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By-law No. 6270-2020 Page 1
COUNTY OF OXFORD
BY-LAW NO. 6270-2020
Being a By-law to regulate the discharges into Oxford County's Wastewater and Storm Sewer
Systems replacing and revoking By-Law No. 2719-87, No. 5715-2015, and No. 6120-2019
WHEREAS Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, SO 2001, c. 25, as amended, provides that
the County of Oxford (the County) shall have exclusive responsibility for collection of sanitary
sewage and sewage treatment in the County;
AND WHEREAS, Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
provides that the County shall have responsibility with respect to collection of storm water and
other drainage from County owned lands;
AND WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, provides
that the County has broad authority to enable it to govern its affairs as it considers appropriate;
AND WHEREAS, Sections 23.1, 23.2 and 23.3 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as
amended, provides that a municipality may delegate certain powers and duties.
AND WHEREAS, this broad authority includes the authority to pass by-laws to regulate or
prohibit, require persons to do things and provide for a system of permits respecting to
connections to wastewater system and the discharge of any matter into the wastewater system;
AND WHEREAS, Section 391 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, provides that the
County may impose fees or charges on the persons for services or activities provided or done
by or on behalf of it;
AND WHEREAS, Section 425 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, provides that the
County may pass by-laws providing that a person who contravenes a by-law of the County is
guilty of an offence;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the County of Oxford enacts as follows:
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1 For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply:
"accredited laboratory" means any laboratory accredited under the Canadian Association for
Laboratory Accreditation Inc. ("CALA"), or by an authorized accreditation body in accordance
with a standard based on "ISO/IEC/EN 17025: General Requirements for Competence of
Calibration and Testing Laboratories" established by the International Organization for
Standardization, as amended from time to time, or an equivalent standard that is acceptable to
the County;
"biochemical oxygen demand" means carbonaceous oxygen demand (biochemical) as
determined by Standard Methods when an inhibiting chemical has been added to prevent
ammonia oxidation;
"biomedical waste" means as defined in the Ministry Guideline C-4 entitled "The Management of
Biomedical Waste in Ontario" dated April 1994, as amended from time to time;
"biosolids" means the product of stabilized organic solid material recovered from the sewage
treatment process;
"blowdown water" means recirculating water that is discharged from a cooling or heating water
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;
"Building Code Act" means the Building Code Act, S.O. 1992, c. 23; as amended from time to
time;
"CSA B-481" means standard CSA B-481, published by the Canadian Standards Association
and entitled "Grease Interceptors", as amended or replaced from time to time;
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"chemical oxygen demand" means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of
matter;
"composite sample" means two or more grab samples of a discharge to the wastewater system
taken at intervals during the sampling period that have been combined automatically or
manually;
"contaminant" means any solid, liquid, gas, odour, heat, vibration, sound, radiation or any
combination of them resulting directly or indirectly from human activities that may cause an
adverse effect;
"contact cooling water" means water that is used in an industrial process, for the purpose of
removing heat, that comes into contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste
product or finished product, but does not include blowdown water;
"County" means the County of Oxford;
"dental amalgam" means a dental filling material consisting of an amalgam of mercury, silver or
other materials such as copper, tin or zinc;
"Director" means the Director of Public Works for the County of Oxford or his/her delegate;
"discharge" when used as a verb, includes add, deposit, emit, release or leak and, when used
as a noun, includes addition, deposit, emission, release or leak;
"discharger" means a person who is the owner, is in occupation of, or has charge, management
or control of a site that discharges to a wastewater system or storm sewer;
"emergency" means a situation or an impending situation that constitutes a danger of major
proportions that could result in serious harm to persons or substantial damage to property and
that is caused by the forces of nature, a disease or other health risk, an accident or an act
whether intentional or otherwise;
"Environmental Protection Act" means the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 19,
as amended from time to time;
"fuel" includes alcohol, gasoline, naphtha, diesel fuel, fuel oil or any ignitable substance
intended for use as a fuel;
"grab sample" means a sample of a discharge into a wastewater system or storm sewer taken
at one particular place and time;
"hauled liquid wastewater" includes leachate, industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI)
waste, which is transported by truck;
"hauled liquid waste facility" means an approved depot which may accept hauled liquid waste
transported by truck to be discharged into a Waste Water Treatment Plant ("WWTP"). Oxford
County's Woodstock and Ingersoll WWTPs are approved facilities;
"hauled septage" means waste removed from a cesspool, a septic tank system, a privy vault or
privy pit, a chemical toilet, a portable toilet, or a sewage holding tank and is transported for
discharge, but excludes industrial waste;
"hauled wastewater" means liquid industrial waste that is transported for discharge and that
must be transported with a manifest in accordance with Reg 347 (Waste Management) , RRO
1990, as amended, made under the Environmental Protection Act ("Reg 347"); as amended
from time to time;
"hazardous waste" includes a waste that is an acute hazardous waste chemical, hazardous
industrial waste, hazardous waste chemical, corrosive waste, ignitable waste, pathological
waste, reactive waste, radioactive waste, PCB waste, leachate toxic waste or severely toxic
waste, or any combination thereof, each as defined by Reg 347 as enacted under the
Environmental Protection Act; as amended from time to time;
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"industrial" means of or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business, or
