A.
ACT
ADMINISTRATOR
APPLICANT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
ASTM (DENOTING "AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS")
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the meaning of
terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also know as the "Clean
Water Act," 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and any additions thereto.
The regional administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 2.
The person who makes application for any permit. The "applicant"
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the
NYSDEC is delegated approval authority responsibility.
The procedures defined as "Standard Methods" in this Article, or
other procedures approved by the Wastewater Treatment Operator for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants, or their surrogates,
in waters and/or wastewaters.[1]
The latest edition of or amendments to any ASTM specification, when
stipulated in this chapter.[2]
May be:
(1)
A principal executive officer of at least the level of
vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2)
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user
is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(3)
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
CHLORINE DEMAND
COD (DENOTING "CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
COLOR
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION CHARGE (OR "TAP FEE")
CONTROL AUTHORITY
CONTROL MANHOLE
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
COOLING WATER
COUNTY
DEVELOPER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTES
EASEMENT
EPA, USEPA, OR UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW RATE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)
ICS FORMS
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INFILTRATION
INFLOW
INTERFERENCE
LATERAL, BUILDING
LATERAL, STREET
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD OR PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW OWNER
NEW SOURCE
NEW USER
NORMAL SEWAGE
NUISANCE
OIL AND GREASE
OLD OWNER
OTHER WASTES
PASS-THROUGH
PERMIT
PH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT (OR "TREATMENT")
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
RECEIVING WATERS
SCAVENGER WASTES
SEPTAGE
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW
SEWAGE
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (OR "DOMESTIC WASTES")
SEWAGE, NORMAL
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of
the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials present, in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any part of
a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the building walls and conveys it to the building lateral, which begins
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The result obtained using an approved laboratory procedure to determine
the difference between the amount of chlorine added to a sample and the amount
of chlorine remaining in the sample at the end of a specified contact time
at room temperature, expressed in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained using an approved laboratory procedure to measure
the oxygen requirement of that portion of organic matter in a sample, that
is susceptible to oxidation by a specific chemical oxidant, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is equivalent
to zero and zero-tenths (0.0) optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples of
wastewater taken at selected intervals, generally hourly for a specified time
period. The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
The one-time application fee to offset Village of Oxford expenses
to process an application for a connection of a building/street lateral to
the public sewer. The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance and inspection
costs. The fee may be scaled to the amount of work involved or to the size
of the public sewer involved.
Refers to the Approval Authority or to the Wastewater Treatment Operator
when the Village of Oxford has an approved pretreatment program under the
provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.[3]
An accessible manhole in the connection between a private sewer (or
street lateral) and the public sewer.
A pollutant that the sewage treatment plant was designed to treat;
as defined in accordance with the Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning,
refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which
would produce COD or suspended solids in excess of five milligrams per liter,
or toxic substances, as limited elsewhere in this chapter.
The county in which the Village of Oxford is located.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing, or
causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal facilities
are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the
waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see definition of "indirect
discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
May also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other
duly authorized official of this Agency.
Oil, grease or fat in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period of
time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food, from the handling, storage and sale of produce and from the packaging
and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical, chemical
and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point and time.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW for treatment and ultimate
discharge of the treated effluent to a surface water.
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), to determine
chemical usage and storage by those industries.
The form used by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) to survey industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous wastes
from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system (excluding
sewer service connections and foundation drains) from the ground through such
means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manholes. "Infiltration"
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. "Infiltration" is inadvertent,
that is, not purposely designed or built into the sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system (including
sewer service connections) from sources such as, but not limited to, roof
leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas,
manhole covers, cross-connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers,
catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters
or drainage. "Inflow" does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
"Inflow" is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges by other
sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations
or its sludge processes, use or disposal and which is a cause of a violation
of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase
in the magnitude of duration of a violation) or to the prevention of sewage
sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory
provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent
state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly referred to as
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including state regulations
contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle
D or the SWDA], the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street lateral
or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(B) and (C) of the Act (22 U.S.C.
§ 1347), which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
These standards apply at the end of the categorical process ("end of process").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(B) of
the Act and 40 CFR, § 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
That individual or entity who purchased property within the service
area of the Village of Oxford after the effective date of this chapter.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication
of proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307(C) (33 U.S.C. § 1317)
Categorical Pretreatment Standard applicable to such source, if, such regulations
are thereafter promulgated pursuant that section.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the effective
date of this chapter.
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner as to endanger
life or health or give offense to the senses, obstruct or otherwise interfere
with the reasonable use or maintenance of the POTW.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
That individual or entity who owns or owned a property within the
service area of the Village of Oxford purchased prior to the effective date
of this chapter, or who inherited the property at any time and intends to
sell the property or who has sold the property to a new owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells, coffee
grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes and all other discarded
matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
The discharge of pollutants through the POTW into navigable waters
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, causes a violation of any requirement of the POTW's
NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the POTW for
specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing sampling locations
and reporting frequencies and requiring other actions as authorized by this
chapter.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, in grams per liter of solution. A pH value of seven point zero (7.0)
the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above seven point zero
(7.0) represent alkaline conditions. Values below seven point zero (7.0) represent
acid conditions.
