HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/30/2014 03 Wastewater/Stormwater Rate Study and Pre-Treatment ProgramBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 3.
For Meeting of: September 30, 2014
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ITEM TITLE: Wastewater/Stormwater Rate Study and Pre -Treatment
Program
SUBMITTED BY: Debbie Cook, P.E., Director of Utilities and Engineering
Shelley Willson, Wastewater Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
The City Council authorized a Professional Services Agreement with FCS Group on March 11,
2014 to develop and provide a Rate Study for the Wastewater, Industrial Wastewater and
Stormwater Utilities. FCS Group will present to the Council on September 30 their findings and
recommendations. Council direction will provide staff with information necessary to draft the
revised language for the Yakima Municipal Code and preparation of the 2015 Utility Budgets.
Attached for Council review prior to the study session is the September 3, 2014 Rate Study
prepared by FCS Group and a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.
The City of Yakima's Wastewater Division is required under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination (NPDES) Permit Program to have a Pretreatment Program. The State has the
authority to levy fines of $10,000 for every violation of our NPDES Permit. The City has
identified at least 250 businesses in the city limits that should be included in the Pretreatment
Program. The Wastewater Division has developed a plan that includes a review of all current
business licenses, contacting businesses and providing technical assistance to meet Federal,
State and Local Regulations by March 2015. Attached for Council review prior to the study
session is a PowerPoint Presentation, EPA 40 CFR 403.8, NPDES Permit WA -0024023 and
Yakima Municipal Code Section 7.65.
Resolution:
Other (Specify):
Contract: Contract Term:
Start Date: End Date:
Amount:
Ordinance:
Item Budgeted:
Funding Source/Fiscal
Impact:
Strategic Priority: Improve the Built Environment
Insurance Required? No
Mail to:
Phone:
APPROVED FOR
SUBMITTAL:
RECOMMENDATION:
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
summary 9/26/2014 Cover Memo
Rate Study Prepared by FCS Group 9/19/2014 Cover Memo
Rate study pp 9/25/2014 Cover Memo
pretreatment pp 9/24/2014 Cover Memo
EPA 40 CFR 403.8 9/19/2014 Cover Memo
NPDES Permit 9/19/2014 Cover Memo
pre treatment 9/22/2014 Cover Merno
letter 1 9/23/2014 Cover Memo
businesses 2 9/23/2014 Cover Memo
City of Yakima
Proposed Utility Bill Paid by a Typical Household
(based on recommended increases)
Cost per billing cycle:
Water
2 Month Ready to serve
12 units -
Wastewater
2 Month Ready to serve
12 units -
Stormwater
2 Month Ready to serve
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
$ 17.54 $ 18.15 $ 18.88 $ 19.63 $ 20.42
17.52 18.12 18.96 19.68 20.40
$ 35.06 $ 36.27 $ 37.84 $ 39.31 $ 40.82
$ 41.24 $ 42.46 $ 43.74 $ 45.06 $ 46.40
36.12 37.20 38.28 39.48 40.68
$ 77.36 $ 79.66 $ 82.02 $ 84.54 $ 87.08
$ 7.16 $ 11.10 $ 11.38 $ 11.68 $ 11.96
Total Bi -monthly bill $ 119.58 $ 127.03 $ 131.24 $ 135.53 $ 139.86
Increase
$ 7.45 $ 4.21 $ 4.29 $ 4.33
Monthly billing charge $ 59.79 $ 63.52 $ 65.62 $ 67.77 $ 69.93
Monthly Increase $ 3.72 $ 2.11 $ 2.15 $ 2.17
Assumptions:
Water & Wastewater - Average family usage of water per billing cycle 12
Stormwater - 1 ERU, Equivalent Residential Unit of impervious surface
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Shelley Willson, Wastewater Manager
City of Yakima, Wastewater Division
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Yakima, WA 98901
Firm Headquarters
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Redmond, Washington 98052
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Washington 425.867.1802
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Subject: 2014 Wastewater, Industrial Wastewater, and Stormwater Rate Study
Dear Ms. Willson,
FCS GROUP is pleased to submit this draft report documenting the 2014 rate study conducted for the City
of Yakima. Enclosed is a description of our methodology, key assumptions, findings, and
recommendations.
For the wastewater utility, our analysis shows that increases are needed for pretreatment charges and the
strong waste surcharge. With pretreatment charges, the increases are substantial enough that we
recommend a three-year phase-in. We have recommended a new type of charge for Industrial Waste
customers that accommodates the City's two goals: to achieve cost recovery and to create an incentive for
high -sugar content industrial customers to make use of the City's industrial waste facilities. We are
assuming implementation of the most recent wholesale agreements with Terrace Heights and Union Gap.
Assuming implementation of the recommended pretreatment charges, strong waste surcharges, industrial
wastewater charges, and wholesale charges, the retail wastewater rates are projected to require increases of
3% per year, enough to keep up with inflation and carry out the planned capital improvement program. We
also have recommendations about the application of the out -of -City multiplier to pretreatment charges,
strong waste surcharges, and retail wastewater rates.
The stormwater system is still developing as a self-supporting utility, and its current rates are far below the
rates for comparable jurisdictions and below the level needed to maintain and improve the City's
stormwater system. In order to fund the stormwater capital program, City stormwater rates will need to
increase substantially. In this report, we outline three alternative rate increase strategies and recommend
one of them. Our recommended strategy takes advantage of the fact that stormwater charges are relatively
small in dollar terms: even a high percentage increase in stormwater rates has less impact on customers
than a moderate increase in water or sewer rates.
It has been a pleasure to work with City staff on this effort. We look forward to working with you in the
future, and we encourage you to contact us at 425-867-1802 if you have any comments or questions
regarding this study.
Sincerely,
Gordon Wilson
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City of Yakima
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SECIION 1:
1.1. Study Objectives 1
1.2. Summary of Results 2
SECIION 2:
2.1. Fund Management 3
2.2. Operating Reserves 4
2.3. Capital Contingency Reserves 4
2.4. Planned Rate -Funded Capital Reinvestment 5
2.5. Debt Management 6
2.5.1. Debt Service Coverage 6
2.5.2. Capital Structure 7
2.6. Cumulative Impact of Fiscal Policies 7
2.7. Review of Historical Financial Performance 8
2.7.1 Stormwater Utility Historical Financial Performance 8
2.7.2. Wastewater Utility Historical Financial Performance 10
SECTION 3:
3.1. General Forecast Assumptions 12
SECIION 4:
4.1. Summary 13
4.2. Customer Data Corrections 14
4.2.1. Change ERU Calculation Methodology 14
4.2.2. Reclassification of Residential to Non -Residential 14
4.3. Changes to Revenues & Expenditures 15
4.3.1. Future Savings in Annual Costs 15
4.3.2. Future Increases in Annual Costs 15
4.4. Capital Program Funding and Rate Strategies 15
4.4.1. Overview of Scenarios 15
4.4.2. Current Stormwater Rate in Context 16
4.5. Rate Increase Scenarios 17
4.5.1. Scenario 1: Smooth Rate Increases 17
4.5.2. Scenario 2: Right -Size Increase (Recommended) 19
4.5.3. Scenario 3: No Debt 21
4.6. Summary of Stormwater Recommendations 23
4.6.1. Rate Increase Strategy 23
4.6.2. Timing of Billing 23
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SECTION 5:
5.1. Summary 24
5.2. Pretreatment (MIU) Rates 25
5.2.1. Overview 25
5.2.2. MIU Charges - Methodology and Results 25
5.2.3. Out -of -City Multiplier - MIU Rate and Strong Waste Surcharge 26
5.3. Strong Waste Surcharges (BOD, TSS, FOG) 27
5.3.1. Why is There a Strong Waste Surcharge? 27
5.3.2. Overview - Current and Projected Strong Waste Surcharges 28
5.3.3. Methodology 29
a) Allocation of Fixed Assets to Functional Categories 29
b) Allocation of Operating and Capital Costs to Functional Categories 29
5.3.4. Results 30
5.4. Industrial Wastewater / UASB Rates 31
5.4.1. Overview 31
5.4.2. Methodology 31
a) Industrial Wastewater Rate 31
b) Modified Retail Rates 32
5.4.3. Results 32
5.4.4. Capped Industrial Wastewater Rates 33
5.4.5. Impact on Existing Industrial Wastewater Customers 34
5.5. Wholesale Agreement 34
5.6. Retail Rates (Ready -To -Serve, Volume Charge) 35
5.6.1. Capital Funding Strategy 35
5.6.2. Annual Financial Forecast 36
5.6.3. Realignment of Out -of -City Multiplier 37
5.6.4. Recommended Rate Schedule 38
5.6.5. Rate Comparison 39
5.7. Bill Impact to Sample Customers 39
5.8. Changing from 360 Days to 365 Days 40
5.9. Unmetered Customer Assumptions 41
5.9.1. Residential Assumption 41
5.9.2. Assumption for Commercial Customers 41
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SECT
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In March 2014, the City of Yakima contracted with FCS GROUP to undertake a Wastewater,
Industrial Wastewater, and Stormwater Rate Study. This study deals with two separate utilities:
wastewater and stormwater. Industrial wastewater charges are part of the wastewater revenue stream.
This report documents the objectives, assumptions, findings, and recommendations of the study.
Section 2 discusses the financial policy assumptions. Section 3 presents general forecast assumptions
for inflation, customer and consumption growth, interest on investment, debt terms, and applicable
State and City taxes. Section 4 explains the stormwater forecast results, including three alternative
strategies for implementing the rate increases needed for that utility. We also discuss briefly the
potential impact of changing to monthly billing for both stormwater and wastewater.
Section 5 is the longest section, focused on the wastewater utility. For wastewater, the main source of
revenue is the retail rates, equal to 79% of total revenue for the utility. However, there are four other
sources of revenue that are large enough to make a difference in the retail rates: pretreatment
charges, the strong waste surcharge, the new industrial waste charge, and wholesale charges. These
revenues together comprise 20% of total revenue, and they offset the retail revenue requirement—the
more revenue is generated by those four other charges, the less is required from retail rates.
For that reason, Section 5 begins with a discussion of the four offsetting revenue sources—first the
pretreatment charges, then the strong waste surcharge, then the industrial waste charge, and finally
the wholesale service charges. After those four offsetting revenues are determined, then we can know
how much money needs to be generated by the retail rates, so our discussion moves to the retail rate
forecast. Finally, Section 5 ends with a rate comparison between Yakima and other wastewater
utilities, the overall bill impacts to some hypothetical sample customers, and two smaller issues: the
impact of changing the daily rate calculation so that it is equivalent to 365 days per year rather than
360 days per year, and usage assumptions for unmetered customers.
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The primary objectives of the study were to:
Evaluate financial policies for both utilities.
Develop a capital financing strategy for each utility.
Assess revenue needs and forecast needed rate adjustments from 2015 through 2024.
Update stormwater charges, including alternate ways to implement rate increases.
Update wastewater rates, including:
4 Fixed and volume charges for retail customers.
4 Strong waste surcharges, which are special charges for heavier -than -normal generators
of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), or Fats, Oils,
and Greases (FOG).
4 Pretreatment charges for Minor Industrial Users (MIUs).
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Develop industrial wastewater rates for customers connected to the Upflow Anaerobic Sludge
Blanket (UASB), a new process for pre -treating high -sugar wastewater at the plant.
1.2. SUMMARY O1f:::: RESULTS
Exhibit 1-1 shows the existing 2014 stormwater rates along with three scenarios for 2015-2024 rates.
We recommend Scenario 2, for reasons discussed later, in Section 4.
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Scenario 3: "Right - Size" No Debt (106.25%,
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$ 3.58 $ 5.55 $ 5.69
$ 4.64 $ 5.06 $ 5.51
$ 5.84 $ 5.98 $ 6.13 $ 6.28 $ 6.44 $ 6.60 $ 6.77 $ 6.94
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These increases in the retail wastewater rates assume that the recommended increases in the strong
waste surcharge and pretreatment charges are adopted as well. This schedule also assumes
implementation of the new Industrial Wastewater rates developed as part of this study, as well as
implementation of the new wholesale wastewater agreement with Terrace Heights and Union Gap.
The specific charges for pretreatment, strong waste, industrial waste, and wholesale service are
discussed in more detail in Section 5.
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This section outlines financial policies that are used to guide financial planning and ratemaking for
City utilities. We evaluated the following policies:
Fund Management
Operating and Capital Cash Reserves
Planned Rate -Funded Capital Reinvestment
Debt Management
2.1 If==UND MANAGEMENT
The wastewater and stormwater utilities are both expected to be fully self-supporting, recovering all
of their costs through user fees. Conceptually, utility expenditures can be divided into three main
types of costs: operating, capital, and debt service. Operating costs tend to be ongoing and
predictable, while capital costs are highly variable and may include large, one-time projects. Debt
service results when one-time capital costs are converted into an ongoing stream of payment
obligations. Therefore, debt service is similar to capital in its purpose but similar to the operating
budget in its cash flow characteristics, consisting of regular, relatively predictable amounts.
The main funding source for the utility operating budget is ongoing rate revenue. Operating revenue
can be used for capital purposes, either in the current year or by building reserves for future capital
needs; however, capital funding sources cannot be used for operating purposes. Capital funding
sources consist of debt and loan proceeds, connection charges, most types of grants, and capital
revenues from wholesale customers, as well as operating revenue designated for capital purposes.
The sources and uses of operating, capital and debt service functions are illustrated in Exhibit 2-1.
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Sources of Funding
User Rates
Interest Earnings
Miscellaneous Service Fees
Uses
Operating Expenses
Maintenance
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Debt Service
Transfers to Capital
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Sources of Funding
Connection Charges
Debt Proceeds
Transfers from Operating
Interest Earnings
Grants
Wholesale Capital Revenue
Uses
Capital Projects
The City currently maintains the following funds:
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Sources of Funding
Transfers from Operating
Debt Proceeds (for initial
establishment of bond reserves)
Uses
Debt Service Payments
Stormwater — Operating Fund (441), Capital Fund (442)
Wastewater — Operating Fund (473), Treatment Plant Capital Reserve (472), Construction
Fund (476), Facility Project Fund (478)
The City also maintains several reserve funds related to outstanding revenue bond issues.
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2.2. 0
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When evaluating fund reserve levels, it is important to recognize that the value of reserves lies in
their potential use. A reserve strategy that deliberately avoids any use of reserves negates their
purpose. Fluctuation of reserve levels merely indicates that the system is working, while lack of
variation over many years strongly suggests that the reserves are, in fact, unnecessary.
An operating reserve is designed to provide a liquidity cushion; it protects the utility from short-term
variations in the timing of revenue collection or payment of expenses. Like other types of reserves,
operating reserves also serve another purpose: they help smooth rate increases over time. Target
funding levels for an operating reserve are generally expressed as a certain number of days of
operating and maintenance (O&M) expenses, with the minimum requirement varying with the
expected revenue volatility.
Industry practice for utility operating reserves ranges from 30 days (8%) to 120 days (33%) of O&M
expenses, with the lower end more appropriate for utilities with stable revenue streams and the higher
end of the range more appropriate for utilities with significant seasonal or consumption -based
fluctuations. The most common operating reserve targets are 30-45 days for stormwater utilities, 45-
60 days for sewer utilities, and 60-90 days for water utilities. This study assumed the following
operating reserve targets:
Recommended Policy: A target of between 60 and 90 days (16-25% of annual O&M) for both
wastewater and stormwater. City staff recommended minimum targets of 60 days of O&M for each
utility.
Policy Achievement: In 2014, beginning operating balances for wastewater and stormwater were
approximately 82 and 270 days of O&M respectively. City currently meets and exceeds the minimum
recommended policy. Rate increase recommendations within this report allow for each utility to
remain within the 60-90 day range throughout the study period.
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In our forecast, the operating reserve target is based on December 31 of each year, with the balance
expected to vary during the course of the year. If operating reserves exceed the maximum target at
year-end, we assumed the excess cash would be used for capital projects. This can be accomplished
by calculating the target balance at year end and comparing it against the actual ending cash balance.
If the actual balance is greater than the target, the difference is transferred to the utility capital
account.
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In addition to protecting against variations in the timing of operating costs and revenues, it is prudent
to maintain a capital contingency reserve to meet unexpected emergency capital outlays. There are
several methods used in the industry to set the level of these types of reserves, including:
Most costly piece of equipment or infrastructure: A utility may predict the cost of
replacing its most expensive piece of equipment or infrastructure, such as a large
reservoir, vital transmission main, or a key pump station.
Average annual cost of capital program: Alternatively, a utility may use a percentage of
its projected capital program, or set the reserve equal to the average annual cost of its
capital program.
Percentage of utility plant: A utility may also elect to hold a capital contingency equal to
a percentage of its fixed assets, usually 1-2% of the original cost of total assets.
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For wastewater, we assumed a capital contingency reserve of 1% of original asset cost. However, for
stormwater, fixed asset records prior to 2007-08 (when the stormwater utility was formed) were
booked in the street asset inventory, so the assets booked in the stormwater fund do not represent all
of the assets associated with the stormwater utility. If 1% of asset cost were to be assumed for the
stormwater capital contingency, the result would understate the target. For this reason, we assumed
an initial baseline capital contingency of $300,000. Going forward, the greater of either $300,000 or
100% of annual depreciation was used as the capital contingency for the stormwater utility.
Recommended Policy: Wastewater has a target reserve of 1% of the original cost of fixed assets,
which equates to $1.4 million and increases to $1.9 million by 2024. We do not have a reliable
measure of the total cost of stormwater capital assets, because stormwater assets were historically
tracked as part of the Street Fund. For that reason, we assumed a minimum capital contingency of the
greater of $300,000 or 100% of depreciation. Annual depreciation is projected to exceed this baseline
in 2020 and is estimated to be nearly $525,000 by 2024.
Current Achievement: Capital fund balances currently exceed the minimum capital contingency level
for both funds. Beginning capital fund balances in 2014 for wastewater and stormwater were $3.2
million and $1.4 million respectively.
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As a municipal utility service provider, the City has a "duty to serve," both now and in the future.
Utilities are capital -intensive businesses; high levels of capital investment are required in order to
build the infrastructure and keep it up to date. For that reason, utility financial policies should
address the question of how to pay for future replacement of capital facilities.
The cash requirements of a capital program can be difficult to absorb within any given year's rate
revenue. The cost of replacing a given piece of infrastructure is usually higher than its original
construction cost many years ago, because of inflation, construction conditions, and the reduced
availability of grants or developer funding. In addition, due to the integrated nature of utility
infrastructure, it is possible that multiple assets will need to be replaced concurrently. Therefore, in
order to avoid excessive reliance on debt, it is prudent to have a financial policy that plans to commit
a certain minimum amount of current rate revenue toward capital projects each year.
A common approach is to establish a funding target using a percentage of depreciation expense as a
benchmark. (Depreciation expense is calculated as the original cost of each asset divided by its
expected useful life.) Sometimes this benchmark is modified so that the annual funding target is
equal to a percentage of depreciation net of annual debt principal payments. This provision
recognizes the system reinvestment that the utility is already making each year as it makes debt
principal payments.
Conceptually, basing system reinvestment funding on depreciation expense meets several standards
for reasonable rates:
Financial integrity: Funding depreciation expense from current rates avoids a decline in
total asset book value;
Rate equity: Funding depreciation expense from rates means that customers are charged
in proportion to their consumption of facilities' useful lives; and
Adequacy of capital funding: Funding depreciation expense from current rates provides a
stable funding source for capital expenditures, especially those related to repair and
replacement of existing system infrastructure.
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It is important to note that depreciation is not expected to equal the future replacement cost of the
utility assets, but serves simply as a starting point for addressing future capital funding needs. As
noted previously, actual system replacement costs will probably be much higher than the cost
originally incurred to build the systems.
The City does not currently have a policy specifying the amount of rate revenue to commit each year
to capital reinvestment, so we made assumptions about rate -funded capital reinvestment in order to
guide the capital funding strategy and financial forecast.
Recommended Policy: For Wastewater, we assumed a target of funding 100% of depreciation (net
of debt principal payments) each year; this averages nearly $1.5 million per year. Because of
incomplete asset records for Stormwater, a minimum baseline of $350,000 per year was assumed. In
future years, we assumed the greater of this baseline amount or 100% of depreciation on assets
booked in the stormwater utility. The target amount increases to nearly $525,000 by 2024.
Current Achievement: The City does not currently have a policy set in place.
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2.5. DEBT MANAGEMENT
Debt financing is one appropriate tool for capital funding. Compared with pay-as-you-go funding,
debt smooths out the rate impact of a capital program by spreading costs over time. It also creates
intergenerational equity—it is sometimes called "pay -as -you -use" because future customers who use
the assets are the ones paying for them. However, debt cannot be relied on too much because it
carries the risk of default. Debt also reduces budget flexibility—pay-as-you-go capital projects can
be delayed if there is a revenue shortfall, but once the utility has sold debt, the debt service needs to
be paid in good times or bad. So while debt is a useful part of the toolbox, it needs to be monitored to
ensure that the system does not become too heavily dependent on it. To evaluate the City's debt
level, we will discuss two measurements: debt service coverage and capital structure.
2.5.1. Deb
Service Coverage
Debt service coverage is most easily understood by focusing on its reciprocal: the amount of debt
service as a percentage of the utility's net revenue. "Net revenue" is analogous to the operating profit
of a private business; it refers to the total operating income minus operating expenses. For example,
if net revenue were $200,000 and debt service were $100,000, then debt service as a percentage of
net revenue would be 50% (or $100,000 divided by $200,000). If you take the reciprocal of that
percentage (in other words, $200,000 divided by $100,000), you get 2.0. This is "coverage," as the
term is used in debt agreements. Occasionally, State loans will have coverage requirements, but
usually this requirement comes from the sale of revenue bonds, in which case the calculation only
includes bonded debt service. A typical coverage requirement for utility revenue bonds is 1.25,
including for the City's most recent revenue bond issue. In the simple illustration above, if annual
bonded debt service were $100,000, then net revenue each year would have to be at least $125,000 in
order to comply with bond covenants. A bond coverage requirement of 1.25 is equivalent to saying
that bonded debt service can be no higher than 80% of net revenue ($100,000 divided by $125,000).
Because of the coverage requirement, when it sells bonds, the City agrees to collect enough revenue
to meet operating expenses and not only pay debt service, but collect an additional 25% increment
above debt service. The extra revenue is a cushion that makes bondholders more confident that debt
service will be paid on time. The extra revenue can be used for capital expenditures, to build system
reinvestment reserves, or for debt service on subordinate debt that does not require coverage.
Achieving a bonded debt service coverage level greater than the minimum amount that is
contractually required is a positive signal that bond rating agencies notice, and it can result in more
favorable terms when the City next goes to the market for revenue bonds.
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Recommended Policy: Per contractual obligation, minimum bonded debt service coverage is 1.25.
However, the City has an internal policy of planning for debt service coverage of at least 2.0, which
is more conservative and safer than the 1.25 threshold. Our forecast assumes a minimum of 2.0.
Current Achievement: The utilities are currently exceeding the minimum target of a 2.0 coverage
on bonded debt. Wastewater currently has an estimated coverage of 3.3 on bonded debt and 1.8 on all
debt (including state/other local loans). Assuming the level of rates recommended in this report, debt
coverage on bonded debt remains at or above 2.0 and coverage on all debt remains at or above 1.6
throughout the 10 -year study period. Stormwater is not currently paying debt service. The levels of
projected debt vary significantly with each rate increase scenario presented. However, the coverage
stays at or above 2.0 in each scenario, while the coverage on all debt remains at or above 1.8.
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Another useful measurement in assessing the debt burden of a utility is the capital structure: the
outstanding debt as a percentage of total capital assets (original cost net of depreciation). A capital
structure of 60% debt / 40% equity is considered an appropriately conservative limit on total
indebtedness. A capital structure that is lower than this target suggests that the utility has the
financial capacity to issue more debt if needed. For Stormwater, a capital structure slightly higher
than 60% is still acceptable because so many its assets are currently recorded in the Streets Fund.
Current Achievement (2014): The estimated capital structure for Wastewater is 31% debt/69% equity;
Stormwater does not have any debt at this time.
Future Achievement: Wastewater projected capital structure peaks at 32% debt / 68% equity and ends at
23% debt / 77% equity in 2024. Stormwater projected capital structure varies with each rate increase
scenario. Considering all scenarios, highest projected capital structure for Stormwater peaks at 64% debt
/ 36% equity and ends at 61% debt / 39% equity in 2024.
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These fiscal policies reinforce each other and provide overlapping benefits. For example, the policy
for rate -funded system reinvestment has multiple benefits: it helps build capital contingency reserves,
contributes to the cash funding of capital projects, helps maintain a healthy capital structure, and
contributes annual revenue towards debt service coverage. Rate -funded system reinvestment can also
help mitigate rate spikes during periods of significant capital needs. Each policy helps determine how
much revenue is appropriate, and satisfying them all generally reduces financial risk and increases
financial stability. Exhibit 2-2 summarizes the recommended policies.
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Storm ($) $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $520,000
Target Capital Contingency
Wastewater (% of utility plant original cost) 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Storm ($) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $520,000
Debt Service Coverage:
Revenue Bonds 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Outstanding Debt as % of Net Book Value of Assets 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
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Part of the scope of work for this rate study was a review of historical financial performance for both
stormwater and wastewater funds.
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Exhibit 2-3 shows historical stormwater income statements for 2008 - 2013. Operating revenue saw a
significant increase in 2009 as the annual rate was increased from $22 per year to $35 per year. Revenue
has plateaued in recent years as the annual rate has not increased since 2011.
Net operating income (which is operating revenue minus operating expense, including depreciation
expense) was growing through 2011, but in the past two years it has declined to the 2009 level --$690,000
in 2013 compared with $680,000 in 2009. The stormwater utility has received operating grants and
subsidies in each of the past six years, ranging from $75k to $260k. To the extent that a utility depends on
an unreliable revenue source such as grants, the more it is exposed to revenue shortfalls in years that
grants are unavailable.
Exhibit 2-3: Stormwater Income Statement 2008 - 2013
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Charges for Services
Other Operating Revenues
Total Operating Revenues
Operating Expenditures
Operations & Maintenances
Administration/Overhead
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Other Benefits
Total Operating Expenditures
$ 1,065,308 $ 1,707,076 $ 1,975,814 $ 2,169,932 $ 2,183,484 $ 2,142,452
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$ 1,065,308 $ 1,707,076 $ 1,975,814 $ 2,169,932 $ 2,183,484 $ 2,142,452
$ 445,802 $ 833,292 $ 995,251 $ 1,031,539 $ 1,012,617 $ 996,155
$ 94,288 $ 119,432 $ 147,504 $ 171,388 $ 180,208 $ 201,350
$ 42,764 $ 64,686 $ 81,025 $ 91,907 $ 217,599 $ 212,467
$ - $ 10,768 $ 15,840 $ 22,190 $ 37,465 $ 42,453
$ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $
$ 582,854 $ 1,028,178 $ 1,239,620 $ 1,317,024 $ 1,447,889 $ 1,452,425
Net Operating Income $ 482,454 $ 678,898 $ 736,194 $ 852,908 $ 735,595 $ 690,027
Non -Operating Revenuesl(Expenditures)
Operating Grants & Subsidies $ 75,580 $ 108,682 $ 140,474 $ 256,948 $ 85,110 $ 59,318
Amortization of Bond Payment Discount $ $ $ $ $ $
Non -Operating Revenue Net of Expenses $ 75,580 $ 108,682 $ 140,474 $ 256,948 $ 85,110 $ 59,318
Income (Loss) Before Contributions & Transfers $ 558,034 $ 787,580 $ 876,668 $ 1,109,856 $ 820,705 $ 749,345
Capital Contributions $ 391,896 $ 9,600 $ 154,765 $ 435,106 $ 102,566 $
Transfers In $ $ $ $ $ $ 93,617
Transfers (Out) $ (42,395) $ (225,000) $ (240,000) $ (265,000) $ (238,308) $ (200,000)
Change in Net Position $ 907,535 $ 572,180 $ 791,433 $ 1,279,962 $ 684,963 $ 642,962
Total Net Position January 1
$ - $ 907,535 $ 1,479,715 $ 2,271,148 $ 3,551,110 $ 4,236,073
Total Net Position December 31 $ 907,535 $ 1,479,715 $ 2,271,148 $ 3,551,110 $ 4,236,073 $ 4,879,035
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Exhibit 2-4 shows historical balance sheets for the stormwater utility from 2008 through 2013. Under
Noncurrent Assets, Other Improvements have quadrupled since 2009. This is to be expected, since
stormwater is a relatively new utility, and its fixed assets have been previously lumped together with
street assets. Now as the stormwater utility completes portions of its capital improvement plan, the book
value of the assets recorded in the stormwater fund should increase quickly.
Exhibit 2-4: Stormwater Balance Sheet 2008 - 2013
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Cash & Equity in Pooled Investments
Accounts Receivables
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$ 477,011 $ 562,740 $ 596,118 $ 471,582 $ 325,917 $ 499,565
$ 34,584 $ 85,472 $ 62,830 $ 59,120 $ 45,334 $ 37,808
$ $ $ $ - $ 72,398 $ -
$ 25,550 $ $ 29,240 $ - $ 23,518 $ 30,142
$ $ 500,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,770,000 $ 2,100,964 $ 2,369,289
$ 537,145 $ 1,148,212 $ 1,688,188 $ 2,300,702 $ 2,568,131 $ 2,936,804
Noncurrent Assets
Other Improvements $ 430,734 $ 440,334 $ 739,610 $ 1,317,770 $ 1,484,679 $ 1,785,988
Machinery & Equipment $ 11,879 $ 11,879 $ 22,839 $ 27,543 $ 27,543 $ 27,543
Accumulated Depreciation $ (9,517) $ (20,285) $ (36,125) $ (58,315) $ (95,780) $ (138,234)
Construction in Progress $ 4,498 $ 27,346 $ 24,980 $ 109,020 $ 475,627 $ 384,095
Intangibles $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $
Unamortized Debt Issue Costs $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $
Total Noncurrent Assets $ 437,594 $ 459,274 $ 751,304 $ 1,396,018 $ 1,892,069 $ 2,059,392
Total Assets $ 974,739 $ 1,607,486 $ 2,439,492 $ 3,696,720 $ 4,460,200 $ 4,996,196
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Warrants / Accounts Payable $ 12 $ 15,612 $ 31,560 $ 31,004 $ 108,205 $ 19,199
Wages/Benefits Payable $ 37,020 $ 53,614 $ 62,719 $ 56,548 $ 57,355 $ 55,879
Compensated Absences Payable $ 30,172 $ 58,545 $ 74,065 $ 58,058 $ 58,567 $ 42,083
Restricted Current Portion of Long-term Debt $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Total Current Liabilities $ 67,204 $ 127,771 $ 168,344 $ 145,610 $ 224,127 $ 117,161
Net Position
Invested in Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt $ 437,594 $ 459,274 $ 751,304 $ 1,396,018 $ 1,892,069 $ 2,059,392
Restricted for Debt Service $ $ $ $ $ $
Unrestricted $ 469,941 $ 1,020,441 $ 1,519,844 $ 2,155,092 $ 2,344,004 $ 2,819,643
Total Net Position $ 907,535 $ 1,479,715 $ 2,271,148 $ 3,551,110 $ 4,236,073 $ 4,879,035
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Exhibit 2-5 shows historical income statements for the wastewater utility for the years 2008 - 2013.
The year 2011 saw a one-time decrease in operating revenues -about $1 million from the previous year,
and $2 million from the trend line. This decrease is unexplained in the City's financial statements.
However, the $456,000 prior period adjustment, also in 2011, was attributed to the City's conversion that
year to a new utility billing system, and it is possible that much of the one-time drop in operating revenue
was related to the same system conversion, particularly if there were a change in the way receivables are
treated and revenue recorded. As a result of this drop in operating revenue, net operating income was
reduced from $2.2 million in 2010 to only $377,000 in 2011. However, by 2012 the wastewater utility
resumed the previous trend, to total operating revenue of $18.7 million and net operating income of $2.2
million. In 2013, operating revenue grew to $19.2 million, but because operating expenditures grew even
faster than the revenue, net operating income declined to about $1.8 million.
Exhibit 2-5: Wastewater Income Statement 2008 - 2013
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Other Operating Revenues
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$ 14,886,361 $ 15,933,456 $16,422,039 $ 15,452,634 $18,688,307 $ 19,145,010
$ 11,503 $ 7,690 $ 19,760 $ 13,541 $ 14,696 $ 8,486
$14,897,864 $15,941,146 $16,441,799 $15,466,175 $18,703,003 $19,153,496
Operations & Maintenances $ 6,485,338 $ 6,661,512 $ 6,903,965 $ 6,644,793 $ 6,469,911 $ 6,693,255
Administration/Overhead $ 1,325,347 $ 1,447,551 $ 1,468,340 $ 2,466,352 $ 2,546,975 $ 2,783,154
Taxes $ 2,595,019 $ 2,716,749 $ 2,862,802 $ 2,657,506 $ 4,265,854 $ 4,420,374
Depreciation/Amortization $ 2,776,932 $ 2,755,730 $ 3,026,976 $ 3,320,794 $ 3,227,625 $ 3,465,893
Other Benefits $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Total Operating Expenditures $13,182,636 $13,581,542 $14,262,083 $15,089,445 $16,510,365 $17,362,676
Net Operating Income $ 1,715,228 $ 2,359,604 $ 2,179,716 $ 376,730 $ 2,192,638 $ 1,790,820
Non -Operating Revenues (Expenditures)
Operating Grants & Subsidies $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Interest Revenue $ 108,604 $ 36,153 $ 5,613 $ 2,989 $ 4,376 $ 2,118
Other Non -Operating Revenues $ 365,171 $ 24,491 $ 371,596 $ 365,828 $ 391,403 $ (35,487)
Interest Expenses $ (922,168) $ (767,762) $ (697,078) $ (850,747) $ (650,067) $ (592,614)
Amortization of Bond Payment Discount $ (25,519) $ (9,969) $ (9,969) $ (9,969) $ 17,585 $ 34,818
Gain (Loss) on Capital Assets Disposition $ 10,000 $ 2,500 $ 17,128 $ $ $ -
Non -Operating Revenue Net of Expenses $ (463,912) $ (714,587) $ (312,710) $ (491,899) $ (236,703) $ (591,165)
Income (Loss) Before Contributions & Transfers $ 1,251,316 $ 1,645,017 $ 1,867,006 $ (115,169) $ 1,955,935 $ 1,199,655
Capital Contributions $ 2,108,720 $ 778,613 $ 2,062,204 $ 786,289 $ 1,428,631 $ 880,488
Transfers In $ 32,939 $ 232,939 $ 232,939 $ 232,939 $ 232,939 $ 232,939
Transfers (Out) $ (757,170) $ (542,516) $ (42,516) $ (162,516) $ (45,210) $ (1,190,641)
Change in Net Position $ 2,635,805 $ 2,114,053 $ 4,119,633 $ 741,543 $ 3,572,295 $ 1,122,441
Total Net Position January 1
Period Adjustments
Total Net Position December 31
$52,562,140 $55,197,945 $57,311,998 $61,431,631 $61,716,906 $65,289,201
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Exhibit 2-6 shows historical balance sheets for the wastewater utility from 2008 through 2013. This
shows steady growth in the amount of fixed assets (or "noncurrent assets"), from $73 million in 2008 to
$88 million in 2013.
The "net position" is equivalent to "equity" in a private sector balance sheet; it represents the difference
between total assets and total liabilities. For the City wastewater utility, the net position increased from
$55 million to $66 million over the 2008 to 2013 time period; this represents a 20% increase over the six
year period (approximately 3% simple annual average).
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$ 5,934,625 $ 1,706,504 $ 1,980,138 $ 2,208,140 $ 1,393,681 $ 1,169,084
$ 1,587,609 $ 1,253,168 $ 1,503,384 $ 717,103 $ 1,242,618 $ 904,666
$ 7,500 $ 7,500 $ 3,000 $ 3,000 $ 3,000 $ 3,000
$ 12,081 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
$ $ - $ - $ - $ 55,131 $ -
$ 5,007,244 $ 8,506,248 $ 9,005,167 $ 8,384,000 $ 9,312,042 $ 5,628,793
$ 12,549,059 $ 11,473,420 $ 12,491,689 $ 11,312,243 $ 12,006,472 $ 7,705,543
Noncurrent Assets
Restricted Cash $ 1,965,858 $ 1,969,220 $ 1,972,583 $ 549,569 $ 581,834 $ 619,479
Restricted Investments $ $ - $ $ 1,425,000 $ 776,294 $ 740,267
Land $ 583,270 $ 583,270 $ 583,270 $ 583,270 $ 583,270 $ 583,270
Buildings $ 54,343,132 $ 66,439,113 $ 66,428,118 $ 66,500,454 $ 66,500,454 $ 66,500,454
Other Improvements $ 40,582,134 $ 45,118,296 $ 46,491,764 $ 47,209,321 $ 47,578,535 $ 48,835,279
Machinery & Equipment $ 5,664,966 $ 10,748,850 $ 15,888,613 $ 16,075,811 $ 20,034,174 $ 20,216,027
Accumulated Depreciation $ (54,881,097) $ (57,636,828) $ (60,587,519) $ (63,908,313) $ (67,135,939) $ (70,601,831)
Construction in Progress $ 24,865,746 $ 7,077,061 $ 4,749,142 $ 6,714,601 $ 10,459,226 $ 20,989,626
Intangibles $ $ - $ $ - $ $ -
Unamortized Debt Issue Costs $ 133,834 $ 122,479 $ 111,125 $ 99,770 $ 142,802 $ 129,105
Total Noncurrent Assets $ 73,257,843 $ 74,421,461 $ 75,637,096 $ 75,249,483 $ 79,520,650 $ 88,011,676
Total Assets $ 85,806,902 $ 85,894,881 $ 88,128,785 $ 86,561,726 $ 91,527,122 $ 95,717,219
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Warrants / Accounts Payable $ 410,023 $ 368,290 $ 297,957 $ 543,045 $ 1,253,958 $ 1,123,011
Wages/Benefits Payable $ 425,020 $ 431,686 $ 464,380 $ 456,939 $ 472,853 $ 445,256
Compensated Absences Payable $ 580,048 $ 588,176 $ 610,983 $ 653,183 $ 694,135 $ 609,723
Claims & Judgments Payable $ $ $ $ $ $ 390,491
Accrued Payable $ 176,443 $ 166,778 $ 157,764 $ 144,466 $ 108,392 $ 119,040
Deposits Payable $ 4,500 $ 4,500 $ 189,323 $ 243,114 $ 256,435 $ 271,750
Interfund Payable $ - $ - $ - $ $ -
Current Portion of Long-term Debt $ 770,695 $ 764,246 $ 771,455 $ 771,455 $ 709,724 $ 1,068,832
Restricted Current Portion of Long-term Debt $ 1,339,988 $ 1,383,750 $ 1,436,688 $ 990,000 $ 1,030,000 $ 1,080,000
Total Current Liabilities $ 3,706,717 $ 3,707,426 $ 3,928,550 $ 3,802,202 $ 4,525,497 $ 5,108,103
Noncurrent Liabilities
Bonds Payable $
Unamortized Bond Discount/Premium $
Deferred Amount on Debt Refunding $
Loans Payable - Long Term $
Total Noncurrent Liabilities $
Total Liabilities $
19,580,437 $ 18,196,687 $ 16,760,000 $ 15,770,000 $ 13,940,000 $ 12,860,000
444,873 $ 404,458 $ 364,043 $ 323,627 $ 1,061,178 $ 960,219
(117,087) $ (78,058) $ (39,029) $ - $ (576,883) $ (524,439)
6,994,017 $ 6,352,370 $ 5,683,590 $ 4,948,991 $ 7,288,126 $ 10,901,694
26,902,240 $ 24,875,457 $ 22,768,604 $ 21,042,618 $ 21,712,421 $ 24,197,474
30,608,957 $ 28,582,883 $ 26,697,154 $ 24,844,820 $ 26,237,918 $ 29,305,577
Net Position
Invested in Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt $ 51,069,488 $ 50,575,420 $ 51,115,002 $ 52,161,375 $ 55,661,985 $ 60,441,584
Restricted for Debt Service $ 1,965,858 $ 1,969,220 $ 1,972,583 $ 1,974,569 $ 1,358,128 $ 1,359,746
Unrestricted $ 2,162,599 $ 4,767,358 $ 8,344,046 $ 7,580,962 $ 8,269,091 $ 4,610,312
Total Net Position $ 55,197,945 $ 57,311,998 $ 61,431,631 $ 61,716,906 $ 65,289,204 $ 66,411,642
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The following major assumptions were used in the Wastewater and/or Stormwater rate forecast:
General Cost Inflation: assumed to be 2.50% per year based on historical data from the
Consumer Price Index Urban Consumers-Seattle/Tacoma / Bremerton (CPI -U)
Construction Cost Inflation: assumed to be 3.50% per year based on historical data from
the ENR Construction Cost Index (CCI) -20 City Average index
Personnel Cost Inflation: Confirmed by City staff
4 Labor Cost Inflation: assumed to be 2.00% per year
4 Benefits Cost Inflation: assumed to be 5.50% per year
Fund Earnings: 0.08% based on the current Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP)
rate, phased into 0.25% by 2016; conservatively remains at 0.25% through 2024.