institutions as distinguished from domestic or residential;
"industrial process area" means any industrial building, property or land area which during
manufacturing, processing or storage comes into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product;
"industrial waste" means a material which is an industrial waste within the meaning of the Reg
347 as enacted under the Environmental Protection Act; as amended from time to time;
"landfill effluent" means landfill leachate that is further treated;
"landfill leachate" means the liquid generated by water or other liquids percolating through solid
waste at a landfill or by liquid in the waste;
"Ministry" means unless otherwise specified refers to the Ontario Ministry responsible for the
administration and enforcement the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources
Act, 1990 and all regulations and instruments issued under these Acts which are associated with
wastewater or sewage;
"maintenance access hole" means an access point in a private sewer connection to a municipal
wastewater system that allows for the observation, monitoring, sampling, flow measurement and
other related activities of the sewage, uncontaminated water or other substance therein;
"Management Representative" means the Manager of Water and Wastewater Services for the
County of Oxford or his/her delegate;
"matter" includes any solid, liquid or gas;
"Municipal Act, 2001" means the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25; as amended from time
to time
"non-contact cooling water" means 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;
"oil and grease" means solvent extractable matter of animal or vegetable origin, mineral or
synthetic origin, or a combination of both;
"once-through cooling water" means non-contact cooling water that has been circulated once
through the cooling device;
"Ontario Water Resources Act" means the Ontario Water Resources Act, 1990, c. O. 40, as
amended from time to time;
"pathological waste" means any material so defined by Reg 347 made under the Environmental
Protection Act;
"person" includes an individual, association, organization, partnership, corporation, or an agent
or employee thereof;
"pesticides" means a pesticide regulated under the Pesticides Act, R.S.O.1990, c. P. 11, as
amended from time to time;
"pH" means the logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions
in moles per litre of solution;
"phenolic compounds" means those derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons which have a
hydroxyl group directly attached to the ring;
"Radioactive Materials" means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, deuterium, their
respective derivatives and compounds and such other substances as the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission, or its successor, may designate as being capable of releasing atomic
energy or as being requisite for the production, use or application of atomic energy;
"sanitary sewer" means any part of the wastewater system that is intended to collect and convey
sewage to a sewage treatment facility;
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"septage" includes all matter of liquid and solid that is pumped out of septic tanks and holding
tanks. Such tanks may be used in residential, commercial, or industrial properties for the
purpose of containing sanitary waste;
"sewage or wastewater" includes any liquid containing animal, vegetable or mineral matter in
solution or in suspension, including floating materials, but does not include uncontaminated
water;
"Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer" means a person appointed in accordance with section
3.1 of this by-law for enforcement purposes including for the purposes of exercising any power
of entry under this By-law;
"spill" means a discharge of any substance to a wastewater system or to the natural
environment which is abnormal in quantity or quality in light of all the circumstances of the
discharge;
"standard methods" means a procedure or method set out in the most current edition, as of the
date of testing, of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and
Water Pollution Control Federation, or a procedure published by the Ministry as a standard
method or the equivalent of a standard method;
"storm sewer" means any part of the storm system which is owned, leased and/or otherwise
controlled by the County, that is intended to collect and convey uncontaminated water,
stormwater, surface runoff or drainage from land or from a watercourse or any combination
thereof.
"stormwater" means water from rainfall or other natural precipitation or from the melting of snow
or ice;
"suspended solids" means solid matter in or on a liquid which matter is removable by filtering;
"total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN)" means the measure of both ammonia and organic forms of
nitrogen as defined in the Standard Methods;
"uncontaminated water" includes,
a)
potable water supplied by the County;
b)
any water that is of a similar quality to potable water from a source other than the
Municipal water distribution system or
c)
water from a dewatering activity, to which no substance has been added
intentionally or unintentionally, by any person other than the County;
"Wastewater System" means any works for the collection, transmission, treatment or disposal of
sewage or wastewater, or any part thereof, but does not include plumbing to which the Building
Code Act applies as amended from time to time;
"waste disposal site leachate" means the liquid containing dissolved or suspended contaminants
which emanates from the waste and is produced by water percolating through the waste or by
liquid in the waste;
PART 2 - PURPOSE
2.1
The purpose of this by-law is to protect the health, safety and well-being of persons, the
natural environment, wastewater system within the County of Oxford and to prevent public
nuisances.
PART 3 - ADMINISTRATION
3.1 The Chief Administrative Officer has authority to appoint Sewer Use By-law Compliance
Officers to enforce compliance with this bylaw.
3.2
The Clerk is authorized to issue a certificate of appointment to the individual so appointed
under the Municipal Act.
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3.3 The Director shall be responsible for the administration and a Sewer Use By-law
Compliance Officer/Management representative shall be responsible for the enforcement of this
by-law.
3.4 The Director may from time to time prescribe the form and content of any approval,
authorization, agreement, form, procedure or other document in relation to the administration of
this by-law and may amend or revise the form and content as required.
3.5 The Management Representative may issue any approval, authorization or permit under
this by-law as well as any amendments thereto.
