Applicability, objectives and responsibility of the city.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.28.01
in effect13.28.01 - Applicability, objectives and responsibility of the city.
A. Applicability. This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for all industrial users that discharge or have the potential to discharge into the publicly-owned treatment works (POTW) and enables the City of North Las Vegas to comply with all applicable state laws and federal laws under the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations For Existing and New Sources of Pollution (40 CFR Part 403).
B. Objectives. The objectives of this chapter are to:
1. Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludge;
2. Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW which will pass through the wastewater facilities, inadequately treated, into the receiving waters or the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
3. Provide for and promote the general health, safety and welfare of both the general public and the POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment;
4. Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the POTW;
5. Provide for fees, charges and assessments for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance, and improvement of the POTW; and
6. Enable the city to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws or regulations to which the POTW is subject.
C. Industrial Users. No industrial user shall discharge non-domestic wastewater to the POTW unless done so in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
D. Industrial Users Discharging to the County Waste Reclamation District or Another Municipality. This chapter applies to all industrial users that discharge to the city's collection systems and the industrial user discharge reaches the county wastewater reclamation district POTW or any other treatment works not owned by the city.
E. Owner/Tenant Responsibility. Where an owner of property leases a premises to a person as a tenant under any rental or lease agreement, if either the owner or the tenant is an industrial user at the premises, either or both are responsible for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
F. Authority of Director. Except as otherwise provided, the director shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the director may be delegated by the director to other city personnel.
G. Notification to Industrial Users. The director shall attempt to notify in writing any industrial user whom the city has reason to believe is subject to a national categorical pretreatment standard or requirement, or other applicable requirements promulgated by the EPA under the provisions of Section 204(b) or 405 of the Act, or under the provisions of Sections 3001, 3004, or 4004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Failure of the city to so notify industrial users shall not relieve said industrial users from the responsibility of complying with applicable requirements. It is the responsibility of significant industrial users to apply for and receive a permit prior to discharge, whether or not the industrial user has been identified and formally requested to do so.
H. Discharge by Industrial Users. If wastewaters containing any pollutant, including excess flow, or as otherwise defined in this chapter, are discharged, have the potential to discharge in the opinion of the director or proposed to be discharged to the POTW, the director may take any action necessary to:
1. Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
2. Require an industrial user to demonstrate that in-plant facility modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances in conformity with this chapter;
3. Require treatment, including storage facilities or flow equalization necessary to reduce or eliminate the potential for a discharge to violate this chapter;
4. Require the industrial user making, causing or allowing the discharge to pay any additional cost or expense incurred by the city for handling, treating, disposing or remediation as a result of wastes discharged to the wastewater treatment system;
5. Require the industrial user to apply for and obtain a permit, including a zero discharge permit;
6. Require timely and factual reports from the industrial user; or
7. Take such other action as may be necessary to meet the objectives of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 2771, § 1, 10-5-2016)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13PUSE_CH13.28REINUSINPRPR_13.28.01APOBRECIFetched: 11/1/2026