHEREAS pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended, a
municipality may pass by-laws regarding services delivered by the Corporation;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation provides services in the areas of collection of sanitary
sewage, collection of storm water and other drainage from iand, sewage treatment,
among other areas;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the Ontario Water Resources Act, every municipality that
discharges or causes or permits the discharge of any material of any kind into or in any
waters or on any shore or bank thereof or into or in any place that may impair the quality
of the water of any waters is guilty of an offence;
AND WHEREAS Section 87 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended,
provides that a municipality may enter on land, at reasonable times, to inspect the
discharge of any matter into the sewage system of the municipality or into any other
sewage system the contents of which ultimately empty into the municipal sewage system
and may conduct tests and take samples for this purpose;
AND WHEREAS section 429 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended.
provides that a municipality may establish a system of fines for offences under a by-law
of the municipality passed under that Act;
AND WHEREAS section 434.1(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, provides that a municipality may require a person, subject to such conditions
as the municipality considers appropriate, to pay an administrative penalty if the
municipaiity Is satisfied that the person has failed to comply with a by-iaw of the
municipality passed under this Act;
AND WHEREAS Council is desirous of passing a by-law to address such services;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of North Grenville
enacts as follows:
A. DEFINITIONS
In this by-law:
"accredited laboratory" shall mean any laboratory accredited by an authorized
accreditation body in accordance with a standard based on "ISO/IEC/EN 17025:
General Requirements for Competence of Caiibration and Testing Laboratories"
established by the International Organization for Standardization, as amended;
"acute hazardous waste chemical" shall mean a material which is an acute hazardous
waste chemical within the meaning of 0.Reg. 347;
"Administrative Penalty By-law" means the Administrative Penalty By-law of the
IViunicipality, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereof;
"adverse impact" shall mean impairment of or damage to the environment, human
health, safety or property;
"annalgam separator" shall mean any technology, or combination of technologies,
designed to separate amalgam particles from dental operation wastewater;
"animate products of biotechnology" shall mean a living organism created through the
practice of biotechnology, and includes material which has been genetically modified
using techniques that permit the direct transfer or removal of genes in that organism;
"biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)" shall mean the 5-day BOD which is the
determination of the molecular oxygen utilized during a 5-day incubation period for the
blochemical degradation of organic material (carbonaceous demand), and the oxygen
used to oxidize material such as sulphides and ferrous iron;
"biomedical waste" shall mean biomedical waste as defined in the Ontario Ministry of
Energy and the Environment Guideline C-4 entitled "The Management of Biomedical
Waste in Ontario" dated April, 1994, as amended;
"biosolids" shall mean the product of stabilized organic solid material recovered from
the wastewater treatment process;
"blowdown water" shall mean recirculating water that is discharged from a cooling or
heating system for the purpose of controlling the level of water in the system or for the
purpose of discharging from the system materials contained in the system, the further
buiid-up of which would or might impair the operation of the system;
"Building Code Act" shall mean the Building Code Act, 1992, as amended, or any
successor legislation thereto;
"By-Law Enforcement Officer" shall mean a Compliance Officer, Police Officer, By-Law
Enforcement Officer, Special Constable and any other Public Officer engaged in the
enforcement of this or any other Law;
"carpet cleaner waste" shall mean a combination of liquid and solid wastes, generated
by carpet or furniture cleaning, that are collected in a mobile holding tank or are
discharged to a sewer;
"carrier" shall mean a person who transports hauled liquid waste to the sewage works
for disposal;
"certified amalgam separator" shall mean any amalgam separator that is certified in
accordance with standard "ISO 11143:1999 for Dental Equipment-Amalgam
Separators" established by the International Organization for Standardization, as
amended from time to time;
"combustible iiquid" shall mean a liquid that has a flash point not less than 37.8 degrees
Celsius and not greater than 93.3 degrees Celsius;
"Compliance Officer" shall mean a person authorized by the Corporation to carry out
inspections and take samples as prescribed by this by-law and to enforce this by-law;
"composite sample" shall mean a volume of sewage, storm water, uncontaminated
water, or effluent made up of two or more grab samples that have been combined
automatically or manually and taken at intervals during the sampling period;
"connection" or "drain" shall mean that part: or those parts of any pipe or system of pipes
leading directly or indirectly to a sewage works;
"Corporation" shall mean the Corporation of the Municipality of North GrenvHSe;
"dental amaigam" shall mean a dental filling material consisting of an amalgam of
mercury, silver and other materials such as copper, tin or zinc;
"dentistry" means dental care, dental hygiene or dental laboratory activities which
produce waste dental amalgam;
"designated provision" means any section of this By-law designated in accordance with
section 100;
"Director" shall mean the Director of Public Works, Municipality of North Grenville or a
duly authorized representative;
"fixture" shall mean a receptacle, appliance, apparatus, piping system, floor drain or
other device that releases or discharges sewage;
"fuel" shall mean alcohol, gasoline, naptha, diesel fuel, fuel oil or any other ignitable
substance intended for use as a fuel;
"grab sample" is an aliquot of the flow being sampled taken at one particuiar time and
place;
"ground water" shal! mean water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface
ofland or below a surface water body;
"hauled liquid waste" shall mean sewage that is suitable for treatment in a sewage
works and is transported to a sewage works for disposal and includes hauled sewage;
"hauled sewage" shall mean waste removed from a sewage system, including a
cesspool, a septic tank system, a privy vault or privy pit, a chemical toilet, a portable
toilet, or a sewage holding tank but does not include sludge removed from wastewater
treatment plants;
"hazardous industrial waste" shall mean hazardous industrial waste within the meaning
ofO.Reg. 347 as amended;
"hazardous waste chemical" shall mean hazardous waste chemical within the meaning
ofO.Reg. 347 as amended;
"ignitable waste" shall mean a substance that:
(i) is a liquid, other than an aqueous solution containing less than 24 per cent
alcohol by volume and has a flash point less than 93 degrees Ceisius, as
determined by the Tag Closed Cup Tester (ASTM D-56-97a), the Setaflash
Closed Cup Tester (ASTM D-3828-97 or ASTM D-3278-96el), the Pensky-
Martens Closed Cup Tester (ASTM D-93-97), or as determined by an equivalent
test method;
(ii) is a solid and is capable, under standard temperature and pressure, of causing
fire through friction, absorption of moisture or spontaneous chemical changes
and, when ignited, bums so vigorously and persistently that it creates a danger;
(iii) is an ignitable compressed gas (Class 2, Division D) as defined In the
regulations under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992. as
amended or replaced from time to time; or
(iv) is an oxidizlng substance (Class 5, Divisions 1 and 2) as defined in the
regulations under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, as
amended and any successor legislation thereto;
"industrial" shall mean of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade,
business or institutions as distinguished from domestic or residential;
"industry" shall mean any owner or operator of industrial premises from which there is a
discharge of any matter directly or indirectly into a Corporation sanitary sewer or storm
sewer;
"interceptor" shall mean a receptacle that is designed and installed to prevent oil, grease,
sand or other materials from passing into a drainage system;
"LEL" stands for Lower Explosive Limit and means the minimum concentration of the
compound as a gas or vapour, measured as a percentage in air, which wil! explode or
bum;
"maintenance access hole" shall mean access point in a private sewer connection to allow
for observation, sampling and flow measurements of the sewage, uncontaminated water
or storm water therein;