3.6
The Director may issue any suspensions or terminations of approvals, authorizations or
permits, on behalf of the County of Oxford.
3.7 The Director may dispense with the requirements of this by-law in the event of any
emergency.
3.8 The Director may assign duties or delegate tasks under this by-law as necessary.
3.9 Where there is a conflict between the provisions of this by-law and another by-law of the
County of Oxford, the provision that is the most restrictive shall prevail.
PART 4 - DISCHARGES - SANITARY SEWERS
4.1
No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of sewage or any other
material into the sanitary sewer in circumstances where to do so may result in:
a) a health or safety hazard to a person authorized to inspect, operate, maintain or
otherwise work on, in or around the wastewater system;
b) damage to any part of the wastewater system or causing a dangerous condition
in the wastewater system;
c) the wastewater system effluent contravening any requirement under the Ontario
Water Resources Act or the Environmental Protection Act or any regulation made
thereunder;
d) the biosolids from the wastewater system failing to meet the objectives and
criteria set out in the Ministry publication entitled "Guidelines for the Utilization of
Biosolids and Other Wastes on Agricultural Land" dated March 1996, as
amended from time to time;
e) impairment, or interference with the proper operation of any part of the
wastewater system;
f) inhibition of any treatment process of the wastewater system;
g) increasing the operational costs of the wastewater system in the opinion of the
Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management representative;
h) a hazard or other adverse effect to any person, animal, property, or the natural
environment;
i) an obstruction or restriction of the flow in the wastewater system;
j) an offensive odour to emanate from the wastewater system that is detectable
within the vicinity of the wastewater system, and includes, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, sewage containing hydrogen sulphide, carbon
disulphide, other reduced sulphur compounds, amines or ammonia in such
quantities as may cause an offensive odour; or
k) excessive foaming to occur in the wastewater system in the opinion of a Sewer
Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management representative.
4.2 No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of sewage or any other matter
to a sanitary sewer in circumstances unless permitted by section 4.3, where the discharge
contains or is likely to contain:
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a) fuel;
b) hazardous waste;
c) pesticides;
d) biomedical waste;
e) hauled wastewater;
f) any solids residuals, screenings, or other residues from the pre-treatment of
industrial wastes;
g) sewage which consists of two or more separate liquid layers;
h) sewage containing dyes or colouring materials which pass through wastewater
system and discolour the wastewater system effluent;
i) sewage which causes 2 successive readings on an explosion hazard meter of
more than 5 percent or any single reading on an explosion hazard meter more
than 10 percent of the lower explosive limit of the meter. Such readings may be
taken at the point of discharge into the wastewater system or at any point in the
wastewater system;
j) storm water, roof run off, roof drainage, foundation drainage, or land drainage or
uncontaminated water;
k) once-through cooling water, water from a dewatering activity, surface water, and
uncontaminated water;
l) water that has originated from a source separate from the County water
distribution system except where:
i. the discharge is expressly authorized by the Sewer Use By-law
Compliance Officer/management representative in the form of a
Wastewater system Discharge Permit; and
ii. the discharge is in compliance with the conditions of the Wastewater
system Discharge Permit; and
iii. the discharge otherwise complies with this by-law.
m) hauled septage and hauled liquid waste without a valid permit or approval;
n) waste disposal site leachate including landfill leachate and/or landfill effluent from
any privately owned or operated facility; or
o) Radioactive Materials.
4.3 No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of sewage or any other
material into a sanitary sewer containing any parameters in excess of the concentrations or
ranges listed in schedule "A", "B", "C" and "D" of this by-law.
4.4
In determining whether the limit with respect to any matter described in section 4.3 is
contravened, the volume of any water that has been added for the purpose of enabling the limit
to be met shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating whether the limit has been met so
that compliance with the limit cannot be attained by dilution.
PART 5 - STORM SEWERS ON COUNTY OWNED LAND - DISCHARGE
5.1 This Part only applies to Storm Sewers on land that is owned, leased and/or otherwise
controlled by the County.
5.2
No person shall discharge or cause to permit the discharge of matter of any type into or in
any storm sewers or connections to any storm sewer which may:
a) interfere with the proper operation of a storm sewer;
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b) obstruct a storm sewer or the flow therein;
c) result in a hazard to any person, animal, property or the natural environment;
d) impair the quality of the water in any well, lake, river, pond, sprint, stream,
reservoir or other water or watercourse; or
e) result in the contravention of an approval, requirement, direction or other order
under the Ontario Water Resources Act or the Environmental Protection Act with
respect to the storm sewer or its discharge.
5.3
No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of matter to a storm sewer in
circumstances where the discharge contains or is likely to contain:
a) water containing dyes or colouring materials which discolour the water;
b) water oil or grease which causes a visible film, sheen or discolouration on the
water surface;
c) water to which any material has been added for the purpose of disposing of that
material;
d) stormwater runoff from industrial process areas except where:
i. the discharger has an environmental compliance approval or order
relating to the premises under the Environmental Protection Act or the
Ontario Water Resources Act which expressly allows the discharge and a
copy of the environmental compliance approval or order has been
provided to the City; and
ii. the discharger has written approval from the County which expressly
authorizes the discharge from the premises.
