§ 20-1.1. Legal Authority.

The United States Congress passed the Clean Water Act (33 USC Section 1251 et seq., as amended, including Section 402(p) therein) as a mandate, in part, that cities obtain permits to "effectively prohibit non-storm water discharges into the storm sewers" and "require controls to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable…" This permitting authority has been delegated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the State of California, which has authorized the State Water Resources Control Board and its local regulatory agencies, the Regional Water Quality Control Boards, to control non-point source discharges to California waterways.

The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board addresses this obligation to implement the Clean Water Act by periodically issuing waste discharge requirements for the County of Orange, Orange County Flood Control District and the incorporated cities of Orange County within the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board jurisdiction. These waste discharge requirements shall be referred to herein as the National Pollution Discharge Elimination (NPDES) Permit. The City of Villa Park is named as a co-permittee under the NPDES permit and must comply with the requirements set forth in the NPDES Permit.

(Ord. #2006-518, § 1)