"matter" includes any solid, liquid or gas;
"Municipal sewer connection" shall mean that part: of any drain or system of drains leading
from the private sewer connection and connected to the Municipal sewer and located
within the limits of the public road allowance, or other public lands held for sewage
purposes;
"Municipality" shall mean the Municipality of North Grenvilie or its designated
representative;
"non-contact cooling water" is water which is used to reduce temperature for the purpose
of cooling and which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate
product other than heat, or finished product;
"nuclear substance" shall mean;
(I) deuterium, thorlum, uranium or an element with an atomic number greater than
92;
(ii) a derivative of compound ofdeuterium, thorium, uranium or of an element with
an atomic number greater than 92;
(ill) a radioactive nuclide;
(iv) a substance that is prescribed as being capable of releasing nuclear energy or
as being required for the production or use of nuclear energy; or
(v) a radioactive substance or radioactive thing that was used for the development
or product or in connection with the use, of nudear energy as defined under the
Nuclear Safety and Control Act, S.C. 1997, as amended and any successor
legislation thereto;
"O.Reg. 347" shal! mean Ontario Regulation 347, the general waste management regulation
made under Part V of the Environmental Protection Act, as amended from time to time, and any
successor regulation;
"pathological waste" shall mean a material which is a pathological waste within the
meaning of 0.Reg. 347 as amended;
"PCBs" shall mean any monochtorinated or poly-chlorinated biphenyl or any mixture of
these or mixture that contains one or more of them;
"person" includes an individua!, association, partnership, corporation, municipality,
Provincial or Federal agency, or other legal representatives of a person to whom the
context can apply according to law
"pesticides" shall mean a pesticide regulated under the Pesticides Act, R.S.O. 1990,as
amended or any successor legislation thereto;
"pH" shall mean the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of
hydrogen ions in moies per litre of solution;
"pollution prevention" shall mean the use of processes, practices, materials, products,
substances or energy that avoid or minimize the creation of pollutants and wastes at the
source;
"premises" shall mean any land or building or both or any part thereof;
"private sewer connection" shall mean that part of any drain or system of drains,
including drains or subsurface drainage pipe for surface or subsurface of the land in or
adjacent to a building, lying within the limits of the private lands and leading to a
municipal sewer connection;
"reactive waste" shall mean a substance that:
(i) is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent changes without detonating;
(ii) reacts violentiy with water;
(iii) forms potentially explosive mixtures with water;
(iv) when mixed with water, generates toxic gases, vapours or fumes in a quantity
sufficient to present danger to human health or the environment;
(v) is a cyanide or sulphide bearing waste which, when exposed to pH conditions
between 2 and 12.5, can generate toxic gases, vapours or fumes in a quantity
sufficient to present danger to human health or the environment;
(vi) is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected to a strong initiating
source or if heated under confinement;
(vii) is readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition or reaction at
standard temperature and pressure; or
(viii) is an explosive (Class 1) as defined in the regulations under the
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, as amended;
"sanitary sewer" shail mean a sewer for the collection and transmission of domestic or
industrial sewage or any combination thereof;
"severely toxic waste" shall mean waste containing any contaminant listed m Schedule
3 of 0.Reg.347 as amended;
"sewage" shall mean any liquid waste containing animal, vegetable, mineral or chemical
matter In solution or in suspension, but does not include stormwater or uncontaminated
water;
"sewage works" means any works owned, operated and maintained by the Corporation
for the collection, transmission, treatment or disposal of sewage, stormwater or
uncontaminated water, including a sanitary sewer, municipal sewer connection or storm
sewer, or any part of such works, but does not include plumbing or other works to which
the Building Code Act applies;
"sewer" means a pipe, conduit, drain, open channel, ditch or watercourse for the
collection and transmission of sewage, stormwater, or uncontaminatect water, or any
combination thereof;
"sludge" means wastewater containing more than 0.5% tota! solids, but does not include
material which has been pumped out of a septic tank;
"spill" means a direct or indirect discharge or deposit to the sewage works or the natural
environment which is abnormal in quantity or quality in light of all circumstances of the
discharge;
"Standard Methods" means a procedure or method set out in Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater published jointly by the American Public Health
Association. American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation,
20th edition, as amended from time to time;
"storm sewer" means a sewer for the collection and transmission of uncontaminated
water, storm water, drainage from land or from a watercourse or any combination thereof
that is the responsibility of the Corporation including storm sewers located within the
Corporation's road allowance or other Corporation property;
"storm water" means water from rainfall, other natural predpitation, drainage or from the
melting of snow or ice;
"swimming pool" means a structure which is located on or in or above the ground and
which is capable of containing an artificia! body of water for swimming, wading, diving or
recreational bathing with a water depth of 0.6 metres or more at its deepest point;
"total kjedahl nitrogen (TKN)" means organlcally bound nitrogen plus ammonia nitrogen,
as determined by using a standard procedure;
"uncontaminated water" means potable water as supplied by the Corporation or any other
water with a level of quality which is typical of potable water normally supplied by the
Corporation, or any other water which complies with Section C of this by-law;
"waste disposal site leachate" means leachate, namely liquid containing dissolved or
suspended contaminants which emanates from waste and is produced by water
percolating through waste or by liquid in waste, from any waste disposal site;
"watercourse" means an open channel, ditch or depression either natural or artificial, In
which flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently; and
"waters" means a well, lake, river, pond, spring, stream, reservoir, artificial watercourse,
intermittent watercourse, or other water or watercourse.
B. SANITARY SEWER REQUIREMENTS
Sanitary Sewer Prohibition " Circumstances
1. No person shall directly or indirectly discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of sewage or matter of any type into a sanitary sewer,
municipal or private sewer connection to any sanitary sewer in circumstances
where, to do so, may cause or resuit in:
(a) a health or safety hazard to a person authorized by the Director to inspect,
operate, maintain, repair or otherwise work on a sewage works;
(b) an offence under the Ontario Water Resources Act or the Environmental
Protection Act or any regulation made thereunder from time to time;
(c) biosolids from the sewage works to which sewage discharges, directly or
indirectly, to fai! to meet the objectives and criteria as listed in the Ministry of
the Environment publication entitled "Guidelines for the Utilization of
Biosolids and Other Wastes on Agricultural Land" dated March 1996, as
amended from time to time;
(d) interference with the operation or maintenance of a sewage works or the
impairment or interference with any sewage treatment process;
(e) a hazard to any person, animal, property or vegetation;
(f) an offensive odour to emanate from sewage works, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, sewage containing hydrogen sulphide, carbon
disulphide or other reduced sulphur compounds, amines or ammonia, in
such quantity as may cause an offensive odour shall not be discharged to
the sewage works;
(g) damage to the sewage works;
(h) an obstruction or restriction to the flow in the sewage works;
(i) the presence of toxic gases, vapours or fumes within the sewage works such
that:
(i) two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of
discharge into the sewage works or at any point in the sewage works, of
more than five percent LEL are obtained;
(ii) any single reading on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge
into the sewage works or at any point in the sewage works, often percent
LEL or higher is obtained; or
(iii) any single reading on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge
into the sewage works or at any point in the sewage works, of two parts per
million atmosphere hydrogen sulphide or higher is obtained.
