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ORDinAnCE S-2328 $95 ke federal or state laws or regulations. In any action taken to enforce this Article, the burden shall be on the Person who is the subject of such action to establish that a Discharge was within the scope of this Discharge Exception. "Domestic Sewage Exception" shall mean discharges which are exceptions to this Article and excluded from the definition of Prohibited Discharge, as defined herein, including only: Discharges composed entirely of accidental spills of untreated sanitary wastes (commonly called domestic sewage) and other wastes, but limited solely to wastes that are controlled by and are within publicly owned wastewater treatment system collection facilities immediately prior to the accidental spill. "Enforcing Attorney" shall mean the City Attorney or District Attorney acting as counsel to the City of Santa Ana and his/her designee, which counsel is authorized to take enforcement action as described herein. For purposes of criminal prosecution, only the District Attorney and/or City Attorney, or his/her designee, shall act as the Enforcing Attorney. "EPA" shall mean the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States. "Executive Director" shall mean the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency of the city, or his or her designate. "Invoice for Costs" shall mean the actual costs and expenses of the city, including but not limited to administrative overhead, salaries and other expenses recoverable where a Notice of Noncompliance, Administrative Compliance Order or other enforcement option under Section 18-156 of this Article is utilized to obtain compliance with this Article. "Illicit Connection" shall mean any man-made conveyance or drainage system, pipeline, conduit, inlet or outlet through which the Discharge of any Pollutant to the Storm Water Drainage System occurs or may occur. The term Illicit Connection shall not include Legal Nonconforming Connections or connections to the Storm Water Drainage System that are hereinafter authorized by the agency with jurisdiction over the system at the location at which the connection is made. "Legal Nonconforming Connection" shall mean connections to the Storm Water Drainage System existing as of the adoption of this Article that were in compliance with all federal, state and local rules, regulations, statutes and administrative requirements in effect at the time the connection was established, including, but not limited to,