A. No Significant Industrial User shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining an industrial wastewater discharge permit from the Director, except that a Significant Industrial User that has filed a timely application pursuant to MMC 13.05.220 may continue to discharge for the time period specified therein.

B. Significant Industrial Users classified as a Categorical Industrial User that does not discharge wastewater into the sanitary sewer are required to obtain a nondischarge Categorical Industrial User control mechanism.

C. The Director may require other Industrial Users to obtain industrial wastewater discharge permits as necessary to carry out the purposes of this ordinance.

D. Any violation of the terms and conditions of an industrial wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and subjects the wastewater discharge permittee to the sanctions set out in Sections 13.05.800 through 13.05.2020. Obtaining an industrial wastewater discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all federal and state pretreatment standards or requirements or with any other requirements of federal, state, and local law. (Ord. 4987, 2015).