Discharge to Sanitary Sewer Prohibited " Characteristics of Matter
2. No person shall directly or indirectly discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of sewage or matter of any type into a sanitary sewer,
municipal or private sewer connection to any sanitary sewer where the sewage has
one or more of the following characteristics:
(a) a temperature greater than 60 degrees Celsius; or
(b) apH less than 6.0 or greater than 10.5; or
(c) two or more separate liquid layers.
Discharge to Sanitary Sewers Prohibited - Content of Matter
3. No person shall directly or indirectly discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of sewage or matter of any type into a sanitary sewer, municipal
or private sewer connection to any sanitary sewer if the sewage contains one or
more of the following in any amount:
(a) acute hazardous waste chemical;
(b) biomedical waste;
(c) combustible liquid;
(d) dyes or colouring materials which may or could pass through a sewage
works and discoiour the sewage works effiuent;
(e) fuel;
(f) hauled sewage, except where:
(i) the hauled sewage is being discharged from a recreational vehicle;
(ii) the carrier of the hauled sewage operating as a waste management
system has a Certificate of Approval or Provisional Certificate issued
under the Environmental Protection Act or is exempt from the
requirement to have a Certificate of Approval or Provisional
Certificate of Approval;
(iii) the carrier has written approval from the Corporation which includes
a specified time and location for the discharge; and
(iv) the discharge occurs at the approved time and location.
(g) hauled liquid waste, except where:
(i) the carrier of the hauled liquid waste operating as a waste
management system has a Certificate of Approval or Provisional
Certificate issued under the Environmental Protection Act or is
exempt from the requirement to have a Certificate of Approval or
Provisional Certificate of Approval; and
(ii) the carrier complies with the provisions for the discharge of hauled
liquid waste that are or may be set from time to time by the Director;
(h) ignitable waste;
(J) hazardous industrial waste;
(j) hazardous waste chemicals;
(k) nuclear waste unless:
(i) the waste radioactive prescribed substances are being discharged
under a valid and current licence issued by the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission or its successor;
(ii) a copy of the licence has been provided to the Corporation; and
(lii) the discharge has been authorized in writing by the Director;
(I) pathological waste, except where the waste has been decontaminated
prior to its discharge;
(m) PCB's except where:
(i) the person has a Certificate of Approval for a mobile site or PCB
mobile waste disposa! system issued under the Environmental
Protection Act or, where the person is claiming exemption under a
regulation, the person has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Director that the conditions of the exemption are met;
(ii) a copy of the most recent Certificate of Approval or Provisional
Certificate and any amendment Is provided to the Director;
(iii) the Director has confirmed in writing that the person discharging has
met a condition for an exemption under the regulations in relation to
that person's discharge of PCBs to the sewage works; and
(iv) the discharge contains a concentration ofless than 1 microgram per
litre of PCBs;
(n) pesticides;
(o) reactive waste;
(p) severely toxic waste;
(q) silver-bearing wastewater from photo finishing processes not treated with a
silver recovery unit prior to discharge;
(r) waste disposal site leachate;
(s) solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size to be capable of
causing obstruction to the flow in a sewer, including but not iimited to ashes,
bones, cinders, sand, mud, soil, straw, shaving, metal, glass, rags, feathers,
tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, animal parts or tissues and paunch
manure.
Specified Limits for Discharges to Sanitary Sewer
4. No person shall directly or indirectly discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of sewage or matter of any type into a sanitary sewer,
municipal or private sewer connection to any sanitary sewer if the sewage contains
a concentration expressed in miliigrams per litre, which exceeds any one or more
of the limits in Schedule "A" attached, "Limits for Sanitary and Combined Sewers
Discharges" unless the person has:
(a) entered into an Overstrength Sewage Discharge Agreement in accordance
with Section E. and the discharge to the sanitary sewer is in strict compliance
with that Overstrength Sewage Discharge Agreement; or
(b) in effect a Compliance Program approved by the Director in accordance with
Section F, and the discharge to the sanitary sewer is in strict compliance with
the approved Compliance Program.
Sanitary Sewer - Water not Originating from the Corporation Water Supply
5. No person shall directly or indirectly discharge or cause or permit the discharge of
sewage containing water originating from a source other than the Corporation's
water supply, into a sanitary sewer, municipal or private sewer connection to any
sanitary sewer unless:
(a) the person has entered into a Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement In
accordance with Section E and the discharge is in strict compliance with
that Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement; or
(b) the person has entered into an Overstrength Discharge Agreement in
accordance with Section E, and the discharge is in strict compliance with
that Overstrength Discharge Agreement.
Prohibition of Dilution
6. No person shall discharge directly or indirectly or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of sewage into a sanitary sewer, storm sewer, municipal or
private sewer connection to any sanitary sewer or storm sewer in circumstances
where matter has been added to the discharge for the purpose of dilution to achieve
compliance with Sections A. and B. of this by-law.
C. STORIVI SEWER REQUIREMENTS
Storm Sewer Prohibition " Circumstances
7. No person shal! directly or indirectly discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of matter of any type or in any quantity into any storm sewer,
watercourse, municipal or private sewer connection to any storm sewer in
circumstance where to do so may cause or result in:
(a) damage to a storm sewer;
(b) interference with the proper operation of a storm sewer;
(c) any hazard or other adverse impact, to any person, animal, property, or
vegetation;
(d) impairment of the quality of the water in anywe!!, lake. river, pond, spring,
stream, reservoir or other water or watercourse;
(e) the contravention of a Certificate of Approval or Provisional Certificate of
approval issued under the Ontario Water Resources Act or the
Environmental Protection /\cfwith respect to the storm sewer, its discharge
from the storm sewer or both the storm sewer and its discharge; or
(f) contravention of the Fisheries Act, with respect to the storm sewer and/or
its discharge from the storm sewer into a watercourse.
Discharge to Storm Sewer Prohibited " Characteristics of Matter
8. No person sha!l directly or indirectly, discharge or deposit or cause or permit the discharge
or deposit of matter of any type or in any quantity into any storm sewer, watercourse,
municipal or private sewer connection to any storm sewer where the matter has one or more
of the following characteristics:
(a) two or more separate layers;
(b) pH less than 6.5 or greater than 8.5;
(c) visible film, sheen ordiscolouration; or
(d) temperature greater than 40 degrees Celsius.
