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Pretreatment Industrial Users General Permit Conditions Page 14 of 14 filed or required to be maintained pursuant to SMC Chapter 13.08 or this permit, or which falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required under SMC Chapter 13.08. The criminal penalty shall be issued by the City Attorney or County District Attorney and shall include all penalties authorized in SMC Chapter 13.08. The penalty shall be consistent with the Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, at seq., and amendments thereto, and any relevant State laws. The user shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both, per violation per calendar day.The penalty shall be consistent with the Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and amendments thereto,and shall apply to the exclusion of any other more lenient provisions of SMC Chapter 13.08. A user shall be guilty of a separate violation of each calendar day for a violation of any provision of this permit or SMC Chapter 13.08. 45. Alternative Interim Local Limits: The Director shall,from time to time, establish alternative interim local limitations applicable to Industrial wastewater discharges when in the Director's judgment it is necessary to protect the City's' sewer collection and treatment system or to be in compliance with state, local or federal regulations. These interim limits are either alternatives to the established local limits or new alternative limits and can be either more or less stringent than the established local limits, based on a reasonable determination by the Director.The Director shall establish these alternative quantitative or qualitative local limitations for dischargers which, because of their location, quantity or quality of discharge, can degrade the quality of wastewater treatment plant effluent or residue or air quality to a level that prevents or inhibits the City's efforts to reuse or dispose of the water or residue or causes any unusual operation or maintenance problems in the .r sewerage system.The Director, in determining the unacceptability of specific wastes,shall consider the nature of the waste and the adequacy and nature of the collection, treatment and disposal system available to accept the waste. These alternative interim limits shall be applicable until final specific limitations for these constituents are developed and implemented by the City.