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• <br /> investigate or contain a discharge; providing false information; withholding information <br /> such as product identification, time of spill, source of material, or quantity of material <br /> discharged. . <br /> Illegal/Improper discharge. Factors which constitute an improper /illegal discharge <br /> include, but are not limited to: <br /> 1. Actions or the lack thereof that create an immediate potential for <br /> pollutants to enter the city stormwater system. If the facility has a stormwater <br /> permit, the pollutant concentration must be above that allowed by the facility's <br /> permit to be considered a violation. <br /> 2. Failure to maintain a private system to prevent pollutants from <br /> entering the city stormwater system. If the facility has a stormwater permit, the <br /> pollutant concentration must be above that allowed by the facility's permit to be <br /> considered a violation. <br /> 3. Discharges from a point source prohibited by either local, state, or <br /> federal law. This includes discharges once allowed by these laws which are now <br /> prohibited. This would include cooling water which has been chemically altered <br /> or has an elevated temperature. If the facility has a stormwater permit, the <br /> pollutant concentration must be above that allowed by the facility's permit to be <br /> considered a violation. <br /> 4. Intentional dumping of waste products into (a) the city stormwater <br /> system; or (b) a private system which, if the private system is not cleaned or the <br /> situation mitigated, creates the potential for pollutants to enter the city stormwater <br /> system. <br /> 5. Pollutants leached by rainwater from stored materials or from <br /> leaking or spilled products which are then carried by surface runoff or other means <br /> to the city stormwater system. <br /> 6. Release of pollutants due to: washing spilled materials into the city <br /> stormwater system or to a private system which, if the private system is not <br /> cleaned or the situation mitigated, creates the potential for pollutants to enter the <br /> city stormwater system; failure to clean-up or mitigate a spill; failure to store <br /> materials under cover; cleaning equipment so as to allow the washwater to enter <br /> the city stormwater system. <br /> 7. Discharges in violation of a general or individual NPDES <br /> Stormwater or Wastewater Discharge permit. <br /> 8. Discharges that violate the state building code, other state laws, <br /> federal law, the Eugene Code, 1971, or adopted City policies. <br /> 9. Discharges in violation of the City of Eugene NPDES Stormwater <br /> Discharge permit. <br /> In the event that a release involves illegal /improper discharge to the city stormwater <br /> system at more than one point, each individual point of illegal/improper discharge may be <br /> considered as a separate violation regardless of whether the release is a result of a singular <br /> incident. <br /> Stormwater System Administrative Rule - 5 <br />