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands and/or
airspace, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water, land and/or
airspace, by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or airspace resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into such waters,
lands and/or airspace.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants
or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a
less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing
such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be achieved by
physical, chemical or biological process, process changes or by other means,
except as prohibited by 40 CFR § 403.6(D).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the EPA,
in accordance with the Act.
See "national prohibitive discharge standard."
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that
have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely
under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, and with no
particle having a dimension greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater
and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the Village of Oxford.
This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances that transport wastewater
to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of the state)
into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
See "septage."
The matter removed from septic tanks, cesspools or approved type
of chemical toilets, serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions and industries; also, sludge from small sewage treatment plants.
The sludge shall not have been contaminated with substances of concern or
priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of an underground
tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance with any and/or all
local and state requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds may be established, altered, changed,
modified, reduced, enlarged, combined or consolidated by action of the Village
of Oxford Board.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and such ground, surface
and storm water as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage,
as defined above, with industrial wastes or other wastes shall also be considered
"sewage," within the meaning of this definition.
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling
of food, or liquid wastes containing human excrement and similar matter from
the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings
and institutions. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
(4)
BOD (five-day): 2,090 pounds per million gallons (250
milligrams per liter), or less.
(5)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300
milligrams per liter), or less.
(6)
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(7)
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
(8)
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million gallons
(350 milligrams per liter), or less.
(9)
SEWAGE, SANITARY
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OR "WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT"
SEWER
SEWERAGE SYSTEM (ALSO POTW)
SEWERAGE SURCHARGE
SEWER, COMBINED
SEWER, PUBLIC
SEWER, SANITARY
SEWER, STORM (OR STORM DRAIN)
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STORMWATER
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
USER
USER, EXISTING
USER, INDUSTRIAL
USER, NEW
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including
apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions
and free from stormwater, surface water and industrial and other wastes. (see
"domestic wastes.")
See "POTW treatment plant."
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting
to and away from the sewage treatment plant.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment
plant for handling of any sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted
for admission there to in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum
values of such characteristics in normal sewage. (See "volume charge.")
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and
sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights and
the use of which is controlled by the Village of Oxford.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and groundwaters
are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but
excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters and
other unpolluted waters.
See "user, significant industrial."
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent
concentration (see definition of "normal sewage") sufficient to cause interference
with the operation or performance of the wastewater transportation system
or treatment facilities. In any event, the discharge shall not exceed, in
concentration of any constituent or in quantity of flow, for any period of
duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average 24 hour
concentration or flow during normal operation.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office, Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator, pursuant
to Section 304 (G) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part 136, and amendments
thereto; (if 40 CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique
for the pollutant in question, then procedures set forth in EPA publication
Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for
Priority Pollutants, April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used), any
other procedure approved by the administrator; or any other procedure approved
by the Wastewater Treatment Operator, whichever is he most conservative.[4]
The State of New York.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float on the surface of
or are in suspension or are settleable and can be removed from the sample
by filtration, expressed in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during the acid digestion
of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of wastewater, following
the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed as milligrams of phosphorus
per liter of sample.
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, that when discharged
to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may tend to interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to the receiving waters of the
effluent from the sewage treatment plant, pose a hazard to sewer maintenance
personnel or constitute a hazard to animal or aquatic life. This definition
includes, but is not limited to, any pollutant or combination of pollutants
listed as "toxic" in regulations promulgated by the EPA pursuant to Clean
Water Act Section 307(A) and other acts.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of
wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective
date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the effective
date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the Village of Oxford POTW who is:
(10)
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards
promulgated by the EPA.
(11)
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination
with other industries, on the operation of the treatment works.
(12)
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or
1,000 gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances
of concern and discharging a measureable quantity of these pollutants to the
sewer system.
(13)
VILLAGE
VOLUME CHARGE (OR "USER CHARGE")
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR
WATERS OF THE STATE (OR "STATE'S WATERS")
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional
pollutants received by the POTW treatment plant.
The Village of Oxford, as incorporated on April 6, 1806.
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the POTW (there may be surcharges, as provided for in Article XII). The "volume charge" shall be based on a specific cost per 100 cubic feet or per 1,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the Village of Oxford Board. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation and maintenance, for retirement of bonded indebtedness and for funding of capital projects, of the POTW. The basis of volume charge calculations shall be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article XIII. The volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters from
dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter
the POTW.
As set forth in Article X of this chapter.
That individual nominated by the Mayor of the Village of Oxford and
confirmed by the Village of Oxford Board as the Waste Treatment Operator.
Such individual shall be qualified to oversee wastewater disposal operations.
This definition shall also include his authorized deputy, agent or representative.[5]
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells,
springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all
other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or
artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or
border upon the state or any portion thereof.
B.
Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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American National Standards Institute
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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Code of Federal Regulations
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CPLR
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New York Civil Practice Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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L
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 690L et. seq.
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U.S.C.
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United States Code of Laws
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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Terms not defined in this Article, or terms found to be ambiguous or
improperly defined in this Article, shall be defined by the Act or regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto.