Customer Growth:
4 Stormwater: 0.50% annual customer growth. Results in 130-140 additional
parcels per year (or 260 — 270 ERUs) throughout study period. This assumption is
based on the "Low" scenario from the Washington State Growth Management
Population Projections for Yakima County. We reviewed and confirmed this
assumption with City staff.
4 Wastewater: 0.50% annual customer account growth based on three years of
customer account history. We assumed negative growth in sewage volume, with a
reduction of 0.50% per year based on recent declines in overall usage. Net
revenue growth assuming existing rates is approximately neutral.
Revenue Bond Terms: 20 year maturity, 4.75% interest, 1% issuance cost, and 2.0 policy
target coverage. Interest rate assumption is based upon relevant Bond Buyer Indices.
City Utility Taxes: wastewater at 20%; stormwater at 6%
State Taxes:
4 Excise Tax: excise tax on wastewater collection revenue is 3.852%, while B&O
tax on wastewater treatment revenue is 1.5%. The effective rate after allocating
functions between collection and treatment is approximately 2%.
4 State B&O Tax (for stormwater): 1.50%
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Section 4 focuses on the stormwater utility, while Section 5 deals with the wastewater utility.
4.1. SUMMARY
The stormwater utility forecast has several key assumptions and policy questions:
Customer Data Corrections:
4 There is a change in the calculation of equivalent residential units (ERUs) for
non -single family parcels. Currently, the billing system rounds ERUs only
downward to whole numbers, so that a parcel with 2.89 ERUs is only billed for
2.0 ERUs. In our forecast, we are assuming that ERUs are rounded either up or
down to the nearest one-tenth, so that a parcel with 2.89 ERUs is billed for 2.9
ERUs.
4 We are also assuming the reclassification of 197 parcels previously shown as
residential in the billing system but which are really non-residential.
Changes to Revenues and Expenditures:
4 Several one-time expenditures in the 2014 budget will drop off in 2015, including
a $242,000 final payment to the Wastewater Fund to retire an interfund loan
associated with the formation of the stormwater utility.
4 Stormwater-related debt service previous paid by Wastewater is assumed to be
shifted to the Stormwater fund from 2015 forward.
4 Additional engineering staffing is needed in order to implement the stormwater
capital program.
Capital Program Funding and Rate Strategies:
4 Annual rate revenues are currently about $2.2 million per year; however, the
capital improvement program by itself—even without any O&M costs—is about
$2.5 million per year. In order to carry out this capital program, there clearly will
be a need for additional revenues.
4 We present three alternative strategies for rate increases:
• Scenario 1: Smoothed annual rate increases; high levels of debt required.
• Scenario 2: "Right size" initial increase, with inflationary increases
afterwards; limited debt required.
• Scenario 3: Larger "right size" initial increase so that no debt is required
during forecast period; inflation -based increases afterwards.
4 We recommend Scenario 2 because it leads to the lowest rates over the ten-year
period of the forecast. Yakima's current rates are extremely low relative to other
stormwater utilities. Even after a large increase in 2015, Yakima's rates will be in
the middle of the comparison group, and it will put the utility in a position to
need only 2.5% annual increases thereafter, with modest levels of debt.
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We performed a detailed review of the City's customer data, including testing the reported revenue
by applying the previous year's rates to the raw customer billing data. This test is called a "priceout."
The revenue resulting from this calculation should approximately equal the amount of revenue
actually collected in the historical year. In the City's case, 2013 customer data was used. The overall
result of the priceout was positive. The underlying customer data and billing rates combined to
produce a revenue total that closely matched the actual revenue collected. However, as a result of this
exercise, a couple of key findings should be noted. The first finding has to do with how the non -
single family ERU is calculated. The second finding involves the reclassification of 197 parcels that
were being charged as residential but are really non-residential.
4.2.1. Cnange FRU Calculaiicon Mei nodology
To calculate the total ERUs currently billed to non -single family parcels, the billing system divides
the impervious square footage within a parcel by 3,600 square feet (one ERU equals 3,600 square
feet per the Yakima Municipal Code 7.80.030 [9]). Then the billing system rounds the calculated
ERU down to the next -lowest whole number.
For example, consider a parcel with 14,000 square feet. Before rounding down, the calculation would
yield 3.89 ERUs. However, this number is currently being rounded down to 3.00 ERUs when the bill
is sent out. Our recommendation is that the ERU calculation be rounded to the nearest 1/10"' (either
up or down) instead of universally rounding down to the whole number. In this example, the 3.89
would be rounded up to 3.90 ERUs, which means that an additional 0.9 ERUs would be billed
compared to the current methodology. When applying the revised methodology to the entire
stormwater database, roughly 1,500 ERUs would be added to the existing total. This change would
generate nearly $65,000 in annual revenues without incorporating any rate increases above the
current $43 per year per ERU.
This calculation change was discussed with utility staff. They confirmed with both customer billing
and legal representatives that this new rounding methodology could be implemented. These
additional ERUs and revenues are included within our baseline revenue projections.
4.2.2. Reclassiifiicaiicon of Resiideniiial io Non--Resiideniiial
While performing the priceout test, we found 380 parcels that were being charged as if they were
residential, but based on the parcel description it was possible that they were really non-residential.
For example, parcel descriptions that were being charged as residential included some of the
following: "Trans -Parking", "Service -Governmental", "Service -Repair", "Service — Business",
"Retail — Other", "Retail — Food", etc. A City stormwater engineer researched each of these parcels
and found that of the 380 parcels, 197 of them should be reclassified and be charged as non-
residential. The impact of these reclassifications was implemented into the revenue projections.
These changes will also be made within the customer billing database before bills are sent out in
February of 2015. In total, this correction added over 60 ERUs to the database. Although the revenue
impact is relatively small, these 197 customers will be charged more equitably, which is an important
goal in the ratemaking process.
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4.3. CHANGES TO REVENUES & FX
TURFS
The following subsections summarize the most significant cost savings and cost increases that are
unrelated to inflation.
4.3.1. Fu
ure Savings In Annual Cos
s
There are several expenditures in the 2014 budget that are not expected to continue on an annual
basis beyond 2014. These include one-time expenditures such as the Stormwater Rate Study and
Stormwater and Wastewater System Study. In addition to these, the stormwater utility in 2014 is
projected to make its final repayment to the wastewater utility for an interfund loan that was made
from wastewater to stormwater in 2007 and 2008, when the stormwater utility was being formed. In
total, these non-recurring expenditures totaled over $350,000.
4.3.2. Fu
ure Increases In Annual Cos
s
Partially offsetting these savings are some increases to the stormwater utility's annual costs.
Personnel: We are assuming that in 2015, an additional engineering FTE will need to be
added to the stormwater utility with a combined salary and benefit cost of $100,000. City
staff agrees that this type of position would be needed to aid in the planning and
implementation of the stormwater capital program, since the number of stormwater
capital projects to manage is projected to be higher than in the past.
Debt Service on Railroad Grade Project: There is a general obligation loan that is
related to Project 1818 (the stormwater portion of the Railroad Grade Separation project)
with annual debt service payments of $84,300, for which debt service is currently being
paid by the wastewater fund. This loan originated before the stormwater system was a
standalone utility, and debt service for it is currently being paid by the wastewater fund.
We recommend that these loan payments now be paid by the stormwater utility starting in
2015
Annual cost savings from non-recurring expenditures total $350,000, whereas these future cost
increases total $184,000. As a result, the forecast shows about $166,000 net savings in annual costs
when comparing 2015 to 2014.
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4.4.1.Overview of Scenarios
The major driver of rate increases for the stormwater utility is an increase in the scale of the capital
program. According to stormwater planning documents and City staff, an increased pace of capital
investment is needed to make progress on a backlog of high priority projects. In the scaled -up capital
program, average annual capital spending is expected to be nearly $2.5 million per year. To put this
in perspective, consider that the annual rate revenues of the entire utility are currently only $2.2
million. Increases in rate revenue will clearly be needed in order to meet this deferred capital
liability, in addition to operating and maintaining the system.
There is a range of ways to pay for this level of capital spending. At one end of the spectrum, the
City could borrow the needed capital dollars and then raise rates over time to pay debt service. At the
other end of the spectrum, the City could increase rates high enough to cash -fund the entire capital
program. This would involve a significant upfront rate increase in 2015 but would avoid the use of
debt. The City could also adopt a middle-of-the-road option that combines a modest amount of debt
with a significant one-time rate increase in 2015 and inflation -based increases thereafter.
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Considering this conceptual range, we developed three scenarios:
• Scenario 1: Smoothed rate increases
• Scenario 2: "Right Size" initial increase, inflation -based increases afterwards
• Scenario 3: "Right Size" larger initial increase so no debt funding; inflation -based
increases afterwards
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The following two exhibits highlight the rate impacts of each of these scenarios. The following
subsections give a detailed discussion of each scenario. Scenario 2 is the recommended scenario
because:
• It is not as steep an increase as Scenario 3.
• Compared with Scenario 1, Scenario 2 ends up with lower monthly rate by 2024, the final
year of the forecast horizon.
• Compared with Scenario 1, Scenario 2 uses more cash financing and less debt funding for
the capital program.
Exhibit 4-1: Monthl Stormwater Char
e b Scenario
Stormwater Scena 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scenario 1: Rate Smoothing
$ 3.58 $ 3.91 $ 4.26 $ 4.64 $ 5.06 $ 5.51 $ 6.01 $ 6.55 $ 7.14 $ 7.78 $ 8.48
Scenario 2: "Right - Size"
$ 3.58 $ 5.55 $ 5.69 $ 5.84 $ 5.98 $ 6.13 $ 6.28 $ 6.44 $ 6.60 $ 6.77 $ 6.94
Scenario 3: "Right - Size"; No Debt $ 3.58 $7.39 $7.58 $7.76 $7.96 $8.16 $8.36 $8.57 $8.79 $9.00 $9.23
Exhibit 4-2: Graph of Monthly Stormwater Charge & Debt Service by Scenario
$10.00
$9.00
$8.00
$7.00
$6.00
$5.00
$4.00
$3.00 - $3.58
$2.00 -
$1.00 -
Monthly Rates & Debt Service
$-
$9.23
Scenario 1: Annual Debt Service
Scenario 2: Annual Debt Service
Scenario 1: Rate Smoothing
Scenario 2: "Right - Size"
,Scenario 3: "Right - Size"; No Debt
$8.48
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
$1,800,000
$1,600,000
$1,400,000
$1,200,000
$1,000,000
$800,000
$600,000
$400,000
$200,000
4.4.2.Current Stormwater Rate in Context
Exhibit 4-3 shows the results of a survey of existing stormwater rates for single-family parcels
across the state of Washington. Cities in western Washington have generally higher stormwater rates
than those east of the Cascades, but even among eastern Washington cities, the Yakima rate is the
lowest. Even if, for example, the City's stormwater rate were to increase by 50% (to $5.37 per
month), the resulting charge would still be well within the average range for eastern Washington
cities. If the Yakima rate were doubled, the City would be approximately at the top end of the eastern
Washington group and the lower end of the western Washington group, but it would not be an outlier.
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In summary, there is room to significantly increase the charge without putting the City out of line
with other comparable stormwater utilities.
Exhibit 4-4 shows recent stormwater rate history, since 2008. There was a large increase in 2009 and
more moderate increases the following two years. The rate has not been increased since 2011.
Exhibit 4-3: Jurisdictional Rate Surve
Exhibit 4-4: Yakima's Stormwater Rate
History
• •
# Jurisdiction Monthly Rate
Capital Funding Strategy
$22
Annual
$as
$40
Stormwater Rate
$aa
2024
Capital Expenditures (Escalated Dollars)
1So(2014) $3.58
$ 1,190,250
2 Spokane-
2 $3.84
$ 3,437,025
3 Richland $3.85
$ 2,494,141
4 Pasco $4.40
Capital Funding Strategy:
5 West Richland $4.90
6 Moses Lake $5.30
7 Centralia $6.00
8 Ellensburg $6.06
Beginning Fund Balance
9 Wenatchee $6.09 -
$ 1,887,281
10 Ridgefield $6.50
$ 668,855
11 Walla Walla $6.90
$ 612,215
12 Pullman $7.00
plus: Grants / Outside Sources
13 Vancouver $7.83
-
14 Sunnyside $8.28
-
15 Mukilteo $8.32
-
16 Tumwater $8.41
plus: Annual Capital Charge Revenue
17 Bellingham $8.98
-
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
-
18 Camas $9.71
-
19 Marysville $10.82
plus: Rate Funded System Reinvestment
350,000
20 Renton $12.69
350,000
21 Washougal $13.75
350,000
22 Kenmore $13.95
524,231
23 Bonney Lake $14.00
820,459
24 Auburn $18.78
315,516
4.5. RATE INCREASE SCENARIOS
4.5.1.Scenario 1: Smooth Rate Increases
This scenario assumes an equal percentage increase each year throughout the forecast horizon.
Exhibit 4-5 shows that this scenario would require annual increases of 9% per year for the next ten
years. The monthly rate in 2024 would be $8.48.
Exhibit 4-5: Scenario 1 - Rate Impacts
Scenario 1: Smooth
Rate Increases
2021 2022 2023 2024
Monthly Rate ($)
Annual Rate Increase
$ 3.58 $ 3.91 $ 4.26 $ 4.64 $ 5.06 $ 5.51 $ 6.01 $ 6.55 $ 7.14 $ 7.78 $ 8.48
9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0%
Exhibit 4-6 summarizes the capital funding strategy for Scenario 1. Out of the three scenarios,
Scenario 1 requires the most debt. There is no large upfront rate increase, so compared to the other
two scenarios, not as much cash is generated on an annual basis to help cash -fund capital projects.
Exhibit 4-6: Scenario 1 - Ca s ital Fundin• Strate•
Capital Funding Strategy
ME
2016
2017
2018
2019
2024
Capital Expenditures (Escalated Dollars)
$ 739,000
$ 1,190,250
$ 2,249,573
$ 3,437,025
$ 3,098,312
$ 2,494,141
$ 2,962,257
Capital Funding Strategy:
Beginning Fund Balance
$ 1,360,734
$ 1,887,281
$ 1,335,730
$ 668,855
$ 615,003
$ 612,215
$ 1,248,525
plus: Grants / Outside Sources
94,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
plus: Annual Capital Charge Revenue
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
plus: Rate Funded System Reinvestment
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
524,231
plus: Transfer of Surplus from Operating Fund
820,459
285,868
315,516
263,330
260,677
331,553
961,983
plus: Interest Earnings
1,089
2,831
3,339
1,672
1,538
1,531
3,121
plus: Net Debt Proceeds Available for Projects
-
-
913,842
2,768,170
2,483,310
1,881,926
1,713,732
Total Capital Resources
$ 2,626,281
$ 2,525,980
$ 2,918,428
$ 4,052,028
$ 3,710,527
$ 3,177,225
$ 4,451,593
less: Capital Expenditures
739,000
1,190,250
2,249,573
3,437,025
3,098,312
2,494,141
2,962,257
Ending Fund Balance
$ 1,887,281
$ 1,335,730
$ 668,855
$ 615,003
$ 612,215
$ 683,083
$ 1,489,335
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Under Scenario 1, approximately 37% of the capital revenue is cash -funded while 63% comes from
debt. Cash -funded capital is the combination of planned rate -funded system reinvestment, the transfer
of operating reserves when those reserves are above the target maximum, and interest earnings on
cash balances. The average annual amount of cash funded capital is roughly $900,000. In this
scenario, the level of cash funding that comes from excess operating reserves plays a significant role
because of the City's conservative debt coverage requirement of 2.0. When annual rate increases are
driven by the 2.0 coverage requirement, it generates a substantial amount of cash each year that can
be used to cash -fund capital.
Exhibit 4-7 shows the annual financial forecast for Scenario 1. The annual financial forecast
incorporates the results of the capital funding strategy as well as information about operating costs,
existing debt service, required reserves, beginning fund balances, and non -rate revenues -all for the
purpose of generating the rate revenue requirement. The upper part of the table shows what revenues
and expenses would be without any rate increase. This leads to a growing cash deficiency in future
years. The shaded middle section of the table shows what rate increases would be needed in order to
remedy that deficiency -each year's percentage increase and the cumulative percentage increase
since 2014. Finally, the lower part of the table tests whether the financial policy targets would be
achieved after the revenue increase.
Exhibit 4-7: Scenario 1- Annual Financial Forecast
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Revenue
Rate Revenues
Non -Rate Revenues
Total Revenue
Expenses
Cash Operating Expenses
Existing Debt Service
New Debt Service
Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
Additions to Operating Reserve
Total Expenses
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$ 2,159,866 $ 2,236,966 $ 2,248,151 $ 2,259,391 $ 2,270,688 $ 2,282,042
16,171 15, 732 16, 091 16, 314 16, 943 17, 508
$ 2,176,036 $ 2,252,698 $ 2,264,242 $ 2,275,705 $ 2,287,631 $ 2,299,550
$ 1,980,434 $ 1,770,513 $ 1,816,668 $ 1,864,355 $ 1,913,637 $ 1,964,578
84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306
78,757 317,323 531,339 693,527
350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
$ 2,330,434 $ 2,204,819 $ 2,329,731 $ 2,615,984 $ 2,879,282 $ 3,092,411
Cash Surplus / (Deficiency) $ (154,398) $ 47,879 $ (65,489) $ (340,279) $ (591,651) $ (792,862)
$ 2,339,666
16348
$ 2,356,014
$ 2,246,669
84,306
1,484,700
524,231
$ 4,339,906
$ (1,983,893)
Annual Rate Adjustment
9.00% 9.00% 9.00% 9.00% 9.00%
Cumulative Annual Rate Adjustment 9.00% 18.81% 29.50% 41.16% 53.86%
9.00%
136.74%
Annual Rate per ERU
Monthly Rate per ERU
After Rate Increases:
Rate Revenues
Net Cash Flow
Debt Service Coverage - Revenue Bonds
Debt Service Coverage - All Debt
$43.00 $46.87
$51.09 $55.69
$60.70 $66.16
$3.58 $3.91 $4.26 $4.64 $5.06 $5.51
$ 2,159,866 $ 2,438,293 $ 2,671,028 $ 2,925,977 $ 3,205,262 $ 3,511,204
(154,400) 234,100 325,700 276,300 272,800 344,100
n/a n/a 10.69 3.24 2.33 2.12
n/a 7.96 5.16 2.56 2.01 1.89
$101.80
$8.48
$ 5,538,840
975,300
2.07
1.96
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Capital Reserve
Debt Reserve
Total
$ 488,326 $ 436,565 $ 446,722 $ 459,704 $ 471,856 $ 484,416
1,887,281 1,335,730 668,855 615,003 612,215 683,083
78.757 317.323 531.339 693.527
$ 2,375,607 $ 1,772,295 $ 1,194,334 $ 1,392,029 $ 1,615,410 $ 1,861,027
Operating Reserve (Days of O&M Expense) 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days
Target Capital Contingency $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
Capital Contingency Deficit (if any) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Capital Structure: % Debt
Capital Structure: % Equity
38% 24% 31% 51% 60% 62%
62% 76% 69% 49% 40% 38%
$ 552,460
1,489,335
1484700
$ 3,526,495
90 days
$ 524,231
$ -
61%u
39%
In Scenario 1, 9% annual rate increases would be needed, mainly due to new debt service from the
capital program.
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Exhibit 4-8 shows the annual financial forecast in graphic form. The green segment of each column
represents new debt, which grows from $0 in 2014 to $1.48 million in 2024.
Exhibit 4-8: Scenario 1- Forecast Graph
$6,000,000
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
Stormwater Revenue Requirement
Additional Revenue for Debt Coverage
Additions to Reserves
Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
New Debt Service
Existing Debt Service
Cash Operating Expenses
-Revenues Under Existing Rates
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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
4.5.2. Scenario 2: Right -Size Increase (Recommended)
This scenario assumes a large initial rate increase in 2015, followed by inflation -based increases in
subsequent years. The large initial rate increase was set so that the calculated coverage ratio
remained at or above 2.0 throughout the study period while incorporating inflation -based increases in
the years 2016-2024. Exhibit 4-9 shows the monthly rate impacts as well as the annual rate increases
that would be needed. The initial rate increase in 2015 would be 55%, or $1.97 per month. By 2024,
the monthly rate would be $6.94 per month, which is $1.54 less than the Scenario 1 rate in 2024.
Exhibit 4-9: Scenario 2 - Rate Im s acts
Monthly Rate ($)
Annual Rate Increase
$ 3.58 $ 5.55 $ 5.69 $ 5.84 $ 5.98 $ 6.13 $ 6.28 $ 6.44 $ 6.60 $ 6.77 $ 6.94
55.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
Exhibit 4-10 summarizes the capital funding strategy required under Scenario 2. This scenario does
include debt, but it relies more on cash financing and less on debt financing than Scenario 1.
Exhibit 4-10: Scenario 2 - Ca s ital Fundin • Strate _•
•
Capital Funding Strategy
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2024
Capital Expenditures (Escalated Dollars)
$ 739,000
$ 1,190,250
$ 2,249,573
$ 3,437,025
$ 3,098,312
$ 2,494,141
$ 2,962,257
Capital Funding Strategy:
Beginning Fund Balance
$ 1,360,734
$ 1,887,281
$ 2,287,559
$ 1,621,145
$ 1,474,881
$ 1,389,953
$ 1,082,209
plus: Grants / Outside Sources
94,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
plus: Annual Capital Charge Revenue
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
plus: Rate Funded System Reinvestment
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
524,231
plus: Transfer of Surplus from Operating Fund
820,459
1,237,697
1,227,440
1,120,828
1,036,265
996,602
457,142
plus: Interest Earnings
1,089
2,831
5,719
4,053
3,687
3,475
2,706
plus: Net Debt Proceeds Available for Projects
-
-
-
1,815,880
1,623,431
1,104,189
1,880,049
Total Capital Resources
$ 2,626,281
$ 3,477,809
$ 3,870,718
$ 4,911,907
$ 4,488, 265
$ 3,844,218
$ 3,946,336
less: Capital Expenditures
739,000
1,190,250
2,249,573
3,437,025
3,098,312
2,494,141
2,962,257
Ending Fund Balance
$ 1,887,281
$ 2,287,559
$ 1,621,145
$ 1,474,881
$ 1,389,953
$ 1,350,077
$ 984,078
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Under Scenario 2, approximately 54% of the capital revenue is cash -funded while 45% is debt. The
large initial rate increase in 2015 creates a level of rates that is sufficient to cash fund over $1.3
million of capital each year.
Exhibit 4-11 shows the annual financial forecast for Scenario 2, including the impact of the capital
funding strategy. The initial rate increase would be 55%, after which rates would increase by 2.5%
per year. New debt service would start at $155,000 in 2017 and grow to $1.04 million by 2024.
Exhibit 4-11: Scenario 2 - Annual Financial Forecast
Assuming Existing Rates:
Revenue
Rate Revenues
Non -Rate Revenues
Total Revenue
Expenses
Cash Operating Expenses
Existing Debt Service
New Debt Service
Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
Additions to Operating Reserve
Total Expenses
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$ 2,159,866 $ 2,236,966 $ 2,248,151 $ 2,259,391 $ 2,270,688 $ 2,282,042
16,171 15,732 16,091 16,117 16,541 16,921
$ 2,176,036 $ 2,252,698 $ 2,264,242 $ 2,275,508 $ 2,287,229 $ 2,298,962
$ 1,980,434 $ 1,770,513 $ 1,816,668 $ 1,864,355 $ 1,913,637 $ 1,964,578
84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306
156,496 296,406 391,567
350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
$ 2,330,434 $ 2,204,819 $ 2,250,974 $ 2,455,157 $ 2,644,349 $ 2,790,451
Cash Surplus / (Deficiency) $ (154,398) $ 47,879 $ 13,268 $ (179,649) $ (357,121) $ (491,489)
$ 2,339,666
16,348
$ 2,356,014
$ 2,246,669
84,306
1,055,420
524,231
$ 3,910,626
$ (1,554,612)
Annual Rate Adjustment
55.00% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
Cumulative Annual Rate Adjustment 55.00% 58.88% 62.85% 66.92% 71.09%
2.50%
93.57%
Annual Rate per ERU
Monthly Rate per ERU
After Rate Increases:
Rate Revenues
Net Cash Flow
Debt Service Coverage - Revenue Bonds
Debt Service Coverage - All Debt
$43.00 $66.65 $68.32 $70.02 $71.77 $73.57
$3.58 $5.55 $5.69 $5.84 $5.98 $6.13
$ 2,159,866 $ 3,467,297 $ 3,571,749 $ 3,679,348 $ 3,790,188 $ 3,904,368
(154,400) 1,185,900 1,237,600 1,133,800 1,048,400 1,009,200
n/a n/a n/a 11.05 6.01 4.70
n/a 19.25 19.90 7.18 4.68 3.86
$83.24
$6.94
$ 4,528,980
470,500
2.02
1.88
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Capital Reserve
Debt Reserve
Total
$ 488,326 $ 436,565 $ 446,722 $ 459,704 $ 471,856 $ 484,416
1,887,281 2,287,559 1,621,145 1,474,881 1,389,953 1,350,077
156,496 296,406 391,567
$ 2,375,607 $ 2,724,124 $ 2,067,867 $ 2,091,081 $ 2,158,215 $ 2,226,061
Operating Reserve (Days of O&M Expense) 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days
Target Capital Contingency $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
Capital Contingency Deficit (if any) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Capital Structure: % Debt
Capital Structure: % Equity
38% 24% 14% 30% 36% 37%
62% 76% 86% 70% 64% 63%
$ 552,460
984,078
1,055,420
$ 2,591,958
90 days
$ 524,231
$ -
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Exhibit 4-12 presents the annual financial forecast in graphic form. The "Additions to Reserves" (the
orange segments) represents cash that is purposely generated to help cash -fund the capital program.
Exhibit 4-12: Scenario 2 — Forecast Graph
$5,000,000
$4,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000 —
INN
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Stormwater Revenue Requirement
■
Additional Revenue for Debt Coverage
Additions to Reserves
Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
New Debt Service
Existing Debt Service
Cash Operating Expenses
Revenues Under Existing Rates
Revenues After Rate Increases
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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
4.5.3. Scenario 3: No Debt
This scenario was designed to allow the capital plan to be entirely cash -financed, with no debt. Once
again, there would be a large initial rate increase in 2015 followed by inflationary increases in 2016-
2024, but the initial increase would be large enough to avoid debt during the forecast period. Exhibit
4-13 shows the monthly rate impacts as well as the percentage rate increases that would be required.
The monthly rate in 2024 would be $9.22 per month, which is $2.28 higher than Scenario 2 and
$0.74 higher than Scenario 1.
Exhibit 4-13: Scenario 3 - Rate Im s acts
Monthly Rate ($)
Annual Rate Increase
$ 3.58 $ 7.39 $ 7.58 $ 7.76 $ 7.96 $ 8.16 $ 8.36 $ 8.57 $ 8.79 $ 9.00 $ 9.23
106.25% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
Exhibit 4-14 summarizes the capital funding strategy assumed under Scenario 3 annual rate
increases. Under Scenario 3, 100% of the CIP is cash funded.
Exhibit 4-14: Scenario 3 — Ca s ital Fundin • Strate •
Capital Funding Strat- .
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2024
Capital Expenditures (Escalated Dollars)
$ 739,000
$ 1,190,250
$ 2,249,573
$ 3,437,025
$ 3,098,312
$ 2,494,141
$ 2,962,257
Capital Funding Strategy:
Beginning Fund Balance
$ 1,360,734
$ 1,887,281
$ 3,348,021
$ 3,776,666
$ 3,101,724
$ 2,852,663
$ 5,134,100
plus: Grants / Outside Sources
94,000
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plus: Annual Capital Charge Revenue
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plus: Rate Funded System Reinvestment
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
350,000
524,231
plus: Transfer of Surplus from Operating Fund
820,459
2,298,159
2,319,848
2,402,641
2,491,497
2,581,567
2,897,736
plus: Interest Earnings
1,089
2,831
8,370
9,442
7,754
7,132
12,835
plus: Net Debt Proceeds Available for Projects
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Total Capital Resources
$ 2,626,281
$ 4,538,271
$ 6,026,239
$ 6,538,749
$ 5,950,975
$ 5,791,361
$ 8,568,902
less: Capital Expenditures
739,000
1,190,250
2,249,573
3,437,025
3,098,312
2,494,141
2,962,257
Ending Fund Balance
$ 1,887,281
$ 3,348,021
$ 3,776,666
$ 3,101,724
$ 2,852,663
$ 3,297,220
$ 5,606,645
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Exhibit 4-15 shows the annual financial forecast for Scenario 3, including the impact of the capital
funding strategy. The initial increase would need to be 106.25%, after which the following years
would see 2.5% increases.
Exhibit 4-15: Scenario 3 - Annual Financial Forecast
Revenue Requirements
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2024
Assuming Existing Rates:
Revenue
Rate Revenues
Non -Rate Revenues
Total Revenue
Expenses
Cash Operating Expenses
Existing Debt Service
New Debt Service
Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
Additions to Operating Reserve
Total Expenses
Cash Surplus / (Deficiency)
$ 2,159, 866 $ 2,236,966 $ 2,248,151 $ 2,259,391 $ 2,270,688 $ 2,282,042
16,171 15,732 16,091 16,117 16,149 16,180
$ 2,176,036 $ 2,252,698 $ 2,264,242 $ 2,275,508 $ 2,286,837 $ 2,298,221
$ 1,980,434 $ 1,770,513 $ 1,816,668 $ 1,864,355 $ 1,913,637 $ 1,964,578
84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306 84,306
350,000 350,000
350,000 350,000
350,000 350,000
$ 2,330,434 $ 2,204,819 $ 2,250,974 $ 2,298,661 $ 2,347,943 $ 2,398,884
$ (154, 398) $ 47,879 $ 13,268 $ (23,153) $ (61,105) $ (100, 663)
$ 2,339,666
16,348
$ 2,356,014
$ 2,246,669
84,306
524,231
$ 2,855,206
$ (499,192)
Annual Rate Adjustment
106.25% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%
Cumulative Annual Rate Adjustment 106.25% 111.41% 116.69% 122.11% 127.66%
2.50%
157.58%
Annual Rate per ERU
Monthly Rate per ERU
After Rate Increases
Rate Revenues
Net Cash Flow
Debt Service Coverage - Revenue Bonds
Debt Service Coverage - All Debt
$43.00 $88.69
$3.58
$7.39
$90.90 $93.18
$7.58
$7.76
$95.51 $97.89
$7.96
$8.16
$ 2,159, 866 $ 4,613,742 $ 4,752,731 $ 4,895,907 $ 5,043,396 $ 5,195, 328
(154, 400) 2,246,400 2,330,000 2,415,600 2,503,600 2,594,100
n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a 31.83 32.89 33.92 34.94 36.01
$110.76
$9.23
$ 6,026,465
2,911,100
n/a
41.90
Ending Fund Balances
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2024
Operating Reserve
Capital Reserve
Debt Reserve
Total
$ 488,326 $ 436,565 $ 446,722 $ 459,704 $ 471,856 $ 484,416
1,887,281 3,348,021 3,776,666 3,101,724 2,852,663 3,297,220
$ 2,375,607 $ 3,784,585 $ 4,223,388 $ 3,561,428 $ 3,324,519 $ 3,781,637
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Operating Reserve (Days of O&M Expense) 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days
Target Capital Contingency $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
Capital Contingency Deficit (if any) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Capital Structure: % Debt
Capital Structure: % Equity
38% 24% 14% 8% 6% 4%
62% 76% 86% 92% 94% 96%
$ 552,460
5,606,645
$ 6,159,105
90 days
$ 524,231
1%
99%
Exhibit 4-16 presents the annual financial forecast in graphic form. The "Additions to Reserves" is
cash that is purposely generated to help cash fund the capital program.
Exhibit 4-16: Scenario 3 - Forecast Gra s h
Stormwater Revenue Requirement
$7,000,000
$6,000,000
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
Additional Revenue for Debt Coverage
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Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
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4.6. SUMMA
4.6.1. Ra
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In our capital planning for most utilities—including the Yakima wastewater utility, which we discuss
in the next section—we normally recommend a smooth pattern of rate increases, because a multi-year
set of gradual rate increases is usually less disruptive to customers than a sudden one-time increase.
However, the Yakima stormwater utility is an exception. It is still maturing as a utility, and it has not
yet reached the level of capital investment needed to both catch up and keep up with its infrastructure
responsibilities. Its current rates reflect its status as a relatively new utility—they are far below the
stormwater rates of most other jurisdictions, even those in the drier parts of Washington state. Even
with a 55% increase, Yakima stormwater rates would be in the middle of the comparison group
instead of the very lowest.
One reason to consider an exception to the usual smoothed approach to rate increases is that
stormwater is such a small part of the overall utility bill—only $3.58 per month for a typical single-
family customer. Even a high percentage increase to the stormwater bill has less impact on customers
than much smaller increases in water or wastewater rates. A 55% percent increase looks dramatic,
but for stormwater, the impact to single-family homeowners averages only $1.97 per month.
Another consideration is that a very long series of close -to -double-digit rate increases can leave
customers feeling angry, year after year. When the need for additional revenue is so great that a
smoothed rate strategy would call for 9% annual increases for ten years, it seems more realistic and
respectful to customers to "get it over with"—put the level of rates where it needs to be, and then just
keep up with inflation after that. In this case, the "right sizing" strategy has the psychological
advantage of allowing the City and its customers to readjust expectations all at once.
However, the most persuasive reason to adopt Scenario 2 is simply that it leads to the lowest rates in
2024, the end of the forecast period. Scenario 2 would lead to an average charge per ERU of $6.94
per month ten years from now. The rate -smoothing approach, because it would require so much debt,
would mean average monthly charges of $8.48 by 2024. The no -debt approach would be even worse,
leading to a single-family rate of $9.23 by 2024. Through a judicious use of debt and a willingness to
make a sharp correction in the level of rates at the outset of the forecast period, the right -sizing
approach (Scenario 2) would leave the utility well positioned to minimize its long-term rates. For that
primary reason, we recommend that the City adopt the rate increases shown in Scenario 2.
4.6.2.TImIng of
Currently the stormwater charge is collected annually, as part of the property tax bills. Even though
the charge currently averages only $3.58 per month, customers see a rate of $43.00 per year.
Similarly, wastewater rates are collected every two months, so even though a typically single-family
home using 6 ccf/month of water is now charged an average of $38.68 per month, the customer sees
a bill of $77.36 every two months. Less frequent, higher bills are more of an imposition on a
customer than monthly bills, because the customer typically pays those bills from monthly income.
So a 55% increase in stormwater charges seems less significant when paid as $1.97/month rather than
$23.65/year. The City customer billing staff has expressed an interest in exploring the feasibility of
monthly billing, which has some administrative advantages and is less disruptive to customers than
bi-monthly or annual billing. There are costs associated with monthly billing, such as added postage
costs, but it is an improvement in customer service. In the case of stormwater, the 2015 "right -sizing"
increase we have recommended would be less disruptive if at the same time the City could add
stormwater to its utility billing system and make that billing monthly rather than bi-monthly. The
City staff would need to quickly evaluate the technical feasibility of such a change, but if it can be
done, it would mitigate the impact of the stormwater increase in 2015.
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SECT
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5.1. SUMMARY
Regular retail rates are the largest single source of revenue for the wastewater utility, providing 79%
of total revenue. However, there are four significant revenues that offset the retail rate revenue
requirement—the higher these four revenues are, the less is required to be generated by retail rates.
(There are also a collection of smaller fees that generate less than 1% of the total revenue; these have
little effect on retail rates, and they are not discussed in this report.) Because the four offsetting
revenues affect the level of rate increases needed for the retail rate, Section 5 deals with them first.
After we know what these four revenues should be, then we turn our attention to the retail rates.
The four offsetting revenues together provide 20% of the total revenue required by the utility. They
include:
Pretreatment Rates: Minor Industrial User (MIU) monthly rates to pay for the cost of
running the City's Pretreatment program.
Strong Waste Surcharges for the following: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total
Suspended Solids (TSS), and Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG).
Industrial Wastewater Rates: A new type of charge, to recover the costs associated with
constructing and operating the newly constructed Industrial Wastewater (IW) collection
line and Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) treatment process.
Wholesale revenue from Terrace Heights and Union Gap under a new 3 -party agreement.
Projected 2015 revenues for each of these categories are shown in Exhibit 5-1. This table assumes
that the recommended rate schedules are fully implemented for each type of offsetting charge.
Exhibit 5-1: Estimated 2015 Revenues b T e
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Less: Strong Waste Surcharges $ (510,000)
Less: Industrial Waste (IW) $ (1,610,000)
Less: Wholesale Revenue $ (1,260,000)
Less: Other Miscellaneous Revenues $ (140,000)
Retail Rate Revenue Requirement
$ 16,940,000
Totals may be off due to rounding.
Includes wholesale share of cash -funded capital costs.
If the recommended rate increases for the four offsetting revenues are adopted, then the retail rate
increases can be limited to 3% per year throughout the projected study period (2015 – 2024), as
shown in Exhibit 5-2.
Exhibit 5-2: Pro'ected Retail Rate Increases
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5.2.
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5.2.1.Overview
The City's pretreatment program was formed in 1988 for the purpose of regulating non-domestic
strength wastewater discharge. Charges are established under Yakima Municipal Code (YMC)
7.60.105. Revenue collected from these charges is used to administer and enforce pretreatment
regulations as established under YMC 7.65. Per the City's website, the pretreatment department's
main goal is to protect the treatment plant from pollutants discharged by industries that can cause
equipment damage, interference of plant processes, or pass through into the receiving waters, and to
protect the community. Businesses are either classified as minor industrial users (MIUs) or as
significant industrial users (SIUs).This determination is based on the amount and type of wastewater
flow from each business.
SIU permit fee amounts shall be set at ninety percent of the amount identified in the industrial
facility categories of Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-224-040, according to YMC
7.60.105. Based on historical amounts, the revenue generated from the SIU customers is projected to
be nearly $215,000 per year.
The MIU businesses are subject to a sewer pretreatment charge that helps cover periodic testing and
monitoring performed by the City to ensure compliancy with wastewater discharge limits set by the
Pretreatment Program.
5.2.2.MIU Cnarges -- Me
nodology and Resul
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The MIU rate calculation is a function of the annual cost of pretreatment, minus two types of
offsetting revenues, divided by the number of MIU customers. The annual cost of pretreatment is
based on the Pretreatment program budget (Budget Unit S232) plus a small allocation of estimated
supplies and services from the Treatment Budget Unit that pertain to the pretreatment program. For
2015, the total cost of pretreatment (including city & state taxes) is estimated at $1.09 million. That
total is offset by SIU revenue (about $215,000 per year) and sampling and lab testing fees ($112,000
per year), which leaves a net MIU revenue requirement of $763,000, to be spread over 461 MIU
customers. Therefore, the equivalent monthly MIU rate is $137.91 per month ($763,000 ± 461
customers ± 12 months). This is compared to the current MIU rate of $92.09 per month.
Because the unsubsidized rate would mean a 50% increase over current rates, we recommend that the
full cost -recovery MIU rate be phased in over three years. In the first year (2015), MIU revenue
would be approximately $600,000, which is roughly 80% of the full cost recovery level. The 2016
rate would recover nearly 90% of full program costs, and finally in 2017, the rate would recover
100% of costs. The three year phase-in strategy would mean three years of 17.8% annual increases
instead of an upfront 50% increase. After 2017, projected rate increases are largely inflation -based.
Exhibit 5-3 shows the impact of implementing the full cost recovery MIU rate all in 2015, while
Exhibit 5-4 shows the effect of phasing in the increase over three years.
Exhibit 5-3: Months MIU Rates - Immeeedddiiate Imp� s lementation of Full Cost Recover
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$92.09 $137.91 $143.96 $150.24 $156.76 $163.53
Outside Cit Rate $102.32 $137.91 $143.96 $150.24 $156.76 $163.53
$201.61
$201.61
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- Three -Year Phase -In of Full Cost Recover (Recommended)
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$92.09 $108.48 $127.79 $150.24 $156.76 $163.53
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Exhibit 5-5 summarizes the Pretreatment program expenditures, offsetting revenues, the resulting
monthly rates, and whether or not the rates support full cost recovery. To be conservative, we
assumed no growth in the offsetting SIU and lab fee revenue, and we also assumed no growth in the
number of MIUs.
