Item 07 - Sewer System Management Plan 2025 Update

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of Santa Ana Section 3: Legal A Section 3: Legal Authority Section 3 of this SSMP addresses the requirements included in Attachment D-3 of the Order. The requirements state: Legal Authority: The Plan must include copies or an electronic link to the Enrollee's current sewer system use ordinances, service agreements, and/or other legally binding procedures to demonstrate the Enrollee possesses the necessary legal authority to: (a) Prevent illicit discharges into its sanitary sewer system (examples may include infiltration/inflow (III), storm water, chemical dumping, unauthorized debris, cut roots, fats, oils and grease, etc.); (b) Collaborate with storm sewer agencies to coordinate emergency spill responses, ensure access to storm sewer systems during spill events, and prevent unintentional cross connections of sanitary sewer infrastructure to storm sewer infrastructure; (c) Require that sewers and connections be properly designed and constructed, (d) Ensure access for maintenance, inspection, or repairs for portions of the lateral owned or maintained by the Enrollee; (e) Enforce any violation of its sewer ordinances, service agreements, or other legally binding procedures; and (f) Obtain easement accessibility agreements for locations requiring sewer system operations and maintenance, as applicable. The City is regulated by several agencies of the United States Government and the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of Federal and State Law. Key Federal and State requirements: 1) Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq); 2) California Porter Cologne Water Quality Act (California Water Code section 13000 et seq.); 3) California Health & Safety Code sections 25100 to 25250; 4) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.); and 5) California Government Code, Sections 54739-54740. These laws provide the City the authority to regulate and/or prohibit, by the adoption of an ordinance, and by issuance of control mechanisms, the discharge of any waste, directly or indirectly, to the City sewerage facilities. Said authority includes the right to establish limits, conditions, and prohibitions; to establish flow rates or prohibit flows discharged to the City sewerage facilities; to require the development of compliance schedules for the installation of equipment systems and materials by all users; and to take all actions necessary to enforce its authority, whether within or outside the City boundaries, including those users that are tributary to the City or within areas for which the City has contracted to provide sewerage services. 2025 3-2