Sewer Use Ordinances/User Charges

(1) The Authority may require each Municipality with Sewers connected to the Authority Sewerage System to have in effect a municipal sewer use Bylaw, ordinance, or regulation no less stringent than 360 CMR 10.000 and to have procedures and adequate resources for monitoring and enforcing compliance with such Bylaw or ordinance. (2) The Authority may require each Municipal Permit application and permit renewal form to be accompanied by a certified copy of the Municipal Sewer use ordinance, Bylaw, or regulation in effect at the time of filing. Such ordinance, Bylaw, or regulation shall be approved by the Authority and appropriate state and federal agencies. Each Municipality shall give the Authority at least 60 days advance written notice of any new sewer use Bylaw or ordinance or change to an existing Bylaw or ordinance. (3) The Authority may require each Municipality to adopt and administer Sewer use charges that conform to state and federal law and the Authority's regulations and policies on eliminating Infiltration and Inflow and on removal or Pretreatment of Industrial Wastes.