Regulation of extra-jurisdictional users.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 14.17.045
in effect14.17.045 - Regulation of extra-jurisdictional users.
(A) The Director may allow an industrial user located outside the City's jurisdictional boundaries (an "extra-jurisdictional user") to discharge industrial wastewater into the POTW if the Director determines that the POTW has available capacity, treatment capability and the legal authority to regulate and control such discharges. Upon such a determination and a decision to proceed, the City shall enter into a Pretreatment Interlocal Agreement (PIA) with the contributing jurisdiction where the industrial user is located. Such agreement shall affix responsibilities in an enforceable manner to assure that the City's pretreatment program is fully administered and enforced in all contributing jurisdictions and to ensure that the City has adequate legal authority to oversee implementation and enforcement of the jurisdiction, including the authority to overfile, or take concurrent enforcement action, where timely and appropriate enforcement has not been taken. The City will require the jurisdiction to adopt adequate legal authority to assure that emergency termination of a non-complying industrial user discharge can be effected. If the contributing jurisdiction has an approved pretreatment program, the PIA shall define the distribution of responsibility between the City and the other jurisdiction to ensure that the City's approved pretreatment program is fully implemented and enforced as required by the City's NPDES permit.
(B) Prior to entering into a PIA, the City shall obtain the following information from the contributing jurisdiction:
(1) A description of the quality and volume of wastewater discharged to the POTW by the contributing jurisdiction;
(2) An inventory of all industrial users located within the contributing jurisdiction that are discharging to the POTW through the jurisdiction;
(3) A requirement that the contributing jurisdiction provide the Director with access to all information that the contributing jurisdiction obtains regarding effluent quantity and quality from industrial users; and
(4) Other requirements as necessary for the Director to guarantee the effective administration and enforcement of the City's pretreatment program.
(C) A PIA under this Section shall, at a minimum, contain the following provisions:
(1) A requirement for a contributing jurisdiction to adopt a sewer use or pretreatment ordinance which establishes pretreatment standards and requirements at least as stringent as this Chapter, along with a requirement to revise such ordinance to reflect any changes to this Chapter the City adopts in the future within a reasonable time frame, but not to exceed nine months. Alternatively, the jurisdiction may adopt a sewer use code that delegates all authority to the City to implement and enforce the pretreatment program for industrial users located within the jurisdiction and meeting the definition of an industrial user;
(2) A requirement for the contributing jurisdiction to submit a revised user inventory on an annual basis, or more frequently if requested by the Director;
(3) A provision specifying which pretreatment implementation activities will be conducted by the contributing jurisdiction and which activities will be conducted by the Director, including without limitation the issuance of industrial wastewater discharge permits, authorizations to discharge, or other control mechanisms; or the conducting of compliance inspections, sampling, and enforcement;
(4) A requirement for the contributing jurisdiction to provide the Director with access to all information that the contributing jurisdiction obtains as part of its pretreatment activities;
(5) A requirement to enforce limits on the nature, quality, and volume of the contributing jurisdiction's wastewater at the point where it discharges to the POTW;
(6) A provision ensuring the Director's access to the facilities of all industrial users within the contributing jurisdiction for inspection, sampling, and to confirm that the City's pretreatment program is properly administered and that industrial users are properly categorized; and
(7) Provisions for addressing any breach of the terms of the PIA.
(D) Existing PIAs. Existing PIAs that are not in compliance with the provisions of this Section shall be amended to conform, or shall be superseded by a PIA that conforms, to the requirements of this Section within a reasonable time frame, but not to exceed nine months following the effective date of this Chapter.
(E) Extra-jurisdictional users with no PIA in place. Until such time as the City and a jurisdiction enter into a PIA for pretreatment program delegation, the City may in its discretion exercise any of the following options with respect to any extra-jurisdictional user located within that other jurisdiction:
(1) Prohibit the discharge into the POTW of industrial wastewater from any such user.
(2) Request the jurisdiction to issue to any such industrial user a permit, authorization to discharge, or other control mechanism that is equivalent to the City's industrial wastewater discharge permit, authorization to discharge, or other control mechanism, and that includes or incorporates all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
(3) Enter into an agreement with any such industrial user that binds the industrial user to compliance with all pretreatment standards and requirements in connection with the City's issuance to the user of an industrial wastewater discharge permit, authorization to discharge, or other control mechanism.
(Ord. No. 6891, § 2, 11-6-24)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14PUSE_CH14.17WACOTR_14.17.045REEXRIUSFetched: 10/28/2026