19F - RECEIVE AND FILE SEWER SYSTEM

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of Santa Ana Section 3: Section 3: Legal Authority The City's Legal Authority addresses those mandatory SSMP provisions outlined in Section D, 13 (iii) Legal Authority of the State Water Resources Control Board's Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ. The City will demonstrate, through sanitary sewer system use ordinances, service agreements, or other legally binding procedures, that it possesses the necessary legal authority to: 1) Prevent illicit discharges into its sanitary sewer system (examples may include 1/1, storm water, chemical dumping, unauthorized debris and cut roots, etc.); 2) Require that sewers and connections be properly designed and constructed; 3) Ensure access for maintenance, inspection, or repairs for portions of the lateral owned or maintained by the City; 4) Limit the discharge of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) and other debris that may cause blockages; and 5) Enforce any violation of its sewer ordinances. 3.1 Summary The City is regulated by several agencies of the United States Government and the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of Federal and State Law. Key Federal and State requirements: 1) Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq); 2) California Porter Cologne Water Quality Act (California Water Code section 13000 et seq.); 3) California Health & Safety Code sections 25100 to 25250; 4) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.); and 5) California Government Code, Sections 54739-54740. These laws provide the City the authority to regulate and/or prohibit, by the adoption of an ordinance, and by issuance of control mechanisms, the discharge of any waste, directly or indirectly, to the City sewerage facilities. Said authority includes the right to establish limits, conditions, and prohibitions; to establish flow rates or prohibit flows discharged to the City sewerage facilities; to require the development of compliance schedules for the installation of equipment systems and materials by all users; and to take all actions necessary to enforce its authority, whether within or outside the City boundaries, including those users that are tributary to the City or within areas for which the City has contracted to provide sewerage services. Through a series of Ordinances and Resolutions adopted by the City Council and internally developed Plans and Requirements, the City possesses the necessary legal authority required by Section D, 13 (iii) Legal Authority of Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ: 1) The City of Santa Ana has the power to install sewers and enact regulations related thereto, including the regulation of discharges from private property. Section 39-57 of the Municipal Code states: "All City -owned sewer lines and private onsite sewer lines and laterals should be constructed and maintained to prevent water infiltration into the sewer system. Private on -site sewer lines and public sewer lines shall be used only to convey raw sewage. Rainfall runoff sources (including, but not limited to roof drains, site drains, inlets, uncovered wash area drains, etc.) are prohibited from connecting to any public or private sanitary sewer pipeline." April 2020 3-1 19F-17