5.4
No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of any matter into a storm
sewer where the discharge contains or is likely to contain:
a) sewage;
b) blowdown water;
c) automotive or machine oils and greases;
d) fuel;
e) hazardous waste;
f) pesticides;
g) biomedical waste;
h) hauled wastewater;
i) any solids residuals, screenings, or other residues from the pre-treatment of
industrial wastes;
j) hauled septage and hauled liquid waste with a valid permit or approval; or
k) waste disposal site leachate including landfill leachate or landfill effluent from any
privately owned or operated facility;
l) Radioactive Materials.
5.5
No person shall discharge or cause or permit the discharge of matter into the storm sewer
system which contains any parameters in excess of the concentrations or ranges listed in
Schedules 'E' or 'F' to this by-law.
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PART 6 - Agreements and Permits
6.1 The County may enter into an agreement with any person or corporation for the purpose
of relieving that person or corporation of the responsibility for strict compliance with this by-law.
Such agreement shall clearly define alternative limitations and conditions with which the said
person or corporation shall be required to comply, and such portions of the said agreement shall
supersede any conflicting provisions of this by-law.
6.2
The Director may grant, that a municipal corporation, including the County, in exercise of
its statutory responsibilities, is not bound to strict compliance with this by-law, and Director may
impose such alternative limitations and conditions as it may deem appropriate.
6.3 The Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management representative may issue
permits for hauled liquid wastewater or hauled septage.
PART 7 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGERS
7.1
At the time of construction or reconstruction of a private sanitary sewer that is connected
or being connected into the County sewage system, the Director may require the owner of such
private sewer to construct, and thereafter maintain, at his own expense, to the satisfaction of the
County, the systems or plans and/or implement the best practices and measures set out in this
section and such other requirement as, in the Director's opinion, are necessary for the
protection and proper maintenance of the County storm and sanitary sewers and waste water
treatment systems.
Spill Prevention Planning
7.2
Every industrial discharger shall evaluate and if needed prepare a plan or other action to
control and prevent spills that contravene this by-law.
7.3
Director may require the discharger to refer to or implement the Ministry Industrial
Wastewater Dischargers Best Management Practices.
Monitoring / Maintenance Structure
7.4 The discharger may be required to provide a suitable maintenance structure to allow for
observation, sampling and measurement of sewage being discharged into the County system.
Food Processing
7.5
Every person who owns or operates a restaurant or retail food service premises where
food is cooked, processed or prepared shall install, operate, and properly maintain an
appropriately sized oil and grease interceptor in any piping system at the site that connects
directly or indirectly to the County Wastewater system.
7.6
The installation, operation and maintenance of each oil and grease interceptor shall be:
a) in compliance with the Building Code Act, as amended and its regulations; and
b) in accordance with the requirements of CSA B-481, as amended.
7.7
The discharger shall ensure all oil and grease interceptors are maintained in good working
order, including ensuring that every oil and grease interceptor shall have the maintenance
requirements posted at the site in a conspicuous location in proximity to the oil and grease
interceptor.
7.8
The discharger shall provide, upon request, the maintenance schedule and record of
maintenance for each oil and grease interceptor and must keep documentation of proof of
interceptor clean-out and oil and grease disposal at the site for a minimum of 2 years.
7.9 Where a discharger fails to adequately maintain the oil and grease interceptor to the
satisfaction of the County, the Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management
Representative may require an alarmed monitoring device or other such device to be installed at
the site at the expense of the discharger.
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7.10 No person who owns or operates a restaurant or other industrial premises where food is
cooked, processed or prepared shall use or cause or permit the use of enzymes, bacteria,
solvents, hot water or other agents to facilitate the passage of oil and grease through an
interceptor.
Motor Vehicle Service Station, Repair Shop or Garage
7.11 Every person who owns or operates a vehicle or equipment service station, repair shopor
garage where motor vehicles are repaired, lubricated, washed or maintained shall install,
operate and properly maintain, an appropriately sized oil and grease interceptor in any piping
system at its premises that connects directly or indirectly to the County wastewater system.
7.12 Each oil and grease interceptor shall be installed in compliance with the Building Code
Act, as amended and its regulations.
7.13 The discharger shall ensure all oil and grease interceptors are maintained in good working
order, including ensuring that every oil and grease interceptor shall:
a) be maintained as recommended by the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute
and in accordance with the manufacturer's guidance and recommendations;
b) be inspected regularly to ensure performance is maintained and to ensure the
surface oil, grease and sediment levels do not exceed the recommended level;
and
c) have the maintenance requirements posted at the site in a conspicuous location
in proximity to the oil and grease interceptor.
7.14 The discharger must provide, upon request the maintenance schedule and record of
maintenance for each oil and grease interceptor and keep documentation of proof of interceptor
clean-out and oil and grease disposal at the site for a minimum of 2 years.
7.15 Where a discharger fails to adequately maintain the oil and grease interceptor to the
satisfaction of the County, the Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management
Representative may require an alarmed monitoring device or other such device to be installed at
the expense of the discharger.
7.16 No person who owns or operates a vehicle or equipment service station, repair shop,
garage or other industrial premises where motor vehicles are repaired, lubricated, washed or
maintained shall use or cause or permit the use of enzymes, bacteria, solvents, hot water or
other agents to facilitate the passage of oil and grease through an interceptor.
