EMERGENCY SUSPENSIONS
Salt Lake City Code § 17.68.070
in effect17.68.070: EMERGENCY SUSPENSIONS:
The director may order the immediate suspension or shutoff of a user's discharge (after informal notice to the user), whenever such suspension or shutoff is necessary in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which reasonably appears to present or cause a risk of an imminent or substantial: a) damage to the POTW, b) endangerment to the health or welfare of any residents of the POTW, c) interference with the operation of the POTW, or d) endangerment to the environment. Any user notified of a suspension of its discharge shall immediately stop or eliminate its contribution. In the event of a user's failure to immediately comply voluntarily with the suspension order, the director shall take such steps as deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to enforce such order. The director may allow the user to recommence its discharge when the user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director that the period of endangerment has passed, unless the termination proceedings set forth in section 17.68.080 of this chapter are initiated against the user. A user that is responsible, in whole or in part, for any discharge presenting imminent endangerment, shall submit to the director a detailed written statement describing the causes of the harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence, prior to the date of any show cause or termination of discharge hearing under sections 17.68.030 and 17.68.080 of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring a hearing prior to any emergency suspension under this section. (Ord. 68-11, 2011)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-59392Fetched: 11/1/2026