[Code 1991, § 18-110]
A.Â
This article sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect
contributors of pollutants into the wastewater collection and treatment
system of the City and enables the City to comply with all applicable
state and federal laws and regulations, including the Clean Water
Act and the General Pretreatment Regulations promulgated thereunder
(40 CFR Part 403).
B.Â
The objectives of this article are to:
(1)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system which may interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate
the resulting sludge;
(2)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipal wastewater
system which will pass through such system, inadequately treated,
into receiving waters or the atmosphere, or which otherwise will be
incompatible with the system;
(3)Â
Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge
from such system;
(4)Â
Provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the municipal wastewater
system; and
(5)Â
Ensure that the county and the City comply with their Virginia Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit conditions, sludge use
and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to
which the county's and the City's wastewater systems are
subject.
C.Â
This article shall apply to the users of the City's publicly
owned treatment works (POTW) and to persons or jurisdictions outside
the City who, by contract or agreement, use the City's POTW.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Director of Public
Works or his authorized designee shall have the authority to administer,
implement, and enforce the provisions of this article.
[Code 1991, § 18-111]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
All state and federal standards and limitations, including
effluent limitations, water quality standards, standards of performance,
toxic effluent standards or prohibitions, and best management practices.
The president, secretary, treasurer, vice-president, or any
other person who performs similar policy- or decision-making functions
of the company, if the industrial user is a corporation.
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
A duly authorized representative of the industrial user, if
such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the
facilities from which the discharge originates and such designation
has been submitted in writing to the Director of Public Works.
The highest allowable average discharge over a calendar month,
calculated by adding all the daily discharges measured during the
calendar month and dividing the sum by the number of daily discharges
measured during that month.
The highest allowable average discharge over a calendar week,
calculated by adding all the daily discharges measured during a calendar
week and dividing the sum by the number of daily discharges measured
during that week.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures, after five
days at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration
(milligrams per liter).
The state water control board, department of environmental
quality.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317), which applies to a specific category of industrial users, and which appears in 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471, and is incorporated in this article by reference.
A combination of individual samples of water or wastewater
taken in proportion to flow or time and which ensures that a representative
sample is obtained.
Any person who contributes, causes, or allows the contribution
of sewage or industrial wastewater into the POTW, including persons
who contribute such wastes from mobile sources.
Water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling,
or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
The discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day
or any twenty-four-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar
day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed
in units of weight, daily discharge is calculated as the total mass
of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations
expressed in other units of measurement, daily discharge is calculated
as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.
The person designated by the City to supervise the operation
of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
under this article, or his duly authorized designee.
The introduction of non-domestic pollutants into the POTW
from any user.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
An individual sample collected at a randomly selected time
over a period not exceeding 15 minutes.
Any waste from holding tanks, such as chemical toilets, campers,
trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
See "discharge."
Any person that discharges to the POTW.
A discharge which causes or contributes to:
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW, its treatment processes
or operations, or its sludge processes; or
The violation of any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permits,
including those discharges that prevent the use or disposal of sludge
by the POTW in accordance with any federal or state laws, regulations,
permits, or sludge management plans.
See "publicly owned treatment works (POTW)."
Any source of a discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced after the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment
standards under Section 307(c) of the Act [33 U.S.C. § 317(c)]
which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter
promulgated in accordance with Section 307(c), provided that:
No other source is located at that site;
The source completely replaces the process or production equipment
of an existing source at that site; or
The new wastewater generating process of the source is substantially
independent of an existing source at that site and the construction
of the source creates a new facility rather than modifies an existing
source at that site.
For purposes of this definition, construction or operation has
commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment;
Significant site preparation work, including clearing, excavation,
or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which
are necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new
source facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are intended to be placed in 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 contractual
obligations under this definition.
A discharge through the POTW into state waters in quantities
or concentrations which cause, in whole or in part, a violation of
any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permits, including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical waste, chemical waste,
industrial waste, biological material, radioactive material, heat,
wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, or agricultural
waste.
The manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, or radiological integrity of water.
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. Such reduction
or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological
processes, process changes, or by other lawful means.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
including national pretreatment categorical standards, or prohibitive
discharge standards, and local limits imposed on an industrial user.
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct,
or waste product.
Any treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned, in whole or in part,
by the City. The term includes a device or system owned, in whole
or in part, by the City and used in the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes and any conveyance
which conveys wastewater to a treatment plant.
Any industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
Any other industrial user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons or more per day of process
wastewater;
Contributes a process waste stream making up 5% or more of the
average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity either of the City's
or the county's POTW; or
Is so designated as significant by the City or the county on
the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for
causing pass-through or interference at either the City's or
the county's POTW.
The violation of wastewater discharge limits, as follows:
Chronic violations. Where 66% or more of wastewater measurements
taken during a six-month period exceed the discharge limit for the
same pollutant parameter by any amount;
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations. Where 33% or more
of wastewater measurements taken during a six-month period equal or
exceed the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit
multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils
and grease, and 1.2 for all pollutants except pH);
Any other violation of an effluent limit (average or daily maximum)
that the City has reason to believe has caused, alone or in combination
with other discharges, interference, pass-through, sludge contamination,
or the endangerment of the health of sewage treatment personnel or
the public; or
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health or to the environment or has resulted in the City's
exercise of administrative enforcement action to halt or prevent such
discharge;
The violation of a compliance schedule milestone contained in
a permit or enforcement order issued by the county or City for starting
construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance
within 90 days of the scheduled date;
The failure to provide any required report within 30 days from
the due date;
The failure to report noncompliance; or
Any other violation that the City reasonably determines will
adversely affect the operation or implementation of this article.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, U.S. government.
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.
The inherent potential or capacity of a material to cause
adverse effects in a living organism, including acute or chronic effects
to aquatic life, detrimental effects on human health, or other adverse
environmental effects.
Any material, including, but not limited to, those listed
under Section 307(a) of the Act, which, after discharge, will, on
the basis of available information, cause toxicity.
See "publicly owned treatment works (POTW)."
A document issued by the board authorizing, under prescribed
conditions, the potential or actual discharge of pollutants from a
point source to surface waters.
An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and
temporary noncompliance with technology-based permit effluent limitations
due to factors beyond the permittee's reasonable control. An
upset does not include noncompliance caused by operational error,
improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities,
lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
See "contributor."
Liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from
dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which are contributed to the POTW.
[Code 1991, § 18-112]
For purposes of this article, the following abbreviations shall
have the meanings designated in this section:
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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DPW
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Director of Public Works of the City
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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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Milligrams
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mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SWCB
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Virginia State Water Control Board
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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VPDES
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Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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