Dental Offices
7.17 Every owner or operator of a premise from which dental amalgam may be discharged
directly or indirectly into the wastewater system, shall install, operate and properly maintain
dental amalgam separators with at least 95% efficiency in amalgam weight and certified
International Standards Organization 11143 "Dental Equipment: Amalgam Separators", at its
premises that connects directly or indirectly to the wastewater system.
Pre-Treatment
7.22 Every person who discharges or causes or permits the discharge of sewage or any other
material into the wastewater system shall provide sewage treatment if necessary to comply with
this by-law.
7.23 The sewage treatment facilities shall be provided, operated, and maintained at the
person's expense.
7.24 Detailed plans showing the discharger's sewage treatment facilities and operating
procedures shall be submitted to the County for information purposes before construction of the
facility. The submission of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the
discharger from the responsibility of modifying the facility as necessary to produce an effluent
acceptable to the County under the provisions of this by-law. Any subsequent changes in the
sewage treatment facility or its method of operation shall be reported to the Sewer Use By-law
Compliance Officer/Management representative prior to the discharger's initiation of the
changes.
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7.25 The discharger shall ensure that
a) any waste products from the sewage treatment facility are disposed of in a safe
manner;
b) the maintenance records and waste disposal records are available to the Sewer
Use By-law Compliance Officer upon request; and
c) operating records pertaining to the sewage treatment facility and waste disposal
are kept for 2 years.
PART 8 - INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL (ICI) DISCHARGER
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
8.1
Activities that have the potential to cause by-law violations must be reported to the County
immediately. By-law violations must be reported immediately.
8.2
Every owner or operator of an industrial premise that discharges sewage, non-contact
cooling water, uncontaminated water or any combination thereof to the wastewater system shall
upon request, submit to the Director within 30 days a Discharger Information Report in a form
prescribed by the County.
8.3
Where an industry is not discharging to a sanitary sewer but wishes to in the future, the
discharger shall notify the County as follows:
a) notification shall be received by the County a minimum of 30 days prior to the
commencement of the discharger's operations; and
b) notification shall be in the form of a Discharger Information Report.
8.4
The discharger shall provide any additional information related to the discharge within 15
days of receiving a written request from the County.
8.5
Where a discharger is required to complete a Discharger Information Report, the
discharger shall provide written notice of any change in the information requested in the report a
minimum of 30 days prior to the effective date of such change. Such notice shall include
pertinent details of any change to the operation, process, or sewage treatment facilities, and
shall include any analyses of the sewage and any other information related to the discharge as
may be required by the County.
8.6
The information provided to the County in the Discharger Information Report shall be in a
format acceptable to the County.
8.7
Where a change occurs in any information related to sewage characteristics described in
a Discharger Information Report, the discharger shall not discharge or cause or permit a
discharge to the wastewater system unless a new Discharger Information Report has been
submitted setting out the change.
8.8
The Director may require the owner or operator of an industrial premise to perform one or
more of the following at its expense:
a) collect and analyze samples of sewage being discharged;
b) install devices to monitor sewage discharges;
c) submit regular reports regarding the discharges; or
d) require that samples obtained under 8.8(a) be analyzed by an accredited
laboratory.
8.9
The obligations set out in or arising out of this article shall be completed at the expense of
the discharger carrying out the obligation.
PART 9 - SAMPLING & ANALYSES
9.1
The owner or operator of an industrial premise with one or more connections to the
wastewater system shall install and maintain in good repair in each connection a suitable
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maintenance access point such as a property line a suitable maintenance structure to allow
observation and sampling of the sewage or wastewater and measurement of the flow of sewage
therein provided that where installation of a maintenance structure is not possible an alternative
device or facility may be substituted with the written approval of the Management
Representative.
9.2
The maintenance structure or alternative device shall be located on the property of the
discharger unless the Management Representative has given written approval for a different
location.
9.3
Every maintenance structure, device or facility installed as required by section 9.1 shall be
designed and constructed in accordance with good engineering practices and the standards and
specifications of the County and shall be constructed and maintained by the discharger at its
expense.
9.4
The owner or operator of an industrial premise shall at all times ensure that every
maintenance structure, device or facility can be safely accessed for the purposes of observing
and sampling the sewage and measuring the flow of sewage.
9.5
No person shall break, damage, destroy, deface, tamper or cause or permit the breaking,
damaging, destroying, defacing or tampering with:
a) any part of the wastewater system; or
b) any permanent or temporary device installed in the wastewater system for the
purpose of measuring, sampling and testing of sewage.
9.6
Where a sample is required for the purpose of determining the characteristics or quality of
sewage the following provisions 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, all tests, measurements,
analyses and examinations of sewage shall be carried out by the discharger in
accordance with current Standard Methods.
c) For metals whose concentration is limited in schedule "A", "B", "C" and "D", of this
by-law, the analysis shall be for the quantity of total metal, which includes all
metal both dissolved and particulate.
d) For the determination of concentration of each of cyanide and phosphorous, the
analysis shall be for the total quantity.
e) For the determination of concentration of phenolic compounds, the analysis shall
be the 4AAP method.