Exhibit 5-5: Summar
of Costs and Revenues (Assum
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Three Year Phase-in of Rate
Forecasted Program Expenses
Less: Projected Lab Fees
Less: SIU Revenues
Net Annual Revenue Requirement
MIU Rate
Total Accounts
Monthly Rates
Monthly Revenue
1 057,258 $ 1,089471 $
(111,370) (111370)
(215,530) (215 530)
1122,906 $
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$ 730,358 $ 762 571 $ 796,006 $
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Over/ (Under) Recovery $ (221,173) $ (162,751) $ (89,418) $
1,193 668 $ 1 231 114
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461 461
$150.24 $156.76
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$201.61
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Why is such a large increase in pretreatment charges needed? The main reason is that the full -cost -
recovery rates recommended in the previous rate study were not adopted by the City. As a result, the
pretreatment program has been under -recovering its costs by about $220,000 per year. The monthly
MIU rates projected in the previous rate study would have been about $123 per month in 2014,
whereas the current inside -city rate in 2014 is $92.09 per month. As a result, pretreatment customers
have been subsidized by the retail customers.
The phased -in full -cost -recovery MIU rates are assumed in the development of the retail rates,
discussed later in Section 5. If the City does not adopt the recommended MIU rates, then the retail
rates will need to be adjusted upward in order to account for the reduced revenue stream from the
pretreatment program.
5.2.3.Ou
of y Multiipliieir MIU Ra
e and Stirang Waste Surcnarge
By policy, the City has an out -of -City multiplier of 1.5 for its retail rates—that is, the rates for
customers outside the City limits are 1.5 times the rates for inside -City customers. For pretreatment
charges, the City's most recent approach is different; for the period 2012 through 2014, MIU rates
for out -of -City customers have been set at $102.32 per month (which is still below the full cost
recovery level, but closer). Then, inside -City customers have been charged an increasing percentage
of the out -of -city rates -80% in 2012, 85% in 2013, and 90% in 2014.
What should the City's approach be toward out -of -City customers with pretreatment rates? In this
case, we recommend that for both the MIU charge and for the strong waste surcharge, there be no
out -of -City multiplier. There are only three out -of -City customers who are subject to the pretreatment
charge and the strong waste surcharge. As a result, there is virtually no benefit to inside -City
customers from having out -of -City customers pay a higher amount. If three customers were to pay
150% of the inside -City rate, how much would they have to pay, and how much would the other 458
customers save, and still have the overall program recover its full costs? The answer is that the three
customers would have to pay $206.19 per month—more than double what they are now paying, and
$68.73 more than the inside -City customers. Meanwhile, the inside -City customers would save only
$0.45 per month. In general, an out -of -City multiplier is not related to the cost of service; it is simply
a policy choice that the City can choose to adopt or not adopt. In this case we recommend against it.
For such a disruptive result to a few, and so little benefit to the many, it does not make sense to
differentiate between inside -City and out -of -City customers when it comes to the pretreatment MIU
rate and the strong waste surcharge.
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5.3. ST
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5.3.1. W ny its Tneire a Strong Was
e Surcnarge?
In order to recover costs equitably between its residential and commercial customers, wastewater
utility charges must do two things: differentiate based on the scale of the service, and differentiate
based on the characteristics of the wastewater flow. (In this explanation, the term "commercial"
includes both industrial and smaller commercial.) Single-family residential customers tend to be
similar to each other, and multi -family customers tend to be similar to single-family customers
except for their scale, which can readily be measured by either number of dwelling units or volume
of metered water consumed. However, commercial customers vary widely from each other and from
residential customers in both scale and flow characteristics. A given commercial customer may be
very large or quite small—no larger than a single family home—in the amount of wastewater it
generates. Similarly, the wastewater generated by a given commercial customer can vary widely in
its degree of strength—that is, the amount of treatment that will be required per unit of volume.
Some commercial customers generate wastewater that is essentially the same as the wastewater of a
single family home. Others generate much higher levels of organic or chemical loads, which require
proportionately more effort and cost to clean up. Because of this variability in commercial customers,
a key question that every utility must address in its rate design is, "How should we charge a
particular commercial customer in relation to what we are charging the residential customers?"
Many wastewater utilities answer this question by creating a one or more separate customer classes
for commercial customers. With this approach, there is one set of fixed monthly charges and volume
rates that might apply to residential customers (possibly with a per-unit charge for multi -family), and
there is a separate schedule of fixed monthly charges and volume charges for commercial customers,
which takes into account the fact that, on average, commercial customers generate higher strength
wastewater flows than residential customers. This way of answering the rate design question has the
advantage of being simple to administer, but it does require that we lump together commercial
customers, treating each one as though it is the same as all other commercial customers in its class. It
is possible to ameliorate this difficulty by creating classes called "Commercial 1," "Commercial 2,"
"Commercial 3" and so forth, or by separating light commercial from industrial customers, but as
long as the answer to the rate design question is to rely on different customer classes to create a
separate schedule of charges, then there is inevitably a lot of reliance on averages—average
characteristics and average scale.
Yakima's answer to this rate design question takes two forms. To account for the varying scale of
commercial customers, the Yakima wastewater utility uses meter size as a proxy for the amount of
capacity that might be required by a particular customer, which is recovered through the fixed ready -
to -serve charge. (There is no need to have a separate volume charge differentiated based on scale,
since measuring water consumption already provides that differentiation.)
Then, to differentiate commercial customers based on their flow characteristics, Yakima develops an
estimate or an actual measurement of the wastewater flow characteristics of each business that
generates higher -than -normal levels of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Suspended Solids
(TSS), and Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG), which are the three main culprits that drive the cost of
collecting and treating high-strength wastewater. Relying on specific lab testing data (or, when lab
testing data is not available, on national averages that are specific to the type of industry), each
business that generates higher -than -domestic strength wastewater receives a separate "strong waste
surcharge" for BOD, TSS, and FOG, based on the number of pounds of BOD, the number of pounds
of TSS, and the number of pounds of FOG discharged into the wastewater system.
The thresholds are based on the concentrations of BOD, TSS, and FOG -300 mg/L for BOD and
TSS and 100 mg/L for FOG. Concentration is the amount of a particular pollutant per unit volume of
wastewater, and that is the measurement yielded by the lab tests. If the concentration is above the
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threshold for domestic strength wastewater, then the concentration for that business (in mg/L) is
converted to loadings (in pounds per month) by multiplying it by the volume of water and also by a
conversion factor. For each of the three categories, the strong waste surcharge is applied per pound of
excess loadings—that is, loadings that are above domestic -strength loadings.
This approach is more costly to administer than simply having a separate schedule based on
averages—it requires a lot of lab testing—but it is ultimately more fair for the businesses in Yakima.
It makes sense for this community because of the unusually wide variation among its commercial
customers in the strength of their wastewater. For example, for a small office that is essentially the
same as a single family home in its wastewater characteristics (in other words, its wastewater is
"domestic strength"), the City charges the same as it would for a single family home. However, for a
large food processing facility that discharges wastewater that is much higher strength than a typical
domestic level, the City will apply the strong waste surcharge, which is in addition to the regular
fixed and volume charges paid by all customers (including by those businesses). The cost of testing
and administering the testing program is then recovered through the pretreatment charges.
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and Projec
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Projected 2015 surcharge rates are increasing 16.2% for BOD, 7.3% for TSS, 35.1% for FOG.
Inflationary level increases are projected for years 2016 – 2024. Several factors contribute to higher
than inflationary increases for 2015, including the following:
Declining treatment plant loadings:
4 Decline in domestic loadings: domestic treatment plant loadings (in total pounds)
have seen a decline in recent history. As Exhibit 5-6 illustrates, when the
denominator in the unit cost equation shrinks, the unit cost increases.
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4 Decline in Industrial loadings: the Industrial Waste/UASB treatment process
significantly decreases BOD loadings on the conventional treatment plant and
frees up capacity. By delaying the need to expand the treatment plant, this saves
money in the long run; however, in the short term it increases the unit cost of
treating strong waste, again because the denominator is smaller.
There was a one-year lag in the implementation schedule from the previous cost of
service rate study performed in 2007-2008.
The FOG rate has not been updated since 2007 because of data limitations. Weekly data
is now tracked and measured so that annual loadings can be projected and incorporated
into the surcharge calculation.
There was an update to the wastewater treatment plant asset allocation, which assigned a
higher percentage to both the BOD and TSS categories. This increases the amount of
operating and capital costs that are allocated to BOD & TSS, which increases the unit
cost of treating strong waste. The update was performed by City staff, which revisited
each of the asset categories and updated the functional percentages where operational
functionality has changed. Due to data limitations, this most recent allocation was based
upon estimated asset replacement cost rather than original cost depreciation, which was
the allocation metric used in the previous rate study. Exhibit 5-7 on the following page
summarizes the new allocation percentages.
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5.3.3. Metnodology
The strong waste surcharges are a function of forecasted plant loadings and corresponding operating
and capital costs.
The operating and capital costs include Budget Service Unit 232 (Treatment), a 10% share of Budget
Service Unit 211 (Collections), existing debt service and projected new debt service related to the
treatment plant, and calculated city and state taxes on the aforementioned costs. For the treatment
costs, the total costs were assigned to functional categories based on the allocation of the wastewater
treatment plant fixed assets shown in Exhibit 5-7.
FOG differs from BOD and TSS in that a significant part of its impact is on collection system costs,
not just treatment costs, since fats, oils and greases reduce hydraulic flow in the pipes and pumps. In
the past rate study, an assumption was made that 10% of collection system costs were attributable to
FOG. As part of this rate study, City staff reviewed maintenance demands and the line item budget,
and they concluded that the 10% assumption is still valid.
a) Allocation of Fixed Assets to Functional Categories
To allocate the operating and capital costs to the functional categories of Flow, BOD, TSS, and FOG
the existing wastewater treatment plant assets must first be allocated to the same functional
categories. City staff provided the asset allocation, and the summarized version is shown below.
Exhibit 5-7: Allocation of Treatment Plant Assets to Functional Cate • ories
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Final Treatment (Disinfection/Outfall)
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Boiler Building
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Misc. Yard Equip.
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$ 692,400 $ 647,000 $ 7 63,500 $ 7 100 $ 9,510 000
$ 137 350 $ 5,508 500 $ 10,335,000 $ 44 150 $ 16,025 000
$ 350,600 $ 12,179,500 $ 1,129,900 $ $ 13,660 000
$ 820,000 $ 18,440 000 $ 1,940,000 $ $ 21,200 000
$ 14,492,000 $ - $ - $ $ 14,492 000
$ 305 500 $ 7,665,500 $ 10,439,000 $ $ 18,410 000
$ $ 2,200,000 $ 6,600,000 $ - $ 8,800 000
$ 238,345 $ 1,149,967 $ 4,435,588 $ 1,100 $ 5,825000
$ 225,900 $ 1,129, 500 $ 1,129, 500 $ 25,100 $ 2,510 000
$ 702,204 $ 702,204 $ 702,204 $ 43,888 $ 2,150 500
$ 326,531 $ 326,531 $ 326,531 $ 20,408 $ 1,000 000
$ $ 980,000 $ 980,000 $ 40,000 $ 2,000 000
Total $ 19,290,830 $ 50,928,702 $ 45,181,222 $ 181,746 $ 115,582,500
Allocation
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b) Allocation of Operating and Capital Costs to Functional Categories
The "Common Subtotal" in Exhibit 5-8 is allocated according to the percentages shown in Exhibit
5-7. The 10% of collection system costs are allocated 100% to FOG.
Exhibit 5-8: Costs to be Allocated to Functional Cate. ories in 2015
Unallocated Costs to Be Included
Service Unit 232 - Wastewater Treatment
Debt Service - Existing (Allocated to WWTP, per Wholesale Agrmt)
Debt Service - New [a]
City & State Taxes
Common Subtotal
plus: 10% of Collections for FOG (incl. City/State Taxes)
Total
$ 6,069,445
2,249,820
41,652
2,365,781
$ 10,726,698
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The resulting percentage and dollar amounts of this calculation are summarized in Exhibit 5-9.
Exhibit 5-9: Allocating Operating & Capital Costs to Functional Categories
TSS,
$4,193,407,
38%
Total $11,180,897
Flow,
$1,789,375 ,
16%
`FOG, $470,956
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Note that the dollar amount allocated to Flow is excluded from the strong waste rates, since the
strong waste surcharge is only intended to recover the incremental costs associated with excess
loadings, not hydraulic flow. Those businesses that generate high amounts of flow already pay more
for that flow through their volume charges.
The projected flow and loadings are shown in Exhibit 5-10. The dollar amounts within BOD, TSS,
and FOG represent the numerator in each unit cost calculation. The denominator in each calculation
is the annual projected loadings at the treatment plant for each surcharge category. The forecast
conservatively assumes no growth.
Exhibit 5-10: Forecasted Treatment Plant Flow and Loadings
Loading Projections
Effluent from UASB Treatment Plant Loadings
Influent Flow (mg)
BOD (lbs)
TSS (lbs)
Net Domestic Treatment Plant Loadings
Influent Flow (mg)
BOD (lbs)
TSS (lbs)
FOG (lbs)
112
614,455
176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
112
614,455
176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
112
614,455
176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
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176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
112
614,455
176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
112
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176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
Total Treatment Plant Loadings
Influent Flow (mg) 3,253 3,253 3,253 3,253 3,253 3,253
BOD (lbs) 8,322,818 8,322,818 8,322,818 8,322,818 8,322,818 8,322,818
TSS (lbs) 7,963,078 7,963,078 7,963,078 7,963,078 7,963,078 7,963,078
FOG (lbs) 1,263,072 1,263,072 1,263,072 1,263,072 1,263,072 1,263,072
112
614,455
176,160
3,140
7,708,363
7,786,918
1,263,072
3,253
8,322,818
7,963,078
1,263,072
5.3.4. Results
Exhibit 5-11 shows the forecasted unit costs for each surcharge category. The percentage rate
increases from 2014 to 2015 are as follows: BOD 16.2%, TSS 7.3%, and FOG 35.1%. Inflationary
level increases are projected for years 2016 — 2024.
Exhibit 5-11: Cost s er Pound that Exceeds Domestic Concentration Threshold
BOD
TSS
FOG
$0.4890
$0.4910
$0.2760
2015 2016 2017 2018 T2019 2024
$0.5680
$0.5266
$0.3729
$0.5900
$0.5470
$0.3836
$0.6148
$0.5700
$0.3948
$0.6296
$0.5837
$0.4061
$0.6424
$0.5956
$0.4178
$0.6459
$0.5988
$0.4808
Among the strong waste surcharges, the FOG percentage increase is the highest. However, unlike the
BOD and TSS charges, the FOG charge is designed to be an avoidable charge, based on actions the
customer can take. Its main purpose is not to generate revenue but to influence customer behavior.
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5.4.
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5.4.1.Overview
In the past year, the City has begun to treat certain high -sugar industrial waste (IW) separately from
domestic waste, using an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) system. The wastewater being
treated by the UASB significantly reduces the BOD loadings of the influent flow. The effluent is then
treated in the conventional wastewater treatment plant where it is comingled with the domestic flows.
The UASB can yield significant capacity savings; pretreating the IW flows before they enter the
conventional treatment plant can delay the need to expand the plant and therefore reduce future costs.
City staff estimates that wastewater flows going through the UASB will enter the rest of the
treatment plant with 80% less BOD (as measured in total pounds). Initially, there are four major
industrial customers connected to the industrial waste collection line which leads to the UASB; other
IW customers may be added later.
Customers connected to the UASB system will have rates broken into three major categories:
Industrial Wastewater (IW) Rate (for influent treated by the UASB system)
4 Uniform volume rate per ccf, initially set at $7.69/ccf in 2015
Modified Retail Rates (for UASB effluent that enters regular treatment plant)
4 Ready -to -serve charge: 60% of stated retail rate
4 Volume rate per ccf : 60% of stated retail rate
Strong waste surcharges (BOD, TSS, and FOG): 100% of stated rate
We estimate that 40% of the retail rates are related to the collection system rather than the treatment
plant. Since Industrial Wastewater customers have their own collection line (and do not use the city's
collection system), they should receive a corresponding 40% reduction against the stated retail rate.
There would be no reduction in per -pound rates for the strong waste surcharge, but due to the UASB
process, there would be a significant reduction in the amount of BOD that is subject to those rates.
For reasons discussed below, we recommend that the total bill for any given IW customer be capped
at the amount that would be paid by that customer if its wastewater were going through the normal
treatment process with normal charges.
5.4.2. Metnodology
a) Industrial Wastewater Rate
The industrial wastewater rate is intended to recover the costs associated with constructing and
operating the industrial wastewater collection line and UASB treatment system. The IW rate is based
on flow (in ccf), even though the variable being treated is BOD. A rate based directly on BOD would
give industrial customers an incentive to do their own on-site pretreatment in order to minimize their
IW charges. Such an incentive would be negative for the City, because the UASB process depends on
high -sugar wastewater to operate effectively.
Operating Costs - Fixed operating costs include personnel, parts, and supplies. Variable operating
costs include chemicals and power costs associated with operating the IW collection line and the
UASB treatment system. Fixed and variable operating costs are projected to be nearly $400,000 per
year. In addition to these operating costs, a share of interfund overhead charges and interfund
insurance charges are included, which is applied as a 16% markup on the operating costs (the same
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relative share of these line items when compared to the Treatment budget unit). The interfund
allocated costs average $68,000 per year.
Capital Costs - The capital portion of the charge is an imputed debt service on the IW collection line
and UASB construction cost, which totals $8.7 million. The imputed debt service assumes the same
terms as the debt actually sold for this project. This method recognizes the entire investment the City
made in these facilities—both the equity part and the debt-financed part—but still gives the IW
customers the benefit of the extraordinarily good terms the City received from State loans. As a
result, the City will be recovering a capital charge consisting of $8.7 million spread over 20 years at
0.5% interest, which is projected to be nearly $460,000 per year.
Lastly, city and state taxes are calculated on both the operating and capital revenues to be recovered.
The average tax amount is roughly $267,000 per year. The operating and capital costs total $1.15
million in 2015, which is then converted into a volume rate of $7.69 per ccf of influent to the UASB.
b) Modified Retail Rates
The effluent from the UASB process will be treated within the conventional treatment plant. The
ready -to -serve and volume rate should be reduced by 40% to deduct the estimated part of the retail
rate that is collection- related. Exhibit 5-12 summarizes how the 60%/40% split was estimated.
Exhibit 5-12: Estimatin • Treatment vs. Collection Share of Retail Rates
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Service Unit 232 - Wastewater Treatment + IV $ 6,465,118
Existing Debt Service - WWTP related 2,249,820
New Debt Service - WWTP related
City & State Taxes
Total Treatment Costs
Total Operating Budget
Total Debt Service
41,652
2,477,739
$ 11,234,330
$ 15,744,880
2,932,431
$ 18,677,311
Treatment as a Percentage of Total 60%
5.4.3.Resul
s
Exhibit 5-13 shows how Industrial Wastewater customers would be charged starting in 2015. First, a
customer would be charged the Industrial Wastewater volume rate. Then they would also pay the
modified retail rates on the UASB effluent that eventually goes through the conventional treatment
plant. They would also pay strong waste surcharges on the UASB effluent. Even though the
combined volume rate (industrial wastewater rate and the modified retail volume rate) would be
nearly triple the volume rate currently paid by IW customers, a typical customer can save on their
overall bill because of the reduced strong waste surcharge for BOD. UASB effluent is expected to
contain 20% of the original pounds of BOD, so the savings in the BOD surcharge are significant.
Exhibit 5-13: Example of Charge Components for IW Customers
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Exhibit 5-14 shows the schedule of IW rates and modified retail rates for IW effluent.
Exhibit 5-14: Industrial Wastewater Rate Schedule
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Ready -to -Serve Charges
0.75 in. $20.62 $12.84 $13.23 $13.62 $14.03 $14.45 $16.76
1 in. $25.25 $15.72 $16.20 $16.68 $17.18 $17.70 $20.52
1.5 in. $31.61 $19.69 $20.28 $20.88 $21.51 $22.16 $25.69
tin. $48.78 $30.38 $31.29 $32.23 $33.20 $34.19 $39.64
3 in. $175.15 $109.08 $112.35 $115.72 $119.19 $122.77 $142.32
4 in. $222.03 $138.27 $142.42 $146.69 $151.09 $155.63 $180.41
6 in. $331.40 $206.38 $212.58 $218.95 $225.52 $232.29 $269.29
8 in. $456.09 $284.04 $292.56 $301.34 $310.38 $319.69 $370.60
10 in. $908.67 $565.89 $582.87 $600.35 $618.36 $636.91 $738.36
Rate per CCF
RTS Rate
$3.01 $1.87 $1.93 $1.99 $2.05 $2.11 $2.45
(60% of applicable meter size charge)
100% of Strong Waste Surcharges
Per Pound of BOD $0.4890 $0.5680 $0.5900 $0.6148 $0.6296 $0.6424 $0.6459
Per Pound of TSS $0.4910 $0.5266 $0.5470 $0.5700 $0.5837 $0.5956 $0.5988
Per Pound of FOG $0.2760 $0.3729 $0.3836 $0.3948 $0.4061 $0.4178 $0.4808
5.4.4.Capped Indus
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We recommend that the City adopt a capped Industrial Wastewater rate approach so that customers
that are connected to the IW system pay no more than the amount that they would have been charged
if they were not IW customers.
For example, with capped rates, if a customer would pay $100,000 in 2015 under the current charge
methodology but would pay $130,000 under the recommended IW rate structure, they would be
billed $100,000. IW customers with relatively low BOD loadings may fall into this example.
Because BOD could otherwise be a capacity constraint that would require plant expansion, it is to the
overall system's advantage to have these particular customers flow through the UASB process.
Therefore it is recommended that the City provide an upper limit to a customer's charge in order to
eliminate the financial risk for a customer to connect. The customer would likely view it as a no -risk
situation that may potentially save them money. The City would in turn be able to leverage its UASB
process which saves capacity at the conventional treatment plant. The capped charge reconciles two
competing City goals: provide an incentive for high -sugar customers to connect to UASB, and
recover the cost of the UASB from those customers. Of course, the City can control which customers
it allows (or requires) to connect to the IW collection line and UASB, so if the wastewater
characteristics of a prospective IW customer do not appear to provide much a to the City's overall
costs and revenues, it would not make sense to allow that customer to be connected to the IW line.
Based on several sample bill tests using projected 2015 rates, a customer would "break even"
between the two rate structures if BOD represented approximately 70% of their total bill under the
current billing method. This is intended to be an informational item only and a more detailed analysis
should be conducted if policy decisions are going to be made based upon this figure.
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Customers with higher concentrations of BOD are more likely to see overall savings under the IW
rates than under the regular retail method. For example, consider the following two sample monthly
bills in Exhibit 5-15. Both sample bills have total pounds of BOD near 40,000. However the first bill
would save nearly $8,000 while the second bill would see an increase of nearly $6,000. It could
conceivably be in the City's best interest to have both customers connected to the IW line, and by
having capped IW rates, the City would remove the financial risk for the second customer to connect.
Exhibit 5-15: Sample Industrial Wastewater Bilis
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$22,006 $12,849
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$3,080 $19,823 ';$22,903
$877 $39,647 $40,524
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Exhibit 5-16 estimates the rate structure impact on the four customers that have already been
required to connect to UASB process. As can be seen, without a capped charge, Noel would see an
increase in their charges. Del Monte would see the most savings in their charges.
Exhibit 5-16: Com s arin Sam le Char • es Under Current vs. IW Rates
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Del Monte $ 772,000 $ 17,000 $ 4,000
Seneca $ 174,000 $ - $ 2,000
Jewel $ 595,000 $ $ 6,000
Noel $ 44,000 $ $ 6,000
*Rounded to nearest thousand
163,000 $ 956,000
38,000 $ 214,000
226,000 $ 827,000
38,000 $ 88,000
$ 110,000 $ 17,000 $ 2,000 $ 503,000 $ 632,000
$ 24,000 $ $ 1,000 $ 117,000 $ 142,000
$ 57,000 $ $ 4,000 $ 699,000 $ 760,000
$ - $ $ 3,000 $ 117,000 $ 120,000
$ 324,000
$ 72,000
$ 67,000
$ (32,000)
5.5. WHIOI....FSAI....F AGREEMENT
The previous four -party agreement for wholesale wastewater service is being replaced by a three -
party agreement that is in the process of final approval by the Cities of Yakima, Terrace Heights, and
Union Gap. It is estimated that the three -party agreement will generate more revenue to the Yakima
wastewater utility than the previous agreement.
Revenues generated can be roughly split into two categories: treatment-related operating charges that
recover operating costs and capital -related charges that recover treatment capital investment and
replacement made by the City.
Operating revenue (related to the treatment charge) in 2014 was estimated based on six months of
actual bills that provided average revenue for each party that was extrapolated over an entire year.
Future years conservatively assume no increase in revenues above the projected 2014 level.
Capital revenue was estimated by analyzing two revenue streams: debt service and cash financed
capital. In simplified terms, Terrace Heights and Union Gap are to pay a percentage share of new and
existing debt service related to the wastewater treatment plant, and in addition to this, they are to pay
a percentage share of treatment capital that is cash -financed by the City. In addition, Union Gap is to
contribute a percentage of both operating and capital dollars related to the Rudkin Road Pump
Station.
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It is beyond our scope of services to provide an in-depth analysis and review of the agreement.
However, we should note that two factors cause future revenues to be difficult to estimate:
The agreement has not been signed and finalized by all parties, so terms are subject to
change.
The working draft has only been implemented since January 2014, which does not
provide a long history to see how the new methodology may affect revenues and usage
patterns over time.
An important question is how the projected wholesale revenues compare with historical revenues and
how this may impact the necessary level of retail rate increases. Looking back at the most recent two
years of history, wholesale revenue averaged nearly $870,000 per year. All parties acknowledged that
Terrace Heights and Union Gap had been previously subsidized by Yakima ratepayers, which
provided the impetus for creating a new agreement, so that the two wholesale customers could pay a
more equitable share of system costs. Using the most recent version of the agreement, we project that
annual revenue will average nearly $1.2 million per year, which represents a 40% increase in
wholesale revenue when compared to recent history. Our retail rate forecast with 3.0% increases per
year assumes this level of wholesale revenue. The difference between the historical and projected
revenue roughly represents 2% of current retail rate revenues. So, for example, if the actual revenue
turned out to be at the historical average of $870,000 per year, then the retail rates would need a one-
time 2% increase on top of our forecast increases of 3% per year.
5.6. BETA
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Exhibit 5-17 summarizes the capital funding strategy assumed for the retail revenue requirement.
Exhibit 5-17: Canitai Funding Strate
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Capital Expenditures (Escalated Dollars)
$ 4,492,831
$ 4,688,550
$ 11,638,860
$ 8,453,974
$ 4,504,028
$ 3,414,598
$ 4,302,326
Capital Funding Strategy:
Beginning Fund Balance
$ 3,182,818
$ 3,488,903
$ 2,972,668
$ 2,875,465
$ 2,746,322
$ 2,745,726
$ 3,068,122
plus: Grants /Outside Sources
2,049,900
-
3,751,414
-
-
-
-
plus: Annual Capital Charge Revenue
500,000
390,833
392,787
394,751
396,725
398,708
408,776
plus: Rate -Funded System Reinvestment
1,238,520
1,358,006
1,413,344
1,532,896
1,573,603
1,573,527
2,560,063
plus: Transfer of Surplus from Operating Fund
614,782
900,574
819,557
529,311
512,529
606,099
961,449
plus: Wholesale Capital Revrnues
"
393,167
318,022
242,345
282,175
256,003
219,009
216,880
plus: Interest Earnings
2,546
5,233
7,432
7,189
6,866
6,864
7,670
plus: Net Debt Proceeds Available for Projects
-
1,199,647
4,914,778
5,578,509
1,757,705
668,873
1,234,204
Total Capital Resources
$ 7,981,734
$ 7,661,218
$ 14,514,324
$ 11,200,296
$ 7,249,753
$ 6,218,806
$ 8,457,165
less: Capital Expenditures
4,492,831
4,688,550
11,638,860
8,453,974
4,504,028
3,414,598
4,302,326
Ending Fund Balance
$ 3,488,903
$ 2,972,668
$ 2,875,465
$ 2,746,322
$ 2,745,726
$ 2,804,208
$ 4,154,838
Approximately 5% of the capital inflows come from grants and forgivable loan principal, 7% from
the capital connection charge, 44% from cash, 5% from wholesale capital -related revenue, and 39%
from state loans and revenue bond issues.
The capital funding strategy assumes the following grants/forgivable loan principal:
Grant G1400532: $249,900
Grant G1400608: $500,000
Grant for Project 13-1509R: $1,300,000
Forgivable loan portion on L1200019: $697,150
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5.6.2. Annual Flnanclal Forecast
As with the stormwater forecast, the purpose of the wastewater annual financial forecast is to
determine the rate revenue requirement. Exhibit 5-18 summarizes the annual forecast. It first looks
at total revenue under existing rates (including non -rate revenue) and compares it with cash operating
expenses, existing debt service, new debt service arising from the capital funding strategy, and the
planned rate -funded capital reinvestment. If projected revenue under existing rates are inadequate for
those costs, then there is a cash deficiency, and a rate increase is needed. Separately, there is also a
test for whether the revenue under existing rates would provide enough income to meet the
requirement for bonded debt service coverage. Either type of deficiency -a cash deficiency or a
coverage deficiency -can drive the need for rate increases. In this case, debt service coverage is the
binding constraint in all of the years except for 2024.
Exhibit 5-18: Wastewater Annual Financial Forecast
Assuming Existing Rates:
Revenue
Rate Revenues
Non -Rate Revenues:
Pretreatment Charges
Strong Waste Surcharges
Industrial Waste Charges
Wholesale Revenue - Operating & Debt Svc
Miscellaneous Fees
Subtotal Non -Rate Revenues
Total Revenue
$ 16,457,628 $ 16,447,886 $ 16,438,557 $ 16,429,638 $ 16,421,131 $ 16,413,034 $ 16,378,704
$ 880,749 $ 972,034 $ 1,080,185 $ 1,201,915 $ 1,237,964 $ 1,275,410 $ 1,485,969
447,856 508,463 528,130 550,257 563,535 575,027 579,006
1,769,322 1,609,776 1,638,740 1,669,461 1,696,275 1,722,744 1,837,047
679,070 940,166 956,338 974,633 997,157 1,001,153 1,015,480
381,979 144,268 149,872 151,111 152,570 153,164 36,955
$ 4,158,975 $ 4,174,707 $ 4,353,265 $ 4,547,376 $ 4,647,501 $ 4,727,499
$ 20,616,603 $ 20,622,593 $ 20,791,822 $ 20,977,014 $ 21,068,631 $ 21,140,533
Expenses
Cash Operating Expenses $ 15,455,672 $ 15,744,880 $ 16,079,757 $ 16,452,783 $ 16,802,872 $ 17,158,506
Existing Debt Service 2,949,000 2,829,043 2,660,785 2,538,960 2,540,544 2,535,477
New Debt Service - 103,388 526,953 1,007,719 1,159,202 1,216,847
Rate Funded System Reinvestment 1,238,520 1,358,006 1,413,344 1,532,896 1,573,603 1,573,527
Additions to Operating Reserve - - - - - -
Total Expenses $ 19,643,192 $ 20,035,316 $ 20,680,839 $ 21,532,360 $ 22,076,221 $ 22,484,357
Cash Surplus/(Deficiency) $ 973,411 $ 587,277 $ 110,983 $ (555,345) $ (1,007,590) $ (1,343,824)
Debt Svc Coverage Deficiency (if any) $ - $ - $ - $ (632,244) $ (1,204,004) $ (1,599,727)
$ 4,954,457
$ 21,333,161
$ 19,135,586
1,279,077
1,704,189
2,560,063
$ 24,678,915
$ (3,345,753)
$ (2,033,132)
Annual Rate Adjustment
Cumulative Annual Rate Adjustment
3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%
3.00% 6.09% 9.27% 12.55% 15.93%
3.00%
34.39%
After Rate Increases
Rate Revenues
Net Cash Flow
Debt Service Coverage - Revenue Bonds
Debt Service Coverage - All Debt
$ 16,457,628 $ 16,941,323 $ 17,439,665 $ 17,953,109 $ 18,482,127 $ 19,027,205
973,400 971,900 891,300 632,100 598,900 693,800
3.26 3.14 2.61 2.22 2.15 2.16
1.75 1.80 1.73 1.61 1.59 1.61
$ 22,011,609
1,044,800
3.11
2.21
Operating Reserve
Capital Reserve
Debt Reserve
Total
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$ 3,810,988 $ 3,882,299 $ 3,954,039 $ 4,056,851 $ 4,143,174 $ 4,230,864 $ 4,705,472
3,488,903 2,972,668 2,875,465 2,746,322 2,745,726 2,804,208 4,154,838
1,356,750 1,460,138 1,883,703 2,364,470 2,515,952 2,573,597 3,060,939
$ 8,656,641 $ 8,315,105 $ 8,713,206 $ 9,167,643 $ 9,404,852 $ 9,608,670 $ 11,921,249
Operating Reserve (Days of O&M Expense) 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days 90 days
Target Capital Contingency $ 1,406,279 $ 1,453,164 $ 1,569,553 $ 1,654,092 $ 1,699,133 $ 1,733,279 $ 1,936,284
Capital Contingency Deficit (if any) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $
apital Structure: % Debt
apital Structure: % Equity
31% 29% 30% 32% 32% 30% 23%
69% 71% 70% 68% 68% 70% 77%
In this forecast, there is new debt service to be paid, beginning at $103,000 in 2015 and growing to
$1.7 million per year by 2024. At the same time, rate -funded system reinvestment grows from $1.2
' Total revenue shown here is different from the total from Exhibit 5-1 earlier in this report. The purpose of this table
is to show costs and revenues that directly drive the rate revenue requirement, so capital -related income such as
grants, connection charges, and the wholesale share of cash -funded capital costs are excluded. With Exhibit 5-1, in
order to highlight the significance of the wholesale agreement as a funding source, we chose to include the
wholesale share of cash -funded capital costs.
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million in 2014 to nearly $2.6 million by 2024. However, there is a drop-off in current debt service in
2024, reducing annual debt service by nearly $1.2 million. In addition, continued water conservation
means that revenue under existing rates will slightly decline each year, at the same time as operating
costs increase with normal inflation. As a result, if there is no change in rates, the coverage
deficiency would be $1.6 million in 2019 and the cash deficiency would be $3.3 million in 2024.
In order to meet the cash requirements, debt service coverage requirements, and maintain minimum
operating reserves, annual rate increases of 3.0% are needed. After the rate increases, the lowest debt
service coverage would be 2.05 (in 2023, not shown in Exhibit 5-18), and total outstanding debt
would not rise above 32% of total capital assets.
Exhibit 5-19 graphically represents the revenue and expenditure trends throughout the ten year study
period. The solid black line represents retail revenue under existing rates as well as non -rate
revenues. The dashed black line represents retail rate revenues with the recommended rate increase
plus non -rate revenue. The colored columns represent different types of cash requirements.
Exhibit 5-19: Forecast Graph
$30,000,000
$25,000,000
$20,000,000
$15,000,000
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
Wastewater Revenue Requirement
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Additional Revenue for Debt Coverage
Additions to Reserves
Rate Funded System Reinvestment
New Debt Service
Existing Debt Service
Cash Operating Expenses
Revenues Under Existing Rates
Revenues After Rate Increases
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
5.6.3. Realignment of Out -of -City Multiplier
While the retail rates as a whole will increase by 3.0% in 2015, we recommend a slight adjustment in
the rate structure to create a true 1.50 out -of -City multiplier. The out -of -City multiplier implied in
the current rate ordinance ranges from 1.36 — 1.52 depending upon the specific ready -to -serve or
volume charge. The recommended rate schedule shown in Exhibit 5-20 realigns all of the out -of -City
charges to be 1.50 times the inside -City rate as of 2015. From 2016 — 2024, the 3.0% rate increase is
applied as an across-the-board increase so that every rate equally increases by the same percentage.
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Exhibit 5-20: Realignment of Out -of -City Multiplier
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$36.04
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$26.78
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$45.52
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$48.83
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$71.18
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$75.35
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$42.47
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$260.02
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$270.56
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$54.89
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$330.06
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$342.97
(,0
$185.78
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$493.49
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$511.92
(,0
$222.03
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$679.76
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$704.53
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$298.33
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$1,356.07
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$1,403.63
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$372.92
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$4.57
8 in.
$4.65
(,0
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$498.29
$513.24
$528.63
$612.83
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$908.67
$935.75
$963.83
$992.74
$1,022.52
Per Account
$16.79
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$19.13
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$12.32
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Multiple -unit customers outside the City now have an implied out -of -City multiplier of only 1.36
times the inside -City rate. Their account charge would increase by nearly 14%, although it is worth
noting that the largest part of their charge (the per unit charge) would see an increase much closer to
the overall increase of 3.0%. In addition to multiple -unit customers, outside -City customers with a
3/4" meter would also see a noticeable impact. Since their current implied out -of -City multiplier is
only 1.41, the effective increase in their ready -to -serve charge would be over 9% in 2015.
To avoid a divergence in out -of -City multipliers in the future, we suggest that only the inside -City
rates be stated in the rate ordinance, along with a simple statement that outside -City ready -to -serve
and volume charges will be 1.50 times the stated inside -City rates. This realignment does not change
the overall revenue profile of the utility. For reference, the City currently recovers 44% of its retail
rate revenue from fixed charges, while the remaining 56% is generated through the volume charge.
5.6.4. Recommended Ra
e Schedule
The recommended rate schedule for the inside city rates is shown in the following Exhibit 5-21. As
noted above, we recommend that the City only publish the inside city rates in the ordinance. Below
the inside schedule, we recommend the City insert language stating that outside -City rates are 1.50
times the stated inside -City rates.
Exhibit 5-21: Recommended Retail Rate Schedule for Inside -City Customers
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Inside City - Monthly Sewer Charges
0.75 in.
$20.62
$21.23
$21.87
$22.53
$23.20
$23.90
$27.71
1 in.
$25.25
$26.00
$26.78
$27.59
$28.41
$29.27
$33.93
1.5 in.
$31.61
$32.55
$33.53
$34.53
$35.57
$36.64
$42.47
2 in.
$48.78
$50.23
$51.74
$53.29
$54.89
$56.54
$65.54
3 in.
$175.15
$180.37
$185.78
$191.36
$197.10
$203.01
$235.34
4 in.
$222.03
$228.65
$235.51
$242.57
$249.85
$257.35
$298.33
6 in.
$331.40
$341.28
$351.52
$362.06
$372.92
$384.11
$445.29
8 in.
$456.09
$469.68
$483.78
$498.29
$513.24
$528.63
$612.83
10 in.
$908.67
$935.75
$963.83
$992.74
$1,022.52
$1,053.20
$1,220.95
Volume Rate per CCF
$3.01
$3.10
$3.19
$3.29
$3.39
$3.49
$4.05
Inside City - Monthly Sewer Charges
Per Account
$12.38
$12.75
$13.13
$13.53
$13.93
$14.35
$16.64
Per Unit
$8.24
$8.49
$8.74
$9.00
$9.27
$9.55
$11.07
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5.6.5.Rate Comparison
Exhibit 5-22 shows the results of a survey of wastewater rates from other comparable cities. The City
of Yakima is right in the middle of the comparison group, ranking below four other jurisdictions and
essentially even with Pullman. The City only slightly above the average rate in the survey, which is
$37.52 per month for a single-family customer with 6 ccf of water usage per month.
Exhibit 5-22: Sewer Rate Surve , Assuming 6 CCF in Flow
ily Residential
# Jurisdiction
Rate
1 Wenatchee $23.22 Mr
2 Pasco $24.80
3 Richland $25.60
4 Ellensburg $32.43
5 Moses Lake $32.70
6 Pullman $38.15
7 Yakima 2014 $38.68
8 Yakima 2015 $39.84
9 West Richland $42.00
10 Cle Elum $44.65
11 Walla Walla $52.10
12 Roslyn $57.22 _
5.7. BILL IMPACT TO SAMPLE CUSTOMERS
The following series of exhibits show the combined impact of the 2015 wastewater and stormwater
rate increases on a hypothetical group of sample customers. Data such as usage, loadings, ERUs were
based on averages from those sample categories. The sample customer profiles include the following:
• Single family customer using 6 ccf per month, assuming an average single family
residence for stormwater which equals one ERU.
• Multi -unit residential with 10 units, using 5 ccf per unit, and four stormwater ERUs on
the parcel.
• Commercial customer with a 1" meter using 38 ccfs per month and having 90 billable
pounds of BOD per month, with seven stormwater ERUs.
• Industrial customer with a 2" meter using 385 ccfs per month having 750 billable pounds
of BOD per month, with 25 stormwater ERUs.
Exhibit 5-23 assumes stormwater Scenario 1, which has an annual 9% increase in the stormwater
charge. In this scenario, the combined increase for our hypothetical single family customer would be
$1.48 per month, or 3.5% of the total bill. However, in this scenario the stormwater charge would
keep increasing by 9% each year for the next ten years. The multi -family customer increase would be
about the same in percentage terms. Because a proportionately larger share of their total bill comes
from stormwater, the commercial and industrial sample customers would see their total bills increase
by about 6.5%-7% in 2015.