Discharge to Storm Sewer Prohibited - Content of Matter
9. No person shall directly or indirectly, discharge or deposit or cause or permit the
discharge or deposit of matter of any type or in any quantity into any storm sewer,
watercourse, municipal or private sewer connection to any storm sewer where the
matter contains one or more of the following:
(a) acute hazardous waste chemicals;
(b) animate products of biotechnology;
(c) biomedica! waste;
(d) carpet cleaner waste;
(e) combustible liquid;
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concrete mixtures;
dyes or colouring materials, except where the dye is used by the Corporation
or an agent working on behalf of the Corporation as a tracer;
floating debris;
fuel;
hauled sewage;
hauled liquid waste;
hazardous industrial waste;
hazardous waste chemicals;
ignitabte waste;
material discharged from a groundwater remediation system;
motor oil;
nuclear substance;
organic solvents;
paint;
pathological waste;
PCBs;
pesticides;
reactive waste;
severely toxic waste;
sewage;
sludge;
solvent extractabie matter of animal, vegetable origin, mineral or synthetic origin;
waste disposal site leachate;
wastewater from an industrial operation;
(dcf) a substance from raw materials, intermediate or final products produced in. through
or from an industrial operation;
(ee) a substance used in the operation or maintenance of an industrial site;
(ft) contaminants from the raw materials, intermediate or fina! products or wastewater
from an industrial operation;
(gg) Escherichia coii colonies in excess of 200 per 1 00 ml;
(hh) a substance which has or causes an offensive or nuisance odour;
(li) result in the discharge of cooling water, blowdown water or storm water from
industrial process areas unless all of the following conditions are met:
(i) the cooling water, bbwdown water or storm water is being
discharged pursuant to a Certificate of Approval or Provisional
Certificate of approval issued under the Environmental Protection
Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, as amended, which
expressly authorizes the discharge;
(ii) the person owning or operating the premises has written approval
from the Corporation which expressly authorizes the discharge from
the premises; and
(iii) a copy of the Certificate of Approval or Provisional Certificate of
approval referred to in subsection 9(ii)(l) has been provided to the
Corporation;
(Jj) a concentration, expressed in milligrams per litre, which exceeds any one
or more of the limits in Schedule "B" attached, "Limits for Storm Sewer
Discharges", except where the discharge results solely from:
(i) street cleaning which has been authorized by the Director;
(ii) hydrant flushing which has been authorized by the Director; or
(iii) extinguishing fires.
D. REPORTING AND IVIONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Waste Survey Report - Industrial Dischargers
10. Every person being an owner or operator of industrial premises with a connection to
a sewage works or making use of any kind of sewage works shall, within sixty (60)
days of request by a Compliance Officer:
(a) file with the Compliance Officer, a Waste Survey Report in the form
established and containing:
i. the address and legal description of the premises, any commonly used
name of the premises, the names of the owner and operator, a telephone
number or other means by which the owner and the operator can be
contacted;
ii. a description of process operations, including waste discharge rates and
contamination concentrations and hours of operation and Standard
industrial Classification codes;
iii. particulars ofthe names of all raw materials, products, by-products, waste
and any other substance or material that Is used, produced, discharged
or emitted from such premises;
iv. the generator registration number if any assigned with respect to the
premises under 0. Reg. 309 made under the Environmental Protection
Act;
v. particulars of the waste class, hazardous waste number, primary and
secondary characteristics and analytical data and the name of the
laboratory, if any, furnished to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment
under 0. Reg. 309 made under the Environmental Protection Act relating
to any material discharged into or in land drainage works. private branch
drains or connections to any sanitary, or storm sewer;
vi. particulars of the types, volumes, concentrations and frequency of
discharge of all substances or materials;
vii. particulars of the types of industrial processes, neutratization processes
and systems, ion exchange systems, heavy metal absorption systems,
on-site treatment facilities and all other processes occurring prior to the
discharge of any substance or material into any sewage works;
viii. all other information, which, in the opinion of the Director, is reasonable
and necessary for the proper treatment of the substances and materials
discharged and efficient operation and monitoring of sewage works; and
ix. the signature of the owner or operator of the industrial premises, or its
authorized representative, certifying as to the accuracy of the information;
(b) file with the Compliance Officer, in support of the Waste Survey Report, the
following documentation:
i. a schematic process diagram indicating waste discharge points and
waste description;
ii. a sketch to scale showing the dimensions, specifications and location of
all drainage connections to the sewage works;
iii. a sketch to scale showing the dimensions, specifications and location of
all maintenance access holes constructed pursuant to this By-law; and
iv. the specifications of all drainage lay-out plans.
11. Every person being the owner or operator of the industrial premises shall submit
to the Compliance Office in writing, particulars of any changes to the information
provided in Section 10 within thirty (30) days of the change.
12. No person being the owner or operator of industrial premises shall discharge or
deposit or cause or permit the discharge or deposit of sewage into or in land
drainage works, private branch drains or connections to any sanitary sewer, or
storm sewer, unless he or she has complied with Sections 10 and 11.
13. Every person being an owner or operator of industrial premises shall:
(a) complete any monitoring or sampling of any discharge to a sewage works
in accordance with a written request by a Compliance Officer;
(b) provide the results of monitoring or sampling under Section 13(a) to the
Compliance Officer, in accordance with written request by the Compliance
Officer;
(c) have samples obtained pursuant to subsection 13(a) analyzed by an
accredited laboratory forthwith upon written request by a Compliance
Officer; and
(d) submit the results of testing under subsection 13(b) or 13(c) to the-
Compliance Officer forthwith upon receipt.
14. The obligations set out in or arising out of this Section D. shal! be completed at the
expense of the owner or operator carrying out or required to carry out the
obligation.
E. AGREEMENTS
15. Subject to Sections 17, 20, 22, and 27, the discharge or deposits of sewage that
would otherwise be prohibited by this by-law may be permitted into or in any
connection to any sanitary sewer to an extent fixed by agreement with the
Corporation under such conditions with respect to payment of additional sewage
service rates or otherwise as may be necessary to compensate for any additional
costs of operation, repair, and maintenance of the sewage works.
16. For the purpose of this Chapter Discharge Agreement includes an "Overstrength
Sewage Discharge Agreement", a "Restrictive Discharge Agreement", and a
"Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement".
Overstrength Sewage Discharge Agreement
17. An "Overstrength Sewage Discharge Agreement" can only be made for the volume
of sewage and discharge of the following parameters in sewage: suspended solids,
biochernlca! oxygen demand and/or chennical oxygen demand, oil and grease of
animal and vegetable origin, phosphorus, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen.
18. Negotiated when an industry's discharge to a sanitary sewer exceeds the limits set
is Schedule "A" for one or more of three parameters listed under Section 17 that
are treatable at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. This agreement allows the
Corporation to recover the costs of operation, repair and maintenance of the
sewage works, which will be reviewed and adjusted accordingly from time to time
by the Corporation for treating these excess loadings resulting from overstrength
wastes.
19. Negotiated when an industry discharge to a sanitary sewer exceeds 100 cubic
metres per day. This agreement allows the Corporation to impose a surcharge fee,
which will be reviewed and adjusted accordingly from time to time by the
Corporation for discharges in excess of 100 cubic metres per day.
Restrictive Discharge Agreement
20. The Director may require a "Restrictive Discharge Agreement" when restriction of
loadings and/or volume into the sewage works is required.
21. An "Overstrength Sewage Discharge Agreement" and a "Restrictive Discharge
Agreement" shall be subject to Council approval.
Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement
22. A "Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement" shall be made for the discharge of sewage
which contains water that has originated from a source separate from the municipal
water supply system. The agreement, if necessary, will include installation of a
flow meter and flow data recorder, and also a costs of operation, repair and
maintenance of the sewage works that will be reviewed and adjusted accordingly
from time to time by the Corporation for the discharge agreement
23. A "Sanitary Sewer Discharge Agreement" shall be subject to Director's approval.
24. Every Discharge Agreement shall specify:
(a) the extent of variance from this by-law authorized by the Discharge
Agreement;
(b) the conditions on which the discharge is permitted;
(c) the surcharge for additional sewage rates payable as deemed necessary by
the Director to compensate for any additional costs of operating and
maintaining the sewage works;
(d) the obligation of the party to indemnify the Corporation;
(e) the term and rights of early termination;
(f) that where a common sewer service pipe connects different industrial
premises to the sewage works and only one test maintenance access hole
is maintained pursuant to this by-law, the results of monitoring performed on
samples collected from such maintenance access holes shall be used to
determine any overstrength fees or sewer rates, unless otherwise approved
by the Director; and
(g) such matters as the Director may determine.
25. The Director is authorized to sign Discharge Agreements in accordance with this
by-law provided the applicant has:
(a) has paid the applicable administration fee determined in accordance with
the Water Use and Rate By-Law;
(b) delivered to the Director, the Discharge Agreement in the form authorized
by the Director, duly signed by its authorized signing officers; and
(c) delivered to the Director, such documentation as may be specified in the
Discharge Agreement.
26. No person being a party to a Discharge Agreement shall, while the Discharge
Agreement is in effect, make or permit discharges which are non-compliant with this
by-law except in the amount and to the extent set out in the Discharge Agreement.
27. Despite any other provision of this by-law, a person who has entered into a
Discharge Agreement shall not be prosecuted under this by-law for the discharge
or deposit of sewage containing the matters specified in the Discharge Agreement
while the Discharge Agreement is in effect, provided the discharge is fully
compliant with the Discharge Agreement.
28. The Director may terminate a Discharge Agreement prior to its expiry date:
(a) at any time where the Director determines the continuation of the agreement
poses a threat or danger to any person, property, plant or animal !ife, waters
or sewage works; or
(b) on thirty (30) days written notice for contravention of the Discharge
Agreement or this by-law.
F. COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
29. An industry which is discharging an effluent which is not in compliance with limits
in Schedule "A" may apply in writing to the Director for approval of a proposed
Compliance Program intended to bring the industry Into compliance with this by-
law within a fixed period of time.
30. The proposed Compliance Program shall set out activities to be undertaken by the
industry that would result in a specified time, In the prevention or reduction and
control of the discharge or deposit of:
(a) matter from the industry's premises into municipal or private sewer
connections to any sanitary sewer; or
(b) uncontaminated water, or stonnwater from the industry's premises into
municipal or private sewer connections to any storm sewer.
31. The Director is hereby authorized to approve in writing a Compliance Program for
an industry, where the Compliance Program addresses, to the satisfaction of the
Director:
(a) particulars of the permitted exemption from compliance from this by-law,
and any limitations to such exemption;
(b) the terms and conditions on which the non-compliant discharge may occur;
(c) particulars of any treatment facilities which are to be installed to achieve
compliance with this by-law;
(d) particuiars of the remedial actions to be implemented by the industry to
achieve compliance with this by-law;
(e) the dates of commencement and completion of the remedial actions or
activities;
(f) particulars of the permitted exemption from compliance from this by-law,
and any limitations to such exemption;
(g) a Compliance program Application fee to be paid in accordance with the
Water Use and Rate By-Law plus any additional costs related to
development of Compliance program; and
(h) the date by which compliance with this by-law is to be achieved. The date
for completion of proposed remedial activity or action shall not be later than
the specified end date for the compliance program.
32. The Director may:
(a) refuse to approve the proposed Compliance Program where, in his or her opinion,
the proposed Compliance Program is inadequate; or
(b) approve a Compliance Program.
33. Every industry for which a Compliance Program has been approved, shall:
(a) submit to the Director, a "Compliance Program Progress Report" within fourteen
(14) days of the scheduled completion date of each activity listed in the approved
Compliance Program;
(b) comply with or to cause compliance with the Compliance Program; and
(c) ensure than no discharge is made which is non-compliant with this by-law except in
the amount and to the extent and during the time frames set out in the approved
Compliance Program.
34. The Director may terminate an approved Compliance Program on thirty (30)
days written notice to the industry sent by registered mail to the address for the
industry shown in the application for the Compliance Program, in the event that
the Director, in his or her discretion, determines that the industry has failed or
neglected to carry out or diligently pursue the activities required of it under its
approved Compliance Program.
35. The Director may suspend any approved Compliance Program on oral or written
notice to the industry at any time where the Director, in his or her discretion
determines that there is an emergency situation or immediate threat or danger
to any person, property, plant or animal life or to waters.
G. SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL REQUtRElVIENTS
36. Where a sample is required pursuant to this by-law for the purpose of
determining the characteristics or contents of the sewage, uncontaminated
water or stormwater to which reference is made in this by-law the following
guidelines shall apply:
(a) one sample alone is sufficient and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the sample may be a grab sample or a composite sample, may
contain additives for its preservation and may be collected manually, or by
using an automatic sampling device;
(b) except as otherwise specifically provided in this by-law, a!l tests,
measurements, analyses and examinations of sewage, uncontaminated
water and stomnwater, shall be carried out in accordance with Standard
Methods;
(c) for each one of the following metals: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobait.
copper, lead, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, silver, and zinc whose
concentration is limited in Schedule "A", the analysis shall be for the
quantity of total metal, which includes all metal both dissolved and
particulate;
(d) where a common sewer service pipe connects different industrial and
commercial premises served by separate water meters to the wastewater
collection system and only one test maintenance access hoie Is
maintained pursuant to this by-law, the results of tests performed on
samples collected from such test maintenance access holes shall be used
to determine a sewer service surcharge which shall be used for all
premises connected to the common sewer service; and
(e) the Director may from time to time conduct tests at the test maintenance
access hole, or, where there is not a test maintenance access hole located
at a place satisfactory to test the wastewater being discharged, the
Director may enter upon the premises from which the wastewater
originates and conduct the tests as he deems necessary.
H. SPILLS
Immediate Notification
37. Every person responsible for a spill which enters or has the potential to enter the
sewage works and every person having charge, management and control of
such a spill shall:
(a) phone the Municipality as soon as the person knows or ought to know that
the spill has entered the sewage system or has the potential to enter the
sewage system to give notice of the spill;
(b) provide such information with regard to the spill as is requested by the
Director and is then available;
(c) provide a detailed written, signed report to the Director within five (5) days
after the spill, including in the report, to the best of his or her knowledge
particulars of:
(i) the iocation where spill occurred;
(ii) the name and telephone number of person who reported the spill and
the location and time where that person can be contacted;
(iii) the name of the person who discharged or deposited or who is
believed to have discharged or deposited the material to the sewage
works;
(iv) the date and time of spill;
(v) the material spilled;
(vi) the characteristics of material spilled;
(vii) the volume of material spilled;
(viii) the duration of the spill;
(ix) the work completed and/or still in progress In the mitigation of the
spill;
(x) the preventative actions being taken to ensure a similar spill does
not occur again;
(xi) the date and time of any report of the spi!l to the Ministry of the
Environment or to any other agency; and
(xii) such other information as the Director may reasonably require to
investigate and assess the situation.