PART 10 - SPILLS
10.1 Every person who discharges or causes or permits the discharge of any substance to a
wastewater system or to the natural environment which is abnormal in quantity or quality in light
of all the circumstances of the discharge shall, forthwith notify:
a) the Ministry Spills Action Center;
b) the County, by contacting the County Public Works; and
c) any person whom the person reporting knows or ought to know may be directly
affected by the discharge.
10.2 In addition to the reporting obligations set out above, the person responsible for a spill, in
circumstances where there is an immediate danger to human health or safety, shall report the
discharge to 9-1-1 emergency.
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10.3 Every person responsible for a spill and every person having the charge, management
and control over the spill shall do everything reasonably possible to contain the spill, minimize
damage to property, protect the environment, clean up the spill and contaminated residue and
restore the affected areas to its condition prior to the spill.
10.4 Within 5 days following a spill, the person having charge, management and control of the
spill shall submit to the County a detailed written report, in a form prescribed by the County, on
the spill that contains the following information to the best of the person's knowledge:
a) location where discharge occurred;
b) name and telephone number of the person who reported the spill;
c) date and time of spill;
d) material spilled;
e) physical and chemical characteristics of material spilled;
f) volume of material spilled;
g) duration of spill event;
h) work completed or still in progress in the mitigation of the spill;
i) preventative actions being taken to ensure the situation does not occur again;
and
j) agencies notified of the discharge and corresponding notification times.
10.5 Upon receipt of the detailed report specified in section 10.4, the Director may require the
development of a Spills Response Contingency Plan by the responsible person with copies
submitted to the Director within 30 days of the spill and the Director may direct compliance with
the plan.
10.6 Where a person responsible for a spill fails to comply with a Spills Response Contingency
Plan as directed by the Director, the remedial measures set out in the Spills Response
Contingency Plan may be carried out by the County at the person's expense and the County
may recover the expense in accordance with this by-law.
10.7 Where the County has taken specific action with respect to the prevention, elimination and
remediation of the adverse effects from a spill that has taken place, as set out in this article, the
person responsible for the spill and person having the charge, management and control over
the spill shall be fully responsible for costs incurred by the County under this article.
10.8 In the event that there is a discharge that contravenes this by-law, the discharger shall
pay all applicable costs to compensate the County for its costs of operation, repair, maintenance
and replacement of the wastewater system and shall pay the sewer service rate, over-strength
discharge fee and any other applicable fees as per the County's Fees and Charges By-Law.
PART 11 - POWER OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION
11.1 The County may enter upon any part of a property at any reasonable time, to inspect the
discharge of any substance into the wastewater system or and may conduct tests and take
samples of the discharge.
11.2 The County power of entry described in subsection 11.1 may be exercised by a Sewer Use
By-law Compliance Officer or an employee, officer or agent of the County, where escorted by a
Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer.
11.3 Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officers may enter on lands at any reasonable time, to
carry out inspections in order to determine compliance with or enforce:
a) this by-law;
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b) an order or direction issued under this by-law;
c) a compliance agreement approved or authorized under this by-law;
d) any other approval issued by the County under this by-law to permit the discharge
of a substance that would otherwise be prohibited by this by-law; or
e) an order made under section 431 of the Municipal Act, 2001.
11.4 A Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer may enter on land at any reasonable time to
undertake an inspection pursuant to an order issued under section 438 of the Municipal Act,
2001.
11.5 When entering a property in accordance with articles 11 and 12 of this by-law the person
exercising the power of entry shall provide identification to any person requesting identification
during the course of the inspection and,
a) may be accompanied by a person or persons under his or her direction; and
b) shall not enter or remain in any room or place actually used as a dwelling unless
one of the conditions set out in section 437 of the Municipal Act, 2001 are met.
11.6 When entering a property in accordance with articles 11 and 12 of this by-law the exercise
of such powers shall be limited to reasonable times, unless an emergency situation requires
otherwise.
11.7 For the purposes of an inspection to determine compliance with this by-law or any order
issued under this by-law or to otherwise enforce this by-law a Sewer Use Compliance By-law
Officer may:
a) access any drain pipe, interceptor, maintenance access hole, catch-basin or other
discharge point connecting, directly or indirectly, to the wastewater system or
storm sewers, including by making or requiring necessary excavations;
b) make and record observations, such as by taking photographs, notes, video
recordings and sound recordings;
c) require the production for inspection of documents or things relevant to the
inspection;
d) require information from any person concerning a matter related to the inspection;
e) alone or in conjunction with a person possessing special or expert knowledge
make examinations or take tests, samples or photographs necessary for the
purposes of the inspection.
f) inspect and remove documents or things relevant to the inspection for the purpose
of making copies or extracts. A receipt shall be provided for any document or thing
removed under this subsection and the document or thing shall be promptly
returned after the copies or extracts are made.; and
g) do such other things that are reasonably necessary for an enforcement officer to
effectively carry out the inspection.
11.8 A demand by a Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer to respond to reasonable inquiries
under subsection 11.7 (e) or to produce documents under subsection 11.7 (f) may be made by
telephone, letter or e-mail and such demand shall be deemed to be made in the course of an
inspection.
