Definitions. As used in this Part, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
ACHD
The Allegheny County Health Department or any agency successor
thereto.
DEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection or
any agency successor thereto.
DOCUMENT OF CERTIFICATION
An official statement from the MTMA Manager or his designee
stating that there are no known illegal stormwater or surface water
connections to the MTMA's sanitary wastewater collection system
on the specific property which is being sold or transferred.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A tank mechanism with a flow rate greater than 35 gallons
per minute which is installed underground outside the structure being
served and which extracts grease content from sanitary wastewater
prior to the discharge of said wastewater into the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA.
GREASE TRAP
A tank mechanism with a flow rate of 35 gallons per minute
or less which is installed in the sanitary wastewater drainage system
of an individual premises, which mechanism extracts grease content
from sanitary wastewater prior to the discharge of said wastewater
into the sanitary wastewater collection system owned and/or operated
by the MTMA. Grease traps shall be rated at a minimum of 22.5 gallons
per minute.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGER
An industry which discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA and which is identified
in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget,
1967, as amended and supplemented, under the category "Division D
Manufacturing," and such other classes of significant waste producers
as deemed appropriate under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes from commercial
buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated.
MTMA
The Moon Township Municipal Authority or any successor thereto.
MTMA MANAGER
The General Manager of the Moon Township Municipal Authority
or his designee.
MUNICIPAL LIEN LETTER
A writing from the proper official of the MTMA concerning
outstanding municipal liens.
NONDOMESTIC DISCHARGER
Any owner and/or occupier of premises used for purposes other
than residential and who discharges wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA. This term shall
include, but not be limited to, any and all commercial and/or manufacturing
operations, commercial buildings and nursing and/or group homes with
more than 10 residents.
NONDOMESTIC PREPARATION OF FOOD
Any food preparation conducted for consumption by a person
or persons other than those residing on the subject premises and/or
their household guests. This includes all restaurants, whether eat-in
or take-out, cafeterias, snack bars, church kitchens and halls, grocery
store kitchens, banquet halls, nursing and/or group homes with more
than 10 residents and food processing businesses.
PASS THROUGH
A discharge which exits the MTMA's wastewater treatment
facility into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities
or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the MTMA's NPDES permit, including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
PERSON
Any person, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, corporation,
institution, agency, authority or other entity recognized by law as
the subject of rights and duties.
PRIVATE SANITARY WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
All or part of any privately owned device or devices located
on an individual parcel of land and intended to treat and/or dispose
of the sanitary wastewater discharged from any structure or structures
located on that parcel of land.
RESIDENTIAL USER
Owner and/or occupier of premises used only for human residency
and who discharges sanitary wastewater to the sanitary wastewater
collection system owned and/or operated by the MTMA.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
commercial and/or industrial and/or institutional buildings or structures.
SANITARY WASTEWATER SERVICE LINE
A pipe extension from a structure's sanitary wastewater
plumbing system to the sanitary wastewater collection system owned
and/or operated by the MTMA.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.