Exhibit 5-23: Sample Charges Assumin Stormwater Scenario 1
Stormwater Scenario 1
Month) Char.e Com.ari
rent 2014 Rat
Wastewater
$ Change %Change
al Total To
Single Family Customer $3.58 $38.68 $42.26 $3.91 $39.84 $43.74 $1.48
(6 ccf/mo, 1 Storm ERU)
Multi Family Residential $14.33 $94.78 $109.11 $15.62 $97.62 $113.25 $4.13
(5 ccf/mo/unit, 10 Multi -Units, 4 Storm ERUs)
Commercial $25.08 $183.64 $208.72 $27.34 $194.94 $222.28 $13.56
(/" Meter, 35 ccf/mo, 7 Storm ERUs, 901bs/mo BOD)
Industrial $89.58 $1,666.47 $1,756.05 $97.65 $1,778.56 $1,876.20 $120.15
(2" Meter, 385 ccf/mo, 25 Storm ERUs, 7501bs/mo BOD)
3.50%
3.79%
6.49%
6.84%
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Exhibit 5-24 assumes stormwater Scenario 2 (the recommended scenario), which has a 55% rate
increase on the stormwater charge in 2015, with inflationary increases in subsequent years. For this
scenario, the single family sample customer would see a combined bill impact of $3.13 per month, or
7.4%. For the multi -family customer and industrial customer, the 2015 combined increase would be
9%-10%, and for the commercial customer, the 2015 combined increase would be about 12%,
including higher -than -inflation increases in the BOD surcharge and the stormwater charge. With this
scenario, the increases for all customers after 2015 would be 3% per year.
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(6 ccf/mo, 1 Storm ERU)
Multi Family Residential $14.33 $94.78 $109.11 $22.22 $97.62 $119.84 $10.73 9.83%
(5 ccf/mo/unit, 10 Multi -Units, 4 Storm ERUs)
Commercial $25.08 $183.64 $208.72 $38.88 $194.94 $233.82 $25.09 12.02%
(1" Meter, 35 ccf/mo, 7 Storm ERUs, 90 Ibs/mo BOD)
Industrial $89.58 $1,666.47 $1,756.05 $138.85 $1,778.56 $1,917.41 $161.36 9.19%
(2" Meter, 385 ccf/mo, 25 Storm ERUs, 750 lbs/mo BOD)
Exhibit 5-25 assumes stormwater Scenario 3, which has a 106% rate increase in the stormwater
charge in 2015, with inflationary increases in subsequent years. For this scenario, the single family
sample customer would have a combined bill impact of $4.96 per month, or almost 12% of the total
bill. The multi -family customer would see an increase in 2015 of about 16.5% and the commercial
customer an increase of 18%. The overall increase to the industrial customer would be almost 12%,
similar to the single family customer. As with Scenario 2, the increases for all customers after 2015
would be 3% per year.
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$3.58
$14.33
(5 ccf/mo/unit, 10 Multi -Units, 4 Storm ERUs)
Commercial $25.08
(1" Meter, 35 ccf/mo, 7 Storm ERUs, 90 Ibs/mo BOD)
Industrial $89.58
(2" Meter, 385 ccf/mo, 25 Storm ERUs, 750 lbs/mo BOD)
$38.68 $42.26
$94.78 $109.11
$183.64 $208.72
$1,666.47 $1,756.05
$7.38 $39.84 $47.22
$29.53 $97.62 $127.15
$51.67 $194.94 $246.61
$184.54 $1,778.56 $1,963.10
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$37.89
$207.05
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16.53%
18.15
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5.8. CHANG
NG If=='RCM 360 DAYS TO 365 DAYS
During the rate study process, City staff mentioned that they wanted to see the impact of changing
the way the ready -to -serve charge is billed. Currently, the fixed charge is converted into a daily rate
and charged against the number of days per bill, which can range from 50 to 70+ days. In the billing
system, the daily charge is currently calculated assuming 30 days per month (360 days per year)
instead of 30.417 days per month (365 days per year). By having a slightly smaller denominator, a
daily rate based on 30 days rather than 30.417 artificially increases the charge.
The rate ordinance explicitly states the equivalent daily rate for a 3/4" meter -for 2014 that rate is
$0.6779 per day, based on a monthly rate of $20.62. For larger meter sizes, the ordinance states that
"daily rates for meters larger than three-quarters inch shall be calculated by dividing the monthly
charge by thirty." Interestingly, the stated daily rate in the ordinance for the 3/4" meter size is based
on 30.417 days per month, not 30 days per month. So there is a discrepancy in the rate ordinance
between the daily rate for 3/4" meters and larger meters, and for 3/4" meters, there is a discrepancy
between the billing system and the rate ordinance.
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Exhibit 5-26 shows the effect of the 360 day assumption on the current ready -to -serve charge for a
3/4" meter, which is $20.62 per month.
Exhibit 5-26: Comparison of 360 or 365 Da based Dai i Rate
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This exhibit shows that the method currently used in the billing system recovers $3.44 above what
the monthly rate should generate over twelve months. Assuming that a typical customer is actually
billed for 365 days per year (no matter how the daily rate is calculated), customers are currently
being slightly overcharged throughout the year.
If these assumptions are correct and the City decides to change its billing system algorithm to a 365 -
day year, it would mean a 1.4% decrease in the effective ready -to -serve charge for each customer.
Assuming that the City gets 44% of its retail rate revenue from the ready -to -serve charge, this may
cause a revenue decline of roughly 0.6%. The same 3.0% annual retail rate increases can be adopted
without significant negative impacts, although fund balances may be lower by roughly $100,000 and
debt service coverage would be slightly lower in each year, dipping to 1.97 in 2023 before increasing
to over 2.9 in 2024. We find that to be completely acceptable within the parameters of this study.
If the City wants to correct this small overcharge to customers, the ordinance can simply state that
"daily rates shall be calculated by dividing the monthly charge by 30.417." As with the out -of -City
multiplier, there is no need for the ordinance to explicitly state the daily rates. A sentence describing
how to calculate it is more than adequate. Alternatively, the ordinance can remain silent about daily
rates, since calculating daily rates is an administrative procedure that can easily be done by the
billing staff. Either way, the billing system should be corrected to divide the monthly rate by 30.417.
5.9. UNMETERED CUSTOMER ASSUM
DT
ONS
There are a handful of customers who receive sewer service without having a water meter, and the
City staff asked us to examine their current water usage assumptions for these customers. Currently,
the City assumes 11 ccf per month for unmetered residential customers. For unmetered commercial
customers, if there is no property -specific data about water usage, the City assumes 50 ccf per month.
5.9.1. Resiiden
ial Assump
ion
In 2013, average water consumption was about 6 ccf per month per dwelling unit for both single
family and multiple unit residential customers. Our experience with other jurisdictions is that that
unmetered customers tend to use more water than metered customers; in this case, we assumed a
factor of 25% above the average metered usage. That turns out to be 7.5 ccf per month. For that
reason, we suggest a standard assumption that unmetered residential customers use 7.5 ccf per month
per dwelling unit (either single family or multiple unit residential), much less than the current
assumption of 11 ccf per month.
5.9.2.Assump
ion for Commercial Cus
omers
Exhibit 5-27 on the following page shows a current fixture unit schedule borrowed from the Midway
Sewer District, which bases it on the Uniform Plumbing Code. Fixture units used to be a common
method of estimating water demand for unmetered commercial customers (or not -yet -metered
commercial developments, for the purpose of calculating a connection charge). For many utilities,
this method has fallen out of favor because it is time-consuming to administer. However, it does
provide a consistent methodology that can be applied across a wide set of circumstances, which is the
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situation Yakima faces. Because there are less than a half dozen unmetered commercial accounts in
Yakima, the fact that it takes time to work through the fixture unit calculation should not be a
significant disadvantage. We suggest this approach for Yakima.
Exhibit 5-27: Fixture Unit Schedule for Unmetered Commercial Customers
20 points = 1 ERU = 7.5 ccf/month
Source for fixture units: Midway Sewer District, based on Uniform Plumbing Code
Assumed ERU water usage per month based on Yakima average residential plus 25%.
Fixture:
Points
Bathtubs
2
Bidets
2
Dental Units or Cuspidors
1
Drinking Fountains
1
Oil/Water Separators
2
Grease Interceptors
3
Sand/Grit Traps
6
Laundry Tubs
2
Clothes Washer
2
Floor Sinks (indirect waste receptors for refrigerators, coffee urns, water stations, etc.)
1
Receptors (indirect receptors for commercial sinks, dishwashers, air washers, etc.)
3
Showers, single stall
2
Showers, gang (per head)
1
Sinks, bar, residential
1
Sinks, bar, commercial
2
Sinks, commercial, industrial, schools, etc. (incl. dishwashers, wash-up sinks, wash fountains)
3
Sinks, flushing rim, clinic
6
Sinks and/or Dishwashers, residential
2
Sinks, service
3
Mobile Homes Park Traps (one per trailer)
6
Urinals, pedestal, trap arm only
6
Urinals, stall
2
Urinals, wall
2
Wash Basins (lavatories), single
1
Water Closet, private installation, trap arm only
4
Water Closet, public installation, trap arm only
4
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City of Yakima
2014 Wastewater, Industrial Wastewater,
and Stormwater Rate Study
September 30, 2014
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Introduction
• Stormwater Utility
o Three rate increase scenarios
• Wastewater Utility
o Pretreatment Rates
o Strong Waste Surcharges
o Industrial Wastewater Rates
o Wholesale Revenues
o Retail Rates
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Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan
• Staff provided 10 -year plan based on 2013
Stormwater Collection System Master Plan totaling
$26.3 million
• Annual capital expenditures estimated to be $2.5
million per year over next ten years (inflated $)
o Important, large infrastructure systems that must be
constructed and/or maintained to avoid asset failure with
even larger potential capital costs
• Annual rate revenues are roughly $2.2 million, so
rate increases needed
• Last rate increase was in 201 1
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Stormwater Rate Survey
June 2014
Sin•le F '
# Jurisdiction
1 Yakima (2014)
2 Spokane
3 Richland
4 Pasco
5 West Richland
6 Moses Lake
7 Centralia
8 Ellensburg
9 Wenatchee
10 Ridgefield
11 Walla Walla
12 Pullman
13 Vancouver
14 Sunnyside
15 Mukilteo
16 Tumwater
17 Bellingham
18 Camas
19 Marysville
20 Renton
21 Washougal
22 Kenmore
23 Bonney Lake
24 Auburn
Monthly Stormwater Rate
$3.58
$3.84
$3.85
$4.40
$4.90
$5.30
$6.00
$6.06
$6.09
$6.50
$6.90
$7.00
$7.83
$8.28
$8.32
$8.41
$8.98
$9.71
$10.82
$12.69
$13.75
$13.95
$14.00
$18.78
• Even for
Eastern
Washington
cities,
Yakima
stormwater
rates are the
lowest in the
comparison
pool
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Rate Increase Scenarios
• Current 2014 Monthly Rate: $3.58
o Has not increased since 2011
Rate Increase Scenarios
o Scenario 1: Smoothed rate increases
o Scenario 2: "Right Size" initial increase, inflation -based after
o Scenario 3: "Right Size" larger initial increase so no debt
funding; inflation -based increases afterwards
Stormwater Scenarios 2014 2015 216 2017 2018 2019 2020 211111 2022 2023 2024
Scenario 1
Current 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0%
Rate Smoothing
$ 3.58 $3.91 $4.26 $4.64 $5.06 $5.51 $6.01 $6.55 $7.14 $7.78 $8.48
Scenario 2
Current 55.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
"Right - Size" $ 3.58 $5.55 $5.69 $5.84 $5.98 $6.13 $6.28 $6.44 $6.60 $6.77 $6.94
Scenario 3
Current 106.25% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
"Right - Size"; No Debt $ 3.58 $7.39 $7.58 $7.76 $7.96 $8.16 $8.36 $8.57 $8.79 $9.00 $9.23
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Recommendation
Recommended alternative is Scenario 2
A 55% increase looks dramatic but represents $1.97/mo.
o Stormwater charge small part of overall utility bill
o Avoids close -to -double digit increases year after year
o Rate smoothing results in heavy borrowing up front
o Scenario 2 results in lowest monthly rate in 2024
Stormwater Scenarios 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scenario 1
Current 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0% 9.0%
Rate Smoothing
Scenario 2
$ 3.58 $3.91 $4.26 $4.64 $5.06 $5.51 $6.01 $6.55 $7.14 $7.78 $8.48
Current 55.0% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
"Right - Size" $ 3.58 $5.55 $5.69 $5.84 $5.98 $6.13 $6.28 $6.44 $6.60 $6.77 $6.94
Scenario 3 Current 106.25% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
"Right - Size"; No Debt $ 3.58 $7.39 $7.58 $7.76 $7.96 $8.16 $8.36 $8.57 $8.79 $9.00 $9.23
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Overview
Assumptions
• Pretreatment Rates
Strong Waste Surcharges
Industrial Wastewater Rates
• Wholesale Revenues
Retail Rates -
o If recommended rates are adopted for Pretreatment,
Strong Waste and Industrial Rates, annual retail rate
increases can be 3.0% per year
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Revenue Requirement Overview
2015 revenues by source:
Total Revenue Requirement
$ 21,430,000
Less: Pretreatment (MIUs, Sills, Lab Fees) $ (970,000)
Less: Strong Waste Surcharges $ (510,000)
Less: Industrial Waste (IW) $ (1,610,000)
Less: Wholesale Revenue $ (1,260,000)
Less: Other Miscellaneous Revenues $ (140,000)
Retail Rate Revenue Requirement $ 16,940,000
Totals may be off due to rounding.
Includes wholesale share of cash -funded capital costs.
• Four types of offsetting revenue large enough to make
a big difference to the retail revenue requirement
• Last rate study completed in 2011: recommended
rates for offsetting revenue were either not
implemented or reduced in scale and timing
Ready -to -serve & volume charges increased 4-5% per year
from 2012 to 2014
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Pretreatment Monthly Charges
• Previous study's cost recovery rates not adopted
• Pretreatment charges currently under -recovering
revenue requirement, shifting costs to retail
o Currently under -recovering nearly $220,000 per year
o New rates correct this shortfall by 2017
Recommend no outside city multiplier
o Would only save inside customers <$0.50/ month while
adding -$70 per month for three outside customers
Recommend 3 -year phase-in to full cost recovery
o 2015: 80% 1 2016: 90% 1 2017: 100%
o Average 18% per year increase through 2017
Inside City Rate
Outside City Rate
$92.09
$102.32
$108.48
$108.48
201 017 2018
$127.79
$127.79
$150.24
$150.24 $156.76 $163.53 $201.61
$156.76
$163.53 $201.61
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Strong Waste Surcharges
• Reduced flow and loadings increases unit costs
o -5% decrease in high strength loadings from 2010 to 2013
o Projected reduction in BOD from Industrial Waste process
• Update to treatment asset allocation
Recommend no outside city multiplier
Surcharge impacts in 2015:
o BOD: 16% increase
o TSS: 7%increase
o FOG: 35% increase
—Avoidable charge, hasn't changed since 2007
Cost •er Pound
2014
-
2018
BOD
$0.4890
$0.5680
$0.5900
$0.6148
$0.6296
$0.6424
$0.6459
TSS
$0.4910
$0.5266
$0.5470
$0.5700
$0.5837
$0.5956
$0.5988
FOG
$0.2760
$0.3729
$0.3836
$0.3948
$0.4061
$0.4178
$0.4808
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Industrial Wastewater (IW) Assumptions
• Currently Serving: Del Monte, Seneca, Jewel, Noel
Recoverable Costs from IW Rate:
o Operations (labor, power, chemicals, nutrients)
o Share of Interfund Services; city & state taxes
Imputed debt service on original IW capital cost
Volumetric rate per ccf, so pretreatment of BOD is
not encouraged (BOD needed for city process)
• City process removes 80% of BOD, no effect on TSS
IW effluent treated in conventional WWTP
o IW customers pay 60% Ready -to -Serve, 60% volume rates
o IW effluent is charged 1000 of strong waste surcharges
but the process results in much lower amounts of BOD
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Industrial Wastewater Rates
Industrial Wastewater Influent
Rate per CCF
Effluent Treatment Rates
Ready -to -Serve Charges
Rate per CCF (Effluent)
$7.69
$7.77 $7.84
60% of applicable meter size charge
$3.01 $1.87 $1.93 $1.99
100% of Strong Waste Surcharges
Per Pound of BOD
Per Pound of TSS
Per Pound of FOG
$0.4890
$0.4910
$0.2760
$0.5680
$0.5266
$0.3729
$0.5900
$0.5470
$0.3836
$0.6148
$0.5700
$0.3948
$7.92 $8.00
$2.05 $2.11
$0.6296
$0.5837
$0.4061
$0.6424
$0.5956
$0.4178
$8.43
$2.45
$0.6459
$0.5988
$0.4808
For most IW customers, 80-90% of their current bill
consists of BOD surcharge
Reducing the amount of BOD by 80% offsets the
higher per-ccf rate
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Industrial Wastewater Impacts
Based on projected flow/loadings provided by staff:
o Three of the existing IW customers would save money
(Rough estimates: Del Monte $320,000; Seneca $70,000; &
Jewel $70,000)
o Noel would pay nearly $30,000 more because its BOD
loadings relative to total bill are less than others
Recommend implementing capped IW rates
Eliminates financial risk to new IW customers by limiting total
bill to what it would be under normal rates
- For example, if a customer would pay $100,000 in 2015 under
current rates but would pay $130,000 under new IW rate
structure, they would be billed $100,000
o Low financial risk to city, because we control who is
allowed to or required to connect to IW line
o Reconciles two city goals: recover full cost of IW process,
but avoid penalizing customers we want to connect to IW
Wholesale Revenue
• Four -party agreement being replaced by three -
party agreement; expected to generate more
revenue
• We did not provide in-depth analysis/review
• Current version of agreement projected to
generate nearly $1.2 million / year
o 40% increase when compared to past years
o Uncertainty due to lack of financial history- working draft
agreement in effect only since January 2014
• If projected revenue does not materialize but stays
at historical levels, additional one-time 2% increase
would be needed
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Retail Rates
• Annual revenue adjustments of 3.0% per year allow
full funding of capital program and O&M
requirements
Depends on implementation of recommended
increases for pretreatment, strong waste, and IW
Rates redesigned so that outside multiplier is 1.50
o Current multiple ranges from 1.41 - 1.52
Retail Wastewater Rates 2014
2018 2019
Annual Increases
Single Family Bill @ 6 ccf/mo $38.68
3.00%
$39.84
3.00%
$41.03
3.00%
$42.26 $43.53 $44.84 $51.98
3.00%
3.00% 3.00%
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Retail Rate SchedulP
Recommend that only inside -city rates be stated in
ordinance, with language stating that outside -city
rates are 1.50 times inside -city rates
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2017
201•
Inside City Rates
3.00%
3.00%
3.00%
3.00%
3.00%
3.00%
0.75 in.
$20.62
$21.23
$21.87
$22.53
$23.20
$23.90
$27.71
1 in.
$25.25
$26.00
$26.78
$27.59
$28.41
$29.27
$33.93
1.5 in.
$31.61
$32.55
$33.53
$34.53
$35.57
$36.64
$42.47
2 in.
$48.78
$50.23
$51.74
$53.29
$54.89
$56.54
$65.54
3 in.
$175.15
$180.37
$185.78
$191.36
$197.10
$203.01
$235.34
4 in.
$222.03
$228.65
$235.51
$242.57
$249.85
$257.35
$298.33
6 in.
$331.40
$341.28
$351.52
$362.06
$372.92
$384.11
$445.29
8 in.
$456.09
$469.68
$483.78
$498.29
$513.24
$528.63
$612.83
10 i n .
$908.67
$935.75
$963.83
$992.74
$1,022.52
$1,053.20
$1,220.95
Volume Rate per CCF
$3.01
$3.10
$3.19
$3.29
$3.39
$3.49
$4.05
Recommend that only inside -city rates be stated in
ordinance, with language stating that outside -city
rates are 1.50 times inside -city rates
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Wastewater Rate Survey (June 2014)
Single Family Residential
# Jurisdiction
Monthly Wastewater Rate
1 Wenatchee
2 Pasco
3 Richland
4 Ellensburg
5 Moses Lake
6 Pullman
7 Yakima 2014
8 Yakima 2015
9 West Richland
10 Cle Elum
11 Walla Walla
12 Roslyn
$23.22
$24.80
$25.60
$32.43
$32.70
$38.15
$38.68
$39.84
$42.00
$44.65
$52.10
$57.22
*Assumes 6 ccf of flow where applicable
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Summary - Stormwater
High capital requirements
• Current rate lower than other jurisdictions, allows
only minimal capital investment
• Need to choose strategy for rate increases
Recommend Scenario 2: In 2015, a 55% equals a
$1.97 increase per month then 2.5% per year
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Summary -Wastewater
Three years of 18% increases to pretreatment charge
• Strong waste surcharges
o One-time increases: BOD 16%, TSS 7%, FOG 35%
o Inflation -based increases thereafter
• New IW process with capped rates
• New wholesale agreement expected to generate
more revenue
• If above increases are implemented, retail rates
increase at 3% per year
• Combined 2015 monthly single family stormwater &
wastewater charge increases from $42.26 to $45.39
o Increase of $3.13 in 2015 (7.4% increase); 2.9% per year after
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PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
• Removes pollutants from commercial/industrial
wastewater before discharge to the City's
Wastewater System.
• Protects the Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Designed to treat household wastes, not
commercial/industrial wastes.
• Business that creates the pollutants pays for
pretreatment.
• Mitigates pollution to the groundwater and aquatic
ecosystem.
• Enforces City, State, and Federal Regulations.
The Law
• 1972 Clean Water Act created National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Permit Program
— Requires that our WWTP obtain an NPDES permit
— Established penalties for non compliance with NPDES
permits
— Established the National Pretreatment Program to
address businesses/industries that discharge to the
WWTP.
• Defines types of businesses that must participate in
pretreatment program.
• Yakima's Pretreatment program MUST
ENFORCE all state and national pretreatment
standards and NPDES requirements fairly and
consistently, upon all businesses and indirect
dischargers.
Penalties Under the Law
• Penalties for Violating Permit Conditions:
Any City employee (person) who is found guilty of
willfully violation the terms and conditions of this
permit may be punished by a fine of up to $10,000
and costs of prosecution, by imprisonment, or by
both.
Any person who violates the terms and conditions
of this permit may incur, in addition to any other
penalty, a civil penalty in the amount of up to
$10,000 for every such violation
Objectives of the Pretreatment
Program
• Protect the health of our community and river
ecosystem
• Comply with City, State, and Federal
Regulations
• Protect WWTP from damage
• Prevent pollution of the Yakima River and
ground water
Pretreatment Program
Requirements
• Ability to deny or condition discharges to
Treatment Plant
• Require compliance with Pretreatment Stds
• Control industrial discharges through permits,
compliance orders
• Inspect Industrial Users
• Comply with confidentiality standards
Businesses Required to Participate
• FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS: Restaurants, Cafeterias (Schools, Hospitals,
etc.), Convenience stores , Bars/Taverns (prepare/serve food), Grocery Stores,
Delis, Butcher Shops, Ice Cream Parlors, Bakeries
• LAUNDRY FACILITIES: Laundromats, Hotels/motels, Dry Cleaners
• CLINICS: Medical, Dental, Chiropractic, Veterinary
• AUTOMOTIVE: Car Washes, Detailers, Repair Shops, Auto Body Shops, Paint
Shops, Radiator Shops, Lube/Oil Services
• AGRICULTURAL: Controlled Atmosphere, Agriculture Products/Chemicals
• MISCELLANEOUS: Metal Fabricators, Photo Finishing Shops, Industrial
Manufacturers, Print Shops, Others that discharge pollutants specified in Law
Concerns About Existing Program:
Compliance and Consistency Issues
• Clarify and streamline program requirements,
compliance, and inspection procedures.
— New flow charts, checklist, etc.
• At least 250 businesses that should be included in
the program that are not currently participating.
• Challenges in retrofitting old buildings so that
tenants can participate.
• Educating businesses as to requirements and best
management practices to decrease cost.
Implementation Schedule
October 2014 - Notify non -participating
businesses
October 2014 —March 2015 - Provide information
and Technical assistance to bring businesses into
program.
March 2015 - Compliant with Federal, State and Local
Regulations
Ongoing - Work with DOE to address issues such as
retrofit of older buildings for sample ports and
intermittent discharges (latte stands / food trucks)
tstimated Lost for existing businesses to become
compliant - $3,500
NO
PERMIT
REQUIRED
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BMPs
PROGRAM
NC
WASTE STREAM IS
BETWEEN 100GPD
— 5000GPD
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IS YOUR
BUSINESS IN THE
YAKIMA LIMITS?
YES
DO YOU PERFORM A
CATEGORICAL
PROCESS?
�N4 YES
V
WILL YOU BE
DISCHARGING A
WASTEWATER
STREAM TO SEWER?
ne
YES
NO iCCTIEEK OTHER Ml1NIC.ALR E3
IDONT KNOW
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WASTE STREAM IS
BETWEEN 5000GPD-
25000GPD
WILL YOU BE
DISCHARGING FOGS, BOD,
TSS, OR CHEMICALS of
CONCERN?
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MINOR INDUSTRIAL
USER (MIU) PERMIT
REQUI RED
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WASTE STREAM IS
25000GPD OR GREATER
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SIGNIFICANT
INDUSTRIAL USER {SIU)
PERMIT REQUIRED
MINOR INDUSTRIAL
USER CM IU) PERMIT
REQUI RED
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US GOVERNMErgI
INFORMATION
GPO
Environmental Protection Agency
particular Industrial User's Discharge
Overflows between the Industrial 'User and.
the POTW Treatment Pl.ant; and.
(ii) The POTW is complying with all
NPDES permit requirements and any.
additional requirements in any order
or decree, issued pursuant to the Clean
Water Act affecting combined sewer
overflows. These requirements include,
but are not limited to, any combined.
sewer overflow requirements that con-
form to the Combined Sewer Overflow
Control Policy.
149 31221, Aug. 3, 1984; as amended at 51
111, 20430, June 4, 1986; 53 42435, Nov. 5,
1987; 58 FR 9386, Feb, 19, 1903; 58 1 11 18017,
Apr. 7, 1993; 70 Fit 60193, Oct. 14, 2005]
§ 403.8 Pretreatment Program Re-
quirements: Development and Im-
plementation by POTW.
(a) POT Ws required to develop a
pretreatment program. Any POTW (or
combination of POTWs operated by the
same authority) with a total design
flow greater than 5 million gallons per
day (mgd) and receiving from. Indus-
trial Users pollutants which Pass
Through or Interfere with the oper-
ation of the POTW or are otherwise
subject to Pretreatment Standards will
be required to establish a POTW
Pretreatment Program unless th.e
NPDES State exercises its option to
assume local responsibilities as pro-
vided for in §403.10(e). The Regional
Administrator or Director may require
that a POTW with a design flow of 5
mgd or less develop a POTW
Pretreatment Program if he or she
finds that the nature or volume of the
industrial influent, treatment process
upsets, violations of POTW effluent
limitations, contamination of munic-
ipal sludge, or other circumstances
warrant in order to prevent Inter-
ference with the POTW or Pass
Through.
(b) Deadline for Program Approval. A
POTW which meets the criteria of
paragraph (a) of this section must re-
ceive approval of a POTW
Pretreatment Program no later than 3
years after the reissuance or modifica-
tion of its existing NPDES permit but
in no case later than July 1, 1983.
POTWs whose NPDES permits are
modified under section 301(h) of the Act
shall have a Pretreatment Program
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§ 403.8
within three (3) years as provided for in
40 CFR part 125, subpart G. POTWs
identified after July 1. 1983 as being re-
quired to develop a POTW
Pretreatm.ent Program under para-
graph (a) of this section shall develop
and submit such a program for ap-
proval as soon as possible, but in no
case later than one year after written.
notification from the Approval Author-
ity of such identification. The POTW
Pretreatment Program shall meet the
criteria set forth in paragraph (f) of
this section and shall be administered
by the POTW to ensure compliance by
Industrial Users with applicable
Pretreatment Standards and Require-
ments.
(c) Incorporation of approved programs
in permits. A POTW may develop an ap-
propriate POTW Pretreatment Pro-
gram any time before the time limit
set forth in paragraph (h) of this sec-
tion, The POTW's NPDES Permit will
be reissued or modified by the NPDES
State or EPA to incorporate the ap-
proved Program as enforceable condi-
tions of the Permit. The modification
of a POTW's NPDES Permit for the
purposes of incorporating a POTW
Pretreatment Programapproved in ac-
cordance with the procedure in §403.11.
shall be deemed a minor Permit modi-
fication subject to the procedures in 40
CFR 122.63.
(d) Incorporation of compliance sched-
ules in permits. [Reserved]
(e) Cause for reissuance or lnoctification
of Permits. Under the authority of sec-
tion 402(b)(1.1(C) of the Act, the Ap-
proval Authority may modify, or alter-
natively, revoke and reissue a POTW"s
Permit in order to:
(1) Put the POTW on a compliance
schedule for the development of a
POTW Pretreatment Program where
the addition of pollutants into a POTW
by an Industrial User or combina,tion.
of Indu.strial Users presents a substan-
tial hazard to the functioning of the
treatment works, quality of the receiv-
ing waters, human health, or th.e envi-
ronment:
(2) Coordinate the issuance of a sec-
tion 201 construction grant with the in-
corporation into a permit of a compli-
ance schedule for POTW Pretreatment
Program:
§ 403.8
(3) Incorporate a modification. of the
permit approved under section 301(h) or
301(1) of the Act;
(4) Incorporate an approved POTW
Pretreatment Program in the POTW
permit: or
(5) Incorporate a compliance schedule
for the development of a POTW
'pretreatment program in the POTW
permit.
(6) Incorporate the removal credits
(established under §403.7) in the POTW
permit.
(f) POTW pretreatment requirements. A
POTW pretreatment program must be
based on the following legal authority
and include the following procedures.
These authorities and procedures shall
at all times be fully and effectively ex-
ercised and implemented.
(1) Legal authority. The POTW shall
operate pursuant to legal authority en-
forceable in Federal, State or local
courts, which authorizes or enables the
POTW to apply and to enforce the re-
quirements of sections 307 lb) and (c),
and 402(b)(8) of the Act and any regula-
tions implementingthose sections.
Such authority may be contained in a
statute, ordinance, or series of con-
tracts or joint powers agreements
which the POTW is authorized to
enact, enter into or implement, and
which are authorized by State law. At
a minimum., this legal authority shall
enable the POTW to:
(i) Deny or condition new or in-
creased contributions of pollutants, or
changes in the nature of pollutants, to
the POTW by Inclustrial Users where
such contributions do not meet appli-
cable Pretreatment Standards and Re-
quirements or where such contribu-
tions would cause the POTW to violate
its NPDES permit;
(11) Require compliance with applica-
ble Pretreatment Standards and Re-
quirements by Industrial Users;
(iii) Control through Permit, order,
or similar means, the contribution to
the POTW by each Inclustrial User to
ensure compliance with applicable
Pretreatment Standards and Require-
ments. In the case of Industrial Users
identified as significant under §403.3(v),
this control shall be achieved through
individual permits or equivalent indi-
vidual control mechanisms issued to
each such User except as follows.
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(Mg) At the discretion of the POTW,
this control. may include use of general
control mechanisms if the following
conditions are met. All of the facilities
to be covered must:
(r) Involve the same or substantially
similar types of operations;
)i) Discharge the same types of
wastes:
(iii) Require the same effluent limita-
tions;
(iv) Require the same or similar mon-
itoring; and
(v) In the opinion of the POTW, are
more appropriately controlled under a
general control mechanism than under
individual control mechanisms.
(2) To be covered by the general con-
trol mechanism, the Significant Indus-
trial User must file a written request
for coverage that identifies its contact
information, production processes, the
types of wastes generated, the location
for monitoring all wastes covered by
the general control mechanism, any re-
quests in accordance with §403.12(e)(2)
for a monitoring waiver for a pollutant
neither present nor expected to be
present in the Discharge, and any other
information the POTW deems appro-
priate. A monitoring, waiver for a pol-
lutant neither present nor expected to
be present in the Discharge is not effec-
tive in the general control mechanism
until. after the POTW has provided
written notice to the Significant Indus-
trial User that such a waiver request
has been granted in accordance with
§403.12(e)(2). The POTW must retain a
copy of the general control mechanism,
documentation to support the POTW's
determination that a specific Signifi-
cant Industrial User meets the criteria
in paragraphs (f)(1)(iii.)(AR1 through
(5) of this section, and a copy of the
User's written request for coverage for
3 years after the expiration of the gen-
eral control mechanism. A POTW may
not control a Significant industrial
User through a general control mecha-
nism where the facility is subject to
production -based categorical
Pretreatment Standards or categorical
Pretreatment Standards expressed as
mass of pollutant discharged per day or
for Industrial Users whose limits are
based on the Combined Wastestrearn
Formula or Net/Gross calculations
(§§403.6(e) and 403.15).
Environmental Protection Agency
(B) Both individual and general con-
trol mechanisms must be enforceable
and contain, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing conditions:
(.1) Statement of duration (in no case
more than five years):
(2) Statement of non -transferability
without, at a minimum, prior notifica-
tion to the POTW and provision of a
copy of the existing control mechanism
to the new owner or operator;
(3) Effluent limits, including Best
Management Practices, based on appli-
cable general Pretreatment Standards
in part 403 of this chapter, categorical
Pretreatment Standards, local limits,
and State and local law;
(4) Self-monitoring, sampling, report-
ing, notification and recordkeeping re-
quirements, including an identification.
of the pollutants to he monitored (in-
cluding the process for seeking a waiv-
er for a pollutant neither present nor
expected to be present in the Discharge
in accordance with §403.12(e)(2), or a
specific waived pollutant in the case of
an individual control m.echanism),
sampling location, sampling frequency,
and sample type, based on the applica-
ble general Pretreatment Standards in
part 403 of this chapter, categorical
Pretreatment Standards, local limits,
and State and local law;
(5) Statement of applicable civil and
criminal penalties for violation of
Pretreatment Standards and require-
ments, and any applicable compliance
schedule. Such schedules may not ex-
tend the compliance date beyond appli-
cable federal deadlines;
(6) Requirements to control Slug Dis-
charges, if determined by the POTW to
be necessary.
(iv) Require (A) the development of a
compliance schedule by each Industrial
User for the installation of technology
required to meet applicable
Pretreatment Standards and Require-
ments and (B) the submission of all no-
tices and self-monitoring reports from
Industrial Users as are necessary to as-
sess and assure compliance by Indus-
trial Users with Pretreatment Stand-
ards and Requirements, including but
not limited to the reports required in.
§403.12.
(v) Carry out all inspection, surveil-
lance and monitoring procedures nec-
essary to determine, independent of in -
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formation supplied by Industrial Users,
compliance or noncompliance with ap-
plicable Pretreatment Standards and
Requirements by Industrial Users. Rep-
resentatives of the POTW shall be au-
thorized to enter any premises of any.
Industrial User in which a Discharge
source or treatment system is located
or in which records are required to be
kept under §403.12(o) to assure compli-
ance with Pretreatment Standards.
Such authority shall he at least as ex-
tensive as the authority provided under
section 308 of the Act;
(vi )(A( Obtain remedies for non-
compliance by any Industrial User with
any Pretreatment Standard and Re-
quirement. All POTW's shall be able to
seek injunctive relief for noncompli-
ance by Industrial Users with
Pretreatment Standards and Require-
ments. All POTWs shall also have au-
thority to seek or' assess civil or crimi-
nal penalties in at least the amount of
$1,000 a day for each violation by Indus-
trial Users of Pretreatment Standards
and Requirements.
(B) Pretreatment requirements which
will be enforced through the remedies
set forth in paragraph (f)(1)(vi)(A) of
this section, will include but not be
limited to, the duty to allow or carry
out inspections, entry, or monitoring
activities; any rules, regulations, or or-
ders issued by the POTW; any require-
ments set forth in control mechanisms
issued by the POTW; or any reporting
requirements imposed by the POTW or
these regulations in this part. The
POTW shall have authority and proce-
dures (after informal notice to the dis-
charger) immediately and effectively
to halt or prevent any discharge of pol-
lutants to the POTW which reasonably
appears to present an imminent
endangerment to the health or welfare
of persons. The POTW shall also have
authority and procedures (which shall
include notice to the affected indus-
trial users and an opportunity to re-
spond) to halt or prevent any discharge
to the POTW which presents or may
present an endangerment to the envi-
ronment or which threatens to inter-
fere with the operation of the POTW.
The Approval Authority shall have au-
thority to seek judicial relief and may
also use administrative penalty au-
thority when the POTW has sought a
§ 403.8
m.onetary penalty which the Approval
Authority believes to be :insufficient.
(vii) Comply with the confidentiality
requirements set forth in §403.14.
(2) Procedures. The POTW shall de-
velop and implement procedures to en-
sure compliance with the requirements
of a Pretreatment Program, At a min-
imum, these procedures shall enable
the POTW to:
(1) Identify and locate all possible In-
dustrial Users which might be subject
to the POTW Pretreatment Program.
Any compilation, index or inventory of
Industrial Users made under this para-
graph shall be made available to the
Regional Administrator or Director
upon request:
OD Identify the character and vol-
ume of pollutants contributed to the
POTW by the Industrial Users identi-
fied under paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this
section. This information shall be
made available to the Regional Admin-
istrator or Director upon request;
(iii) Notify Industrial Users identi-
fied under paragraph (1)(2)(i) of this
section, of applicable Pretreatment
Standards and any applicable require-
ments under sections 204(1)) and 405 of
the Act and subtitles C and D of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, Within 30 days of approval pursu-
ant to 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), of a list of sig-
nificant industrial users, notify each
significant industrial user of its status
as such and of all requirements appli-
cable to it as a result of such status.
(iv) Receive and analyze self-moni-
toring reports an.dother notices sub-
mitted by Industrial Users in accord-
ance with the self-monitoring require-
ments in §403.12,
(v) Randomly sample and analyze the
effluent; from Industrial Users and con-
duct surveillance activities in order to
identify, independent of information
supplied by Industrial Users, occa-
sional and continuing noncompliance
with Pretreatment Standards. Inspect
and sample th.e effluent from each Sig-
nificant Industrial User at least once a
year, except as otherwise specified
below:
(A) Where the POTW has authorized
the Industrial User subject to a cat-
egorical Pretreatment Standard to
forego sampling of a pollutant regu-
lated by a categorical Pretreatment
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Standard in accordance with
§403.1.2(e)(3), the POTW must sample
for the waived pollutant(s) at least
once during the term of the Categorical
Industrial User's control mechanism.
In the event that the POTW subse-
quently determines that a waived pol-
lutant is present or is expected to be
present in the Industrial User's waste-
water based on changes that occur in
the User's operations, the POTW must
immediately begin at least annual ef-
fluent monitoring of the User's Dis-
charge and inspection.
(B) Where the POTW has determined.
that an Industrial User meets the cri-
teria for classification as a Non -Sig-
nificant Categorical Industrial User,
the POTW must evaluate, at least once
per year, whether an Industrial User
continues to meet the criteria in
§ 403.3( v )(2 1.
(C) In the case of Industrial User's
subject to reduced reporting require-
ments under §403.12(e)(3), the POTW
must randomly sample and analyze the
effluent from Industrial Users and con-
duct inspections at least once every
two years. If the Industrial User no
longer meets the conditions for reduced
reporting in §403.12(e)(3), the POTW
must immediately begin sampling and
inspecting the Industrial User at least
once a year.
