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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 animproper/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. Dischazges 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. Dischazges in violation of a general or individual NPDES <br />Stormwater or VYastewater Dischazge permit. <br />8. Discharges that violate the state building code, other state laws, <br />federal law, the Eugene Code, 1'971, 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 illegaUimproper discharge may be <br />considered as a sepazate violation regardless of whether the release is a result of a singular <br />incident. <br />Stormwater System Administrative Rule - 5 <br />