§ 6-5-55. MACHINE SHOPS AND SIMILAR WORK AREAS.

(A)

This section applies to drainage from the work area of a machine shop or an industry that manufactures, rebuilds, or overhauls motors, engines, transmissions, hydraulic systems, or similar machinery.

(B)

A person may not discharge or allow to be discharged the drainage into a storm sewer or watercourse.

(C)

The person responsible for the drainage shall discharge the drainage into a storage tank that is:

(1)

designed to hold industrial waste until the waste is transported to a disposal site approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and

(2)

not connected to a storm sewer or watercourse.

Source: 1992 Code Sections 4-1-75 (definition of "hold-haul tank") and 4-1-80; Ord. 031023-10; Ord. 031211-11.