Containment
38. Every person being responsible for a spiil into the sewage works and every person
having charge, management and control of a spill into the sewage works shall do
everything reasonably possible, at the person's own cost and expense to:
(a) contain the spill;
(b) protect the health and safety of citizens;
(c) minimize damage to property;
(d) protect the environment:
(e) clean up the spil! and contaminated residue; and
(f) restore the affected areas to its condition prior to the splil.
Cleanup
39. Where the person responsible for the spill or the person having the charge,
management and control of the spill fails to or neglects to carry out or diligently
pursue the activities required of it in Section 38 of this by-law, the Director may
take or direct the taking of such measures as the Director deems appropriate to
contain the spill, protect the health and safety of citizens, minimize damage to the
property, protect the environment, clean up the spiil and associated residue and
restore the affected area to its condition prior to the spill. The cost of doing so shall
be a debt owing by the person responsible for the spill and/or the person having
the charge, management and control of the spil!, enforceable by any means open
to the Corporation.
I. MAINTENANCE ACCESS HOLE/MONITORING DEVICES
Maintenance Access Hole
40. The owner or operator of commercial, institutional or industrial premises or multi-
residential buildings with one or more connections to the sewage works shall
instal! and maintain in each connection, a suitable monitoring maintenance access
hole to allow observation, sampling and flow measurement of the sewage,
uncontamhated water or storm water therein.
41. Despite Section 40, where on application of the owner or operator of a commercia!.
institutional or industrial premises or multi-residential building, the Director is
satisfied that the installation of a monitoring maintenance access hole is not
feasible or possible in the circumstances, the Director may authorize in writing the
installation of a specified alternative device or facility instead of a monitoring
maintenance access hole on such conditions as the Director may determine.
42. Every person who has the written authorization of the Director under Section 41
shal! install and maintain in each connection, the alternate device or facility
authorized by the Director in accordance with the written authorization.
43. Every person being obligated under Section I. to install a monitoring maintenance
access hole or authorized alternate device or facility shall locate such monitoring
maintenance access hole or alternate device or facility on the premises, as close
to the property line as possible.
44. Every person who has received written approval of the Director under Section 43
shall install the monitoring maintenance access hole or authorized alternate device
or facility in the location approved by the Director.
45. Every owner and/or operator required to install a monitoring maintenance access
hole or authorized alternate device or facility under this Chapter shall ensure same
IS:
(a) designed and constructed in accordance with good engineering practice
and the requirements of the municipal standard and/or Ontario Provincial
Standard, as established by the Corporation from time to time; and
(b) maintained in good operating condition at al! times.
46. Every person being the owner or operator of the commercial, institutional or
industrial premises or muiti-storey buildings shall ensure that every monitoring
maintenance access hole, authorized alternative device or facility installed as
required by Section I. is accessible at all times for the purposes of maintaining,
observing, sampling, and flow measurement of the sewage, uncontaminated
water or stormwater therein.
47. No person shall structuraily modify any monitoring maintenance access hole or
authorized alternate device, or install devices which may result in interfering with
the Corporation's access to or the installation and observation of the Corporation's
devices used for the purpose of observation, sampling and flow measurement of
the sewage without the prior consent of the Director and in accordance with such
consent.
48. In the event that the owner or operator of the commercial, institutional or industrial
premises or multi-story building fails to install a monitoring maintenance access
hole or authorized alternate device or facility, the Director may cause monitoring
maintenance access hole or authorized alternated device or facility to be installed
and may enter onto the owner or operator's premises without notice to effect the
instailation. The cost of the installation shall be a debt owing by the owner or
operator to the Corporation, enforceable by any means open to the Corporation. If
unpaid, the debt may be added to the property tax roll for the owner or operator's
property and collected in the same manner as taxes.
[Vlonitoring Devices
49. The Director may by notice in writing require the owner or operator of a
commercial, institutional or industrial premises or multi-storey residential building
to:
(a) install and maintain devices to monitor the discharge of matter, sewage,
uncontaminated water or stormwater; and
(b) submit to the Corporation regular reports regarding the discharges.
50. A discharge of matter or sewage to a single private sewer connection from
premises with two or more separate businesses serviced by a single water
service will be considered as being released by the person responsible for the
payment of the blli for the water services for that water meter, whether or not
actually released by that person.
51. A discharge of matter or sewage to a single private sewer connection from a
premises with two or more separate businesses, each serviced by a separately
metered water services will be considered as being released from each of the
separate businesses, in proportion to the separate business' water consumption,
unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director, by the owner of the operator of
the premises that:
(a) the portion of the material or sewage that is overstrength, or in violation of
this by-law is being released from only one of the businesses serviced by a
separate metered water service on the premises; and
(b) the material or sewage released from that business can be monitored
separately from other businesses.
J. PROTECTION OF THE SEWERS
Food-related Grease Interceptors and Traps
52. Every person being an owner or operator of an industrial, commercial or
institutional premises where food is cooked, processed or prepared, which
premises is connected directly or indirectly to a municipal sewer connection, shall
take al! necessary measure to ensure that fats, oil and grease are prevented from
entering the sanitary sewer in excess of the limits as set in Schedule "A" of this by-
law. Grease interceptors shall not discharge to storm sewers.
53. Every person being an owner or operator of premises as set out in Section 52
shall:
(a) install, operate and properly maintain an interceptor or a trap in any piping
system at its premises that connects directly or indirectly to a sewer; and
(b) install an interceptor or trap that is in compliance with the most current
requirements of the Ontario Building Code.
54. The installation of the fats, oil and grease interceptor or trap shall meet the
requirements of the Canadian Standards Association national standard
CAN/CSA B-481, as amended.
55. All fats, oil and grease interceptors or traps shall be maintained according to the
manufacturer's recommendations. The testing, maintenance and performance of
the interceptor or trap shall meet the requirements of CAN/CSA B-481.
Interceptors and traps should be cleaned before the thickness of the organic
material and solids residuals is greater than twenty-tive percent of the available
volume.
56. Emulslfiers shall not be discharged to the sewer system into interceptors or
traps. No person shall use enzymes, bacteria, solvents, hot water or other
agents to facilitate the passage of fats, oil and grease through an interceptor or a
trap.
Vehicle and Equipment Service - Oil and Grease Interceptors
57. Every person being an owner or operator of a motor vehicle service station,
repair shop or garage or of an industrial, commercial or institutiona! premises or
any other establishment where motor vehicles are repaired, iubricated or
maintained and where the sanitary discharge is directly or indirectly connected to
a sewer shall install and maintain an oi! and grease interceptor designed to
prevent motor oi! and lubricating grease from passing into the into the sanitary or
sewer in excess of the limits as set in Schedule "A" of this by-law.
58. Every person being an owner or operator of a premise as set out in Section 57
shall:
(a) install, operate and properly maintain in good condition, an oil and grease
interceptor in any piping system at its premises that connects directly or
indirectly to a sewer; and
(b) install such oil interceptor that is in compliance with the most current
requirements of the Ontario Building Code.
Sediment Interceptors
59. Every person being an owner or operator of a premises from which sediment
may directly or indirectly enter a sewer, including but not limited to premises
using a ramp drain or area drain and care and vehicle wash establishments, shall
take all necessary measure to ensure that such sediment is prevented from
entering the drain or sewer.