11.9 No person shall refuse or neglect to give, produce or deliver any access, information,
document or other thing that is requested by a Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer carrying
out an inspection.
11.10 All information submitted to and collected by the County will, except as otherwise
provided in this section, be available for disclosure to the public in accordance with
the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
M.56 (MFIPPA).In the event that any person in submitting information to the County or to the
Commissioner 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
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MFIPPA, the person submitting the information shall so identify that information
upon its submission to the County or the Commissioner and shall provide sufficient
details as to the reason for its purported exemption from disclosure.
11.11 No person shall hinder or obstruct or attempt to hinder or obstruct the County, its Sewer
Use By-law Compliance Officer, employees or agents from carrying out any powers or duties
under this by-law.
PART 12 - ORDERS
12.1 Where the Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management representative has reason
to believe that a contravention of this by-law has occurred, the Management Representative
may issue and serve an order requiring the person who has contravened the by-law or who has
caused or permitted the contravention or the owner or occupier of the property on which
contravention of the by-law occurred to discontinue the contravening activity.
12.2 Where the Management Representative has reason to believe that a contravention of this
by-law has occurred, the Management Representative may make an order requiring the person
who has contravened the by-law or who has caused or permitted the contravention or the owner
or occupier of the property on which contravention of the by-law occurred to do work to correct
the contravention.
12.3 Where a person is issued an order described under sections 12.1 and 12.2 and in the
opinion of the County fails to do a matter or thing required by the order by the date specified in
the order, the County may cause the matter or thing set out in the order to be done at the
person's expense.
12.4 For the purpose of doing any matter or thing under section 12.3, employees of the County
and any contractor, consultant or other person authorized by the County may enter upon the
property referred to in the order at any reasonable time.
12.5 The Sewer Use By-law Compliance Officer/Management representative may, in
accordance with the requirements of this by-law, enter upon a property to which a sanitary
sewer is supplied by the County:
a) to install, inspect, maintain, repair, alter, replace or disconnect a sewer,
municipal sewer connection, subsurface drainage pipe or other wastewater
system;
b) to shut off or reduce the supply of sanitary and provided by the County;
12.6 In accordance with section 446 of the Municipal Act, 2001, the County may recover the
cost of doing a matter or thing under section 12.3 from the person directed or required by order
to do the matter or thing by action or by requesting the costs be added to property taxes and
that such costs be collected in the same manner as property taxes.
12.7 The power of a Management Representative to issue an order under this article includes
the power to amend or revoke such orders.
PART 13 - SERVICE
13.1 Where a notice, document, record or other information is required to be provided or given
under this by-law any document given or served under this by-law is sufficiently given or served
by a party when,
a) delivered personally or by courier;
b) sent by ordinary, prepaid mail addressed to the last known address for the person
appearing on the records of the County; or
c) sent by e-mail or fax.
13.2 An order issued under Article 12 may be served personally or served by sending it by
ordinary, prepaid mail to the last known address of,
a) the person to whom the order is issued; or
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b) where the identity of the person cannot be ascertained, to the property of the
discharger.
13.3 If the person to whom the notice, order, document, record or other information is required
to be provided or given under this by-law is a corporation, service under section 13.1 or 13.2
shall be effected,
a) in the case of any corporation incorporated or continued by or under applicable
legislation by,
i. delivering the notice, order, document, record or other information
personally to the manager, secretary or other senior officer of the
corporation or person apparently in charge of a branch office of the
corporation, or
ii. mailing the notice, order, document, record or other information by
registered mail to the corporation at an address held out by it to be its
address;
b) in the case of corporation not incorporated or continued by or under applicable
legislation by,
i. a method provided under section 13.3(a),
ii. delivering the notice, order, document, record or other information
personally to the corporation's resident agent or agent for service or to
any other representative of the corporation in Ontario, or
iii. mailing the notice, order, document, record or other information by
registered mail to a person referred to in clause (ii) or to an address
outside Ontario, including outside Canada, held out by the corporation to
be its address.
13.4 Service under sections 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3 is deemed to be effected as follows:
a) If service is by courier, the next business day after the day the courier received the
document from the person giving or serving it.
b) If service is by ordinary, prepaid mail, the fifth day after the day of mailing.
c) If by e-mail or fax, on the day the document is sent unless the transmission is made
on a day other than a business day or if it is sent after 4:30 p.m. on any day, in
which case service will be deemed to be effected on the next business day.
13.5 Despite section 13.4, deemed service may be rebutted by the person deemed served by
proving, on a balance of probabilities, that the person did not receive the notice, document,
record or other information until a date other than the deemed service date or not at all due to a
cause beyond the person's control.
PART 14 - OFFENCES
14.1 Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence.
14.2 Every person who fails to comply with an order issued under article 12 of this by-law is
guilty of an offence.
14.3 If an order has been issued under article 12 of this by-law, and the order has not been
complied with, the contravention of the order shall be deemed to be a continuing offence for
each day or part of a day that the order is not complied with.
PART 15 - PENALTIES
15.1 Every Person, other than a corporation, who contravenes any portion of this by-law is
guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000.00.
15.2 Every corporation who contravenes any portion of this by-law is guilty of an offence and
upon conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $100,000.00.
