As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
The North Versailles Township Sanitary Authority or their
duly authorized agent or representative.
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
Any facility which services motor-driven, self-propelled
vehicles and conducts the following operations.
B.
Mechanical repairs which includes the use of detergents or solvents
to clean equipment.
C.
Use of grease or lubricants for mechanical parts.
BAKERY
Any facility equipped to bake bread, cookies, cakes, pies,
etc., cooked in dry heat, especially an oven, and goods are sold either
retail or wholesale or nonprofit.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. expressed in milligrams/liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
CLEAN WATER ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law 92-500, also known as the Clean Water Act,
including the amendments made by the Clean Water Act of 1977, Public
Law 95-217.
COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY
An establishment where clothes/items are laundered or cleaned
in exchange for a fee.
FLOATING OILS
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the wastewater facilities.
GARBAGE
The putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from
handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
An inceptor whose rated flow exceeds 35 gpm and which is
located underground, outside the building.
GREASE TRAP
A trap whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minute (gpm) or
less and which is located inside the building. Grease traps shall
be rated for a minimum of 22.59 gpm.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any nondomestic source regulated under Section 307(b), (c),
(d) of the Clean Water Act that introduces pollutants into the Authority's
sewage disposal system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The water-carried wastes from industrial manufacturing or
industrial processing as distinct from sanitary sewage. It shall include
the trade wastes produced by, but not limited to, food processing
and bottling plants, food manufacturing plants, slaughtering plants,
tallow works, plating works, disposal services, industrial cleaning
plants, fertilizer plants, car and truck washing operations, laundries,
cleaning establishments, cooling plants, industrial plants, factories,
chemical treatment installation, and steel making plants.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both:
A.
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment process or operations
or its sludge process, use, or disposal.
B.
Therefore, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the
POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or
duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use
or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions
and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State
or local regulations); § 403 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 (RDRA),
and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management
plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA, the Clean Air Act,
the Toxic Substance Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research
and Sanctuaries Act.
NEW SOURCE
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
under § 307(c) of the Clean Water Act which will be applicable
to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section.
OWNER or OCCUPANT
The persons using the lot, parcel of land, building or premises
connected to and discharging sewage into the sewage disposal system
of the Authority, and who pays or is legally responsible for the payment
of sewer user charges made against the said lot, parcel of land, building
or premises, if connected to the sewage disposal, or who would pay
or be legally responsible for such payment.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, governmental
agency, society, corporation, group or political subdivision.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams contained in one liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredge spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PREMISES
All the parcels of land included in the contributory municipalities
or in the service are thereof in a single assessor's parcel number.
PROPERTY SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
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, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in publicly owned land or easements and controlled
by the NVTSA.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Clean
Water Act, which is owned in this instance by either ALCOSAN or the
MACM. This definition includes any sewer that conveys wastewater to
the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other
conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
R-1 GROUP
This use group shall include all multiple-family dwellings
having four or more dwelling units and shall include all boarding
houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations
in which occupants are primarily not transient in nature.
RESTAURANT
Any public eating place where meals are prepared, offered
for sale, sold and served to patrons, customers or guests for compensation
based on the prices charged for and generally paid at the conclusion
of each meal. The words "regular meals" as used herein mean meals
generally consisting of courses embracing some kind of meat, or its
equivalent, vegetables, bread, pastry, beverage and accompaniments,
served at more or less regular intervals.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The water-carried wastes from residences, hotels, restaurants,
eating houses, or from business establishments or premises engaged
solely in the sale, storage or repair of goods, wares or merchandise,
and which contains garbage, human wastes, or animal wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and to which storm,
surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
All tangible property used or useful to the Authority in
the rendering of sewage transportation, treatment and disposal service,
and shall include intercepting sewers, regulator chambers, pumping
stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER USER CHARGE
A monthly charge to all users of the sewage disposal system
which is based on sewage volume, strength and/or flow.
The following establishments are required to have installed
an oil/grease interceptor:
A. Restaurant/food preparation and service.
B. Automotive service (change oil/mechanical repairs).
C. Sale of gasoline or oil (retail and bulk).
E. Use detergents or solvents to clean mechanical equipment.
F. Use grease or lubricants for mechanical parts.
H. Any establishment involved with the preparation of food made for
human and/or animal consumption.
Any ordinance or part of any ordinance in conflict with the
terms of this article relating to sewage charges of the Township of
North Versailles is hereby revoked to the extent of any such conflict
with this article.