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r ~ ~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17(c), ORDINANCE N0. 1221 (EFFEC- TIVE JULY 16, 1980), (NUMBERED AS CHAPTER 12 1/2, SECTION 12 1/2-1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE), "INDUSTRIAL WASTE"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: July 16, 1980), numbered as Chapter 12 1/2, Section 12 1/2-1, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte is hereby Section 1. Section 17(c) of Ordinance No. 1221 (effective 1~ D ORDINANCE NO.~ amended, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: • "Section 17. Industrial Cost Recovery Surcharge . "(c) The discharger of the wastes enters into a contrac- tural agreement with the City of La Porte providing for a surcharge over and above the existing sewer rates. The basis for surcharge on industrial wastes is to be computed on the following basis: ISS = ( BOD + SS ) X (O & M Cost) X (Vol); where 250 300 (1)ISS represents Industrial Waste Surcharge in Dollars; (2)BOD represents the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (mg/1) of the Industrial Waste as determined under standard laboratory conditions for a period of 5 days at 20° C. Note: for concentrations less than or equal to 250 mg/1 the value of BOD shall be considered 0; (3)SS represents Suspended Solids of the Industrial Waste (mg/1). Note: For concentrations less than or equal to 300 mg/1 the value of SS shall be considered zero; (4)0 & M Cost represents Operations and Maintenance Cost of La Porte's P7astewater Treatment Facil- ity(s). Note: The operations and maintenance cost as determined by the City of La Porte shall be periodically updated and defined by companion ordinances which concurrently establish water and sewer rates. (5)Vol represents Volume Discharged in Thousand Gallons. The volume of wastes may be determined by the same methods used to calculate the regular sewer service charge. For establishments discharging less tYian 20,000 gallons/day, the BOD and suspended solids values may be determined from standard values for various industries established by the Approving Authority. In cases where the discharge from any establishment exceeds 20,000 gallons/day, or in the X11