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" . ". . . . ., . . -. ORDINANCE NO. /;;1.2/ AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTES INTO THE SANITARY SEWERS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TEXAS: ESTABLISHING A PERMIT SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED; REGULATING UNSEWERED AND MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGES; AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCE- MENT. WHEREAS, the City of La Porte has provided facilities for the collection and treatment of wastewater to promote the health, safety, and convenience of its people and for the safeguarding of water resources common to all; and WHEREAS, provision has been made in the design, construction and operation of such facilities to accommodate certain types and quantities of industrial wastes in addition to normal wastewater; and WHEREAS, it is the obligation of the producers of industrial waste to defray the costs of the wastewater treatment services rendered by the City of La Porte in an equitable manner and, in- sofar as it is practicable, in proportion to benefits derived; and WHEREAS, protection of the quality of the effluent and proper operation of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities and quality of effluent may require either the exclusion, pre- treatment, or controlled discharge at point of origin of certain types or quantities of industrial wastes; and WHEREAS, the City of La Porte shall require future compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated under Section 307 of the Clean Water Act: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance (1) "APPROVING AUTHORITY" means the City Administrator or his duly authorized representative. (2) "B.O.D." (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/1, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty (20) degrees centigrade. (3) "BUILDING SEWER" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer on other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house connection). (4) "CITY" means the City of La Porte, Texas, or any authorized person acting in its behalf. (5) "C.O.D." (Chemical Oxygen Demand) means measure of the oxygen consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in the water or wastewater expressed in mg/1 as the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen demand.