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15.3 Despite sections 15.1 and 15.2, every person or corporation who contravenes any of the
sections of this by-law which constitutes a continuing offence shall be liable to a fine of not more
than $10,000.00 for each day or part day that the offence continues and the total of all of the
daily fines for the offences shall not be limited to $100,000.00.
PART 16 - LIMITATION
16.1 Nothing in this by-law shall be so construed as to permit anything, which by the provisions
of any applicable laws, regulations or by-laws is otherwise prohibited.
16.2 This by-law shall not apply to discharges, activities or works undertaken by the County.
PART 17 - SEVERABILITY
17.1 If any provision or the application of this by-law to any person or circumstance is held to
be invalid or unenforceable, by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect
other provisions or applications of the by-law which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this by-law are severable.
PART 18 - MISCELLANEOUS
Short title
18.1 This By-law may be referred to as the "County Sewer Use By-law".
Repeal
87.2 That By-law No. 2719-87 is hereby repealed.
18.3 That By-law No. 5715-2015 is hereby repealed.
18.4 That By-law No. 6120-2019 is hereby repealed
18.5 That this By-law shall come into force and effect on the date of passing.
READ a first and second time this 28th day of October.
READ a third time and finally passed this 28th day of October.
LARRY G. MARTIN, WARDEN
CHLOE SENIOR,
CLERK
"Larry G. Martin"
"Chloé J. Senior"
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Schedule "A"
Conventional and Physical Parameter Limits - Sanitary Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
300
Phosphorous
10
pH
6.0 - 10 unit less
Temperature
>65 degrees Celsius
Total Suspended Solids
350
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
100
Hazardous industrial wastes
Zero 2
Human carcinogens
Zero 2
Pathogenic materials
Zero 2
Explosive matter
Zero 2
Gasoline
Zero 2
Naphtha
Zero 2
Fuel oil
Zero 2
Solvents
Zero 2
Phosphorus, expressed as P
10 mg/L
Radioactive materials
Zero 2
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2 Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods
Schedule "B"
Organic Parameters - Sanitary Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Amines
Zero 2 unless result of decomposition human
waste
Ammonia
50 unless result of decomposition human
waste
Benzene
Zero 2
Carbon Disulphide
Zero unless result of decomposition human
waste
Chloroform
0.04
Dichlorobenzene (1,2-)
0.05
Dichlorobenzene (1,4)
0.08
Ethylbenzene
0.06
Hexachlorobenzene
0.0001
Hydrogen Sulphide
Zero unless result of decomposition human
waste
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)
0.09
Oil and grease - animal and vegetable
100
Oil and grease - mineral and synthetic/
hydrocarbon
Zero 2
Phenolic compounds
1 mg/L
Reduced Sulphur compounds
Zero unless result of decomposition human
waste
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods
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Schedule "C"
Inorganic Parameters - Sanitary Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Aluminum, expressed as Al
50
Antimony, expressed as Sb
5
Arsenic, expressed as As
1
Bismuth, expressed as Bi
5
Cadmium, expressed as Cd
1
Chlorides, expressed as Cl-
1500
Chlorine, expressed as Cl2
2
Chromium, expressed as Cr
5
Cobalt, expressed as Co
5
Copper, expressed as Cu
2
Cyanide, expressed as HCN
2
Fluorides, expressed as F-
10
Iron, expressed as Fe
50
Lead, expressed as Pb
5
Manganese, expressed as Mn
5
Mercury, expressed as Hg
0.1
Molybdenum, expressed as Mo
5
Nickel, expressed as Ni
2
Selenium, expressed as Se
5
Silver, expressed as Ag
5
Sulphide (as H2S)
1.0
Sulphates, expressed as SO4
1500
Tin, expressed as Sn
5
Titanium, expressed as Ti
5
Vanadium, expressed as V
5
Zinc, expressed as Zn
2
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2 Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods
Schedule "D"
Pesticides - Sanitary Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Aldrin/Dieldrin 3
0.0002
Chlordane 3
0.1
DDT 3
0.0001
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine 3
0.002
Hexachlorocyclohexane 3
0.1
Mirex 3
0.1
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2 Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods
3For the purposes of section 4.2, parameters as marked are pesticides
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Schedule "E"
Conventional and Physical Parameter Limits - Storm Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
25
Chemical Oxygen Demand
50
Total Suspended Solids
15
Phosphorus
0.4
pH
6.0 -9.0 (unit less)
Temperature
40 Degrees
E.coli
200
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2 Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods
Schedule "F"
Inorganic Parameter Limits - Storm Sewers
Parameter 1
Limit (milligrams/Litre) unless indicated
otherwise
Aluminum
1.0
Arsenic
0.2
Cadmium
0.001
Chlorides
1500
Chlorine as Cl2
1.0
Chromium
0.2
Copper
0.04
Cyanide
0.1
Fluorides
2.0
Iron
1.0
Lead
0.05
Mercury
0.001
Nickel
0.05
Selenium
0.2
Silver
0.12
Sulphates as SO4
1500
Tin
1.0
Zinc
0.05
1As defined by a reference method of an accredited laboratory
2 Non-detect from accredited laboratory to current standard methods