(vi) Evaluate whether each such Sig-
nificant Industrial User needs a plan or
other action to control Slug Dis-
charges. For Industrial Users identified
as significant prior to November 14,
2005, this evaluation must have been
conducted at least once by October 14,
2006: additional Significant Industrial
Users must be evaluated within 1 year
of being designated a Significant In-
dustrial User. For purposes of this sub-
section, a Slug Discharge is any Dis-
charge of a non -routine, episodic na-
ture. including but not limited to an
accidental spill or a non -customary
batch Discharge, which has a reason-
able potential to cause interference or
Pass Through, or in any other way vio-
late the POTW's regulations, local lim-
its or Permit conditions. The results of
such activities shall be available to the
Approval Authority upon request. Sig-
nificant Industrial Users are required
to notify the POTW immediately of
Environmental Protection Agency
any changes at its facility affecting po-
tential for a Slug Discharge. If the
POTW decides that a slug control plan
is needed, the plan shall contain, at a
minimum, the following elements:
(A) Description of discharge prac-
tices, including non -routine batch Dis-
charges;
(B) Description of stored chemicals;
(C.) Procedures for immediately noti-
fying the POTW of Slug Discharges, in-
cluding any Discharge that would vio-
late a prohibition under §403.5(b) with
procedures for follow-up written notifi-
cation within five days;
(D) If necessary, procedures to pre-
vent adverse impact from accidental
spills, including inspection and mainte-
nance of storage areas, handling and
transfer of materials, loading and un-
loading operations, control of plant
site run-off, worker training, 'building
of containment structures or equip-
ment, measures for containing toxic
organic pollutants (including solvents),
and/or measures and equipment for
emergency response;
(vii.) Investigate instances of non-
complian.ce with Pretreatment Stand-
ards and Requirements, as indicated in
the reports and notices required under
§403.12, or indicated by analysis, in-
spection, and surveillance activities
described in paragraph. (f)(2)(v) of this
section. Sample taking and analysis
and the collection of other information
shall be performed with sufficient care
to produce evidence admissible in en-
forcement proceedings or in judicial
actions; and
(viii) Comply with the public partici-
pation requirements of 40 CFR part 25
in the enforcement of National
Pretreatment Standards. These proce-
dures shall include provision for at
least annual public notification in a
newspaper(s) of general circulation
that provides meaningful public notice
within the jurisdiction(s) served by the
POTW of Industrial Users which, at
any time during the previous 12
months, were in significant noncompli-
ance with applicable Pretreatment re-
quirements. For the purposes of this
provision, a Significant Industrial User
(or any Industrial User which violates
paragraphs ( f)(2)iviii)(C), (I)), or (H) of
this section is in significant non -
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compliance if its violation meets one
or more of the following criteria:
(A) Chronic violations of wastewater
Discharge limits, defined here as those
in which 66 percent or more of all of
the measurements taken for the same
pollutant parameter during a 6 -month
period exceed (by any magnitude) a nu-
meric Pretreatment Standard or Re-
quirement, including instantaneous
limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1);
(B) Technical Review Criteria (TRC)
violations, defined here as those in
which 33 percent or more of all of the
measurements taken for the same pol-
lutant parameter during a 6 -month pe-
riod equal or exceed the product of the
numeric Pretreatment Standard or Re-
quirement including instantaneous
limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1)
multiplied by the applicable TRC
(TRC=1.4 for BOD. TSS, fats, oil, and
grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants
except pH);
(C) Any other violation of a
Pretreatment Standard or Require-
ment as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1)
(daily maximum, long-term average,
instantaneous limit, or narrative
Standard) that the POTW determines
has caused, alone or in combination
with other Discharges. Interference or
Pass Through (including endangering
the health of POTW personnel or the
general public);
(D) Any discharge of a pollutant that
has caused imminent endangerment to
human health, welfare or to the envi-
ronment or has resulted in the POTW's
exercise of its emergency authority
under paragraph (f)(1.1(vi)(B) of this sec-
tion to halt or prevent such a dis-
charge;
(E) Failure to meet, within 90 days
after the schedule date. a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local.
control mechanism or enforcement
order for starting construction, com-
pleting construction, or attaining final
compliance;
(F) Failure to provide, within 45 days
after the due date, required reports
such as baseline monitoring reports, 90 -
day compliance reports, periodic self-
monitoring reports, and reports on
compliance with compliance schedules;
(G) Failure to accurately report non-
compliance;
§ 403.9
(H) Any other violation or group of
violations, which may .include a viola-
tion of Best Management Practices,
which the POTW determines will ad-
versely affect the operation or imple-
mentation of the local Pretreatment
program,
(3) Funding. The POTW shall have
sufficient resources and qualified per-
sonnel to carry out the authorities and
procedures described in paragraphs (f)
(1) and. (2) of this section. In some lim-
ited circumstances, funding and per-
sonnel may be delayed where (1) the
POTW has adequate legal authority
and procedures to carry out the
Pretreatment Program requirements
described in this section, and (ii) a lim-
ited aspect of the Program does not
need to be implemented immediately
(see §403.9(b)).
(4) Local limits. The POTW shall de-
velop local limits as required in
§403.5(c)(1), or demonstrate that they.
are not necessary.
(5) The POTW shall develop and im-
plement an enforcement response plan.
This plan shall. contain detailed proce-
dures indicating: how a POTW will in-
vestigate and. respond to instances of
industrial user noncompliance, The
plan shall, at a minimum:
(i) Describe how the POTW will in-
vestigate instances of noncompliance;
(ii) Describe the types of escalating
enforcement responses the POTW will
take in response to all anticipated
types of industrial user violations and
the time periods within which re-
sponses will take place;
(iii) Identify (by title) the official) 5)
responsible for each type of response;
(iv) Adequately reflect the POTW's
primary responsibility to enforce all
applicable pretreatment requirements
and standards, as detailed in 40 CFR
403.8 (f)(I) and (f)(2).
(6) The POTW shall prepare and
maintain a list of its Industrial Users
meeting the criteria in §403.3(v6 1). The
list shall identify the criteria in
§403.3(v)(I.) applicable to each Indus-
trial User and., where applicable, shall
also .indicate whether the POTW has
made a d.eterminationpursuant to
§403.3(v42) that such Industrial User
should not be considered a Significant
Industrial User. The initial list shall be
submitted to the Approval Authority
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pursuant to §403.9 or as a non -substan-
tial modification pursuant to
§403.18(d). Modifications to the list
shall be submitted to the Approval Au-
thority pursuant to §403.12(i)(1).
(g) A POTW that chooses to receive
electronic documents must satisfy the
requirements of 40 CFR part 3 --(Elec-
tronic reporting:).
146 FR 9439, Jan. 28, 1981, as amended at 49
FR 31224, Aug. 3, 1984; 51 FR 20429, 20430„Iune
4, 1986; 51 FR 23759, July 1, 1986; 53 FR 40612,
Oct. 17, 1988; 55 FR 30129, July 24, 1990; 58 FR
18017, Apr. 7, 1993; 60 FR 33932, June 29, 1995;
62 FR 38414, July 17, 1997; 70 FR 59889, Oct. 13,
2005; 70 FR 60193, Oct. 14, 2005]
§ 403.9 POTW pretreatment programs
and/or authorization to revise
pretreatment standards: Submis-
sion for approval.
(a) Who approves Program. A POTW
requesting approval of a POTW
Pretreatment Program shall develop a
program description which includes the
information set forth in paragraphs
(b)(1) through (4) of this section. This
description shall be submitted to the
Approval Authority which will make a
determination on the request for pro-
gram approval in accordance with the
procedures described in §403.1.1.
(b) Contents of POTW program submis-
sion. The program description must
contain the following information:
(1) A statement from the City Solic-
itor or a city official acting in a com-
parable capacity (or the attorney for
those POTWs which have independent
legal counsel) that the POTW has au-
thority adequate to carry out the pro-
grams described in §403.8. This state-
ment shall:
(i) Identify the provision of the legal
authority under §403.8(f)(1) which pro-
vides the basis for each procedure
under §403.8(f)(2);
(ii) Identify the manner in which the
POTW will implement the program re-
quirements set forth in §403.8, includ-
ing the means by which Pretreatment
Standards will be applied to individual.
Industrial Users (e.g., by order, permit,
ordinance, etc.); and,
(iii) Identify how the POTW intends
to ensure compliance with
Pretreatment Standards and Require-
ments, and to enforce them in the
event of noncompliance by Industrial
Users;
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S6. Pretreatment
S6.A. General Requirements
1, The Permittee must implement the Industrial Pretreatment Program in
accordance with the legal authorities, policies, procedures, and financial
provisions described in the Permittee's approved pretreatment program
submittal entitled "Industrial Pretreatment Program" dated and approved May
3, 2010 ; any approved revisions thereto.; and the General Pretreatment
Regulations (40 CFR Part 403). At a minimum, the Permittee must undertake
the following pretreatment implementation activities:
a. Enforce categorical pretreatment standards under Section 307(b) and (c) of
the Federal Clean Water Act (hereinafter, the Act), prohibited discharge
standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.5, local limits specified in Section
7.65.070 of Ordinance NO. 2000-19, or state standards, whichever are
most stringent or apply at the time of issuance or modification of a local
industrial waste discharge permit. Locally -derived limits are defined as
pretreatment standards under Section 307(d) of the Act and are not limited
to categorical industrial facilities.
b. Issue industrial waste discharge permits to all significant industrial users
SIUs, as defined in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(i)(ii)] contributing to the treatment
system, except those from other jurisdictions, which are under Department
of Ecology purview. Industrial waste discharge permits must contain, as a
minimum, all the requirements of 40 CFR 403.8 (I)(1)(iii). The Permittee
must coordinate the permitting process with Ecology regarding any
industrial facility that may possess a State Waste Discharge Permit issued
by Ecology. Once issued, an industrial waste discharge permit takes
precedence over a state -issued waste discharge permit.
Ecology remains the control authority and retains the responsibility of
writing, issuing, and enforcing wastewater treatment permits to SIUs
outside the City of Yakima's limits including, Union Gap, Terrace heights,
and the City of Moxce.
c. Maintain and update, as necessary, records identifying the nature,
character, and volume of pollutants contributed by industrial users to the
POTW. The Permittee must maintain records for at least a three-year
period.
d. Perform inspections, surveillance, and monitoring activities on industrial
users to determine or confirm compliance with pretreatment standards and
requirements. The Permittee must conduct a thorough inspection of SIUs
annually. The Permittee must conduct regular local monitoring of SIU
wastewaters commensurate with the character and volume of the
wastewater but not less than once per year. The Permittee must collect
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and analyze samples in accordance with 40 CFR Part 403,12(b)(5)(ii)-(v)
and 40 CFR Part 136.
e. Enforce and obtain remedies for noncompliance by any industrial users
with applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. Once it
identifies violations) the Permittee must take timely and appropriate
enforcement action to address the noncompliance. The Permittee's action
must follow its enforcement response procedures and any amendments,
thereof.
f. Publish, at least annually in the largest daily newspaper in the Permittees
service area, a list of all non-domestic users which, at any time in the
previous 12 months, were in significant noncompliance as defined in 40
CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii).
g, if the Permittee elects to conduct sampling of an S1U's discharge in lieu of
requiring user self-monitoring, it must satisfy all requirements of 40 CFR
Part 403,12. This includes monitoring and record keeping requirements of
Sections 403.12(g) and (o). For SIUs subject to categorical standards
(Otis), the Permittee may either complete baseline and initial compliance
reports for the CIU (when required by 403.12(b) and (d)) or require these
of the C1U, The Permittee nmst ensure that it provides S1Us the results of
sampling in a timely manner, inform SIUs of their right to sample, their
obligations to report any sampling they do, to respond to non-compliance,
and to submit other notifications. These include a slug load report
(403.12(1)), notice of changed discharge (403.12(j)), and hazardous waste
notifications (403.12(0). Ifsampling for the SIU, the Permittee must not
sample less than once, in every six-month period unless the Permittee's
approved program includes procedures for reduction of monitoring for
Middle -Tier or Non -Significant Categorical Users per 403.12(e)(2) and (3)
and those procedures have been followed.
h. Develop and maintain a data management system de:signed to track the
status of the Permittce's industrial user inventory, industrial user discharge
characteristics, and compliance status.
i. Maintain adequate staff, funds, and equipment to implement its
pretreatment program.
Establish, where necessary, contracts or legally binding agreements with
contributing jurisdictions to ensure compliance with applicable
pretreatment requirements by commercial or industrial users within these
jurisdictions. These contracts or agreements must identify the agency
responsible to perform the various implementation and enforcement
activities in the contributing jurisdiction. In addition, the Permittee must
develop a Memorandum of Understanding (Four Party Agreement) that
outlines the specific roles, responsibilities, and pretreatment activities of
each jurisdiction.
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2. The Permittee must implement the Accidental Spill Prevention Program that
satisfies the requirements of 40 CFR 403.8(0(2)(v) as described in the
approved industrial Pretreatment Program dated and approved June 15, 2003.
3 The Permittee must develop and submit to Ecology for approval, an updated
Accidental Spill Prevention Program as needed. The Permittee must submit a
paper copy and an electronic copy (preferably as a PDF). The program must
include a schedule for implementation. The Ecology -approved program
becomes an enforceable part of these permit conditions.
4. The Permittee must evaluate, at least once every two years, whether each
Significant Industrial User needs a plan to control slug discharges. For
purposes of this section, a slug discharge is any discharge of a non -routine,
episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or
non -customary batch discharge. The Permittee must make the results of this
evahmtion available to Ecology upon request. If the Permittee decides that a
slug control plan is needed, the plan must contain, at a minimum, the
following elements:
a. Description of discharge practices, including non -routine batch discharges.
b. Description of stored chemicals.
c. Procedures for immediately notifying the Permittee of slug discharges,
including any discharge that would violate a prohibition under 40 CFR
403.5(b), with procedures for follow-up written notification within five
days.
d. If necessary, procedures to prevent adverse impact from accidental spills,
including inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and
transfer of materials„ loading and unloading operations, control of plant
site run-ofT, worker training, building of containment structures or
equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants (including
solvents), and/or measures and equipment necessary for emergency
response.
5. Whenever Ecology determines that any waste source contributes pollutants to
the Permittee's treatment works in violation of Section (b), (c), or (d) of
Section 307 of the Act, and the Permittee has not taken adequate corrective
action, Ecology will notify the Permittee of this determination. If the
Permittee fails to take appropriate enforcement action within 30 days of this
notification, Ecology may take appropriate enforcement action against the
source or the Permittee.
6. The Permittee must provide to Ecology an annual report that briefly describes
its program activities during the previous calendar year.
By April 15th of each year, the Permittee must send the annual report, both a
paper copy and an electronic copy (in PDF format), to Ecology at:
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Water Quality Permit Coordinator
Department of Ecology
Central Regional Office
15 West Yakima Avenue, Suite 200
Yakima, WA 98902
The report must include the foliowing information:
a. An updated non-domestic inventory.
b. Results of wastewater sampling at the treatment plant as specified in
Special Condition SIX The Permittee must calculate removal rates for
each pollutant and evaluate the adequacy of the existing local limits in
Section 7.65.070 of Ordinance 2000-19 in prevention of treatment plant
interference, pass through of pollutants that could affect receiving water
quality, and sludge contamination.
c. Status of program implementation, including:
1
•
Any substantial modifications to the pretreatment program as
originally approved by Ecology, including staffing and funding levels,
Any interference, upset, or permit violations experienced at the POTW
that are directly attributable to wastes from industrial users.
Listing of industrial users inspected and/or monitored, and a summary
of the results.
Listing of industrial users scheduled for inspection and/or monitoring
for the next year, and expected frequencies.
Listing of industrial users notified of promulgated pretreatment
standards and/or local standards as required in 40 CFR 403.8(0(2)00,
The list must indicate which industrial users are on compliance
schedules and the final date of compliance for each.
Listing of industrial users issued industrial waste discharge permits.
Planned changes in the approved local pretreatment program. (See
Subsection A.7, below)
d. Status of compliance activities, including:
Listing of industrial users that failed to submit baseline monitoring
reports or any other reports required under 40 CFR 403.12 and in
Exhibit J of the Permittee's pretreatment program, dated and approved
May 3, 2010.
Listing of industrial users that were at any time during the reporting
period not complying with federal, state, or local pretreatment
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standards or with applicable compliance schedules lbr achieving those
standards, and the duration of such noncompliance.
Summary of enforcement activities and other corrective actions taken
or planned against non -complying industrial users. The Permittee
must supply to Ecology a copy of the public notice of facilities that
were in significant noncompliance.
Under the Four Party Agreement with the City of Yakima, The Cities
of Terrace Heights , Union Gap and Moxie are required to submit an
annual survey of industrial users discharging to the respective city's
collection system and ultimately to the Yakima POTW.
7. The Permittee must request and obtain approval from Ecology before making
any significant changes to the approved local pretreatment program. The
Permittee must 'follow the procedure in 40 CFR 403.18 (b) and (c).
S6.B. Monitoring requirements
The Permittee must:
1 Monitor its influent, effluent, and sludge for the priority pollutants identified
in Tables 11 and III of Appendix D of 40 CFR Part 122 as amended, any
compounds identified because of Condition So.B.4, and any other pollutants
expected from non-domestic sources using U.S. EPA -approved procedures for
collection, preservation, storage, and analysis.
2. Test influent, effluent, and sludge samples for the priority pollutant metals
(Table 111, 40 CFR 122, Appendix D) on a quarterly basis throughout the term
of this permit.
3 Test influent, effluent, and sludge samples for the organic priority pollutants
(Table 11, 40 CFR 122, Appendix D) on an annual basis. The Permittee may
use the data collected for application purposes using Appendix A test methods
to meet this requirement.
4. Sample POTW influent and effluent on a day when industrial discharges are
occurring at normal -to -maximum levels.
5. Obtain 24-hour composite samples for the analysis of acid and base/neutral
extractable compounds and metals.
6. Collect grab samples at equal intervals for a total of four grab samples per day
for the analysis of volatile organic compounds. The laboratory may run a
single analysis for volatile pollutants (Method 624) for each monitoring day
by compositing equal volumes of each grab sample, directly in the GC purge
and trap apparatus in the laboratory, with no less than 1 ml of each grab
included in the composite.
7. Ensure that all reported test data for metals represents the total amount of the
constituents present in all phases, whether solid, suspended, or dissolved
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elemental or combined, including all oxidation states unless otherwise
indicated.
8. Handle, prepare, and analyze all wastewater samples taken for GC/MS
analysis in accordance with the U.S. EPA Methods 624 and 625 (October 26,
1984).
9. Collect a sludge sample concurrently with a wastewater sample as a single
grab of residual sludge. Sludge organic priority pollutant sampling and
analysis must conform to U.S, EPA Methods 624 and 625 unless the Permittee
requests an alternate method and Ecology has approved. Sludge metals
priority pollutant sampling and analysis must conform to U.S. EPA SW 846
6000/7000 Series Methods unless the Permittee requests an alternate method
and Ecology has approved.
10. Collect grab samples for cyanide, phenols, and oils. Measure hexane soluble
oils (or equivalent) only in the influent and effluent.
11. Make a reasonable attempt to indentify all other substances and quantify all
pollutants shown to be present by gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer
(GC/MS) analysis per 40 CFR 136, Appendix A, Methods 624 and 625, in
addition to quantifying pH, oil and grease, and all priority pollutants.
The Permittee should attempt to make determinations of pollutants for each
fraction, which produces identifiable spectra on total ion plots (reconstructed
gas chromatograms). The Permittee should attempt to make determinations
from all peaks with responses 5% or greater than the nearest internal standard.
The 5% value is based on internal standard concentrations of 30 pg/1, and
must bc adjusted downward if higher internal standard concentrations are used
or adjusted upward if lower internal standard concentrations are used. The
Permittee may express results for non -substituted aliphatic compounds as total
hydrocarbon content.
12. Use a laboratory whose computer data processing programs are capable of
comparing sample mass spectra to a computerized library of mass spectra,,
with visual confirmation by an experienced analyst.
13. Conduct additional sampling and appropriate testing to determine
concentration and variability, and to evaluate trends for all detected
substances determined to be pollutants.
S6,C. Reporting of monitoring res tits
The Permittee must include a summary of monitoring results in the Annual
Pretreatment Report.
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S6.1). Local limit developme
As sufficient data become available, the Permittee, in consultation with Ecology,
must reevaluate its local limits in order to prevent pass through or interference. If
Ecology determines that any pollutant present causes pass through or interference,
or exceeds established sludge standards, the Permittee must establish new local
limits or revise existing local limits as required by 40 CFR 403.5. Ecology may
also require the Permittee to revise or establish local limits for any pollutant
discharged from the POTW that has a reasonable potential to exceed the Water
Quality Standards, Sediment Standards, or established effluent limits, or c,auses
whole effluent toxicity. Ecology makes this determination in the form of an
Administrative Order.
Ecology may modify this permit to incorporate additional requirements relating to
the establishment and enforcement of local limits for pollutants of concern. Any
permit modification is subject to formal due process procedures under state and
federal law and regulation,
S7. Solid wastes
S7.A. Solid ivaste handling
The Permittee must handle and dispose of all solid waste material in such a
manner as to prevent its entry into state ground or surfitce water.
S7.13. Leachate
The Permittee must not allow leachate from its solid waste material to enter state
waters without providing all known, available, and reasonable methods of
treatment, nor allow such leachate to cause violations of the State Surface Water
Quality Standards, Chapter 173-201A WAC, or the State Ground Water Quality
Standards, Chapter 173-200 WAC. The Permittee must apply for a permit or
permit modification as may be required for such discharges to state ground or
surface waters.
S8. Application for permit enewal or modification for acility
changes
The Permittee must submit an application for renewal of this permit by September 30,
2015. The Permittee must submit a paper copy and an electronic copy (preferably as a
PDF).
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Chapter 7.65
SEWER USE AND PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS*
Sections:
7.65.010 Purpose and policy,
7.65.015 Administration.
7.65.020 Definitions.
Part 1. General Provisions
Part 2. Definitions
Part 3. Public Sewer Use Requirements
7.65.030 Use of public sewers required.
7.65.040 Private wastewater disposal.
7.65.050 Building sewers and connections.
7.65.060
7.65.070
7.65.080
7.65.090
Part 4. Pretreatment Standards and Requirements
Pretreatment standards and requirements.
Limitations on wastewater strength.
Slugload or accidental discharges.
Pretreatment facilities.
Part 5. Fees
7.65.110 Rates, charges and fees.
Part 6. Administration, Reporting and Monitoring
7.65.120 Industrial dischargers.
7„6,5.130 Industrial discharger identification and data disclosure.
7.65.140 Reporting requirements for industrial dischargers.
7.65.150 Monitoring equipment.
7.65.160 Inspection and sampling.
7.65.165 Vandalism.
7.65.170 Confidential information.
7.65.180
7.65.184
7.65.185
7.65.190
7.6.6:.1.,O
7,65.198
Part 7. Wastewater Discharge Permits and Authorizations
Wastewater discharge permit and authorization determination.
Wastewater discharge authorization required.
Wastewater discharge permit required.
Wastewater discharge permitting process.
Wastewater discharge permit contents, transfer and modification.
Revision of the wastewater discharge permit program.
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Part 8. Administrative Enforcement
7.65.200 Notification of violation.
7.65.210 Consent orders.
7.65.220 Compliance orders.
7.65.230 Cease and desist orders.
7.65;240, Administrative penalties.
7.65.250 Recovery of costs incurred by the city.
7.65260 Emergency suspension of treatment services.
7.65.270 Termination of treatment services.
7;55°280 Administrative hearing.
788,285 Appeal to the city council.
7.65.290 Judicial review.
7.65.300 Publication of enforcement actions.
7.65.310 Performance bonds and liability insurance.
7.65.320 Operating upsets.
7.65.330 General/specific prohibitions.
7.85340 Bypass.
7.65.350 Records retention.
7.65.360
7.65 x370
7,65.380
7.65.390
7..65,4 00
7,65 410
Part 9. Judicial Enforcement
Judicial remedies.
Injunctive relief.
Civil penalties.
Falsifying information.
Criminal penalties.
Remedies nonexclusive.
Part 10. Additional Provisions
7.65.420 Septage and liquid waste hauling requirements.
7.65.430 Regulations.
7.65.440 Severability.
* Prior ordinance history: Ords. 3491, 97-02, 97-13 and 2000-19.
Part 1. General Provisions
7.65.010 Purpose and policy.
This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for dischargers into the city of Yakima's (city) publicly
owned treatment works (POTW), and enables the city to protect public health in conformity with all
applicable local, state and federal laws relating thereto, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR part 403). This chapter shall apply
to all users of the POTW.
The objectives of this chapter are the following:
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1. To promote the health, safety and welfare of those persons within the city's sewer service
area;
2. To ensure proper and safe connections to the POTW;
3. To prevent the introduction into the POTW that could interfere with the normal operation of
the POTW;
4. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the POTW that would not receive adequate
treatment in the POTW and that would pass through the POTW into receiving waters or the
atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the POTW;
5. To ensure that the quality of biosolids from the POTW is maintained at a level which allows
its utilization and beneficial reuse in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations;
6. To protect POTW personnel who may be affected by wastewater and biosolids in the course
of their employment and to protect the general public;
7. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and biosolids from the
POTW; and
8. To enable the city to comply with its NPDES permit conditions, biosolids utilization and
beneficial reuse requirements and any other federal or state laws to which the POTW is subject.
This chapter provides for the regulation of discharges into the city's wastewater system through the
enforcement of administrative regulations. This chapter authorizes monitoring, compliance, and
enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; and requires discharger
reporting. This chapter also authorizes the city's wastewater division to issue and enforce wastewater
discharge permits. With the issuance of the city's June 15, 2003, NPDES permit, the Washington
State Department of Ecology fully delegated to the city a wastewater pretreatment program pursuant
to 40 CFR Part 403 and WAC Chapter 173-208. This chapter does not provide for the recovery of
operations, maintenance or replacement costs of the POTW or the costs associated with the
construction of collection and treatment systems used by industrial dischargers, in proportion to their
use of the POTW, which are the subject of separate enactments. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.015 Administration.
Except as otherwise provided, the wastewater manager shall administer, implement, and enforce the
provisions of this chapter. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the wastewater manager
may be delegated by the wastewater manager to other city personnel. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part),
2003).
Part 2. Definitions
7.65.020 Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be
as follows:
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"Act" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C..
1251 et seq.), in its current form or as it may be amended.
"Applicable pretreatment standards" for any specified pollutant means the city's specific limitations on
discharge, the state standards or the national categorical pretreatment standards (when effective),
whichever standard is most stringent in a given situation.
"Authorized representative" means:
a. If the industrial discharger is a corporation, the president, secretary, treasurer or a vice-president
of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar
policy or decision-making functions for the corporation, or the manager of one or more manufacturing,
production or operation facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions
which govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of
making capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures
to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure
that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate
information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been
assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures;
b. If the industrial discharger is a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general partner or proprietor,
respectively;
c. If the industrial discharger is a federal, state or local governmental facility, a director or highest
official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the
government facility, or his/her designee;
d. The individuals described in subsections a through c of this definition may designate another
authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or
position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or
having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization
is submitted to the city.
"Backwater valve" means a device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow.
"Best management practices" means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance
procedures and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)
(1) and (b) and treatment requirements, operating procedures and practices to control facility site
runoff, spills or leaks, sludge or waste disposal or drainage from raw materials storage.
"Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)" means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at twenty degrees
centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/L).
"Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system, which receives
the discharged wastewater from inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer
connection, beginning five feet outside the exterior face of the building wall.
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"Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system, which extends from
the end of the building drain and which receives the discharge from the building drain, conveying it to
the public sewer.
"Bypass" means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of an industrial
discharger's treatment facility.
"Categorical pretreatment standards" or "categorical standards" means any regulation containing
pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the
Act (33 U.S.C. 1317) which apply to a specific category of industrial dischargers and which appear in
40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
"City" means the city of Yakima or its authorized deputy, agent or representative.
"Code administration and planning manager" means the director and authorized representatives of
the department of community and economic development of the city of Yakima.
"Color" means the optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption, relative to distilled
water. One hundred percent transmittance is equivalent to zero optical density.
"Composite sample" means the sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater
samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.
"Date of full delegation" means June 15, 2003, the date upon which the city became fully authorized,
pursuant to 40 CFR Part 403 and WAC Chapter 173-208, to administer the wastewater discharge
permit program set forth in Part 7 of this chapter.
"Discharge authorization" means the written permission from the wastewater manager for long-term,
short-term, or temporary discharges into the city's POTW by persons other than significant industrial
users or residential users.
"Discharger—industrial discharger or user" means any nondomestic user who discharges a liquid -
carried effluent, or wastewater, into a POTW by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force
mains, constructed drainage ditches, surface water intercepting ditches, intercepting ditches or any
constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto. The term "industrial discharger" specifically
includes commercial businesses that discharge wastewater other than domestic wastewater.
"Domestic discharger or user" means any single-family or multifamily residential customer or
commercial business customer discharging domestic wastewater only.
"Domestic wastewater" means water from any domestic discharger or user carrying human waste,
kitchen, bath and laundry waste, and housekeeping materials in volumes and/or concentrations
normally associated with residential discharges, together with such groundwater infiltration or surface
waters as may be present.
"Ecology" means the Washington State Department of Ecology.
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"Environmental Protection Agency" or "EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or,
where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the regional water management
division director or other duly authorized official of said agency.
"Existing discharger" or "existing user" means any discharger which was discharging wastewater prior
to the effective date of this chapter.
"Existing source" means any source of discharge of wastewater, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will
be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307
of the Act.
"Floatable oil" means fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from
wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
"Food processing" means the preparation of fruits or vegetables for human or animal consumption,
including, but not limited to, the preparation of fruits or vegetables for wholesale or retail sale by
washing and/or other processes.
"Food processing wastewater" means wastewater that contains wastes generated by food processing
and that is discharged into the food processing wastewater system. "Food processing wastewater"
does not include any domestic or industrial wastewater except as set forth in this section.
"Food processing wastewater sewer" means the system for the collection and treatment of food
processing wastewater. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection,
storage, treatment, recycling, or reclamation of food processing wastewater and any conveyances
that convey food processing wastewater to the food processing wastewater treatment plant.
"Garbage" means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking
and serving of foods.
"Grab sample" means a sample, which is taken from a waste stream without regard totheflow inthe
waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed fifteen minutes.
"Indirect discharge" means the discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants from a source
regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act, into a POTW. The discharge into the POTW is
normally by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches,
surface water intercepting ditches, and all constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto.
"Industrial discharger" means "discharger—industrial discharger or user," as defined in this section.
"Industrial sewer" means a drain or sewer which carries industrial wastewater only, as distinct from
"process sewer," "sanitary sewer" or "storm sewer."
"Industrial wastewater" means water- or liquid -carried waste from any industrial, manufacturing, trade
or business which includes some combination of process wastewater, domestic wastewater,
noncontact cooling water, contaminated stormwater or contaminated leachates, as distinct from
"domestic wastewater" or "process wastewater" or "noncontact cooling water."
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"Interference" means a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from
other sources, inhibits or disrupts the normal operation of the city sewer system, or which causes a
violation of any requirement of the POTW's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation or any increase in
the cost of treatment of sewage or in the cost of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with
the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent
state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1345 et seq.); the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); any state regulations contained in any state
biosolids management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA; the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); and the
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
"Lower explosive limit" or "LEL" means the lowest concentration of a gas -in -air mixture at which the
gas can ignite.
"May" is permissive.
"Medical waste" means isolation wastes, infectious agents, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts,
fomites, etiologic agents, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory
wastes and dialysis wastes.
"mg/L" means milligrams per liter.
"Minor industrial discharger or user (MIU)" means a nondomestic discharger that meets one or more
of the following criteria:
a. Discharges wastewater which meets at least one of the following criteria:
(1) Daily average process wastewater flows exceed five thousand gallons per day, but not more
than twenty-five thousand gallons per day (excluding domestic wastewater and noncontact cooling
water); or
(2) Maximum daily discharge volume which exceeds one percent of the average dry weather
hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW; or
b. Is otherwise deemed by the city to be categorized as an MIU.
"Natural outlet" means any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a
watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
"New discharger" or "new user" means a user that is not regulated under federal categorical
pretreatment standards but that applies to the city for a new building permit or occupies an existing
building and plans to commence discharge of wastewater (other than domestic wastewater) to the
city's collection system after the effective date of this chapter. Any person that buys an existing facility
that is discharging nondomestic wastewater will be considered an existing discharger or existing user
if no significant changes are made in the manufacturing operation.
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"New source" means any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a
discharge of wastewater, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed
pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such source if
such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section; provided, that:
a. The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is
located; or
b. The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process that generates or
causes the discharge of wastewater at an existing source; or
c. The production of wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility or
installation is substantially independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether
these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated
with the existing plant, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of
activity as the existing source should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a
new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting
the criteria of subsection b or c of this definition but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing
process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this section has commenced if the owner or operator
has:
a. Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
(1) Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment, or
(2) Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings,
structures or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source
facilities or equipment; or
b. Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment, which are
intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts, which
can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering and
design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this subsection.
"Noncontact cooling water means water used for cooling, which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished product. Cooling water may be
generated from any use, such as air conditioning, heat exchangers, cooling or refrigeration to which
the only pollutant added is heat.
"Nondomestic discharger or user" means any discharger other than a domestic discharger (i.e., an
industrial discharger or user).
"Nonresidential domestic discharger or user" means any domestic discharger other than single-family
or multifamily residential dischargers or users.
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"North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)" means a system used by business and
government to classify and measure economic activity in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is
in the process of replacing the older Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code System.
"NPDES" means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program as
administered by the EPA or State of Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology).
"O&M" means operation and maintenance,
"Other wastes" means decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, refuse, ashes, garbage, offal,
oil, tar, chemicals and all other substances except sewage and industrial wastewater.
"Pass through" means a discharge or pollutant which enters and subsequently exits the POTW into
waters of the U.S. in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or
discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the city's NPDES
permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
"Permit," unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, means a "wastewater discharge permit" as
defined in this section.
"Permittee" means a person, discharger or user issued a wastewater discharge permit.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, co -partnership, firm, company, corporation, association,
joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal
representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state or local governmental
entities.
"pH" means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the mass of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a hydrogen -ion concentration of 10-7. pH is a
measure of a substance's corrosivity (acidity or alkalinity).
"Pollutant" means any substance discharged into a POTW which, if discharged directly, would alter
the chemical, physical, thermal, biological or radiological integrity of the water of the state, or would or
be likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to the public
health, safety or welfare, or to any legitimate beneficial use, or to any animal life, either terrestrial or
aquatic. Pollutants include, but are not limited to, the following: dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator
residue, sewage, garbage, sewage biosolids, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, industrial
wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt, agricultural and industrial wastes, and the characteristics of the wastewater (i.e., pH,
temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, chemical oxygen demand (COD), toxicity and odor).
"POTW' means publicly owned treatment works (sometimes termed wastewater facilities or
wastewater treatment system or wastewater treatment works or water pollution control facility).
POTW designates a "treatment works" as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1292), which
is owned by the state or municipality. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the
collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes and any
conveyances which convey wastewater to a wastewater treatment plant. The term also means the
municipal entity having responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the treatment works.
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"Pretreatment" means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the
alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of
discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. This reduction or alteration can be
obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, by process changes, or by other means,
except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless specifically allowed by an applicable
pretreatment standard.
"Pretreatment requirement" means any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
other than a pretreatment standard.
"Pretreatment standard" means discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards and local
limits.
"Private wastewater disposal system" means any system of piping, treatment devices or other
facilities, including a septic tank, that conveys, stores, treats or disposes of sewage on the property
where it originates or on adjacent or nearby property under the control of the user where the system
is not connected to a public sewer.
"Process sewer" means a drain or sewer which carries process wastewater only, as distinct from
industrial sewer, sanitary sewer and storm sewer.
"Process wastewater" means water- or liquid -carried waste discharged from one or more industrial,
manufacturing, trade or business practices or from the development, recovery or processing of
natural resources. Process wastewater does not include domestic waste or noncontact cooling water.
Process wastewater may refer to one process discharge or several commingled process discharges.
"Prohibitive discharge standard" means any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307
(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)(c)), the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR part
403), the state or by the city which prohibits the discharge of certain types or characteristics of
wastewater. These prohibitions can be general or specific and are contained in YMC 7.65.060.
"Public sewer" means a sewer constructed for conveyance of liquid wastes, which is controlled by a
public authority.
"Residential discharger or user" means a single-family or multifamily residential customer that
discharges only domestic wastewater to the POTW.
"Sanitary sewer" means a drain or sewer which carries sewage, as distinct from industrial sewer,
process sewer and storm sewer. Sanitary sewers may carry industrial wastewater or process
wastewater commingled with domestic wastewater.
"Septage" or "septic tank waste" means, but is not limited to, septic tank pumping, portable toilet
pumping, sump pumping, camper and trailer pumping.
"Severe property damage" means substantial physical damage to property, damage to the
wastewater treatment or pretreatment facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or
substantial and permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in
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the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not mean economic loss caused by delays in
production.
"Sewage" means water -carried human wastes or a combination of water -carried wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground,
surface, storm or other waters as may be present. (The preferred term is "wastewater.")
"Sewage works" shall have the same meaning as POTW.
"Sewer" means any pipe, conduit, ditch or other device used to collect and transport sewage.
"Shall" is mandatory.
"Significant industrial discharger or user (SIU)" means a nondomestic user of the POTW who:
a. Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
b. Discharges an average of twenty-five thousand gallons per day or more of process wastewater to
the POTW (excluding domestic wastewater and noncontact cooling water); or
c. Contributes a process waste stream which makes up five percent or more of the average dry
weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
d. Is designated as such by the city on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely
affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a nondomestic user meeting the criteria of subsection b, c, or d of this definition
has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any
pretreatment standard or requirement, the city may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to
a petition received from a nondomestic user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)
(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
"Slugload" means any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released in a
single extraordinary discharge episode of such volume or strength as to cause a violation of this
chapter, including, but not limited to, the following: interference to the POTW, or flow rate exceeding
the permitted peak flow, or ten percent of the capacity of the available trunk sewer, whichever is
greater.
"Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code" means a classification pursuant to the "Standard
Industrial Classification Manual" issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
"State" means the state of Washington.
"Storm sewer" (sometimes termed "storm drain") means a drain or sewer which carries storm and
surface waters and drainage, but from which domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater and process
wastewater are intended to be excluded.
"Stormwater" means any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and
resulting therefrom, including snowmelt.
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"Suspended solids" or "total suspended solids (TSS)" means total suspended solids or matter that
either floats on the surface of or is in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
"Temporary discharge" means a discharge on a one-time or temporary basis into the city's POTW of
no more than one year in duration. Significant industrial users are ineligible for authorization for a
temporary discharge.
"Toxic pollutants" means those substances listed in the federal priority pollutant list and any other
pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of
the EPA under Section 307 (33 U.S.C. 1317) of the Clean Water Act.
"Treatment plant effluent" means any discharge of water pollutants from the POTW into waters of the
state.
"Unpolluted water" is water of quality equal to or better than the effluent limitations in effect or water
that would not cause violation of the receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by
discharge to the public sewer and POTW.
"Upset" means an exceptional incident in which a discharger unintentionally and temporarily is in a
state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in YMC 7.65.060 and 7.65.070, or with the terms
of pretreatment standards contained in an applicable wastewater discharge permit or authorization,
due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the discharger, and excluding noncompliance to the
extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment
facilities, lack of preventive maintenance or careless or improper operation thereof.
"WAC" means the Washington Administrative Code.
"Wastewater" means water- or liquid -carried industrial waste, process waste, or domestic waste or
any modification thereof, or any other water -carried waste, including that which may be combined
with any groundwater, surface water, or stormwater, that is or may be discharged to the POTW or a
private wastewater disposal system. For purposes of this chapter, "wastewater" shall also include
"food processing wastewater," as defined in Chapter 7.12.
"Wastewater discharge permit" means an authorization or equivalent control document issued by the
wastewater division pursuant to Part 7 of this chapter allowing the discharger, under certain
limitations, to discharge wastewater to the POTW. The permit shall contain appropriate pretreatment
standards and requirements as set forth in this chapter.
"Wastewater division" means such division of the city of Yakima and includes its manager and
authorized representatives, and includes the term wastewater manager as used in this chapter,.
"Wastewater manager" or "manager" means the supervisor of the wastewater division and includes
authorized representatives of the wastewater manager and wastewater division.
"Wastewater treatment operator" means an individual who performs routine pretreatment duties, or
supervision of such duties, on-site at a discharger's pretreatment facilities which affect effluent
quality, and who (a) holds, at least, a valid State of Washington Wastewater Treatment Operator 1
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certification, or (b) who has successfully completed a course of study which, in the opinion of the
wastewater manager, contains all subject matter reasonably related to the duties of a wastewater
pretreatment operator.
"Wastewater treatment plant" or "treatment plant" means that portion of the POTW designated to
provide treatment of wastewater.
"Watercourse" means a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or
intermittently. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 3. Public Sewer Use Requirements
7.65.030 Use of public sewers required.
A. It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner
on public or private property any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. It is unlawful to discharge into any public storm drain or ditch any wastewater or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this chapter.
C. Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault,
septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater.
D. The owners of all newly constructed houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or other purposes, or owners of houses, buildings or properties utilizing a
cesspool or have a failed on-site septic system shall be compelled to connect such facilities directly
with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of the chapter; provided, that said
public sewer is within two hundred feet of the property line.
E. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment,
recreation or other purposes, and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now
located or may in the future be located a public sewer of the city, are required at the owners' expense
to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within ninety days after date of official notice
to do so; provided, that said public sewer is within two hundred feet of the property line. (Ord. 2006-
07 § 25, 2006: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.040 Private wastewater disposal.
Before commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system, the owner shall first
obtain a written permit from the Yakima health district as set forth in Part 10, as now or as hereafter
may be amended, of said district's "Rules and Regulations Providing for the Regulation of On-site
Sewage Disposal Systems." (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.050 Building sewers and connections.
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A. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or
disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the code
administration and planning manager.
B. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: (1) residential and nonresidential domestic
service, and (2) service to nondomestic dischargers producing industrial wastewater. In either case,
the owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered
pertinent in the judgment of the code administration and planning manager. Permit and inspection
fees shall be paid as required by applicable provisions of this code.
C. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be
borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify and hold harmless the city from any loss or damage
that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. The owner shall
utilize only those construction contractors which are adequately licensed and bonded in accordance
with the city's requirements at the time of connection to the sewer. The licensed and bonded
contractor shall have taken and passed the side sewer installer certification test that is proctored by
the code administration and planning division of the city of Yakima.
D. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, and only on
each building's separate and independent lot, except under the following circumstances:
1. Where one building stands in the rear of another building on an interior lot, and no private sewer
is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining court, yard or driveway,
the building drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole
considered as one building sewer; or
2. Where other circumstances, established to the satisfaction of the code administration and
planning manager, indicate the need for a single sewer connection between separate and
independent lots and there is a legally valid easement over the subservient lot.
The city does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility for damage caused by or
resulting from any single connection.
E. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on
examination and test by the code administration and planning manager, to be in good repair, sized for
the number of fixtures per the plumbing code most recently adopted by the city, to be suitable for this
purpose, and to meet all requirements of this chapter.
F. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be
used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to
the edition of the plumbing code most recently adopted by the city.
G. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the
basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by any approved means
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described in the edition of the plumbing code most recently adopted by the city and found acceptable
by the code administration and planning manager, and discharged to the building sewer.
H. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, areaway drains or other
sources of surface runoff, stormwater or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain, which in
turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sewer, or maintain such a connection.
I. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of
the editions of the building code and plumbing code most recently adopted by the city. All such
connections shall be made gastight and watertight and verified by proper testing. The code
administration and planning manager must approve any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials before installation.
J. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the code administration and planning
manager when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The
connection and testing shall be made under the supervision of the code administration and planning
manager.
K. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and
lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property
disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the city.
L. A properly functioning backwater valve shall be required in any building containing a basement,
except in those situations which would not require a backwater valve as described in the edition of the
building code most recently adopted by the city. The permit to install a backwater valve can be
obtained from the code administration and planning manager. The city shall not be liable for damage
due to wastewater backing up into a building where a properly functioning backwater valve has not
been installed. The city also shall not be liable for damage due to wastewater backing up into a
building where a backwater valve has been installed but has not been properly maintained or
repaired. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 4. Pretreatment Standards and Requirements
7.65.060 Pretreatment standards and requirements.
A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the POTW, directly or indirectly, any
unpolluted waters such as stormwater, surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, swimming pool drainage, condensate, deionized water or noncontact cooling
water, and unpolluted industrial wastewater to any sewer or natural outlet, unless approved by the
wastewater manager and other regulatory agencies whose approval is required by law. (See Part 7 of
this chapter.)
B. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the POTW, directly or indirectly, any
pollutant or wastewater which will cause interference or pass through. Furthermore, no discharger
shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the POTW, directly or indirectly, any of the following
described substances unless discharged pursuant to a valid wastewater discharge permit or
authorization from the wastewater manager:
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1. Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be,
sufficient either alone or by interaction to cause fire or explosion or to be injurious in any other
way to the operation of the POTW, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed cup
flashpoint of less than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit or sixty degrees centigrade using
the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21. At no time shall two successive readings on a
combustible gas meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system),
be over five percent, nor any single reading over ten percent of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of
the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene,
naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates,
perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and any other substances which are a fire hazard or
hazard to the POTW.
2. Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size that they will, or may, cause
reduction of the effective cross-sectional area of a sewer, obstruction to the flow in a sewer, or
other interference with the operation of the POTW. In no case may solids greater than one-
fourth inch in any dimension be discharged to the POTW.
3. Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.5 or higher than 12.0, or having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the
system.
4. Any wastewater having a BOD of more than three hundred mg/L.
5. Any wastewater having a TSS content of more than three hundred mg/L.
6. Any wastewater having a chlorine demand of more than twenty mg/L,
7. Any wastewater having an animal/vegetable (polar) based floatable oil, fat waste, oil or
grease (whether or not emulsified), hexane or ether -soluble matter content in excess of one
hundred mg/L; or a mineral/petroleum (nonpolar) based oil or grease (whether or not
emulsified), hexane or ether -soluble matter content in excess of one hundred mg/L; or any
petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will
cause interference or pass through; or any substance which may solidify or become discernibly
viscous at temperatures above zero degrees centigrade (thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit).
8. Any wastewater containing pollutants in sufficient quantity or concentration, either singly or
by interaction, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard
to humans or animals, or to exceed the limitation set forth in categorical pretreatment standards,
or state or local standards.
9. Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic, noxious or malodorous liquids, gases,
vapors, fumes or solids within the POTW in a quantity that either singly or by interaction are
capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or causing acute worker health and safety
problems, or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and repair.
10. Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or treatment residues, biosolids or
scums to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In
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no case shall a substance be discharged to the POTW that, either alone or in combination with
other discharges, will cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with biosolids use or disposal
criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act; or with any criteria,
guidelines or regulations affecting biosolids use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid
Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., as now or as it may be amended, the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., as now or as it may be amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., as now or as it may be amended, or similar state statutes or
regulations applicable to the biosolids management method being used.
11. Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or other disposal
system permits.
12. Any wastewater which imparts color which cannot be removed by the treatment process,
such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently
imparts color to the treatment plant's effluent thereby violating the city's NPDES permit. Color,
alone or in combination with turbidity, shall not cause the treatment plant effluent to reduce the
depth of the compensation point for photosynthetic activity by more than ten percent from the
seasonably established norm for aquatic life.
13. Any slugload,
14. Any sludges, screenings or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastewater
discharges.
15. Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or
concentration as exceed limits established by the city in compliance with applicable state or
federal regulations.
16. Any wastewater that causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance.
17. Any medical wastes.
18. Any wastewater causing the treatment plant's effluent to fail a toxicity test.
19. Any wastes containing detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances in such
concentrations that they may cause excessive foaming in the POTW.
20. Persistent pesticides and/or pesticides regulated by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., as now or as it may be amended.
C. No discharger shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the POTW, directly or indirectly, any
of the following described substances unless discharged pursuant to a valid wastewater discharge
permit or authorization from the wastewater manager:
1. Any wastewater with a temperature that will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment
plant resulting in interference; but, in no case, wastewater with a temperature at the introduction
into the POTW which exceeds forty degrees centigrade (one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit).
2. Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except pursuant to YMC 7.65.420.
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3. Any dangerous wastes as defined in Chapter 173-303 of the Washington Administrative
Code (WAC), as now or as it may be amended.
4. Flows which have the potential to adversely affect the hydraulic loading of the POTW,
including the following categories:
a. Noncontact cooling water;
b. Stormwater and other direct inflow sources; and
c. Nonpolluted water or water which does not require significant treatment.
D. Wastes prohibited by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they
could be discharged to the POTW. All floor drains located in process or materials storage areas must
discharge to the industrial discharger's pretreatment facility prior to discharging to the POTW.
E. The general and specific prohibitions provided by this section apply to all dischargers to the
POTW whether or not the discharger is subject to categorical pretreatment standards or
requirements. (Ord. 2010-54 § 1, 2010: Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2006-07 § 26, 2006: Ord,
2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.070 Limitations on wastewater strength.
A. National categorical pretreatment standards as adopted and hereafter amended or modified by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Act shall be met by all dischargers
of the regulated industrial categories. The national categorical standards found at 40 CFR Chapter 1,
Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471 are hereby incorporated.
B. State requirements and limitations on discharges to the POTW shall be met by all dischargers
which are subject to such standards in any instance in which they are more stringent than federal
requirements and limitations, or those in this chapter or any other applicable ordinance.
C. The city may from time to time amend this chapter to provide for more stringent limitations or
requirements on discharges to the POTW if such amendments are deemed necessary to comply with
the objectives set forth in YMC 7.65.010, or are otherwise in the public interest.
D. No discharger shall dilute its waste stream with potable or process water in any way, nor mix
separate waste streams for the purpose of diluting a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for
adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the standards set forth in this chapter.
E. No discharger shall discharge wastewater containing concentrations (and/or mass limitations)
that exceed any of the following local discharge limits unless prior written approval has been obtained
from the wastewater division:
Pollutant(1)
Arsenic (As) 0.48
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Cadmium (Cd) 0.049
Chloroform 0.67
Chromium (Cr) 5.0
Chromium (VI) 0.43
Copper (Cu) 0.30
Lead (Pb) 0.19
Mercury (Hg) 0.002
Molybdenum (Mo) 1.14
Nickel (Ni) 2.0
Selenium (Se) 0.419
Silver (Ag) 0.06
Sulfide (liquid phase) 0.5
Zinc (Zn) 4.2
beta -BHC 0.01516
Endosulfan 0.06964
Endrin 0.00383
alpha -Chlordane 0.00716
gamma -Chlordane 0.00367
Chlorpyrifos 0.01298
Lindane 0.13324
Benzene 0.05(3)
BTEX(2) 0.75(3)
(1) All pollutants are analyzed and reported as total mg/L.
(2) BTEX is the sum of the measured concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene.
(3) These pollutants are based upon treatment technology (air stripping/carbon capture) and are
developed for discharges from groundwater cleanup or remediation activities or other effluents containing
benzene and/or BTEX and requiring the installation of treatment.
The above limits apply at the point where the wastewater is discharged to the POTW. All
concentrations for metallic substances are for "total" metal unless indicated otherwise. An industrial
user, through enforcement action and/or permit compliance schedule, may be required to install
treatment or otherwise reduce or halt a discharge of a pollutant to maintain compliance with
pretreatment standards and requirements and prevent interference with the operation of the POTW,
pass through and adverse effects on the quality of the receiving waters, contamination of municipal
biosolids, health and safety hazards to workers in the POTW, or violations of applicable federal or
state regulations. The city may impose mass limitations on discharges in cases where necessary to
be consistent with federal categorical pretreatment standards. Where a discharger is subject to a
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categorical pretreatment standard and a local limit for a given pollutant, the more stringent limit or
applicable pretreatment standard shall apply. The city may establish more stringent pollutant limits,
mass -based limits, additional site-specific pollutant limits, best management practices, or additional
pretreatment requirements when, in the judgment of the city, such limitations are necessary to
implement the provisions of this chapter.
F. All known, available and reasonable methods of pretreatment, in accordance with RCW
90.48.010 and WAC 173-216-020(1), shall be used by a discharger to bring into compliance a
wastewater discharge that does not comply with standards set forth in this chapter.
G. The city reserves the right to enter into special agreements with industrial dischargers setting out
special terms under which they may discharge wastewater to the POTW. In no case will a special
agreement waive compliance with a pretreatment standard or requirement. However, the industrial
discharger may request a net gross adjustment to a categorical standard in accordance with 40 CFR
403.15. They may also request a variance in accordance with 40 CFR 403.13 from the categorical
pretreatment standard from EPA. Such a request will be approved only if the industrial discharger can
prove that factors relating to its discharge are fundamentally different from the factors considered by
EPA when establishing that pretreatment standard. An industrial discharger requesting a
fundamentally different factor variance must comply with the procedural and substantive provision in
40 CFR 403.13. (Ord. 2010-54 § 2, 2010: Ord. 2006-07 § 27, 2006: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.080 Slugload or accidental discharges.
A. Each ............. .. ... ..... a...... .,, .
YXc discharger shall provide protection from a slugload or accidental discharge of prohibited or
regulated materials or substances established by this chapter. Where the city deems it necessary, a
discharger shall provide and maintain, at the discharger's own cost and expense, facilities and
operating procedures to prevent a slugload or accidental discharge of prohibited materials. When
requested to do so, the discharger shall submit to the wastewater manager for review a "slugload
control/spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan" (SC/SPCC plan) showing facilities and
operating procedures to provide this protection. The wastewater manager shall evaluate, at least
once every two years and within one year of a user's initial designation as a significant industrial
discharger, whether each significant industrial user needs an SC/SPCC plan. The SC/SPCC plan
shall contain at a minimum the following elements:
1. Description of discharge practices for batch and continuous processes, including nonroutine and
routine batch discharges;
2. Description of stored hazardous substances, including quantity maintained for each listed
material and a map showing their location;
3. Procedures for immediately notifying the city and any other authorities of any accidental or
slugload discharges, with procedures for follow-up written notification within five days; and
4. Procedures to prevent adverse impact from any accidental or slugload discharge, including, but
not limited to, inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer of materials,
loading and unloading operations, control of plant site runoff, worker training, building of containment
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structures or equipment, measures for containing toxic organic pollutants (including solvents), and/or
measures and equipment for emergency response.
Where applicable, the SC/SPCC plan shall also conform to guidelines found in 40 CFR, Part 112 and
to Ecology's "Guidelines to Prevent, Control, and Contain Spills from the Bulk Storage of Petroleum
Products" (WDOE 83-8), as now or as they may be amended. Each discharger shall complete its
SC/SPCC plan and submit it to the wastewater manager within one hundred twenty days of being
notified by the manager to do so. The wastewater manager will review the SC/SPCC plan before
construction of any prevention facility. No discharger who discharges to the POTW after the aforesaid
date shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until such SC/SPCC plan has been
reviewed by the wastewater manager. Review of such plan by the wastewater manager shall not
relieve the discharger from the responsibility to modify its facility as necessary to meet the
requirements of this chapter.
B. A discharger who has prepared an SC/SPCC plan shall review and evaluate such plan at least
every two years from the date of submittal. As a result of this review and evaluation, the discharger
shall amend the SC/SPCC plan within six months of the review to include more effective prevention
and control technology if: (1) such technology will significantly reduce the likelihood of a spill event
from the facility, and (2) if such technology has been field -proven at the time of the review. The plan
shall be maintained on the plant site and readily available to facility personnel.
C. Dischargers shall verbally notify the wastewater manager immediately upon the occurrence of a
slugload or accidental discharge of substances prohibited by this chapter and take immediate action
to correct the situation. Within five days after the occurrence of the slugload or accidental discharge,
the discharger shall follow up with a written notification to the wastewater division. The notifications
shall include location of discharge, date and time thereof, type of waste, concentration and volume,
and corrective actions taken or to be taken. Any discharger who discharges a slugload of prohibited
materials shall be liable for any expense, loss or damage to the POTW, in addition to any other
liabilities established by this chapter or other city ordinance and the amount of any fines, penalties,
damages or costs assessed against the city by any state or federal agency, court of law or private
individual, as a result of the slugload or accidental discharge.
D. Signs shall be permanently posted in conspicuous places on discharger's premises, advising
employees whom to call in the event of a slug or accidental discharge. Employers shall instruct all
employees who may cause or discover such a discharge with respect to emergency notification
procedures.
E. Significant industrial users shall verbally notify the wastewater manager immediately of any
changes in its facility or operating procedures that will affect its potential for slug discharges. Within
five days of its verbal notification, the discharger shall follow up with a written notification to the
wastewater division. Changes that will affect a facility's potential for slug discharges include, but are
not limited to, significant changes to the hazardous substances stored at the facility and changes to
the discharge practices associated with the facility's operating procedures. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part),
2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.090 Pretreatment facilities.
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A. Dischargers shall provide all known, available and reasonable methods of prevention, control
and pretreatment as required to comply with this chapter and state and federal regulations, and shall
achieve compliance with all applicable pretreatment standards within the time limitations as specified
by appropriate statutes, regulations, chapters and ordinances. Where the city deems it necessary, a
discharger shall provide, properly operate and maintain, at the discharger's own cost and expense,
facilities required to pretreat wastewater to a level acceptable to the city. When requested to do so,
the discharger shall submit detailed plans showing the pretreatment facilities to both the wastewater
manager and the code administration and planning manager for review and acceptance before
construction of the facility. The review of such plans by either the wastewater manager or the code
administration and planning manager shall in no way relieve the discharger from the responsibility of
modifying its facility as necessary to produce an effluent acceptable to the wastewater manager
under the provisions of this chapter. The discharger shall obtain all necessary construction -operating
permits from both the wastewater manager and the code administration and planning manager. Prior
to completion of the pretreatment facility, the discharger shall furnish its plan of operations and
maintenance procedures for the wastewater manager to review. Such pretreatment facilities shall be
under the control and direction of a qualified wastewater treatment operator, as defined in this
chapter.
B. Any subsequent proposal for significant changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of
operation shall be reported prior to and be accepted by the wastewater manager prior to the
discharger's initiation of the changes.
C. Pretreatment facilities shall comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 173-240 and
Section 173-216-110 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) and RCW 90.48.010, as now or
as they may be amended, and with the accepted plan of operations and maintenance procedures.
The city will have the opportunity to audit periodically the compliance of the discharger with all
applicable requirements, and to require changes in the discharger's plan of operations and
maintenance procedures in order to ensure the discharger's continued compliance with these
requirements. The discharger shall then comply with the modified plan of operations and
maintenance procedures, together with all applicable requirements as may be specified by this
chapter and federal and state regulations.
D. All wastes discharged into the food processing sewer shall be adequately screened by a twenty
mesh or finer screen before discharge. An additional screen, with openings not to exceed one-fourth
inch square, shall be installed in a fixed position so that all material must pass through said screen
immediately before entrance into the sewer.
E. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the wastewater
manager, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable or
emulsified grease, fats or oil in amounts exceeding those specified in YMC 7.65.060(6)(7), or any
flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be
required for private living quarters or dwelling units. Such interceptors shall be provided within six
months of receipt of a written request from the wastewater manager to do so. Dischargers who
operate restaurants, cafes, lunch counters, cafeterias, bars or clubs; or hotel, hospital, sanitarium,
factory or school kitchens; or other establishments that serve or prepare food where grease may be
introduced to the sewer system shall have grease interceptors (grease traps) to prevent the discharge
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of fat waste, oil or grease. Take-out food establishments or other establishments that prepare food,
but do not cook in oil or grease, and who serve food only in disposable containers, may be exempted
from this requirement, provided their discharges do not violate YMC 7.65.060 (the general discharge
prohibitions) of this chapter. The grease interceptors shall be installed in the waste line leading from
sinks, drains or other fixtures where grease may be discharged. All new interceptors requested by the
wastewater manager shall be of a type and capacity, conforming to and described in the edition of the
Uniform Building Code most recently adopted by the city, and approved by the code administration
and planning manager, and shall be located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Dischargers must maintain these interceptors in a manner that will always prevent fat waste, oil,
grease, flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients from being carried into the sewer
system. The owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of
the captured material, and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are
subject to review by the wastewater manager. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not
performed by owner's personnel must be performed by waste disposal firms currently licensed by the
Yakima health district. The collected materials removed from such interceptors shall not be disposed
of in sanitary, industrial or storm sewers. Failure to provide or maintain such grease, oil and sand
traps in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be a violation of this chapter and subject
to the sections set forth in Parts 8 and 9 of this chapter. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 5. Fees
7.65.110 Rates, charges and fees.
Rates, charges and fees relating to the pretreatment program established by this chapter shall be as
set forth in Chapter 7.60. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 6. Administration, Reporting and Monitoring
7.65.120 Industrial dischargers.
A. It is unlawful for any industrial discharger to discharge sewage, industrial wastewater or any
other wastes into the city's POTW except as authorized by the city and by Chapter 173-216 WAC, as
now, or as it may be amended.
B. The city shall have the right to deny or condition new or increased contributions of pollutants, or
changes in the nature of pollutants, to the POTW by industrial dischargers where such contributions
do not meet applicable pretreatment standards and requirements or where such contributions would
cause the POTW to violate its NPDES permit. New sources and new dischargers shall not be allowed
to discharge without first complying with the applicable pretreatment standards and requirements.
New sources and new dischargers subject to the permitting or authorization requirements of Part 7 of
this chapter shall comply with those requirements.
C. Compliance by existing sources with categorical pretreatment standards shall be within three
years of the date the categorical pretreatment standard is effective unless a shorter compliance time
is specified in the appropriate subpart of 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N. Direct dischargers with
NPDES permits modified or reissued to provide a variance pursuant to Section 301(i)(2) of the Act
shall be required to meet compliance dates set in any applicable categorical pretreatment standard.
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Existing sources which become industrial dischargers subsequent to promulgation of an applicable
categorical pretreatment standard shall be considered existing industrial dischargers except where
such sources meet the definition of a "new source" within the meaning of this chapter. New sources
and new significant industrial dischargers shall install and have in operating condition, and shall start
up all pollution control equipment required to meet applicable pretreatment standard before beginning
to discharge. Within the shortest feasible time (not to exceed ninety days after the beginning of the
discharge), new sources and new significant industrial dischargers must meet all applicable
pretreatment standards.
D. The wastewater manager shall establish a final compliance deadline date for any existing user
not covered by an applicable categorical pretreatment standard or for any categorical user when the
local limits for said user are more restrictive than the applicable federal categorical pretreatment
standard. Any existing industrial discharger that must comply with a more stringent local limit which is
in noncompliance with any local limits shall be provided with a compliance schedule placed in a
wastewater discharge permit to ensure compliance within the shortest time feasible. (Ord. 2003-74 §
1 (part), 2003).
7.65.130 Industrial discharger identification and data disclosure.
A. The wastewater manager shall develop and implement procedures to identify all possible
industrial dischargers and the character and volume of the discharge from those dischargers. The
wastewater manager shall develop, maintain, and report a list of industrial dischargers as required by
40 CFR 403.8(0(6). As required by 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(iii), the wastewater manager shall develop and
implement procedures to notify all industrial users of applicable pretreatment standards and
requirements.
B. When requested by the city to do so, industrial dischargers shall complete and file with the
wastewater division preliminary or follow-up industrial waste survey (IWS) signed by an authorized
representative of the industrial discharger and in the form prescribed by the wastewater division. This
industrial waste survey shall be filed within thirty days of being received by the industrial discharger,
unless the industrial discharger requests in writing a thirty -day extension from the wastewater
manager and the manager approves the request in writing. Failure to complete this survey shall be
reasonable grounds for terminating service to the industrial discharger and shall be considered a
violation of this chapter. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.140 Reporting requirements for industrial dischargers.
A. Within either one hundred eighty days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment
standard, or the final administrative decision on a category determination under 40 CFR 403.6(a)(4),
whichever is later, existing significant industrial dischargers subject to such categorical pretreatment
standards, and currently discharging to or scheduled to discharge to the POTW, shall be required to
submit to the wastewater manager a report which contains the information listed in this section. At
least one hundred twenty days prior to commencement of their discharge, new sources, and sources
that become significant industrial dischargers subsequent to the promulgation of an applicable
categorical standard, shall be required to submit to the wastewater manager a report which contains
the information listed in this section. A new source shall also be required to report the method of
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pretreatment it intends to use to meet applicable pretreatment standards. A new source shall also
give estimates of its anticipated flow and quantity of pollutants discharged.
The industrial discharger shall submit the information required by this section including:
1. The name and address of the facility including the name of the operator and owners.
2. A list of any environmental control permits held by or for the facility.
3. A brief description of the nature, average rate of production and standard industrial classifications
of the operation(s) carried out by such industrial discharger. This description should include a
schematic process diagram, which indicates points of discharge to the POTW from the regulated
processes.
4. Information showing the measured average daily and maximum daily flow, in gallons per day, to
the POTW from regulated process streams and other streams, as necessary, to allow use of the
combined waste stream formula set out in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
5. A measurement of pollutants.
a. Identification of the categorical pretreatment standards applicable to each regulated process.
b. Submission of the results of sampling and analysis identifying the nature and concentration
(and/or mass, where required by the standard or by the city) of regulated pollutants in the discharge
from each regulated process. The industrial discharger shall take a minimum of one representative
sample to compile the data necessary to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
Instantaneous, daily maximum and long-term average concentrations (or mass, where required) shall
be reported. The sample shall be representative of daily operations and shall be analyzed in
accordance with procedures set out in subsection H of this section. In cases where the pretreatment
standard requires compliance with best management practices or pollution prevention alternatives,
the industrial discharger shall submit documentation as required by that standard to document
compliance with the standard.
c. Sampling must be performed in accordance with procedures set out in subsection 1 of this
section.
d. The city may allow the submission of a baseline report, which utilizes only historical data so long
as the data provides information sufficient to determine the need for industrial pretreatment
measures.
6. A statement from the industrial discharger's authorized representative and certified by a
professional engineer registered in the state of Washington, indicating whether pretreatment
standards are being met on a consistent basis and, if not, whether additional operation and
maintenance (O&M) and/or additional pretreatment is required to meet the pretreatment standards
and requirements.
7. If additional pretreatment and/or O&M will be required to meet the pretreatment standards, the
shortest schedule by which the industrial discharger will provide such additional pretreatment and/or
O&M. The completion date in this schedule shall not be later than the compliance date established for
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the applicable pretreatment standard. Where the industrial discharger's categorical pretreatment
standard has been modified by a removal allowance (under 40 CFR 403.7), the combined waste
stream formula (under 40 CFR 403.6(e)), and/or a fundamentally different factors variance (under 40
CFR 403.13) at the time the industrial discharger submits the report required under subsection A of
this section, the information required by subsections (A)(6) and (7) of this section shall pertain to the
modified limits. If the categorical pretreatment standard is modified by a removal allowance, the
combined waste stream formula, and/or a fundamentally different factors variance after the industrial
discharger submits the report required under subsection A of this section, any necessary
amendments to the information requested by subsections (A)(6) and (7) of this section shall be
submitted by the industrial discharger to the wastewater manager within sixty days after the modified
limit is approved.
The following conditions shall apply to the schedule required by this subsection:
a. The schedule shall contain progress increments in the form of dates for the commencement and
completion of major events leading to the installation and operation of additional pretreatment
facilities required for the discharger to meet the applicable pretreatment standards (such events
include hiring an engineer, completing preliminary and final plans, executing contracts for major
components, commencing and completing installation, beginning and conducting routine operation).
No progress increment referred to above shall exceed nine months.
b. The industrial discharger shall submit a progress report to the wastewater manager no later than
fourteen days following each date in the schedule and the final date of compliance including, as a
minimum, whether or not the discharger complied with the increment of progress, the reason for any
delay, and, if appropriate, the steps being taken by the industrial discharger to return to the
established schedule. In no event shall more than nine months elapse between such progress reports
to the wastewater manager.
8. All baseline monitoring reports must be signed and certified in accordance with subsection K of
this section.
B. Within ninety days following the date for final compliance with applicable categorical
pretreatment standards (deadline date for categorical dischargers published in the appropriate
categorical pretreatment standards, compliance date for noncategorical dischargers established by
the city) or in the case of a new source (new discharger) within thirty days of commencement of the
introduction of wastewater into the POTW, any industrial discharger subject to such pretreatment
standards and requirements shall submit to the wastewater manager a report containing the
information described in subsections (A)(4) through (6) of this section. For industrial dischargers
which may be subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established in accordance with the
procedures in 40 CFR 403.6(c), this report shall contain a reasonable measure of the industrial
discharger's long-term wastewater discharge rate. For all other industrial dischargers subject to
categorical pretreatment standards expressed in terms of allowable pollutant discharge per unit of
production (or other measure of operation), this report shall include the industrial discharger's actual
wastewater discharge rate during the appropriate corresponding sampling period. All compliance
reports must be signed and certified in accordance with subsection K of this section.
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C. Any significant industrial discharger subject to a pretreatment standard shall, at a frequency
determined by the wastewater manager in its discharge permit, but in no case less than twice per
year, submit a report indicating the nature and concentration of pollutants in the discharge which are
limited by such pretreatment standards and the measured or estimated average and maximum daily
flows for the reporting period. All compliance reports must be signed and certified in accordance with
subsection K of this section.
1. The report shall include a record of the concentrations (and mass if specified by the city) of the
limited pollutants that were measured and a record of all flow measurements (average and maximum)
taken at the designated sampling locations, and shall also include any additional information required
by this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder. Production data shall be reported if required
by the city. Both daily maximum and average concentration (or mass, where required) shall be
reported. In cases where the pretreatment standard requires compliance with best management
practices or pollution prevention alternatives, the industrial discharger shall submit documentation as
required by that standard to document compliance with the standard. If a discharger sampled more
frequently than required by the city, it must submit all results of sampling and analysis of the
discharge during the reporting period.
2. Any industrial discharger subject to equivalent mass or concentration limits established by the
city in accordance with procedures provided in 40 CFR 403.6(c) shall submit as part of its report a
reasonable measure of the discharger's long-term production rate.
3. If the city calculated limits to factor out dilution flows or nonregulated flows, the industrial
discharger shall be responsible for providing flows from the regulated process flows, dilution flows
and nonregulated flows.
4. The report shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling, and methods of analysis, and shall
certify that such sampling and analysis is representative of the normal work cycles and expected
pollutant discharges to the POTW.
5. Flows shall be reported on the basis of actual measurement; provided, however, that the city may
accept reports of average and maximum flows estimated by verifiable techniques if the city
determines that an actual measurement is not feasible.
6. Sampling shall be representative of the industrial discharger's actual discharge and collected in
accordance with subsection I of this section. Wastewater monitoring and flow management facilities
shall be properly operated, kept clean and maintained in good working order at all times. The failure
of an industrial discharger to keep its monitoring facility in good working order shall not be grounds for
the industrial discharger to claim that sample results are unrepresentative of its discharge.
7. Where the industrial discharger conducts self-monitoring, the number and frequency of
monitoring shall be prescribed by the city in their discharge permit. The samples shall be processed
at a laboratory accredited by the state. Alternately, at the request of the industrial permittee, the city
may collect and analyze the samples as part of the required sampling and analysis under its NPDES
permit and YMC 7.65.160(E). All costs associated with such testing and analysis shall be the
responsibility of the industrial discharger.
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D. Any industrial discharger subject to this chapter shall report to the wastewater division, in person
or by phone, ninety days prior to any changes in its operations or processes which significantly affect
its wastewater constituents or characteristics, or storage of chemicals, and which take place after the
last report, permit application or environmental survey. These changes include, but are not limited to,
flow, BOD, or TSS increases of twenty percent or greater, the commencement of discharge of any
prohibited or limited substance under YMC 7.65.060(B), and the addition of any process covered by
national categorical pretreatment standards. Formal written notification shall also be made to the
wastewater division at least ten days prior to such change.
E. Any discharger operating under equivalent mass or concentration limits shall notify the
wastewater manager within two business days after the discharger has a reasonable basis to know
that the production level will significantly change within the next calendar month. Any discharger not
notifying the wastewater manager of such an anticipated change shall be required to comply with the
existing limits.
F. All significant industrial dischargers not subject to categorical pretreatment standards and, as
deemed necessary by the wastewater manager, any minor industrial dischargers shall provide to the
wastewater manager the same reports as set forth in subsection A of this section.
G. If sampling performed by an industrial discharger indicates a violation, the industrial discharger
must notify the wastewater manager within twenty-four hours of becoming aware of the violation. The
industrial discharger shall also repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the repeat
analysis to the wastewater manager within thirty days after becoming aware of the violation. Where
the city has performed the sampling and analysis in lieu of the industrial discharger, the city must
perform the repeat sampling and analysis within thirty days after becoming aware of the violation
unless it notifies the industrial discharger of the violation and requires that discharger to perform the
repeat sampling and analysis. The industrial discharger is not required to resample if the POTW
performs monitoring at the industrial discharger's at least once a month, or if the POTW performs
sampling between the industrial discharger's initial sampling and when the industrial discharger
receives the results of this sampling.
H. All pollutant analyses, including sampling techniques, to be submitted as part of a wastewater
discharge permit application or report, shall be performed in accordance with the techniques
prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136 and WAC 173-216-125. If 40 CFR Part 136 or WAC 173-216-125
does not contain sampling or analytical techniques for the pollutant in question, sampling and
analyses must be performed in accordance with procedures approved by the EPA.
I. Except as indicated below, the industrial discharger must collect wastewater samples using
twenty -four-hour flow proportional composite collection techniques. In the event twenty -four-hour flow
proportional composite sampling is infeasible, the wastewater manager may authorize the use of time
proportional composite sampling or a minimum of four grab samples where the industrial discharger
demonstrates that this will provide a representative sample of the actual effluent being discharged to
the POTW and the wastewater manager shall document the decision to allow alternative sampling in
the discharger's facility file. In addition, grab samples may be required to show compliance with
instantaneous discharge limits. Samples to be analyzed for fats, oil and grease (FOG), temperature,
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pH, cyanide, phenols, toxicity, sulfides, metals and volatile organic compounds shall be obtained
using grab collection techniques.
1. Samples should be taken immediately downstream from pretreatment facilities if such exist or
immediately downstream from the regulated or manufacturing process if no pretreatment exists or as
determined by the city. For dischargers subject to categorical pretreatment standards, if other
wastewaters are mixed with the regulated wastewater prior to pretreatment the discharger should
measure the flows and concentrations necessary to allow use of the combined waste stream formula
of 40 CFR 403.6(e) in order to evaluate compliance with the applicable pretreatment standards.
2. All sample results shall indicate the time, date and place of sampling, and methods of analysis,
and shall certify that such sampling and analysis is representative of normal work cycles and
expected pollutant discharges from the industrial discharger. If a discharger subject to the reporting
requirements in and of this section monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by the city, it
must submit the results of this extra sampling and analysis of the discharge as part of its self-
monitoring report.
J. The wastewater manager may use a wastewater grab sample(s) to determine noncompliance
with applicable pretreatment standards.
K. Any reports required by this chapter and submitted by the industrial discharger shall be signed by
an authorized representative of the discharger. Any person signing the report shall make the following
certification:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate,
and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
L. Written reports shall be deemed to have been submitted on the date postmarked. For reports,
which are not mailed, postage prepaid, into a mail facility serviced by the U.S. Postal Service, the
date of receipt of the report shall govern. The wastewater manager shall develop and implement
procedures to receive and analyze reports and other notices submitted by industrial dischargers.
(Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.150 Monitoring equipment.
A. The city may require a discharger to install and operate, at the discharger's own expense,
monitoring equipment to allow inspection, sampling and flow measurement of all discharges into the
sewer system, to assure compliance with this chapter. The monitoring equipment shall be situated on
the discharger's premises, except that if such a location would be impractical or cause undue
hardship on the discharger, the city may allow such equipment to be installed in an accessible public
street or sidewalk area.
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B. There shall be ample room in or near such monitoring equipment to allow accurate wastewater
sampling and preparation of samples for analysis by the discharger and the city. The monitoring
equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition at the expense of
the discharger.
C. All monitoring equipment shall be installed and maintained in accordance with all applicable
standards and specifications. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be
calibrated to ensure their accuracy. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.160 Inspection and sampling.
A. To assess compliance with this chapter, independent of any information provided by an industrial
discharger, the city shall have the right to inspect, conduct surveillance of, and collect wastewater
samples from all monitoring equipment, sewer lines and plant facilities, and to examine and copy any
discharge related records, during all hours that a discharger is operating or whenever employees are
on the premises. The city will normally schedule such inspections upon seven days' notice, but, if
deemed appropriate or necessary, shall have the right to make unscheduled inspections without prior
notice. A permitted or authorized discharger, as a condition of their permit, shall sign a form provided
by the city, that allows authorized city employees right of entry to the discharger's facility to carry out
the duties of the wastewater division under this chapter. The city shall have the right to erect or install,
on the discharger's property, such devices as are reasonably necessary to conduct sampling,
inspection, compliance monitoring or metering operations. It will be unlawful under this chapter to
interfere with any city sampling equipment or samples.
B. Where an industrial discharger has security measures in force which require proper identification
and clearance before entry into its premises, the industrial discharger shall make necessary
arrangements with its security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel
from the city, state, and EPA will be permitted to enter without delay, for the purposes of performing
their specific responsibilities.
C. Failure to allow inspection, sampling, monitoring, metering or copying as authorized by this
section shall be grounds for termination of wastewater treatment services as well as any other
enforcement action authorized under this chapter and deemed appropriate by the wastewater
manager.
D. If the wastewater manager has been refused access to a building, structure or property or any
part thereof, and if the wastewater manager has demonstrated probable cause to believe that there
may be a violation of this chapter or that there is a need to inspect as part of a routine inspection
program of the city designed to verify compliance with this chapter or any permit or order issued
hereunder, then upon application by the city attorney, judge of a competent jurisdiction will issue a
search and/or seizure warrant describing herein the specific location subject to the warrant. The
warrant will specify what, if anything, may be searched and/or seized on the property described. Such
warrant will be served at reasonable hours by the wastewater manager in the company of an
uniformed police officer of the city. In the event of an emergency affecting the public health and
safety, inspections will be made without the issuance of a warrant.
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E. The wastewater manager shall develop and implement procedures to randomly sample and
analyze the effluent from industrial users and conduct surveillance activities to better identify,
independent of information supplied by industrial dischargers, occasional and continuing
noncompliance with applicable pretreatment standards. The wastewater manager shall inspect, and
collect and analyze effluent samples from each significant industrial discharger at least once per year.
The wastewater manager shall investigate instances of noncompliance indicated by information
provided by industrial dischargers and by the wastewater manager's independent inspection,
sampling, and analysis. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.165 Vandalism„
No person shall willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, tamper with, or
prevent access to any structure, appurtenance or equipment, or other part of the POTW. Any person
found in violation of this requirement shall be subject to the sanctions set out in this chapter. (Ord.
2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.170 Confidential information.
A. Information and data furnished to the city with respect to the nature and frequency of discharge
will be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the discharger
specifically requests and is able to demonstrate that the release of such information would divulge
information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets or proprietary
information of the discharger under the laws or regulations of the state or federal government. If a
discharger furnishing a report requests that information provided as part of a report be kept
confidential, and the discharger marks said pages as "confidential," then the portions so marked of a
report or other information which may disclose trade secrets or secret processes protected by state or
federal law, will not be made available for inspection by the public, subject to the provisions of
Chapter 42.17 RCW, as now or as it may be amended, but will be made available upon written
request to governmental agencies for uses related to this chapter, the NPDES permit, state waste
discharge permit and/or the pretreatment programs; provided, however, that such portions of a report
or other information will be available for use by the state or any state agency in judicial review or
enforcement proceedings involving the discharger furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and
characteristics, other "effluent data" as defined by 40 CFR 2.302, and information for which claims of
confidentiality must be denied pursuant to WAC 173-216-080 shall not be recognized as confidential
information and shall be available to the public without restriction.
B. Information accepted by the city as confidential will not be transmitted to any governmental
agency or to the general public by the city until and unless a ten-day notification is given to the
discharger. Once notice of intent to release information has been given to the discharger, if the
discharger fails to contest the release, then any rights created by this section shall be deemed to
have been waived. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 7. Wastewater Discharge Permits and Authorizations
7.65.180 Wastewater discharge permit and authorization determination.
A. All new nonresidential dischargers (domestic and nondomestic) shall submit a completed
preliminary industrial waste survey to the wastewater division for its review and determination of
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whether a wastewater discharge permit or authorization is required. This industrial waste survey shall
be filed within thirty days of being received by the industrial discharger, unless the industrial
discharger requests in writing a thirty -day extension from the wastewater manager and the manager
approves the request in writing. The preliminary industrial waste survey shall be signed by an
authorized representative of the nonresidential discharger and in the form prescribed by the
wastewater division.
The wastewater manager may require either additional information or a follow-up industrial waste
survey (IWS), as described in YMC 7.65.184(B). Should the wastewater manager approve the IWS, it
shall satisfy YMC 7.65.184(B)(1) for purposes of applying for a wastewater discharge authorization, if
applicable. Existing nonresidential dischargers shall submit a preliminary IWS when requested to do
so by the city, (see YMC 7.65.130(B)).
1. Permit Required. Should the wastewater manager determine that a permit is required, the
discharger shall comply with YMC 7.65.185, 7.65.190, and 7.65.195 with respect to such permit..
2. Authorization Required. Should the wastewater manager determine that a written
authorization is required for any nonresidential (domestic or nondomestic) discharge, including a
temporary discharge, the wastewater manager shall determine which of the terms and
conditions in YMC 7.65.190 and 7.65.195, or any other section of this chapter apply. All
wastewater discharge authorizations shall comply with YMC 7.65.184.
When a wastewater discharge authorization is not required it shall not relieve any discharger to the
POTW from the requirement to apply all known, available, and reasonable methods to prevent and
control waste discharges to the waters of the state, or the requirement to obtain approval of plans and
reports for the construction of wastewater facilities, or any other applicable requirement contained in
this chapter or state or federal law. Nothing herein shall limit the authority of the city to take
enforcement action for any unlawful discharge of waste materials or other violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.184 Wastewater discharge authorization required,
A. Authorizations. The wastewater manager may authorize long-term, short-term or temporary
wastewater discharges into the city's sewer system. All authorized wastewater discharges shall
comply with pretreatment standards and regulations (YMC 7.65.060), limitations on wastewater
strength (YMC 7.65.070), and protect the POTW from slugload or accidental discharges (YMC
7.65.080). Failure to comply shall subject the discharger to the enforcement provisions of Part 8
of this chapter and all industrial dischargers located outside of the city's boundaries that receive
authorization to discharge from the city shall accept the city's authority to impose those
enforcement provisions as a condition to discharging wastewater into the city's sewer system.
The wastewater manager may condition the authorization as necessary to comply with the
provisions of this chapter, and may deny requests under this section on the grounds that the
discharge would violate any provision of this chapter.
