Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the
following terms and phrases, as used in this Part 6, shall have the
meanings hereinafter designated:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
Director in an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment
program and the appropriate regional administrator in a non-NPDES
state or NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment program.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
(a)
If the user is a corporation:
[1]
The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice
president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function
or any other person who performs similar policy-making or decisionmaking
functions for the corporation; or
[2]
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production
or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having
gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second-quarter
1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or
delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(b)
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship,
a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
(c)
If the user is a federal, state or local governmental
facility, a director or highest official appointed or designated to
oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility or his or her designee.
(d)
The individuals described in Subsections
(a) through
(c) above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the Township.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in §
155-71A and
B. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C. expressed as a concentration (mg/l), in accordance with
EPA Test Method 405.1, as referenced in 40 CFR 136.3.
BUILDING SEWER
Sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to
the POTW.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD(S) or CATEGORICAL STANDARD(S)
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, being any regulation
containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance
with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317),
which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40
CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or COD
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of organic matter which is susceptible to conversion to carbon dioxide
and water and expressed as a concentration [milligrams per liter (mg/l)]
in accordance with EPA Test Method 410.1, 410.2, 410.3 or 410.4, as
referenced in 40 CFR 136.3.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DE MINIMIS USER
A discharger to the POTW whose contribution is small enough
to have either a negligible or no impact on the POTW.
[Added 10-28-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-06]
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The introduction of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator
or other duly authorized official of said agency, including the Regional
Water Protection Division Director.
EXISTING SOURCE
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by the EPA of proposed categorical
pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such source if
the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section
307 of the Act.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is normally taken from a waste stream, on
a one-time basis, without regard to the flow in the waste stream and
over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes. When industrial wastewater
volume is not sufficient for analytical purposes in fifteen-minute
periods, the Pretreatment Coordinator may approve, in writing, an
alternative sampling.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump trucks.
IMMEDIATELY
This term is based on the intent which it is used within.
However, it shall at least indicate a time frame "of upon discovery"
of incident, or as stated in 40 CFR Part 122.41(1)(6)(i) to (iii),
40 CFR 403.8(f)(1)(vi)(B), 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(v)(A) to (D) and/or
as specifically identified within this Part 6.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE OR DISCHARGE
The discharge or introduction of pollutants (including holding
tank waste) into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under
Section 307(b), (c), or (d) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317).
INDUSTRIAL USER or USER
A source of indirect discharge from an establishment, which
discharges or introduces industrial wastes into the POTW.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE(S)
Any liquid, gaseous, radioactive, solid or other substance,
not sewage, resulting from any manufacturing or industry, or from
any establishment, as herein defined, and mine drainage, refuse, silt,
coal mines, coal collieries, breakers or other coal-processing operation.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composite
sample collected, independent of the industrial waste flow rate and
the duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, causes the inhibition or disruption
of the POTW's treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes,
use or disposal and, therefore, is a cause of a violation of the Township's
NPDES permit (including an increase in magnitude or duration of a
violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in
compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions
or permits issued thereunder or any more-stringent state or local
regulations: Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
including Title II, commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA)"; any state regulations contained in any state
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control
Act; and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
MEDICAL WASTE
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding,
surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis
wastes.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD(S)
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and
which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
NEW SOURCE
(a)
Any building, structure, facility or installation
from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants, the construction
of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment
standards pursuant to Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable
to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
[1]
The building, structure, facility or installation
is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
[2]
The building, structure, facility or installation
totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the
discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
[3]
The production or wastewater-generating processes
of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially
independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining
whether these are substantially independent, such factors as the
extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant
and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general
type of activity as the existing source should be considered.
(b)
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection
(a) above in this definition but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(c)
Construction of a new source as defined under
this subsection has commenced if the owner or operator has begun or
caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
[1]
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities
or equipment; or
[2]
Significant site preparation work, including
clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings, structures
or facilities, which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation
of new source facilities or equipment; or
[3]
Entered into a binding contractual obligation
for the purchase of facilities or equipment which is intended to be
used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase
or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial
loss and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies
do not constitute a contractual obligation under this subsection.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished
product.
NONSIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
For the purposes of this Part 6, "nonsignificant industrial
users" are those users which do not meet the criteria listed in the
definition of "significant industrial user" but warrant the issuance
of a wastewater discharge permit.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with
a discharge or discharges from other sources, are a cause of a violation
of any requirement of the Township's NPDES permit, including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity, or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state and
local governmental entities. The masculine gender shall include the
feminine; the singular shall include the plural where indicated by
the context.
pH
The logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in moles per liter of solution. A measure
of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed in standard
units.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes,
chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal,
agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of
wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD,
toxicity or odor).
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water, such that harm to
human health or the environment may result.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment,
including recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage and industrial
waste.
PRETREATMENT
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 the POTW. This reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes; by process changes, or by other means, except by diluting
the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable
pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR
The person designated by the Township to supervise the operation
of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
by this Part 6, or a duly authorized representative as delegated by
the Pretreatment Coordinator.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a national pretreatment standard.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS or POTW
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the Township. This definition
includes any devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a POTW treatment
plant.
RESIDENTIAL
Any noncommercial, nonindustrial and nonmanufacturing facility
or dwelling.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE
Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers and septic tanks.
SEWAGE
Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dish-washing
operations, etc.).
SEWAGE SYSTEM
The Township's collection and conveyance system which transports
wastewater to the POTW treatment plant.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(a)
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
(b)
A user that:
[1]
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per
day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary,
cooling, non-contact-cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
[2]
Contributes a process waste stream which makes
up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW treatment plant; or
[3]
Is designated as such by the Township on the
basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the
POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
(c)
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
(b) above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Township may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG DISCHARGE
Any pollutant released in a discharge at a flow rate or concentration
which will cause a violation of the specific discharge prohibitions
in 40 CFR 403.5(b) and/or 40 CFR 403.12(f). A slug discharge is any
discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited
to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge, which has
a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass-through or in
any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or permit
conditions.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid and which is
removable by laboratory filtering, in accordance with EPA Test Method
160.1, as referenced in 40 CFR 136.3.
WASTEWATER
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from
residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which
are contributed to the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE
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.