All users of the POTW shall comply with all standards and requirements of the Clean Water Act ("the Act") and standards and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act, including but not limited to 40 CFR Parts 403 to 471.
A. 
No user shall contribute or cause to contribute, in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the sewer system whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1) 
Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious, in any way, to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other point in the system), be more than 25% nor any single reading be more than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, and sulfides and any other substance which the NYCDEP, the state or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or hazard to the treatment plant or sewer system.
(2) 
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3) 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0, unless the WWTP was specifically designed to manage such wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, to equipment, and/or to the treatment plant's personnel.
(4) 
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the treatment plant, or exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a).
(5) 
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6) 
Oils and grease: any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils which become visible solids when the wastes are cooled to 10° C. (50° F.); any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin, in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(7) 
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.
(8) 
Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9) 
Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature higher than 65° C. (150° F.); however, such materials shall not cause the treatment plant's influent temperature to be greater than 40° C. (104° F.). NYCDEP and the Building Inspector reserve the right, in certain instances, to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures are lower than 65° C.
(10) 
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11) 
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes, except as approved by the NYCDEP and in compliance with applicable state, federal and New York City regulations.
(12) 
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way, with other wastes when in the treatment plant or in the sewer collection system.
(13) 
Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR Part 261.21.
(14) 
Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the treatment plant in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the POTW, wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below on either a daily or an instantaneous basis, except by permit or as provided for in § 102-61. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the sewer collection system ("end of pipe" concentrations).
Effluent Concentration Limits4
(mg/l)
Substance1
Allowable Average Daily2
Allowable Maximum Instantaneous3
Antimony
0.007
0.007
Arsenic
0.199
0.199
Barium
5.799
5.799
Beryllium
0.065
0.065
Cadmium
0.111
0.111
Chlorides
154.547
154.547
Chromium
0.478
0.478
Chromium (hex)
0.058
0.058
Cobalt
0.017
0.017
Copper
0.109
0.109
Cyanide (complex)
0.396
0.396
Cyanide (free)
0.396
0.396
Fluorides
6.177
6.177
Gold
NONE
NONE
Iodide
10.000
10.000
Iron
0.989
0.989
Lead
0.131
0.131
Manganese
0.815
0.815
Mercury
0.0005
0.0005
Molybdenum
2.490
4.979
Nickel
0.197
0.197
Phenols (total)
0.022
0.022
Selenium
0.021
0.021
Silver
0.213
0.213
Sulfates
NONE
NONE
Sulfides
25.000
25.000
Tin
NONE
NONE
Titanium
NONE
NONE
Vanadium
0.055
0.055
Zinc
0.212
0.212
NOTES:
1
Except for chromium (hex), all concentrations listed for metallic substances shall be as "total metal", which shall be defined as the value measured in a sample acidified to a pH value of 2 or less, without prior filtration.
2
As determined on a composite sample taken from the user's daily discharge over a typical operational and/or production day.
3
As determined on a grab sample taken from the user's discharge at any time during the daily operational and/or production period.
4
Other substances which may be limited are:
Alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
Aliphatic and aromatic alcohols and acids
Aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones
Aliphatic and aromatic esters
Aliphatic and aromatic halogenated compounds
Aliphatic and aromatic nitro, cyano and amino compounds
Antibiotics
Benzene derivatives
Chemical compounds which, upon acidification, alkalinization, oxidation or reduction, in the discharge or after admixture with wastewater and its components in the POTW, produce toxic, flammable, or explosive compounds
Pesticides, including algicides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, phthalates
Polyaromatic and polynuclear hydrocarbons
Total toxic organics, TTO, as defined in 40 CFR 433.11
Toxic organic compounds regulated by federal pretreatment standards
Unsaturated aliphatics, including those with an aldehyde, ketone or nitrile functional group; and/or viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes or hospital procedures
A. 
In order to minimize the potential for an exceedance of the SPDES permit, the influent to the Pine Hill WWTP shall not contain quantities of substances in excess of those specified below:
Substance
Limit
(pounds per day)
Antimony
0.030
Arsenic
0.828
Barium
24.180
Beryllium
0.270
Cadmium
0.464
Chlorides
644.460
Chromium (hexavalent)
1.992
Chromium
0.242
Cobalt
0.070
Copper
0.455
Cyanide (complex)
1.650
Cyanide (free)
1.650
Fluorides
25.760
Gold
None
Iron
4.124
Lead
0.545
Manganese
3.398
Mercury
0.008
Nickel
0.822
Phenols (total)
0.090
Selenium
0.089
Silver
0.890
Tin
None
Titanium
None
Vanadium
0.000
Zinc
0.884
B. 
NYCDEP shall determine the total allowable influent load of each substance from significant industrial users. In determining the total load of each substance that significant industrial users shall be allowed to discharge, NYCDEP shall consider:
(1) 
The quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable because they occur naturally in wastewater;
(2) 
The quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic but are nonetheless uncontrollable;
(3) 
Historical discharge trends;
(4) 
Past pollution control efforts of each significant industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers of the same substance;
(5) 
Potential for growth in the sewer system's service area;
(6) 
Potential for more restrictive regulatory requirements to be placed on the treatment plant's discharge or sludge disposal or sludge reuse method; and
(7) 
Treatability of the substance.
C. 
To assure that the total loads so calculated, for each substance, are not violated, NYCDEP, as agent for the Town, shall issue permits to significant industrial users limiting discharge loads.
D. 
Permits issued in accordance with this section may allow for discharges in excess of limitations set forth under § 102-60.
A. 
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge contained in § 102-61 may be supplemented with more stringent limitations when, in the opinion of the NYCDEP:
(1) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to protect the Pine Hill WWTP;
(2) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to enable the treatment plant to comply with applicable effluent limitations specified in the treatment plant's SPDES permit;
(3) 
Pine Hill WWTP's sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal as a result of discharge of wastewaters at or above the prescribed concentration limitations;
(4) 
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered; or
(5) 
Groundwater pollution will be caused.
B. 
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge may be recalculated not less frequently than once every five years. This chapter shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial wastewater discharge permits, which have limitations based directly on any limitations which were changed, shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
NYCDEP and the Town shall have the authority to copy any record related to a user's wastewater discharges to the POTW.
A. 
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable pretreatment standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any other way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment standard.
B. 
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the NYCDEP, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand, or other harmful substances, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or living units. All interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved by NYCDEP and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Unless otherwise provided for in the Village Agreement and/or agreement, such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned, and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his expense.
Solid waste grinders at or serving commercial establishments, institutions or industries shall not discharge into the POTW if there is a combined sewer overflow (CSO) on the sewer lines conveying the waste to the treatment plant.
NYCDEP may reject a user's industrial wastewater when it has been determined that the industrial wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics which have a deleterious effect on the POTW and its processes or on the receiving water.