B. Discharge Authorization Procedure.
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1. Dischargers must submit a completed industrial waste survey (IWS) to the wastewater
manager. The survey shall include a complete written description of the proposed project,
including the reason for the discharge, rate and duration of the discharge, a site map and
plumbing plan showing the location and method to discharge the wastewater, a legal description
of the property, and the name and phone number of a contact person. The survey shall also
contain the following:
a. An analysis of the water to be discharged;
b. Volume of wastewater for discharge,
2. The survey shall be signed by an authorized representative of the discharger,
3. The wastewater manager shall review the survey for completeness and, within thirty days,
may return to the applicant any incomplete survey with a request for information necessary to
complete the survey. Any survey not so returned shall be deemed complete. If returned, the
survey shall not be considered complete unless and until the discharger resubmits the survey
with the requested information.
4. Further information or applications may be requested from the discharger by the wastewater
manager to help determine the status of the discharger or to assist in setting the terms and
conditions of the authorization.
5. Authorization Terms and Conditions. A wastewater discharge authorization shall include
conditions as are deemed reasonably necessary by the wastewater manager to prevent pass
through or interference, protect the quality of POTW's receiving water body, protect worker
health and safety, facilitate biosolids management and beneficial reuse, and protect against
damage to the POTW. The wastewater manager may include any requirement of YMC 7.65.195
or any other section of this chapter to achieve these goals.
6. Notification of a change in the volume or constituents of any authorized discharge shall be
made thirty days in advance of the change to provide the wastewater manager time to consider
if a new authorization will be required (see YMC 7.65.140(D)). (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007:
Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.185 Wastewater discharge permit required..
A. Permit Required of all Significant Industrial Dischargers. On and after the date of full delegation,
no significant industrial discharger shall discharge wastewater into the POTW without first obtaining a
wastewater discharge permit from the wastewater manager. Any violation of the terms or conditions
of a wastewater discharge permit shall be deemed a violation of this chapter. Obtaining a wastewater
discharge permit does not relieve a permittee of its obligation to comply with all applicable federal and
state standards or with any other applicable requirement of this chapter or federal or state law.
1. Existing Significant Industrial Dischargers. Any existing significant industrial discharger
holding a valid wastewater discharge permit that will expire on or after the date of full delegation
shall submit a complete permit application in accordance with YMC 7.65.190 at least ninety days
prior to the expiration of the then -existing permit; provided, that if such renewal will involve an
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increase in volume or a change in the characteristics of discharges beyond those previously
authorized, then the industrial discharger shall submit a complete permit application in
accordance with YMC 7.65.190 at least one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration of the
then -existing permit.
2. A significant industrial discharger whose existing wastewater discharge permit has expired
and who has submitted its reapplication in the time period specified herein shall be deemed to
have an effective wastewater discharge permit until the city issues or denies the new
wastewater discharge permit. A significant industrial discharger whose permit has expired and
who failed to submit its reapplication in the time period specified herein will be deemed to be in
violation of this chapter. As of June 15, 2003, any existing significant industrial discharger that
does not possess a current, valid wastewater discharge permit (issued either by the city or by
Ecology) and that intends to continue such discharge shall immediately submit a complete
permit application to the city in accordance with YMC 7.65.190.
3. New Significant Industrial Dischargers. At least one hundred twenty days prior to the
anticipated start-up, any new source which shall become a significant industrial discharger on or
after the date of full delegation shall submit a complete permit application in accordance with
YMC 7.65.190. Such new source shall not discharge wastewater to the POTW without first
receiving a wastewater discharge permit from the city. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.190 Wastewater discharge permitting process.
A. Permit Application,
1. Applications for permits shall be on forms as prescribed and provided by the wastewater
division. At a minimum, the applicant shall provide all information required by YMC 7.65.140(A).
2. The applicant must pay applicable fees pursuant to YMC 7.65.110 and Chapter 7.60 of the
Yakima Municipal Code.
3. The application shall be signed by an authorized representative of the discharger,.
4. The authorized representative shall sign the following declaration:
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate,
and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
5. The wastewater manager shall review the application for completeness and, within thirty
days, may return to the applicant any incomplete application with a request for information
necessary to complete the application. Any application not so returned shall be deemed
complete. If returned, the application shall not be considered complete unless and until the
applicant resubmits the application with the requested information.
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B. Public Notice.
1. No earlier than five business days after the wastewater discharge permit application is
deemed complete, the city shall publish notice of that application in such a manner to inform and
seek comments from interested and potentially interested persons. This public notice
requirement does not apply to a permit renewal, if there are no increases in volume or changes
in characteristics of discharges beyond those previously authorized.
2. The public notice will include the following:
a. Name and address of the applicant, and if different, of the facility or activity to be
permitted;
b. Brief description of the applicant's activities or operations that result in the discharge
described in the application (e.g., steel manufacturing, fruit packing, livestock feeding
operation);
c. A brief description of the discharge point(s);
d. A brief description of the procedures for the formulation of a final determination,
including the applicable comment period and any means by which interested persons may
comment upon that determination; and
e. Address and phone number of the wastewater division, from which interested persons
may obtain further information.
3. Circulation of public notice shall include at least publishing once a week for two consecutive
weeks, a public notice in the newspaper of greatest circulation in the area of the proposal.
4. The wastewater division may provide the following additional public notification
requirements:
a. Mailing the notice to persons who have expressed an interest in being notified;
b. Mailing the notice to other government agencies with a regulatory interest in the
proposal; and
c. Posting the notice on the premises.
5. The public notice shall include a statement that any person may express their views in
writing to the wastewater division within thirty days of the last date of publication.
6. Any person submitting written comment or any other person may, upon request, obtain a
copy of the wastewater manager's final decision.
7. The wastewater division shall add the name of any person, upon request, to a mailing list to
receive copies of all notices for all applications within particular geographical areas served by
the POTW.
C. Public Hearing.
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1. Any interested person may request a public hearing with respect to permit applications for
which notice is required pursuant to subsection B of this section. Any such request for a public
hearing shall be filed within thirty days of the last date of publication required pursuant to
subsection B of this section and shall indicate the interest of the party filing such request and the
reason a hearing is warranted.
2. The wastewater manager shall hold a hearing if he or she determines there is a significant
public interest.
3. Any hearing held pursuant to this chapter shall be held at a place and time deemed
appropriate by the city.
4. Public notice of any hearing held pursuant to this chapter shall be circulated at least as
widely as the notice of the application.
5. Procedures for the circulation of public notice for hearings shall include at least the
following:
a. Notice shall be published once, at least thirty days in advance of the hearing, in the
newspaper of greatest circulation within the area of the proposal;
b. Notice shall be sent to all persons and agencies to whom individual notice of the permit
application was given pursuant to this section;
c. Notice shall be mailed to any person who submitted written comment on the application
or who requested notice of the wastewater manager's final decision; and
d. Notice shall be mailed at least thirty days in advance of the hearing.
6. The contents of public notice of any hearing held pursuant to this section shall include at
least the following:
a. Name, address and phone number of the city contact holding the public hearing;
b. The purpose of the hearing;
c. Name and address of the applicant;
d. A brief description of the point(s) of discharge;
e. Information regarding the time and location of the hearing;
f. A brief description of the nature of the hearing;
g. A concise statement of the issues raised by the persons requesting the hearing, when
applicable;
h. A brief reference to the public notice issued for each application, including identification
number and date of issuance; and
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i. The address and phone number of the wastewater division, from which interested
persons may obtain information.
D. Final Permit Decision. Within sixty days of the last date of publication required pursuant to
subsection B of this section or, if a public hearing is held pursuant to subsection C of this section
within sixty days of that hearing, the wastewater manager shall either issue or deny the requested
permit. Where public notice is not required pursuant to subsection B of this section, the wastewater
manager shall either issue or deny the requested permit no later than sixty days after the wastewater
discharge permit application is deemed complete. The wastewater manager shall mail notice of the
final permit decision to any person who submitted written comment on the application, testified at any
public hearing regarding the application, or any other person who requested notice of the decision.
(Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.195 Wastewater discharge permit contents, transfer and modification.
A. Permit Terms and Conditions.
1. Any discharge permit issued by the city shall include such conditions as are reasonably
deemed necessary by the wastewater manager to prevent pass through or interference, protect
the quality of the water body receiving the treatment plant's effluent, protect worker health and
safety, facilitate biosolids management and beneficial reuse, and protect against damage to the
POTW, including without limitation:
a. A statement that indicates the duration of the permit, which in no event shall exceed five
years;
b. A statement that the wastewater discharge permit is nontransferable without compliance
with subsection (B) of this section;
c. All known available and reasonable methods of prevention, control and treatment;
d. Applicable pretreatment requirements and local discharge limits, including best
management practices, and prohibited discharge requirements pursuant to this chapter;
e. Self-monitoring, sampling, reporting, notification, technical report submittal, compliance
schedules, and record-keeping requirements. These requirements shall identify pollutants to be
monitored, sampling locations, sampling frequency, and sample type based on federal, state,
and city law;
f. Requirements pursuant to other laws including the state's Hazardous Waste Disposal Act,
Chapter 70.105 RCW, the Solid Waste Management Act, Chapter 70.95 RCW, the federal
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, Public Law 95-190, or any other applicable
local ordinances or state or federal statutes, to the extent that they pertain to the prevention or
control of waste discharges into the waters of the state;
g. Any conditions necessary to meet applicable water quality standards for surface waters;
h. Requirements necessary to avoid conflict with a plan approved pursuant to Section 208(b)
of the Act;
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i. Any conditions necessary to prevent and control pollutant discharges from plant site runoff,
spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or raw material disposal;
j. A statement of applicable civil and criminal penalties for violation of pretreatment standards
and requirements or any applicable compliance schedule; and
k. Requirements to control slug discharges, if determined by the wastewater manager to be
necessary.
2. As a condition of their permit and as required in YMC 7.65.160, the permittee shall allow the
wastewater manager, upon the presentation of credentials and other documents as may be
required by law, which may include a judicial inspection warrant, to:
a. Enter upon the permittee's premises where a regulated facility or activity is located or
conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of the permit;
b. Have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the
conditions of the permit;
c. Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control
equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under the permit;
d. Have the right to sample or monitor waste discharges for the purposes of assuring permit
compliance at any location; and
e. Inspect any production, manufacturing, fabricating or storage area where pollutants,
regulated under the permit, could originate, be stored, or be discharged to the POTW.
3. The permittee shall, at all times, be responsible for the proper operation and maintenance of
any facilities or systems of control installed by the permittee to achieve compliance with the
conditions of the permit. Where design criteria have been established, the permittee shall not
permit flow or waste loadings to exceed approved designed criteria or approved additions
thereto.
4. A new application or supplement to the previous application shall be submitted along with
required engineering plans and reports, whenever a new or increased discharge or change in
the nature of the discharge is anticipated that is not specifically authorized by the current permit.
Such application shall be submitted at least sixty days prior to proposed changes.
5. In the event the permittee is unable to comply with any of the permit terms and conditions
due to any cause, the permittee shall:
a. Immediately take action to stop, contain, and clean up unauthorized discharges or otherwise
stop the violation, and correct the problem;
b. Immediately notify the wastewater division of the failure to comply; and
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c. Submit a detailed written report to the wastewater division within thirty days, unless
requested earlier by the wastewater division, describing the nature of the violation, corrective
action taken to prevent a recurrence, and any other pertinent information.
B. Transfer of a Permit.
1. A permit is automatically transferred to a new owner or operator of the facility if:
a. A written agreement, signed by the new owner, between the old and new owner or operator,
containing a specific date for transfer of permit responsibility, coverage and liability, is submitted
to the wastewater division at least sixty days prior to the specified transfer date; and
b. The wastewater division does not notify the permittee of the need to modify or revoke and
reissue the permit.
2. Unless a permit is automatically transferred according to subsection (B)(1) of this section, a
permit may be transferred only if the permit is modified or revoked and reissued to incorporate
such other requirements as determined necessary by the wastewater division.
C. Modification, Suspension, Revocation and Voiding of Permits.
1. The wastewater division may modify a permit, including the schedule of compliance or other
conditions, if it determines good and valid cause exists, which includes, but is not limited to,
promulgation or revisions of categorical standards, the issuance of a special order, a change in
the POTW, and alterations or additions to the discharger's discharges.
2. Any permit issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked, in whole or in part, by
the wastewater division for, but not limited to, the following reasons:
a. Violation of any permit term or condition;
b. Obtaining a permit by misrepresentation or failure to fully disclose all relevant facts;
c. A material change in quantity or type of waste disposal;
d. Nonpayment of fees associated with the permit;
e. Failure to notify the city of significant changes to the discharge prior to implementing that
change;
f. Falsifying reports;
g. Tampering with monitoring equipment;
h. Intentionally providing nonrepresentative samples;
i. Refusing to allow the city access to the facility premises and records; or
j. Failure to meet a compliance schedule.
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3. Wastewater discharge permits shall be voidable upon cessation of operations. All
wastewater discharge permits issued to a particular discharger are void upon the issuance of a
new discharge permit to that user. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part),
2003).
7.65.198 Revision of the wastewater discharge permit program.
The permit program contained in this chapter shall be revised, as necessary and to the satisfaction of
Ecology, to conform with any changes in applicable rules and regulations that may be adopted by
Ecology or the federal government subsequent to the grant of authority to the city to administer the
wastewater discharge permit program. The city shall submit all amendments of implementing
ordinances or resolutions to Ecology for approval prior to passage. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 8. Administrative Enforcement
7.65.200 Notification of violation.
Whenever the wastewater manager finds that any discharger has violated or is violating this chapter,
or an order issued hereunder, the wastewater manager may serve upon said discharger written
notice of the violation. Within ten days of the receipt date of this notice, an explanation of the violation
and a plan for the satisfactory correction and prevention thereof, to include specific required actions,
shall be submitted to the wastewater manager. Submission of this plan in no way relieves the
discharger of liability for any violations occurring before or after receipt of the notice of violation.
Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the city to take any action, including emergency
actions or any other enforcement action, without first issuing a notice of violation. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1
(part), 2003).
7.65.210 Consent orders.
A. The wastewater manager is hereby empowered to enter into consent orders, assurances of
voluntary compliance, or other similar documents establishing an agreement with the discharger
responsible for the noncompliance. Such orders will include specific action to be taken by the
discharger to correct the noncompliance within a time period also specified by the order. Such
schedules may not extend the compliance date beyond applicable federal deadlines. Consent orders
shall have the same force and effect as compliance orders issued pursuant to YMC 7.65.220 and
shall be judicially enforceable.
B. Failure to comply with any terms or requirements of a consent order by the discharger shall be
an additional and independent basis for termination of wastewater treatment services or for any other
enforcement action authorized under this chapter and deemed appropriate by the wastewater
manager. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.220 Compliance orders,
A. When the wastewater manager finds that a discharger has violated or continues to violate this
chapter or any order issued hereunder, he may issue a compliance order to the discharger
responsible for the violation directing that, following a specified time period, sewer service shall be
discontinued unless adequate treatment facilities, devices or other related appurtenances have been
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installed and are properly operated and maintained. Compliance orders may also contain such other
requirements as might be reasonably necessary and appropriate to address the noncompliance,
including the installation of pretreatment technology, additional self-monitoring and management
practices designed to minimize the amount of pollutants discharged to the sewer. In establishing the
compliance schedule in the compliance order, the wastewater manager will consider applying to the
schedule the conditions provided in YMC 7.65.140(A)(7). A compliance order may not extend the
deadline for compliance established for a federal pretreatment standard or requirement, nor does a
compliance order release the discharger of liability for any violation, including any continuing violation.
Issuance of a compliance order shall not be a prerequisite to taking any other action against the
discharger.
B. Failure to comply with any terms or requirements of a compliance order by the discharger shall
be an additional and independent basis for termination of wastewater treatment services or for any
other enforcement action authorized under this chapter and deemed appropriate by the wastewater
manager. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.230 Cease and desist orders.
When the wastewater manager finds that a discharger has violated or continues to violate this
chapter or any order issued hereunder, the wastewater manager may issue an order to cease and
desist all such violations and direct those persons in noncompliance to: (1) comply forthwith; and (2)
take such appropriate remedial or preventative action as may be needed to properly address a
continuing or threatened violation, including halting operations and terminating the wastewater
discharge. Issuance of a cease and desist order shall not be a prerequisite to taking any other action
against the discharger. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.240 Administrative penalties.
Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, any discharger who is found by the wastewater
manager to have violated any provision of this chapter, or orders issued hereunder, shall be
penalized in the amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation. Each day on which
noncompliance shall occur or continue shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation. Such
assessments may be added to the discharger's next scheduled sewer service charge and the
wastewater manager shall have such other collection remedies as he has to collect other service
charges. Unpaid charges and penalties shall constitute a lien against the individual discharger's
property. Issuance of an administrative penalty shall not be a prerequisite for taking any other action
against the discharger. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.250 Recovery of costs incurred by the city.
Any discharger violating any of the provisions of this chapter who discharges or causes a discharge
producing a deposit or obstruction or causes damage to or impairs the city's POTW shall be liable to
the city for any reasonable expense, loss, fines or damage caused by such violation or discharge.
The city will bill the discharger for the cost incurred by the city for any cleaning, repair, replacement
work or other damages caused by the violation or discharge. Refusal to pay the assessed costs shall
constitute a violation of this chapter enforceable under the provisions of Parts 8 and 9 of this chapter.
(Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
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7.65.260 Emergency suspension of treatment services.
A. The wastewater manager may order the suspension of wastewater treatment service after
informal notice to the discharger if it appears to the city that an actual or potential discharge: (1)
presents or threatens a substantial danger to the health or welfare of persons or to the environment;
or (2) threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW or to violate any pretreatment limits
imposed by this chapter.
B. Any discharger notified of a suspension of the wastewater treatment service shall cease
immediately all wastewater discharges. In the event of a discharger's failure to comply immediately
and voluntarily with the suspension order, the wastewater manager will take such steps as deemed
necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection, to prevent or minimize damage,
including, but not limited to, the POTW, its biosolids or receiving waters, or endangerment to the
health and welfare of any individuals. The city shall have the right of access onto the discharger's
private property to accomplish such severance of the sewer line. The wastewater manager will allow
the discharger to recommence its wastewater discharge when the endangerment has passed, unless
the termination proceedings set forth in YMC 7.65.270 are initiated against the discharger.
C. It is unlawful for any person to prevent or attempt to prevent the city from terminating wastewater
treatment service in an emergency situation, by barring entry, by physically interfering with city
employees or contractors, or by any other means.
D. Any discharger whose wastewater treatment service has been suspended pursuant to this
section shall have the right to a post -suspension hearing to be conducted in accordance with the
procedures set forth in YMC 7.65.280. A discharger which is responsible, in whole or in part, for
imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written statement describing the causes of the
harmful contribution and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence to the wastewater
manager prior to the date of the post -suspension hearing. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.270 Termination of treatment services.
A. The wastewater manager shall have authority to terminate wastewater treatment services for any
discharger if it determines that the discharger has:
1. Failed to accurately report wastewater constituents and characteristics;
2. Failed to report significant changes in operations or wastewater constituents or
characteristics;
3. Refused reasonable access to the discharger's premises for purposes of inspection,
monitoring or sampling;
4. Violated any condition of the discharger's waste discharge permit;
5. Violated any of the provisions of this chapter; or
6. Violated any lawful order of the city issued with respect to the chapter.
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In the event any discharger declines to allow access to the discharger's premises for inspection,
monitoring, or sampling, the wastewater manager shall not enter such premises without first obtaining
a duly issued judicial warrant.
B. The discharger shall be given written notice of the city's decision (and basis or bases therefor) to
terminate wastewater services and shall have the right to a pretermination hearing in accordance with
the provisions of YMC 7.65.280. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.280 Administrative hearing.
A. A discharger shall have the right to an administrative hearing to contest the city's determination:
(1) to suspend the discharger's wastewater services; (2) to terminate the discharger's wastewater
services; (3) to impose administrative penalties against the discharger; (4) to bill the discharger for
costs incurred by the city as a result of the discharger's violation or discharge; or (5) that the
discharger has violated a consent, compliance, or cease and desist order.
B. Any hearing pursuant to this section must be requested by the discharger in writing within fifteen
days after the discharger receives notice of the city's determination. The discharger's written request
for hearing shall be filed with the wastewater manager. Failure to submit a timely notice shall be
deemed to be a failure to exhaust administrative remedies and shall preclude any further review. The
city will conduct the hearing within twenty days of the receipt of the request (or within five days if the
discharger is contesting suspension or termination of wastewater services).
C. The administrative hearing authorized by this section will be held before the city manager or the
city manager's designee. Formal rules of evidence will not apply but the discharger and the city shall
have the right to present witnesses and documentary evidence. The city manager or the city
manager's designee will issue a written decision within ten days of the conclusion of the hearing.
D. Any discharger requesting a hearing shall have the right to make an electronic or stenographic
record of the proceedings. Such record shall be made at the discharger's expense.
E. Except as otherwise provided, all decisions by the city manager or city manager's designee shall
be final and conclusive on all parties unless appealed to the city council under YMC 7.65.285. (Ord.
2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.285 Appeal to the city council.
A. Any decision of the city manager or the city manager's designee rendered pursuant to YMC
7.65.280 may be reviewed by appeal to the city council. The discharger must file written notice of
appeal with the clerk of the city council within fifteen days following notification of such decision or
action. Such notice of appeal shall set forth in reasonable detail the action or decision appealed and
the discharger's grounds for reversal or modification thereof. Failure to submit a timely notice shall be
deemed to be a failure to exhaust administrative remedies and shall preclude any further review.
B. Following receipt of such notice, the clerk of the city council will schedule a date for a public
meeting by the city council at which time the city council shall consider the appeal. The date of the
public meeting should be not later than twenty days following the date the clerk of the city council
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receives notice of the appeal. The clerk of the city council will mail written notice to all parties of
record to apprise them of the meeting date before the city council.
C. City council review of the facts shall be limited to evidence presented to the city manager or the
city manager's designee. The city council may request additional information or memoranda in order
to reach a decision; provided, that all parties of record are given an opportunity to respond to the
material provided.
D. At the public meeting the city council may adopt, amend and adopt, reverse, amend and reverse
the findings, conclusions and decision of the city manager or the city manager's designee or remand
the matter to the city manager or the city manager's designee. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.290 Judicial review.
A. The decision of the city council on an appeal of the decision of the city manager or the city
manager's designee shall be final and conclusive unless within twenty days from the date of final
action, the discharger files a petition for review in a court of competent jurisdiction in the manner
prescribed by law. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.300 Publication of enforcement actions.
A list of all dischargers that experience a significant violation of applicable pretreatment
standards or other pretreatment requirements during the previous twelve months shall be
published, at least annually, by the city in the largest local daily newspaper of general
circulation. For the purposes of this provision, a violation is a significant violation which meets
one or more of the following criteria:
1. Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty-six
percent or more of all of the wastewater measurements taken during a six-month period exceed
(by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous
limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) for the same pollutant parameter;
2. Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty-three
percent or more of all of the wastewater measurements for each pollutant parameter taken
during a six-month period equal or exceed the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or
requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) multiplied by the
applicable TRC (TRC=1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants
except pH);
3. Any other discharge violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement, as defined by 40
CFR 403.3(1) (daily maximum, longer-term average, instantaneous limit or narrative standard)
that the city determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference
or pass through (including endangering the health of the POTW personnel or the general public);
4. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health,
welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the city's exercise of its emergency authority
under YMC 7.65260 to halt or prevent such a discharge;
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5. Failure to meet, within ninety days after the schedule date, a compliance schedule
milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction,
completing construction or attaining final compliance;
6. Failure to provide, within forty-five days after the due date, required reports such as
baseline monitoring reports, compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports and reports on
compliance with compliance schedules;
7. Failure to accurately report noncompliance;
8. Failure to maintain records of pretreatment facility maintenance, including, but not limited to,
cleaning and waste removal dates, and means of disposal of accumulated wastes; or
9. Any other violation or group of violations which causes the city to expend considerable time
or expense in tracking down the source of pollutants detected in the POTW wastewater influent,
or which the city determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of its
pretreatment program. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.310 Performance bonds and liability insurance,.
The wastewater manager may decline to reinstate wastewater treatment services for any discharger
who has had its services suspended or terminated under the provisions of this chapter unless such
discharger, at the discretion of the wastewater manager, either: (1) first files with the wastewater
manager a satisfactory bond, payable to the POTW, in a sum not to exceed a value determined by
the wastewater manager to be necessary to achieve consistent compliance; or (2) first submits proof
that it has obtained financial assurances sufficient to restore or repair POTW damage caused by its
discharge. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.320 Operating upsets.
A. Any discharger that experiences an upset shall inform the wastewater manager of the upset
within twenty-four hours of discovering the upset. Where such information is given orally, a written
report describing the upset shall be filed with the wastewater manager by the discharger within five
days after the discovery. This report shall be based on properly signed, contemporaneous operating
logs or other relevant evidence and shall include:
1. A description of the upset, the cause of the upset and the impact of the upset on the
discharger's compliance with this chapter.
2. The duration of noncompliance (including exact dates and times) and, if noncompliance is
continuing, the time by which the discharger expects to be in compliance.
3. All steps which have been taken or will be taken to prevent the recurrence of the upset.
4. Evidence that the facility was at the time being operated in a prudent and workmanlike
manner and in compliance with applicable operation and maintenance procedures.
B. A timely documented and properly verified operating upset shall be an affirmative defense to any
enforcement action brought by the city against the discharger for failure to comply with this chapter to
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the extent that the enforcement action arises out of violations which occurred during the period of
upset; provided, however, that such an upset shall not relieve the discharger of any other liability for
the upset including, but not limited to, liability for damages sustained by the POTW, the city or third
persons. In any enforcement proceeding, the discharger seeking to establish the occurrence of an
upset shall have the burden of proof. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.330 General/specific prohibitions.
A discharger shall have an affirmative defense to an enforcement action brought against it for
noncompliance with the general prohibition against interference and pass through found in YMC
7.65.060(B), or with the specific prohibitions found in YMC 7.65.060(B)(2), (7), (8), (10) and (13), if it
can prove that it did not know or have reason to know that its discharge, alone or in conjunction with
discharges from other sources, would cause pass through or interference and that either: (1) a local
limit exists under YMC 7.65.070(E) for each pollutant discharged and the discharger was in
compliance with each limit directly prior to, and during, the pass through or interference, or (2) no
local limit exists under YMC 7.65.070(E), but the discharge did not change substantially in nature or
constituents from the discharger's prior discharge when the city was regularly in compliance with its
NPDES permit requirements, and in the case of interference, was in compliance with applicable
biosolids use or disposal requirements. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.340 Bypass.
A. A discharger may allow any bypass to occur which does not cause the pretreatment standards or
requirements of YMC 7.65.060 and 7.65.070 to be violated, but only if it also is for essential
maintenance to assure efficient operation. These bypasses are not subject to the provision of
subsections B and C of this section.
B. If a discharger knows in advance of the need for a bypass, it shall submit prior notice to the
wastewater manager, at least ten days before the date of the bypass if possible. A discharger shall
submit oral notice of an unanticipated bypass that exceeds applicable pretreatment standards to the
wastewater manager within twenty-four hours from the time it becomes aware of the bypass. A
written submission shall also be provided within five days of the time the industrial discharger
becomes aware of the bypass. The written submission shall contain a description of the bypass and
its cause; the duration of the bypass, including exact dates and times, and, if the bypass has not been
corrected, the anticipated time it is expected to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce,
eliminate and prevent reoccurrence of the bypass. The wastewater manager may waive the written
report on a case-by-case basis if the oral report has been received within twenty-four hours.
C. Bypass is prohibited, and the city may take enforcement action against a discharger for a
bypass, unless:
1. Bypass was unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury or severe property damage;
2. There were no feasible alternatives to the bypass, such as the use of auxiliary treatment
facilities, retention of untreated wastes, or maintenance during normal periods of equipment
downtime. This condition is not satisfied if adequate back-up equipment should have been
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installed in the exercise of reasonable engineering judgment to prevent a bypass which occurred
during normal periods of equipment downtime or preventive maintenance; and
3. The discharger submitted notices as required under subsection B of this section,
The wastewater manager may approve an anticipated bypass, after considering its adverse effects, if
the wastewater manager determines that it will meet the three conditions listed in this subsection.
(Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.350 Records retention.
All dischargers subject to this chapter shall retain and preserve for no less than six years any records,
books, documents, memoranda, reports, correspondence and any and all summaries thereof, relating
to monitoring, sampling and chemical analyses made by or on behalf of a discharger in connection
with its discharge. All records which pertain to matters which are the subject of an enforcement action
or litigation shall be retained and preserved by the discharger until all enforcement activities have
concluded and all periods of limitation with respect to any and all appeals have expired, but in no
case less than six years. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 9. Judicial Enforcement
7.65.360 Judicial remedies.
If any person discharges sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes into the city's wastewater
collection or treatment system contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any order issued
hereunder, the wastewater manager, through the city attorney, may commence an action for
appropriate legal and/or equitable relief in the court having jurisdiction over the matter (the city of
Yakima municipal court or the Yakima County superior court). Such judicial action may be in lieu of or
in addition to any other administrative enforcement action authorized herein. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part),
2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.370 Injunctive relief,
Whenever a discharger has violated or continues to violate the provisions of this chapter or order
issued hereunder, the wastewater manager, through counsel, may petition the court having
jurisdiction over the matter (the city of Yakima municipal court or the Yakima County superior court)
for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction or both (as may be appropriate) which
restrains or compels the activities on the part of the discharger. The wastewater manager shall have
such remedies to collect fees as associated with legal costs as it has to collect other sewer service
charges. Such other action as appropriate for legal and/or equitable relief may also be sought by the
city. A petition for injunctive relief need not be filed as a prerequisite to taking any other action against
a discharger. (Ord. 2007-26 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.380 Civil penalties.
A. Any discharger who has violated or continues to violate an order of the city, or who fails to
comply with: (a) any provision of this chapter, or (b) any rule or order of the city, issued pursuant to
this chapter, shall be liable to the city for a civil penalty. The amount of such civil penalty shall be up
to one thousand dollars per violation, plus actual damages incurred by the POTW. Each day upon
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which a violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate violation. Unpaid civil penalties shall
constitute a lien against the individual discharger's property. In addition to the above-described
penalty and damages, the wastewater manager may recover reasonable attorney's fees, court costs
and other expenses associated with the enforcement activities, including sampling and monitoring
expenses. A discharger's failure to pay such civil penalties shall be grounds for termination of
wastewater services.
B. The wastewater manager will petition the court to impose, assess and recover such civil
penalties. In determining the amount of liability, the court will take into account all relevant
circumstances, including, but not limited to, the extent of harm caused by the violation, the magnitude
and duration of the violation, any economic benefit gained through the discharger's violation,
corrective actions by the discharger, the compliance history of the discharger, the city's enforcement
response manual (ERP), which provides guidelines for the assessment of monetary penalties, if
available, and any other factor as justice requires.
C. Filing a suit for civil liabilities shall not be a prerequisite for taking any other action against a
discharger. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.390 Falsifying information.
Any person who knowingly makes any false statements, representations or certifications in any
application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this
chapter, or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or
method required under this chapter (in addition to civil and/or criminal penalties otherwise provided by
law) shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars per violation per day plus costs of prosecution or imprisonment not to exceed ninety
days or both. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.400 Criminal penalties.
Any person who willfully, knowingly, recklessly or negligently violates any provision of this chapter
through any act or omission shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each violation and each day of each violation shall constitute a separate
offense. (Ord. 2006-07 § 28, 2006: Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.410 Remedies nonexclusive.
The provisions in Parts 8 and 9 of this chapter are not exclusive remedies. The city reserves the right
to take any, all, or any combination of these actions against a noncompliant discharger. (Ord. 2003-
74 § 1 (part), 2003).
Part 10. Additional Provisions
7.65.420 Septage and liquid waste hauling requirements.
A. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of cleaning or pumping
out private wastewater disposal systems in the city or to remove, transport or dispose of septage from
private wastewater disposal systems by transporting the same across or along any of the streets,
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alleys or public ways of the city without having first complied with the terms of this section. It is
unlawful for anyone to discharge any trucked or hauled waste including, but not limited to, septage
from private wastewater disposal systems at any location within the city service area, except at
discharge points specifically designated by the POTW or which have been approved in writing by the
wastewater manager. Anyone discharging any trucked or hauled waste into the city's wastewater
collection or treatment system must comply with the pretreatment standards and requirements set
forth in this chapter.
B. No person, firm or corporation engaged in septage hauling will be allowed to discharge septage
into the POTW unless they comply with the following septage hauling requirements:
1. Hold a valid septage hauling permit from the Yakima health district;
2. Carry liability insurance of such kind and in such amount as the city may require to protect
itself from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the discharge of
septage into the POTW;
3. Complete a septage waste manifest (in triplicate) obtained from the wastewater division
prior to arrival at the POTW; and
4. Prevent the commingling of industrial wastewater, process wastewater, biosolids and
domestic wastewater. Any wastewater collected from a business or industry must receive a
written authorization from the wastewater manager before surcharge into the POTW is allowed.
Any wastewater collected from a business or industry must be discharged into the POTW first
before wastewater from another business or industry is collected.
C. The city shall have the right to inspect and sample any trucked or hauled waste before allowing
its discharge to the POTW to verify compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any applicable
federal or state laws.
D. The city shall have the right to refuse the discharge of any trucked or hauled waste to the POTW
if it determines within its absolute discretion that the discharge of such trucked or hauled waste would
not comply with the provisions of this chapter and any applicable federal or state laws.
E. The discharge of any trucked or hauled waste containing hazardous wastes, as defined under
applicable federal and state laws and regulations, to the POTW shall be strictly prohibited.
F. Failure to comply with the terms of this section shall subject the person, firm or corporation
responsible for the failure to the penalties specified in Part 8 of this chapter. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part),
2003).
7.65.430 Regulations.
The wastewater manager will have the authority to promulgate written regulations consistent with this
chapter. (Ord. 2003-74 § 1 (part), 2003).
7.65.440 Severability.
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The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any provision of this chapter, or the application of
any provision of this chapter to any circumstance is held invalid, the application of such provision to
other circumstances, and the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby. (Ord. 2003-74 §
1 (part), 2003).
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DATE
ADDRESS
Dear Manager,
EPA mandates the implementation of the General Pretreatment Regulations 40 CFR 403, to all
businesses that may affect the City of Yakima (City) publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
Businesses are classified as minor industrial users (MIUs) based on the category of the
business, and by characteristics and volume of wastewater being discharged.
After performing an inspection of your business located at ADDRESS, the City's Pretreatment
Program has determined it to be classified as a MIU.
As a MIU, the facility will be charged a sewer pretreatment (SPT) charge on your wastewater
bill. The charge will be in accordance with § 7.60.105 C. of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
This charge covers periodic testing performed by the City to ensure compliancy with wastewater
discharge limits set by the Pretreatment Program. It will also allow the Pretreatment crew to
inspect and monitor the facility as needed. Best Management Practices will also be reviewed
during the inspections.
Please note that if a unique sample port (sampling manhole) is not available, wastewater
discharge samples will be collected from the nearest downstream manhole. For information
regarding sample port installation requirements, please contact my office.
if you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (509) 575-6077.
Sincerely,
Arlene Carter
Pretreatment Supervisor
Wastewater Division
NAIC#
Business Name
Street Address
238330
B AND E HOME CARPET CLEANING
905 W NOB HILL BLVD
238330
BUDGET CARPET CENTER
802 W NOB HILL BLVD
238330
CASCADE CARPET CLEANING
116 N 69TH AVE
31.1340
COPPER POT CARAMELS LLC
4906 SUMMITVIEW AVE
311520
LA SUPER ICE CREAM
610 N 18TH AVE
311611
FOREST ACRES INC
531,1 BITTERROOT WAY
311811
CAKE KISS
5609 SUMMITVIEW AVE
311811
CREACIONES 5 HERMANOS
201 W WALNUT AVE #C
311811
J'S CUSTOM CAKES
3602 KERN RD
322211
DIE TECHS
315 S 4TH AVE
323119
INSTANT PRESS INC
805 SUMMITVIEW AVE
423850
JANITOR'S CLOSET
109 5 4TH AVE
423860
GE AVIATION
2720 W WASHINGTON AVE
423930
CHICAGO JUNK & MACHINE CO
13 S 3RD AVE
424460
CLAM ACRES
2304E NOB HILL BLVD.
