Title
Staff Report for an Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Title 3, Chapter 14 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to Uniform Wastewater Discharge Regulations (updates definitions and pretreatment standards, expands grease interceptor requirements) and for an Ordinance Amending Title 3, Chapter 18 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to Enforcement of Environmental Regulations (includes authority to issue Notices of Violation)
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Audits by oversight agencies identified deficiencies in San Leandro's environmental program enforcement ordinances. To correct these deficiencies, Title 3, Health and Safety, Chapter 14 (Uniform Wastewater Discharge Regulations (UWDR)) and Chapter 18 (Environmental Enforcement), need to be amended. Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Approve an Ordinance repealing and reenacting Title 3, Chapter 14 relating to Uniform Wastewater Discharge Regulations.
2. Approve an Ordinance amending Title 3, Chapter 18 relating to environmental enforcement.
BACKGROUND
San Leandro's Municipal Code sections pertaining to pretreatment program implementation and enforcing local codes related to environmental programs have not undergone any significant revision since 2001. The Municipal Code does not provide environmental inspectors the authority to issue Notices of Violation. The Uniform Wastewater Discharge Regulations need to be updated to conform to current required standards. In addition, staff added pretreatment standards to the grease interceptor requirements section. Other cleanup of Municipal Code language and content were combined into these recommended revisions.
Analysis
The revisions to the UWDR and Environmental Enforcement chapters will respond to identified deficiencies and conform the pretreatment program with current regulatory standards. Current policy to maintain control of regulatory programs at the local level in lieu of those programs being implemented by...
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