Special agreements.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 47-216
in effect§ 47-216. - Special agreements.
(a) The City reserves the right to enter into special agreements with industrial users setting out special terms under which they may discharge to the POTW. In no case will a special agreement waive compliance with a pretreatment standard or requirement. However, the industrial user may request a net gross adjustment to a categorical standard in accordance with 40 CFR 403.15, as amended. The industrial user may also request a variance from the categorical pretreatment standard from the EPA. Such a request will be approved only if the industrial user can prove that factors relating to its discharge are fundamentally different from the factors considered by the EPA when establishing that pretreatment standard. An industrial user requesting a fundamentally different factor variance must comply with the procedural and substantive provisions in 40 CFR 403.13, as amended.
(b) If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, that contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in this chapter and that in the judgment of the Director may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or that otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a health hazard or public nuisance, the Director may:
1. reject the wastes;
2. require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
3. require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
4. require a variance agreement to treat such wastes; said agreement shall remain in effect for a period of one year and shall be renewable at the discretion of the Director. Payment to cover the cost of handling and treating the wastes shall be under the provision of Chapter 60 the General Schedule of Fees.
If the Director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plant and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
(Code 1980, § 41-2.6; Ord. No. 19830, § 1, 9-29-92; Ord. No. 20916, § 8, 10-21-97)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH47SESEDI_ARTVIIINHADI_DIV1GE_S47-216SPAGFetched: 10/28/2026