Chapter 13.20
WASTEWATER SYSTEM
13.20.000 Chapter Contents
Sections:
13.20.010 LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations Adopted and Incorporated by Reference.
13.20.020 Administrative Civil Fine--Administration--Appeal--Collection.
(Ord. 7427 §1, 2025; Ord. 6479 §1, 2007, Repealed Chapter 13.20 and Replaced it with a New Chapter 13.20).
13.20.010 LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations Adopted and Incorporated by Reference
That document titled "LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations," as adopted by the LOTT Clean Water Alliance ("LOTT") in 2025, or as subsequently amended, is hereby adopted as the official rules and regulations of the City of Olympia setting forth industrial pretreatment requirements and regulations of discharges into the City’s wastewater system. That document is hereby incorporated into this Chapter by reference. As used in those regulations, the term "City" means the City of Olympia.
(Ord. 7427 §1, 2025).
13.20.020 Administrative Civil Fine--Administration--Appeal--Collection
When a User, as defined in the LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations, has violated or continues to violate a provision of those Regulations, and is subject to an administrative civil fine under those Regulations, the administrative civil fine is administered under section 10.06 of the LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations, and as follows:
A. The Water Resources Director (“Director”), or the Director’s designee, after consultation with the LOTT Executive Director, shall determine the amount of an administrative civil fine to be imposed; however, such fine may not exceed the maximum allowed for in the LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations.
B. Upon the Director’s imposition of an administrative civil fine upon a User, the Director or designee shall serve a Notice of Administrative Civil Fine (“Notice”) either (i) upon the User either personally or by mailing a registered or certified copy of the Notice to such User at the User’s last known address or (ii) upon the User’s registered agent, either personally or by mailing a registered or certified copy of the Notice to the User’s registered agent at the address on file with the Secretary of State. The Director or designee must make proof of service by a written declaration under penalty of perjury executed by the person affecting the service, declaring the time and date of service, and the manner which the service was made. Where the Notice is served by mail, service is complete the date of delivery, as shown by the registered or certified mail receipt. If the User refuses delivery of the Notice, service must be deemed complete the date of such refusal.
C. A User upon whom an administrative civil fine is imposed may appeal the administrative civil fine as provided in section 10.03 B of the LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations.
D. When the User upon whom an administrative civil fine is imposed does not appeal such civil fine, the civil fine amount determined by the Director or designee is the final civil fine. When the User appeals a civil fine and the LOTT Technical Sub-Committee affirms the civil fine imposed by the Director or designee, the administrative civil fine amount determined by the Director or designee is the final administrative civil fine. When the User appeals an administrative civil fine and the LOTT Technical Sub-Committee changes the administrative civil fine imposed by the Director or designee, the final administrative civil fine is the changed administrative civil fine determined by the LOTT Technical Sub-Committee.
E. The final administrative civil fine is a personal or corporate obligation of the User on whom it was imposed. The final administrative civil fine is due and must be paid by the User within 30 days of the service of the Notice of Administrative Civil Fine or, if the User appeals the administrative civil fine, within 30 days of issuance of the LOTT Technical Sub-Committee’s decision affirming or changing the administrative civil fine.
F. If the User does not pay the final administrative civil fine within the time identified in the preceding subparagraph, the past-due final administrative civil fine accrues interest at the rate of one percent per month, or at the rate allowed by law if different from the foregoing.
G. Any past-due final administrative civil fine, together with any interest accrued under the preceding subparagraph, is subject to enforcement and collection by the City as provided in section 10.06 of the LOTT Discharge and Industrial Pretreatment Regulations and by any one or more of the following means:
1. The past-due final administrative civil fine becomes a lien upon the property of the User where the violation or violations occurred, superior to all other liens or encumbrances except those for general taxes and special assessments. The City may enforce such lien in any manner provided by law.
2. The Director may order the shutoff of the water furnished to the property of the User where the violation or violations occurred, with the water service to such property to remain shut off until the final administrative civil fine, together with any interest accrued, is paid in full.
3. The City may engage a collection agency in order to collect a past-due final civil fine or penalties from a User.
4. The City Attorney, or designee, on behalf of the City may collect a past due final civil fine or fines, together with any interest accrued, by use of any available legal remedy.
(Ord. 7427 §1, 2025).