Requirements -All Interceptors and Traps
60. Every person being an owner or operator of premises who installs an interceptor
or a trap, or causes an interceptor or a trap to be installed shall ensure that the
interceptor or a trap:
(a) is of sufficient capacity and appropriate design to intercept natural oil and
grease, synthetic or petroleum oil and grease, gasoline, sand or other
sediment likely to flow into it under peak flow conditions;
(b) is located to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection;
(c) is constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt or
extreme changes in temperature;
(d) is of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily
removable covers which, when bolted in place, are gastlght and watertight;
and
(e) is maintained by the owner, at the owner's expense, in continuously efficient
operation at all times.
61. Every person, being an owner or operator who has installed an interceptor or trap,
or caused an interceptor or trap to be installed shall:
(a) for two years keep the document of proof for interceptor or trap clean-out
and content disposal;
(b) produce maintenance records for the interceptor or trap on the request of a
Compliance Officer; and
(c) permit a Compliance Officer to enter upon the premises at any time to
inspect the operation and maintenance of the interceptor or trap.
Dental Waste Amalgam Separator
62. Every owner or operator of any premises in which dentistry is practiced, shal
install, operate and properly maintain a certified amalgam separator on all
fixtures to prevent the release of dental amalgam directly or indirectly to a sewer
except where:
(a) the dental practice consists only of one of the following dental specialties,
as defined in the Canada-wide Standard on Mercury for Dental Amaigam
Waste:
(i) orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics;
(ii) oral and maxiflofacial surgery;
(iii) oral medicine and pathology;
(iv) oral and maxillofacial radiology; or
(v) periodontics; or
(b) the dental practice consists solely of visits by a mobile dental practitioner
who prevents any dental amalgam from being released directly or
indirectly to the sewage works.
63. Notwithstanding Section 62, every person operating a business from which
dental amaigam is orwil! be discharged directly or indirectly to a sewer, at
premises which are constructed or substantially renovated or after the date that
this by-law comes into force, shall install, operate and properly maintain dental
amalgam separator(s) in any piping system which is connected directly or
indirectly to a sewer.
Garbage Grinders
64. No person shall install or operate or cause to be installed or operated within the
Municipality any garbage grinding devices, the affluent from which will discharge
directly or indirectly into the sewage works.
65. Every person being the owner or operator of an industrial, commercial or
institutional property who has installed or caused to be installed, a garbage
grinding device in accordance with the Building Code shall ensure that the
effluent from such garbage grinding device complies with Sections 1 , 2 and 3 of
this by-law.
Discharge from Swimming Pools or hot tub/spa or wading pool
66. No person shall discharge wastewater from a swimming pool orhottub/spaor
wading pool such that it flows:
(a) directly or indirectly to a storm sewer or storm drainage system;
(b) onto an adjoining property; or
(c) over a vailey or ravine slope.
67. Every person discharging wastewater from a swimming pool or hot tub/spa or
wading poo! shall cause the wastewater to either be:
(a) transported away by an appropriately licensed waste hauler; or
(b) discharged by way of a temporary connection to the sanitary sewer
authorized by the Director in writing, on application of the property owner; or
(c) discharged by way of controlled discharge to the owner's property such that
the discharge is at all times contained within the property until it evaporates
or infiltrates into the ground.
Discharge from Roof and/or Sump
68. No person being the owner of a premises shall discharge, drain or cause or
permit to be discharged or drained, water from the roof or from the sump pump
of any building on the land or surface water from the premises such that it flows
onto an adjoining property.
69. Every person being the owner of a premises discharging or draining water from
the roof or from the sump pump of any building on the land or surface water from
the premises shall cause the water to be:
(a) discharged by way of controlled discharge to the owner's property such that
the discharge is at al! times contained within the property unti! it evaporates
or infiltrates into the ground;
(b) In the case of water from the roof, directed to and contained in a rain barrel
until used; or
(c) discharged in accordance with a plan approved by the Director, on
application in writing by the owner of the premises.
70. No person being the owner of premises shall permit water from the roof or from
the sump pump of a building on the land to discharge by way of a connection to
the sanitary sewer unless authorized by the Director in writing, on application of
the owner of the premises.
Connection to Collection Systems
71. No person shall make, alter or remove, or suffer or permit the making, alteration or
removal of, any connection to the wastewater collection system or the storm
drainage collection system without the prior written approval of the Director
obtained on application.
72. No person shall install or cause the installation of a municipal sewer connection
that services more than one building on a property unless otherwise permitted
under the Building Code.
73. No person shall instai! or cause the installation of a municipal sewer
connection that services more than one property.
Protection from Damage
74. No person shall uncover, open into, break, alter, damage, destroy, deface or
tamper or cause or permit the breaking, damaging, destroying, defacing or
tampering with any permanent or temporary device installed in a sewage works
for the purposes of flow measuring, sampling and testing of matter, sewage,
uncontaminated water or stormwater.
Damage to the Sewage Works
75. Every person discharging matter, sewage, uncontaminated water or stormwater
to the Corporation sewage works shall ensure that such matter, sewage
uncontaminated water or stormwater conforms at a!l times to the provisions of
this by-iaw.
76. Every person discharging matter, sewage, uncontaminated water or storm water
to the municipal sewage works shall be liable to the Corporation for any damage
or expense arising out of any failure to properly check and control such
discharge, including the cost of investigation, repairing, cleaning or replacing any
part of any Corporation sewage works damaged thereby.
K. POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANS
77. The Corporation may require an industrial user to develop a pollution prevention
plan for the discharge of any parameter designated by the Corporation where the
industrial user has:
(a) failed to comply with Section B - Discharges to Sanitary Sewers;
(b) failed to comply with Section C - Discharges to Storm Sewers;
(c) failed to comply with a compliance program; or
(d) been responsible for one or more spills to a sewage or land drainage works.
78. The pollution prevention plan shall be completed by the industrial user and a plan
summary with respect to the premises from which the discharge occurs shall be
submitted to the Director.
79. Pollution prevention plans and plan summary shall comply with any guidelines
established by the Corporation.
80. The pollution prevention plan shall be available for review by the Corporation at the
site of the industrial user within eighteen (18) months of notification by the
Corporation.
81. The Municipality may exempt an industrial user from developing a pollution
prevention plan where the industrial user has in place an ISO 14001 Program which
is currently registered by a third party auditor accredited by the Standard Council
of Canada or the Registrar Accreditation Board.
L. REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF SANITARY SEWER
82. The Municipality assumes responsibility for the structural integrity of sewer and
water services in the right of way from the main lines to the property line.
83. The property owner is responsible for the repair, maintenance and replacement of
sewer and water services from the property line to the house. The exception is if
there is a blockage in a sewer lateral. it is the property owner's responsibility
from the house to the mainline.
M. ENFORCEMENT
Failure to Comply
84. Where a person has acted contrary to this by-law or is in default of doing a matter
or thing required to be done under this by-law, or the Director may remedy the
default or have the matter or thing done as the case may be, without notice to the
person and at the cost of the person, and the cost thereof shall be a debt of the
person to the Corporation and if more than one person, each person shall be Jointly
and severaliy liable for payment of the total expense. Any such amount may be
recovered from the person or persons by action or any other means available to
the Corporation at law.