424690
CH2O INC
610 N 16TH AVE
44111.0
AUTO MAX USA
1701.5 1ST ST
441110
JALISCO AUTO SALES & BODY SHOP INC
705 5 3RD 5T
441.110
JOEL ELDER'S SUNDANCE AUTO SALES INC
505 5 1ST ST
441120
AC AUTO SALES
715 S 2ND ST
441120
AC AUTO SALES 111
1222 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
AR1 AUTO SALES
501 S 1ST ST
441120
ARREOLAS AUTO SALES WRECKING
305 CHALMERS ST
441120
ARREOLA'S AUTOMOTIVE INC
300 CHALMERS ST
441120
AUTO SMART
514 5 3RD ST
441120
BACK IN THE DAY MOTOR SPORTS
1606 N 1ST ST
441120
BAEZA AUTO SALES INC
1320 5 7TH ST
441120
BOATS-N-STUFF
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
BRONCO AUTO SALES
1710 S 3RD AVE
441120
BROWN BOYS INC
614 5 1ST ST
441120
BRUCE KIRKHAM'S AUTO WORLD LLC
2018 S 1ST ST
441120
BUY HERE - PAY HERE
1602 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
CITY MOTORS OF YAKIMA
817 N 16TH AVE
441120
DELUX AUTO SALES/DELUX AUTO GLASS
1817 S 1ST ST
441120
ED & MOE'S
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
EL PATRON AUTO SALES
502 5 2ND ST
441120
ESTRADA AUTO SALES
516 S 3RD ST
441120
EZ DRIVE AUTO SALES ESTEBAN GONZALEZ
709 E NOB HILL BLVD
441120 'GREAT
AMERICAN CAR CO
1111 5 1ST 5T
441120
J & M AUTO SALES
206 S 4TH AVE
441120
J & V AUTOS & RV'S
503 N 21ST AVE
441120
LUXURY LANE AUTO SALES
615 S 1ST ST
441120
MARQUIS AUTO SALE
116 5 15T ST
441210
HILLS AUTO SALES & RV LLC
1728 S 1ST ST
441221
HEART AND SOUL CYCLES LLC
703 S 1ST AVE #1
441222
A J MARINE REPAIR
902 W NOB HILL BLVD
441222
D & L DRYDOCK
5010 W CHESTNUT AVE
441222
DONS DRY DOCK MARINA INC
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441229
JON'S GOLF & SKI
1700 FRUITVALE BLVD
441310
A & L TRUCK SUPPLY
915 S 1ST ST
441310
ARREOLA AUTO NEW PARTS AND TIRES
514 5 1ST ST #C
441310
AUDIO KING AND TINTING
700 E NOB HILL BLVD
441310
AUTO ZONE #3384
3722 W NOB HILL BLVD
441310
AUTOWERX
1101 N 16TH AVE #106
441310
CENTRAL SALVAGE & AUTO WRECKING LTD
601 S 1ST AVE
441310
CENTRAL SALVAGE & AUTO WRK
6 E RACE ST
441310
,CHRIS°RECOVERY SHOP LLC
1418 E NOB HILL BLVD
441310
FINAL CHOICE CUSTOMS
6 E RACE ST
443.310
FINAL CHOICE CUSTOMS
712 5 1ST ST
441310
GEORGE ZIMMER DIST INC
605 S 1ST ST
441310
HENDO'S ACCESSORIES INC
503 S 3RD AVE
441310
JAKE'S CUSTOM AUTO
912 TERRACE HEIGHTS WY
441310
KENWORTH NORTHWEST INC
907 5 18TH ST
441310
LENARD'S AUTO MACHINING
2603 ENGLEWOOD AVE
441320
AFFORDABLE TIRE CENTER
206 W MEAD AVE
441320
ALL SERVICES INC
905 LINDY LN
441320
BIG "0" TIRE STORE
2601 W NOB HILL BLVD
441320
COMMERCIAL TIRE INC
141.15 1ST ST
441320
EL PRIMO TIRES
66 W MEAD AVE
441320
GOODYEAR TIRE CENTER OF YAKIMA
1 E LINCOLN AVE
441320
JOEL'S TIRES
1203 N 40TH AVE
445110
GFS WALMART
1400 LAKESIDE CT STE 105
445110
LA MILPA MARKET
602 1/2 W NOB HILL BLVD
445120
3-W TRUCKING INC
309 S 4TH AVE
445120
7 - ELEVEN #27556G
1601 FRUITVALE BLVD
445120
DOWNTOWN SUPER FOODS
316 S 3RD ST #100
445120
FRUITVALE MARKET
1408 FRUITVALE BLVD
445120
GLESNER'S MARKET
1326 5 FAIR AVE
445120
HOKUS POKUS BEER & DELI
2401 W NOB HILL BLVD #A
445210
MATTERHORN MEATS & DELI
1313 N 16TH AVE
445230
MANANTIAL
910 E NOB HILL BLVD
447110
AMPM 5714
1601 W WASHINGTON AVE
447110
BENCHMARK SHELL
1202 N 1ST ST
447110
BREWERS GREYHOUND SERVICE
3922 FRUITVALE BLVD
447110
BREWERS IN -MART II
3922 FRUITVALE BLVD
484120
KENNEDY TRANSPORTATION INC
1901 N 2ND ST
484121
ARS TRANSPORT BROKERAGE LLC
3601 W WASHINGTON AVE #2B
522220
COALCOMAN AUTO SALES INC
1723 5 1ST ST
532111
HERTZ CORPORATION
2300 W WASHINGTON AVE #2
532112
BUDGET RENT A CAR OF YAKIMA
2300 W WASHINGTON AVE
541611
FAMILY MEDICINE OF YAKIMA
504 N 40TH AVE
541611
INTEGRATED MEDICAL EXAMINERS LLC
2117 W LINCOLN AVE
541612
BELLEVUE HEALTHCARE!! INC YAKIMA VALLEY
702 N 1ST AVE #B
541850
ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING LLC
3402 W WASHINGTON AVE STE 112
541890
HOLM SALES
1002 N 6TH AVE
541890
IMPACT DIRECTORIES
1113 FRUITVALE BLVD #1
541920
FABULOUS CLEANING & CISNEROS PHOTOGRAPHY
701 N 1ST ST STE 202
541921
CHRISTEL CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY
3810 W NOB HILL BLVD STE 102
541921
DANIELLE BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHY
6 S 2ND ST #404
541921
DURAPHOTOGRAPHY LLC
513 N FRONT ST #W
541921
EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOS LLC
11 N 11TH AVE #106
541921
HIS CREATION PHOTO
809 S 27TH AVE
541940
LINCOLN VETERINARY CLINIC
1715 W LINCOLN AVE
541990
CENT WA THERMAL IMAGING
1300 N 40TH AVE SUITE 111
611512
EXPLORE AVIATION LLC
2401 S ST AVE
611512
MCCORMICK AIR CENTER LLC
3210 W WASHINGTON AVE
621110
APPLE VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE
1008 S 38TH AVE #110
62117.0
CENT WA INTERNAL MEDICINE/ENDOCRINE
111 5 11TH AVE #321
621510
INTERPATH LABORATORY INC
1114 W SPRUCE ST
621510
MEDICAL CENTER LABORATORY
1120 W SPRUCE ST
621511
DIAGNOSTIC VASCULAR LABORATORIES LLC
3911 CASTLEVALE RD #105
623310
APPLE CREEK INC
513 W WASHINGTON AVE
623312
CHANDLER HOUSE
701 N 39TH AVE
623312
COVENANT HOUSE
226516TH AVE
623312
ELLEN HOUSE AFH
616 5 30TH AVE
623312
FIELDSTONE MEMORY CARE
4120 ENGLEWOOD AVE
624410
A CHI DS PLACE 2
7 5 7TH AVE
624410
APPLE VALLEY PRESCHOOL CHILDCARE
1020 S 26TH AVE
624410
APPLE VALLEY SITE
7 N 88TH AVE
624410
BUCKLE MY SHOE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
108 5 3RD AVE
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
615 N 15TH AVE
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
723 5 8TH ST
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
1002 5 72ND AVE
624410
COTTAGE KIDS CHILDREN CENTER
604 SUPERIOR LN
624410
COUNTRY KIDS
911 N 21ST AVE
624410
EARLY LEARNING CENTER
219 S 30TH AVE
624410
JIEWETT CENTER
212 E F ST
624410
JOYFUL NOISE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
402 N 2ND ST
624410
LEARNING TOGETHER EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
7105 ALPINE WAY
624410
MANZO LETICIA
1008 5 22ND AVE
624410
RAMIREZ CHILD CARE CENTER
305 W LINCOLN AVE
624410
SONSHINE CHILDCARE CENTER
7809 TIETON DR
624410
TAYLOR TOTS CHILDCARE CENTER INC
315 N 5TH AVE
624410
WEST VALLEY CHILD CARE ASSOC MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE
1500 S 75TH AVE
624410
YAKIMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CHILDCARE)
212 5 6TH AVE
713910
APPLE TREE GOLF COURSE
8804 OCCIDENTAL RD
721110
BALI - HAI MOTEL
710 N 1ST ST
721110
DAYS INN
1504 N 1ST ST
721110
ECONOMY INN MOTEL
1405 N 1ST ST
721191
A TOUCH OF EUROPE B&B INN
220 N 16TH AVE
722110
BERT'S PUB
5110 TIETON DR #100
722110
BLUE HILLS TACOS
1509 TIETON DR #B
722110
EL RINCON RESTAURANT
3704 FRUITVALE BILVD
722110
LOS AMIGOS NATURAL JUICES
1009 N 1ST ST#A
722210
CASA VITTORE COFFEE BISTRO
212 E YAKIMA AVE
72227.1
5TH AVE DELI
415 W WALNUT ST
722211
ANTOJITOS MICHOACAN
1408 5 1ST ST
722211
DUTCH BROS COFFEE
6520 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
EL SOMBRERO TAQUERIA
911 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
FLIPPER'S FRESH WATER
401 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
FUEL COFFEEHOUSE
28 N 1ST ST
722211
HUMMINGBIRD CAFE CBM
3 W YAKIMA AVE
722211
KIMBERLY'S
2011 W WASHINGTON AVE
722211
LA MONTANA
1408 E NOB HILL BLVD
722211
LA OAXAQUENA TAMALES
326 N 1ST ST
722211
LUCERITO FAMILY FOOD
1205 N 1ST ST #102
722213
ALADDIN'S HOOKAH LOUNGE
2209 W NOB HILL BLVD
722213
BASKIN ROBBINS
3802 W NOB HILL BLVD
722213
BOEHM'S CANDY AT YAKIMA
5645 SUMMITVIEW AVE
722213
CAFE' AMORE
14 N 7TH AVE
722213
CRUISIN COFFEE
111 E WASHINGTON AVE
722213
FOUNTAIN FRUIT
12 E WASHINGTON AVE #1
722213
GOURMET TRIO DELI & EXPRESSO
1230 1ST ST
722213
JIMMY JOHN'S GOURMET SUB SHOP
122 E YAKIMA AVE
722213
JITTER BEAN ESPRESSO BAR
1020 5 3RD AVE
722310
ANGELA & ANTHONY CREATIVE CUISINE
9 5 8TH AVE
722320
FIESTA CATERING
18 S 3RD ST
722320
JULIA'S CATERING
111 E YAKIMA AVE
722330
A TASTE OF HAWAII
FRANKLIN PARK
722330
ALL AMERICAN ICE CREAM
1416 S 16TH AVE
722330
ARIEL
809 W NOB HILL BLVD
722330
DANIEL'S PLACE
19 5 3RD ST CINCO DE MAYO EVENT 2014
722330
EL JALISIENSE
608 E NOB HILL BLVD
722330
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
101 N 79TH AVE
722330
HUMBERTO MACIAS/GIOVANNY MACIAS
7 5 6TH ST
722410
BOBS KEG & CORK
27 N FRONT ST
722515
C ENTERPRISES
104 E CHESTNUT AVE
722515
COOL BEANS LLC
326 N 1ST ST
722515
COOL BEANS YAKIMA LLC
910 W NOB HILL BLVD
722515
DREAMGIRLS ESPRESSO
1323 5 8TH ST
723930
ELITE TIRE CENTER
1611 S 1ST ST
811110
AUTO TECNO
916 N 28TH AVE #B
8111.10
LIL' RICKYS AUTO SERVICE
6601 TIETON DR #F
811111
A&Z AUTO SERVICE
920 N 26TH AVE
811111
A-1 RIGBY AUTOMOTIVE
510 5 4TH AVE
811111
AB TRANSMISSION LLC
3711 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE
609 5 1ST ST
811111
ALL - BETTER TRUCK REPAIR
1001 MADISON AVE
811111
ALL AMERICAN AUTO ELECTRIC
1013 TIETON DR
811111
APPLE VALLEY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE LLC
1413 RIVER RD
811111
AUTO ART & COLLISION REPAIR LLC
1718 5 18TH ST
811111
AUTO HAUS
2012 FRUITVALE BLVD
811111
AUTO TECH
901 N 5TH AVE
811111
AUTOMETRICS LLC
813 N FRONT ST
811111
AZTECA AUTO REPAIR & BODY SHOP
920 N 26TH AVE
811111
BADILLO AUTO ELECTRIC
813 S 3RD ST
811111
BIC AUTOMOTIVE
13 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
BONNIE & CLYDES TUNE UP LLC
501 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111
BOSLER'S AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
502 5 3RD ST
811111
BRITISH CENTRAL
502 N 18TH AVE
811111
BUNGER AUTO REPAIR
922 N 6TH AVE
81111.1.
C & C AUTOMOTIVE
22 RANCH RITE RD
811111
CHET'S TRUCK REPAIR & SALES INC
3003 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
DAVID'S AUTOMOTIVE
718 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111
DRIVE LINE SERVICE OF YAKIMA INC
730 N 16TH AVE #5
811111
EL SOL AUTO REPAIR
1503 FRUITVALE BLVD
811111
ELECTRO MECHANICS GUADALAJARA
705 $ 3RD ST
811111
GREASE MONKEYS
2518 S 215T AVE
811111
HARLEY'S CHUCK WAGON
216 S 5TH AVE
811111
HEAD GASKET SERVICE
304 5 1ST ST
811111
11'5 MOTORS
718 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111
JULIAN'S BODY SHOP
611 N FRONT ST
811111
LOPEZ AUTO DETAIL
207 5 6TH AVE
811111
LOS AMIGOS AUTO REPAIR
313 S 2ND ST
811111
MASTERLUBE INC
902 N 1ST AVE
811112
A MUFFLER BANDIT INC
601 1/2 5 1ST ST STE #L
$11112
BONNIE & CLYDE MUFFLER CENTER
105 E NOB HILL BLVD
811118
BONNIE & CLYDES BRAKE CTR INC
109 E NOB HILL BLVD
811118
FORASTERO AUTOMOTIVE
1806 E BIRCH ST #102
811121
2 PERFECTION AUTO BODY
1517 5 18TH ST
811121
ABSOLUTE AUTO
503 E NOB HILL BLVD
811121
APPLE BODY SHOP
1601E NOB HILL BLVD
811121
AUTOCRAFT PAINT & BODY WORKS LLC
1804 S 3RD AVE
$11121
BASIC BODY WORK
920 N 26TH AVE
811121
CENTRAL AUTO BODY & PAINTING
2302 S 1ST ST
811121
CRABTREE'S HOT RODS & BOATS
1807 SLIGER
811121
E M AUTO BODY
1303 S 18TH ST
811121
FARIAS CUSTOM CARS
1521 5 18TH ST
811121
GABBARD STREET RODS & AUTO FABRICATION
1706 FRUITVALE BLVD
811121
GORDO'5 AUTO BODY PARTS
516 5 3RD ST
$11121
LEONARD PAUL
1314 E NOB HILL BLVD
$11121
LUIS AUTO BODY SHOP & REPAIR
610 N 18TH AVE
811121
MEAD BODY SHOP
1211 E MEAD AVE
811122
GENUINE AUTO GLASS OF YAKIMA LLC
401 W WALNUT AVE
811190
B & B FRAME & ALIGNMENT WORKS
606 FRUITVALE BLVD
811190
B & E AUTO DETAILING
905 W NOB HILL BLVD
811190
GEORGE'S AUTO BODY
1723 S 1ST ST
811190
JOKERS CUSTOM AUTO BOXES
809 W NOB HILL BLVD
811191
JIFFY LUBE 3689
301 5 1ST ST
811192
GTO CAR WASH
10 W YAKIMA AVE
811192
IMPERIAL AUTO DETAIL
1609 W LINCOLN AVE
811198
ACTNOW AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
217 S 2ND AVE
811198
JBR MOTORS
2001 FRUITVALE BLVD
811198
KLEAN KARZ
407 S 2ND AVE
811198
LUIGI'S AUTO DETAIL
1611 5 1ST ST
811219
ALLIANT COMMUNICATIONS INC
18 W MEAD AVE
811310
BUTLER'S WELDING
1909 LONGFIBRE AVE
811310
CASCADE SIGN & FABRICATION
108 W MEAD AVE
811310
DIESEL TECH MACHINING INC
619 W J ST
MISTER PAPAS EL JAROCHO
305 W CHESTNUT AVE
MOJITOS BISTRO & LOUNGE LLC
1102 W NOB HILL BLVD
MOJO'S
1003 W YAKIMA AVE
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
511 N 44TH AVE
MUHAREB AUTOBODY
817 N 16TH AVE
NICK'S AUTO REPAIR
305 WILLOW ST #B
NORTH TOWN COFFEEHOUSE
32 N FRONT ST #103
OIL CAN HENRY'S
414 S 72ND AVE
OIL CAN HENRY'S
3805 RIVER RD
PAPA MURPHY'S PIZZA
64 W NOB HILL BLVD
PEPIN 4-WHEELIN INC
214 S 5TH AVE
PEREZ ICE CREAM
1002 N 20TH AVE
PICKADILLY'S CAFE & BISTRO LLC
1017 5 48TH AVE #A
PIRATE'S BREW CAFE
207 5 6TH AVE
PRIME CUT MEATS & DELI
120 5 72ND AVE #102
PROMPT PRINTERY
313 5 4TH AVE
R 5 MECHANICAL L L C
4E1ST
R T H TRUCKING
704 N 20TH AVE
R&J ORIGINAL KETTLE CORN
30 5 3RD ST
RED APPLE MOTEL
416 N 1ST ST
RED CARPET MOTOR INN
1608 FRUITVALE BLVD
RENO'S AUTOMOTIVE
308 5 2ND AVE
1RIBS&THINGS
19S3RD ST
RICH SISTERS CATERING
5808 SUMMITVIEW AVE STE E
RICK'S GARAGE
210 W MEAD AVE
S&A AUTO SALES
1804 S 3RD AVE
S&S AUTOBODY LLC
303 W WASHINGTON AVE
5&W SALES
4001 SUMMITVIEW AVE PMB #5
SANTO'S AUTO BODY
,610 N 18TH AVE
SDR AUTO SALES
922 N 6TH AVE
SE WASHINGTON AGING & LONG TERM CARE
7200 W NOB HILL BLVD STE #12
SHAVED ICE
18 S 3RD ST
SILVER EAGLE MOTEL
2101 FRUITVALE BLVD
SMITTYS CONOCO #190
301 N 1ST ST
SMITTYS CONOCO #70
3508 FRUITVALE BLVD
SMITTYS MINI MART #60
304 W MEAD AVE
5MITTYS OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT INC
2010 FRUITVALE BLVD
SNYDER'S GERMAN SAUSAGE HAUS
3504 W NOB HILL BLVD #C
SPEEDWAY AUTO SALES
320 S 1ST ST
STEPHANIE'S AUTO SALES
1609 E NOB HILL BLVD
STEPHENS METAL PRODUCTS INC
3209 W WASHINGTON AVE
STREAMLINE SHAVED ICE CO
3714 TIETON DR
SUB SHOP OF YAKIMA LLC
20 N 2ND ST
SUBWAY #10324
1607 W LINCOLN AVE
SUBWAY #17791
613 N 1ST ST
SUBWAY #1,8869
1300 N 40TH AVE #117
SUBWAY 436788
210 5 72ND AVE #100
SUBWAY #3842
2301 W NOB HILL BLVD #7
SUBWAY 446233
123 E YAKIMA AVE 4100
SUBWAY 46870
2402 5 1ST ST 4100
SUBWAY 46331
4001 SUMMITVIEW AVE STE12
SUGAR SHACK
1302 S FAIR AVE
SUPERIOR LAUNDRY
906 N 4TH ST
SUSIE'S SALOON AND COWBOY CLUB
1023 N 15T ST
SWEET CURVES
709 W YAKIMA AVE
SWEET TREATS
111 5 18TH ST
SWEET TREATS & MORE
611 5 74TH AVE,
SWEETIE PIE BABY CAKES LLC
3 N 6TH AVE
SWITZER MOTORS
1806 FRUITVALE BLVD
TEODORO'S ICE CREAM
610 N 18TH AVE
TONE'S AUTO REPAIR
1806 E BIRCH ST #100
TOP NOTCH MOTORS
1915 FRUITVALE BLVD
TROPICAL SMOOTHIES
185 3RD ST
UXO COFFEE
111 5 11TH AVE
UXO COFFEE
110 5 9TH AVE
VALLE AUTO REPAIR
1517 5 18TH ST
VALLEY AUTOMOTIVE CENTER
914 TERRACE HGTS WAY
VALLEY FORD
910 5 1ST ST
VIV'S AUTO SALES
1517 S 18TH ST
WASHINGTON AUTO BODY
810 E RU SE LN
WESTERN MOTEL
1202 FRUITVALE BLVD
WILSON AUTOMOTIVE
1517 1/2 5 3RD AVE
403 5 2ND ST
XTREME AUTO BODY SHOP
YAKIMA CRAFT BREWING -TAPROOM ON THE AVE
120 E YAKIMA AVE
YAKIMA MOTORS
411 S 3RD AVE 42
YAKIMA TIRE SHOP
401 S 3RD ST
NAIC#
Business Name
5i "ye t address.
238330
B AND E HOME CARPET CLEANING
905 W NOB HILL BLVD
238330
BUDGET CARPET CENTER
802 W NOB HILL BLVD
238330
CASCADE CARPET CLEANING
116 N 69TH AVE
311340
COPPER POT CARAMELS LLC
4906 SUMMITVIEW AVE
311520
LA SUPER ICE CREAM
610 N 18TH AVE
311611
FOREST ACRES INC
5311 BITTERROOT WAY
311811
CAKE KISS
5609 SUMMITVIEW AVE
311811
CREACIONES 5 HERMANOS
201 W WALNUT AVE #C
311811
J'S CUSTOM CAKES
3602 KERN RD
322211
'DIE TECHS
3J S S 4TH AVE
323119
INSTANT PRESS INC
805 SUMMITVIEW AVE
423850
JANITOR'S CLOSET
109 5 4TH AVE
423860
GE AVIATION
2720 W WASHINGTON AVE
423930
CHICAGO JUNK & MACHINE CO
13 5 3RD AVE
424460
CLAM ACRES
2304 E NOB HILL BLVD.
424690
'CH20 INC
610 N 16TH AVE
441110
AUTO MAX USA
1701 S 1ST ST
441110
JALISCO AUTO SALES & BODY SHOP INC
705 S 3RD ST
441110
JOEL ELDER'S SUNDANCE AUTO SALES INC
505 S 1ST ST
441120
AC AUTO SALES
715 5 2ND ST
441120
AC AUTO SALES III
1222 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
AR1 AUTO SALES
501 5 1ST ST
441120
ARREOLAS AUTO SALES WRECKING
305 CHALMERS ST
441120
ARREOLA'S AUTOMOTIVE INC
300 CHALMERS ST
441120
AUTO SMART
514 S 3RD ST
441120
BACK IN THE DAY MOTOR SPORTS
1606 N 1ST 5T
441120
BAEZA AUTO SALES INC
1320 S 7TH 5T
441120
BOATS-N-STUFF
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
BRONCO AUTO SALES
1710 S 3RD AVE
441120
BROWN BOYS INC
614 5 15T ST
441120
BRUCE KIRKHAM'S AUTO WORLD LLC
2018 S 1ST ST
441120
BUY HERE - PAY HERE
1602 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
CITY MOTORS OF YAKIMA
817 N 16TH AVE
441120
DELUX AUTO SALES/DELUX AUTO GLASS
1817 5 1ST ST
441120
ED & MOE'S
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441120
EL PATRON AUTO SALES
502 5 2ND ST
441120
ESTRADA AUTO SALES
516 S 3RD ST
441120
EZ DRIVE AUTO SALES ESTEBAN GONZALEZ
709 E NOB HILL BLVD
441120
GREAT AMERICAN CAR CO
11115 1ST ST
441120
J & M AUTO SALES
206 S 4TH AVE
441120
J & V AUTOS & RV'S
503 N 21ST AVE
441120
LUXURY LANE AUTO SALES
615 5 1ST ST
441120
MARQUIS AUTO SALE
116 5 1ST ST
441210
HILLS AUTO SALES & RV LLC
1728 5 1ST ST
441221
HEART AND SOUL CYCLES LLC
703 5 1ST AVE #1
441222
AJ MARINE REPAIR
902 W NOB HILL BLVD
441222
D & L DRYDOCK
5010 W CHESTNUT AVE
441222
DONS DRY DOCK MARINA INC
3699 FRUITVALE BLVD
441229
JON'S GOLF & SKI
1700 FRUITVALE BLVD
NAIC#
Business Name
Street Address.
441310
'A & L TRUCK SUPPLY
915 S 1ST ST
441310
ARREOLA AUTO NEW PARTS AND TIRES
514 5 1ST ST #C
441310
AUDIO KING AND TINTING
700 E NOB HILL BLVD
441310
AUTO ZONE #3384
3722 W NOB HILL BLVD
441310
AUTOWERX
1101 N 16TH AVE #106
441310
CENTRAL SALVAGE & AUTO WRECKING LTD
601 S 1ST AVE
441310
CENTRAL SALVAGE & AUTO WRK
6 E RACE ST
441310
CHRIS' RECOVERY SHOP LLC
1418 E NOB HILL BLVD
441310
FINAL CHOICE CUSTOMS
6 E RACE ST
441310
FINAL CHOICE CUSTOMS
712 S 1ST ST
441310
GEORGE ZIMMER DIST INC
605 S 1ST ST
441310
HENDO'S ACCESSORIES INC
503 5 3RD AVE
441310
JAKE'S CUSTOM AUTO
912 TERRACE HEIGHTS WY
441310
'KENWORTH NORTHWEST INC
907 5 18TH ST
2603 ENGLEWOODAVE
441310
LENARD'SAUTO MACHINING
441320
AFFORDABLE TIRE CENTER
206 W MEAD AVE
441320
ALL SERVICES INC
905 LINDY LN
441320
BIG "O' TIRE STORE
2601 W NOB HILL BLVD
441320
COMMERCIAL TIRE INC
1411 S 1ST ST
441320
EL PRIMO TIRES
66 W MEAD AVE
441320
GOODYEAR TIRE CENTER OF YAKIMA
1 E LINCOLN AVE
441320
JOEL'S TIRES
1203 N 40TH AVE
445110
GFS WALMART
1400 LAKESIDE CT STE 105
445110
LA MILPA MARKET
602 1/2 W NOB HALL BLVD
445120
3-W TRUCKING INC
309 S 4TH AVE
445120
7 - ELEVEN #27556G
1601 FRUITVALE BLVD
445120
DOWNTOWN SUPER FOODS
316 S 3RD ST #100
445120
FRUITVALE MARKET
1408 FRUITVALE BLVD
445120
GLESNER`S MARKET
1326 S FAIR AVE
445120
HOKUS POKUS BEER & DELI
2401 W NOB HILL BLVD #A
445210
MATTERHORN MEATS & DELI
1313 N 16TH AVE
445230
MANANTIAL
910 E NOB HILL BLVD
447110
AMPM 5714
1601 W WASHINGTON AVE
447110
BENCHMARK SHELL
1202.N 1ST ST
447110
BREWERS GREYHOUND SERVICE
3922 FRUITVALE BLVD
447110
BREWERS MINI -MART II
3922 FRUITVALE BLVD
484120
KENNEDY TRANSPORTATION INC
1901 N 2ND ST
484121
ARS TRANSPORT BROKERAGE LLC
3601 W WASHINGTON AVE #2B
522220
COALCOMAN AUTO SALES INC
1723 5 1ST 5T
532111
HERTZ CORPORATION
2300 W WASHINGTON AVE #2
532112
BUDGET RENT A CAR OF YAKIMA
2300 W WASHINGTON AVE
541611 iFAMILY
MEDICINE OF YAKIMA
504 N 40TH AVE
541611
INTEGRATED MEDICAL EXAMINERS LLC
2117 W LINCOLN AVE
541612
BELLEVUE HEALTHCARE 1I INC YAKIMA VALLEY
702 N 1ST AVE #B
541850
ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING LLC
3402 W WASHINGTON AVE STE 112
541890
HOLM SALES
1002 N 6TH AVE
541890
IMPACT DIRECTORIES
1113 FRUITVALE BLVD #1
541920
FABULOUS CLEANING & CISNEROS PHOTOGRAPHY
701 N 1ST ST STE 202
NA1C#
iness Name
Street Address
541921
CHRISTEL CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY
3810 W NOB HILL BLVD STE 102
541921,
DANIELLE BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHY
6 5 2ND ST #404
541921
DURAPHOTOGRAPHY LLC
513 N FRONT ST #W
541921
EXTREME SPORTS PHOTOS LLC
11 N 11TH AVE #106
541921
HIS CREATION PHOTO
809 5 27TH AVE
541940
LINCOLN VETERINARY CLINIC
1715 W LINCOLN AVE
541990
CENT WA THERMAL IMAGING
1300 N 40TH AVE SUITE 111
611512
EXPLORE AVIATION LLC
2401 5 21ST AVE
611512
MCCORMICK AIR CENTER LLC
3210 W WASHINGTON AVE
621110
APPLE VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE
1008 S 38TH AVE #110
621110
CENT WA INTERNAL MEDICINE/ENDOCRINE
1.11 S 11TH AVE #321
621510
INTERPATH LABORATORY INC
1114 W SPRUCE ST
621510
1MEDICAL CENTER LABORATORY
1120 W SPRUCE ST
621511
DIAGNOSTIC VASCULAR LABORATORIES LLC
3911 CASTLEVALE RD #105
623310
APPLE CREEK INC
513 W WASHINGTON AVE
623312
CHANDLER HOUSE
701 N 39TH AVE
623312
COVENANT HOUSE
226 5 16TH AVE
623312
ELLEN HOUSE AFH
616 5 30TH AVE
623312
FIELDSTONE MEMORY CARE
4120 ENGLEWOOD AVE
624410
A CHILDS PLACE 2
7 S 7TH AVE
624410
APPLE VALLEY PRESCHOOL CHILDCARE
1020 S 26TH AVE
624410
APPLE VALLEY SITE
7 N 88TH AVE
624410
BUCKLE MY SHOE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
108 5 3RD AVE
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
615 N 15TH AVE
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
723 5 8TH ST
624410
CDI HEAD START SERVING CENTRAL WA
1002 S 72ND AVE
624410
COTTAGE KIDS CHILDREN CENTER
604 SUPERIOR LN
624410
COUNTRY KIDS
911 N 21ST AVE
624410
EARLY LEARNING CENTER
219 5 30TH AVE
624410
JEWETT CENTER
212 E F ST
624410
JOYFUL NOISE EARLY LEARNING CENTER
402 N 2ND ST
624410
LEARNING TOGETHER EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
7105 ALPINE WAY
624410
MANZO LETICIA
1008 S 22ND AVE
624410
RAMIREZ CHILD CARE CENTER
305 W LINCOLN AVE
624410
SONSHINE CHILDCARE CENTER
7809 TIETON DR
624410
TAYLOR TOTS CHILDCARE CENTER INC
315 N 5TH AVE
624410
WEST VALLEY CHILD CARE ASSOC MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE
1500 5 75TH AVE
624410
YAKIMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CHILDCARE)
212 S 6TH AVE
713910
APPLE TREE GOLF COURSE
8804 OCCIDENTAL RD
721110
BALI - HAI MOTEL
710 N 1ST ST
721110 ,DAYS
INN
1504 N 15T ST
721110
ECONOMY INN MOTEL
1405 N 1ST ST
721191
ATOUCH OF EUROPE B&B INN
220 N 16TH AVE
722110
BERT'S PUB
5110 TIETON DR #100
722110
BLUE HILLS TACOS
1509 TIETON DR #B
722110
EL RINCON RESTAURANT
3704 FRUITVALE BLVD
722110
LOS AMIGOS NATURAL JUICES
1009 N 1ST ST #A
722210
CASA VITTORE COFFEE BISTRO
212 E YAKIMA AVE
NAIC?
Business Name
Street. Address
722211
5TH AVE DELI
415 W WALNUT ST
722211
ANTOJITOS MICHOACAN
1408 5 1ST ST
722211
DUTCH BROS COFFEE
6520 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
EL SOMBRERO TAQUERIA
911 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
FLIPPER'S FRESH WATER
401 W NOB HILL BLVD
722211
FUEL COFFEEHOUSE
28 N 1ST ST
722211
HUMMINGBIRD CAFE CBM
3 W YAKIMA AVE
722211
KIMBERLY'S
2011 W WASHINGTON AVE
722211
LA MONTANA
1408 E NOB HILL BLVD
722211
LA OAXAQUENA TAMALES
326 N 1ST ST
722211
LUCERITO FAMILY FOOD
1205 N 1ST ST #102
722213
ALADDIN'S HOOKAH LOUNGE
2209 W NOB HILL BLVD
122213
BASKIN ROBBINS
3802 W NOB HILL BLVD
722213
BOEHM'S CANDY AT YAKIMA
5645 SUMMITVIEW AVE
722213
CAFE' AMORE
CRUISIN COFFEE
14 N 7TH AVE
111 E WASHINGTON AVE'.
722213
722213
FOUNTAIN FRUIT
12 E WASHINGTON AVE #1
722213
GOURMET TRIO DELI & EXPRESSO
1230 1ST ST
722213
JIMMY JOHN'S GOURMET SUB SHOP
122 E YAKIMA AVE
722213
JITTER BEAN ESPRESSO BAR
1020 S RD AVE
722310
ANGELA & ANTHONY CREATIVE CUISINE
9 5 8TH AVE
722320
FIESTA CATERING
18 5 3RD ST
722320
JULIA'S CATERING
111 E YAKIMA AVE
722330
ATASTE OF HAWAII
FRANKLIN PARK
722330
ALL AMERICAN ICE CREAM
1416 S 16TH AVE
722330
ARIEL
809 W NOB HILL BLVD
722330
DANIEL'S PLACE
19 5 3R0 ST CINCO DE MAYO EVENT 2014
722330
ELJALISIENSE
608 E NOB HILL BLVD
722330
GOOD THINGS TO EAT
101 N 79TH AVE
722330
HUMBERTO MACIAS/GIOVANNY MACIAS
7 S 6TH ST
722410
8085 KEG & CORK
27 N FRONT ST
722515
C ENTERPRISES
104 E CHESTNUT AVE
722515
COOL BEANS LLC
326 N 1ST ST
722515
COOL BEANS YAKIMA LLC
910 W NOB HILL BLVD
722515
DREAMGIRLS ESPRESSO
1323 5 8TH ST
723930
ELITE TIRE CENTER
1611 5 1ST ST
811110
AUTO TECNO
916 N 28TH AVE #B
811110
LIL' RICKYS AUTO SERVICE
6601 TIETON DR 1IF
811111
A&Z AUTO SERVICE
920 N 26TH AVE
811111
A-1 RIGBY AUTOMOTIVE
510 5 4TH AVE
811111
AB TRANSMISSION LLC
3711 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE
609 S 1ST ST
811111
ALL - BETTER TRUCK REPAIR
1001 MADISON AVE
811111
ALL AMERICAN AUTO ELECTRIC
1013 TIETON DR
$11111
APPLE VALLEY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE LLC
1413 RIVER RD
811111
AUTO ART & COLLISION REPAIR LLC
1718 5 18TH ST
811111
AUTO HAUS
2012 FRUITVALE BLVD
811111
AUTO TECH
901 N 5TH AVE
811111
AUTOMETRICS LLC
813 N FRONT ST
NAIC#
Business Name
Street Address
811111
AZTECA AUTO REPAIR & BODY SHOP
920 N 26TH AVE
811111
BADILLO AUTO ELECTRIC
813 5 3RD ST
811111
BIC AUTOMOTIVE
13 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
BONNIE & CLYDES TUNE UP LLC
501 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111,
BOSLER'S AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
502 S 3RD ST
811111
BRITISH CENTRAL
502 N 18TH AVE
811111
BUNGER AUTO REPAIR
922 N 6TH AVE
811111
C & C AUTOMOTIVE
22 RANCH RITE RD
811111
CHET'S TRUCK REPAIR & SALES INC
3003 W WASHINGTON AVE
811111
DAVID'S AUTOMOTIVE
718 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111
DRIVE LINE SERVICE OF YAKIMA INC
730 N 16TH AVE #5
811111
EL SOL AUTO REPAIR
1503 FRUITVALE BLVD
811111
ELECTRO MECHANICS GUADALAJARA
705 5 3RD ST
811111
GREASE MONKEYS
2518 S 21ST AVE
811111
HARLEY'S CHUCK WAGON
216 S 5TH AVE
811111
HEAD GASKET SERVICE
304 S 1ST ST
811111
11'5 MOTORS
718 E NOB HILL BLVD
811111
JULIAN'S BODY SHOP
611 N FRONT ST
811111
LOPEZ AUTO DETAIL
207 5 6TH AVE
811111
LOS AMIGOS AUTO REPAIR
313 S 2ND ST
811111
MASTERLUBE INC
902 N 1ST AVE
811112
A MUFFLER BANDIT INC
601 1/2 S 1ST ST STE #L
811112
BONNIE & CLYDE MUFFLER CENTER
105 E NOB HILL BLVD
811118
BONNIE & CLYDES BRAKE CTR INC
109 E NOB HILL BLVD
811118
FORASTERO AUTOMOTIVE
1806 E BIRCH ST #102
811121
2 PERFECTION AUTO BODY
1517 5 18TH ST
811121
ABSOLUTE AUTO
503 E NOB HILL BLVD
811121
APPLE BODY SHOP
1601 E NOB HILL BLVD
$11121
AUTOCRAFT PAINT & BODY WORKS LLC
1804 5 3RD AVE
811121
BASIC BODY WORK
920 N 26TH AVE
811121
CENTRAL AUTO BODY & PAINTING
2302 5 1ST ST
811121
CRABTREE'S HOT RODS & BOATS
1807 SLIGER
811121
E M AUTO BODY
1303 S 18TH ST
811121,
FARIAS CUSTOM CARS
1521 S 18TH ST
811121
GABBARD STREET RODS & AUTO FABRICATION
1706 FRUITVALE BLVD
811121
GORDO'S AUTO BODY PARTS
516 S 3RD ST
811121
LEONARD PAUL
1314E NOB HILL BLVD
811121
LUIS AUTO BODY SHOP & REPAIR
610 N 18TH AVE
1811121
MEAD BODY SHOP
1211 E MEAD AVE
811122
GENUINE AUTO GLASS OF YAKIMA LLC
401 W WALNUT AVE
811190
B & B FRAME & ALIGNMENT WORKS
606 FRUITVALE BLVD
811190
B & E AUTO DETAILING
905 W NOB HILL BLVD
811190
GEORGE'S AUTO BODY
1723 S 1ST ST
811190
JOKERS CUSTOM AUTO BOXES
809 W NOB HILL BLVD
811191
JIFFY LUBE 3689
301 S 1ST ST'
811192
GTO CAR WASH
10 W YAKIMA AVE
811192
IMPERIAL AUTO DETAIL
1609 W LINCOLN ,AVE
811198
ACTNOW AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR
217 5 2ND AVE
NAIL#
8 aslness Name
Street Address
811198
JBR MOTORS
2001 FRUITVALE BLVD
811198
KLEAN KARZ
407 S 2ND AVE
811198
LUIGI'S AUTO DETAIL
1611 S 1ST ST
811219
ALLIANT COMMUNICATIONS INC
18 W MEAD AVE
1811310
BUTLER'S WELDING
1909 LONGFIBRE AVE
811310
CASCADE SIGN & FABRICATION
108 W MEAD AVE
811310
(DIESEL TECH MACHINING INC
619 W 1ST
MISTER PAPAS EL JAROCHO
305 W CHESTNUT AVE
MOJITOS BISTRO & LOUNGE LLC
1102 W NOB HILL BLVD
MOJO'S
1003 W YAKIMA AVE
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
511 N 44TH AVE
MUHAREB AUTOBODY
817 N 16TH AVE
NICK'S AUTO REPAIR
305 WILLOW ST #B
NORTH TOWN COFFEEHOUSE
32 N FRONT ST #103
OIL CAN HENRY'S
414 S 72ND AVE
OIL CAN HENRY'S
3805 RIVER RD
PAPA MURPHY'S PIZZA
64 W NOB HILL BLVD
PEPIN 4-WHEELIN INC
214 5 5TH AVE
PEREZ ICE CREAM
1002 N 20TH AVE
PICKADILLY'S CAFE & BISTRO LLC
1017 5 48TH AVE #A
PIRATES BREW CAFE
207 5 6TH AVE
PRIME CUT MEATS & DELI
120 5 72ND AVE #102
PROMPT PRINTERY
313 S 4TH AVE
RSMECHANICALLLC
4EIST
R T H TRUCKING
704 N 20TH AVE
R ORIGINAL KETTLE CORN
30 5 3RD ST
RED APPLE MOTEL
415 N 1ST ST
RED CARPET MOTOR INN
1608 FRUITVALE BLVD
RENO'S AUTOMOTIVE
308 5 2ND AVE
RIBS & THINGS
19 5 3RD ST
RICH SISTERS CATERING
5808 SUMMITVIEW AVE STE E
RICK'S GARAGE
210 W MEAD AVE
S&A AUTO SALES
1804 5 3RD AVE
S&S AUTOBODY LLC
303 W WASHINGTON AVE
S&W SALES
4001 SUMMITVIEW AVE PM B #5
SANTO'S AUTO BODY
610 N 18TH AVE
SDR AUTO SALES
922 N 6TH AVE
SE WASHINGTON AGING & LONG TERM CARE
7200 W NOB HILL BLVD STE #12
SHAVED RCE
18 5 3RD ST
SILVER EAGLE MOTEL
2101 FRUITVALE BLVD
SMITTYS CONOCO #190
301 N 1ST ST
SMITTYS CONOCO #70
3508 FRUITVALE BLVD
SMITTYS MINI MART #60
304 W MEAD AVE
SMITTYS OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT INC
2010 FRUITVALE BLVD
SNYDER'S GERMAN SAUSAGE HAUS
3504 W NOB HILL BLVD #C
SPEEDWAY AUTO SALES
320 S 1ST ST
STEPHANIE'S AUTO SALES
1609 E NOB HILL BLVD
STEPHENS METAL PRODUCTS INC
3209 W WASHINGTON AVE
STREAMLINE SHAVED ICE CO
3714 TIETON DR
NAIC#
Business Name
Street Address
SUB SHOP OF YAKIMA LLC
20 N 2ND ST
SUBWAY#10324
1607 W LINCOLN AVE
SUBWAY #17791
613 N 1ST ST
SUBWAY #18869
1300 N 40TH AVE 44117
SUBWAY #36788
210 S 72ND AVE #100
SUBWAY#3842
2301 W NOB HILL BLVD 417
SUBWAY #46233
123 E YAKIMA AVE #100
SUBWAY #6870
2402 S 1ST ST #100
SUBWAY 46331
4001 SUMMITVIEW AVE STE12
1302 S FAIR AVE
SUGAR SHACK
SUPERIOR LAUNDRY
906 N 4TH ST
SUSIE'S SALOON AND COWBOY CLUB
1023 N 1ST ST
SWEET CURVES
709 W YAKIMA AVE
SWEET TREATS
111 5 18TH ST
SWEET TREATS & MORE
611 5 74TH AVE
SWEETIE PIE BABY CAKES LLC
3 N 6TH AVE
SWITZER MOTORS
1806 FRUITVALE BLVD
TEODORO'S ICE CREAM
610 N 8TH AVE
TONES AUTO REPAIR
1806 E BIRCH ST #100
TOP NOTCH MOTORS
1915 FRUITVALE BLVD
TROPICAL SMOOTHIES
18 5 3RD ST
UXO COFFEE
111 5 11TH AVE
UXO COFFEE
110 S 9TH AVE
VALLE AUTO REPAIR
1517 5 18TH ST
VALLEY AUTOMOTIVE CENTER
914 TERRACE HGTS WAY
VALLEY FORD
910 5 1ST ST
VIV'S AUTO SALES
1517 5 18TH ST
WASHINGTON AUTO BODY
810 E RU SE LN
WESTERN MOTEL
1202 FRUITVALE BLVD
WILSON AUTOMOTIVE
1517 1/2 5 3RD AVE
XTREME AUTO BODY SHOP
403 S 2ND ST
YAKIMA CRAFT BREWING -TAPROOM ON THE AVE
120 E YAKIMA AVE
YAKIMA MOTORS
411 S 3RD AVE 442
YAKIMA TIRE SHOP
401 5 3RD ST
Distributed at the
Meetingq 30'/t/
2015 Combined Proposed Monthly Utility Cost Impact — Single Family Residential
Water
Wastewater Stormwater Total
Single Family/Month
$0.60 $1.16
$1.97 $3.73*
Current 2015 Proposed Change
Single Family/Month $59.79
*Difference due to numeric rounding
$63.52 $3.72*