85. Where an owner has acted contrary to this by-law or is in default of doing the
matter or thing required to be done under this by-law, then in addition to the
remedies provided for in Section 84, the cost may be added to the property tax
rolls for the owner's property and collected in the same manner as taxes.
86. For the purposes of Section 84 and 85, a Municipai By-Law Enforcement Officer
may enter onto private property with such person or persons and such equipment
or facilities as may be required to secure compliance with the by-law.
Administration/Delegation/Enforcement
87. This by-law shall be administered by the Director who is delegated the authority
to make such decisions, sign such documents, give such directions as may be
required to carry out the duties and responsibiiities assigned to the Director
under this by-law.
88. This by-law may be enforced by any By-Law Enforcement Officer and where
specified, by the Director.
89. No person shall prevent, hinder, obstruct or interfere in any way, for the purpose
of administering or enforcing this by-law, with the Director, a Compliance Officer
or other By-Law Enforcement Officer or persons deemed by the Director to be
essential to an inspection and sampling, bearing proper credentials and
identification, from:
(a) entering in or upon, at any reasonable time without notice or a warrant,
any land or premises, except land or premises being used as a dwelling
house;
(b) making such tests or taking such samples as the Director or a
Compliance Officer deems necessary;
(c) inspecting or observing any plant, machinery, equipment, work, activity, or
documents; or
(d) making inquiries and taking photographs.
90. Any person who hinders or obstructs the Director, a Compliance Officer or other
By-Law Enforcement Officer with carrying out tests under and enforcing the
provisions of this by- law is guilty of an offence.
91. Notwithstanding Section 86, the Director, a Compliance Officer or other By-Law
Enforcement Officer may obtain an Order or a Warrant to obtain any information
deemed necessary to assess compliance with this by-law.
92. Any person who knowingly provides false information in any application, report or
return required under this by-law or who willfully withholds information required
under this by-law is guilty of an offence.
N. OFFENCES
93. Every person other than a corporation who contravenes any provision of Sections
B. and C. of this by-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable for every
day or part thereof upon which such offence occurs or continues to a fine of not
more than $5,000 for a first offence and $10,000 for any subsequent conviction.
94. Every corporation which contravenes any provision of Sections B. and C. of this
by-law and every director of officer of a corporation who knowingly concurs in such
contravention is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable for every day or part
thereof upon which such offence occurs or continues to a fine of not more than
$25,000 for a first offence and $50,000 for any subsequent conviction.
95. Notwithstanding Sections 93 and 94., every person who contravenes any provision
of any other section of this by-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable
for every day or part thereof upon which such offence occurs or continues to a fine
of not more than $5,000 as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act, as
amended.
96. In this by-law, subsequent conviction means a conviction for an offence which
offence occurs after the date of conviction for an earlier offence under this by-law
or Town of Kemptville By-Laws 23-68, 16-89 and 62-12, as amended.
97. When a person has been convicted of an offence under this by-law, the Ontario
Court (Provincial Division), or any court of competent Jurisdiction thereafter may,
in addition to any penalty imposed on the person convicted, issue an Order
prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence of the doing of any act or
thing by the person convicted directed toward the continuation or repetition of the
offence.
98. Where a person contravenes this by-law, the Corporation, acting through the
Director, may take remedial actions to ensure that this by-iaw is complied with, and
the Corporation may recover the costs of such remedial action by charging the cost
against the property as taxes due and owing in respect of that property.
99. An offence and subsequent conviction under this by-law pursuant to the Provincial
Offences Act, or the Municipal Act, 2001, shall not be deemed in any way to
preclude the Corporation from issuing a separate legal proceeding to recover
charges, costs and expenses incurred by the Corporation and which may be
recovered in a Court of competent Jurisdiction.
100. Sections 1 to 13 inclusive, 26, 33, 37, 38, 39,40.42,43,44, 45,46,47, 52 to 75
inclusive, 89, 90, and 92, Inclusive of al! subsections thereunder, of this By-law
are hereby designated as parts of this By-law to which the Administrative Penalty
By-law applies.
101. Any person shali, upon issuance of a penalty notice for a contravention of this By-
law, in accordance with the Administrative Penalty By-law, be liable to pay an
administrative penalty and any administrative fees, in accordance with the
Administrative Penalty By-law.
102. All the provisions of this by-law continue to apply in the Provincia! Offences Act in
addition to the designated provisions of this by-law.
103. Where a person has not paid the administrative penalty within thirty (30) days in
accordance with the Administrative Penalty By-law, the Municipality may add the
administrative penalty to the tax rol! for any property for which the owner or owners
are responsible for paying the administrative penalty under Section 101.
0. GENERAL
Confidential Information
104. All information submitted to and collected by the Corporation, will, except as
otherwise provided in this Section, be available for disclosure to the pubiic in
accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act, (MFIPPA).
105. In the event that any person in submitting information to the Corporation or to the
Director in any form, as required under this by-law, where such information is
confidential or proprietary or otherwise may be exempt from disclosure under the
MFIPPA. the person submitting the information shall so identify that information
upon its submission to the Corporation or the Director and shall provide sufficient
details as to the reason for its purported exemption from disclosure.
Repeal
106. This by-law repeals By-Law 65-20 as of January 2nd, 2025.
107. The repeal of By-Law 65-20 does not
(a) affect the previous operation of any by-law so repealed;
(b) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued,
accruing, or incurred under the by-laws so repealed;
(c) affect any offence committed against any by-laws so repealed or any
penalty or forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect thereof; or
(d) affect any investigation, iegal proceeding or remedy in respect of such
privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment.
Schedules
108. Schedules "A" and "B" are attached hereto and form part of this by-law:
Short Title
109. This by-law may be referred to as the "Sewer Use By-Law".
Coming into Force
110. This by-law shall come into force and take effect on January 2nd, 2025.
PASSED AND ENACTED
THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024.
^OEW^TpN
Clerk
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH GRENVILLE
Schedule "A" to By-Law 103-24
Limits for Sanitary and Combined Sewer Discharge
Parameter
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
Oil and Grease (Animal & Vegetable)
Oil and Grease (Mineral & Synthetic)
Suspended Solids (total)
Arsenic (totai)
Cadmium (total)
Chromium (total)
Cobalt (total)
Cooner (total)
Cyanide (total)
Lead (total)
Mercurv
Molybdenum (total)
Nickel (total)
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Phosohorus (total)
Selemum (total)
Silver ftotal)
Sulphides, as H2S
Zinc (total)
Benzene
Chloroform
Dichlorobenzene (1,2-)
Dichlorobenzene (1,4-)
Ethylbenzene
Hexachlorobenzene
Methvlene chloride
PCBs
Phenols, Total
Tetrachloroethane (1,1,2,2-)
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
Trichioroethvlene
Xylenes, total
Limit (mg/L)
300
~600-
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15
300
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0.7
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2
50
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0.01
0.04
0.05
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0.06
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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH GRENVILLE
Schedule "B" to By-Law 103-24
Limits for Storm Sewer Discharge
Parameter
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Suspended Solids (total)
Limit (mg/L)
25
15