Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term is used
in this chapter, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be
as stated below. When not inconsistent with the context, the present
tense shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall
include the singular and vice versa. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun
shall include the feminine. "Shall" is mandatory; "may is permissive."
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,
as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA. The USEPA Administrator will
be the approval authority until such time that the State of New York
has an approved pretreatment program.
The procedures defined as "Standard Methods" in this article,
or other procedures approved by the Superintendent, for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewaters, and/or sludges.
The latest edition of any ASTM International specification,
when stipulated in this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
If the user is a corporation:
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 or decisionmaking functions
for the corporation; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating
facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management
decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility, including
having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment
recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures
to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental chapters
and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established
or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual
wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign
documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance
with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state, or local governmental facility:
a director or the highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, or their designee.
The individuals described in Subsection A(1) through (3), above, may designate a duly 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 Village of Waterloo.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 195-78A and B [40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) 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. BMPs also include alternative means (i.e., management plans) of complying with or in place of certain established categorical pretreatment standards and effluent limits.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion
of a user's treatment facility.
An industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment
standard or categorical standard.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that
appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, both
organic and inorganic, in a sample, that is susceptible to oxidation,
by a specific chemical oxidant, expressed in milligrams per liter.
A qualified individual who is employed or appointed by the
Village of Waterloo and who is designated by the appointing officials
as the person in responsible supervision of the complete and actual
operation of any wastewater treatment plant. It is not intended to
include Village Managers, Superintendents of Public Works or municipal
or other officials unless their duties include the actual operation
of a wastewater treatment plant. The Chief Operator must have a valid
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wastewater
Treatment Plant Operator Certificate of the appropriate grade for
the POTW in order to make decisions pertaining to the operation of
the wastewater treatment plant and collection system.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the
end of a specified contact time at room temperature, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption, relative to distilled water. One hundred percent transmittance
is equivalent to zero optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See "extension.")
The one-time application fee to offset Village of Waterloo
expenses to process an application for a connection of a building
lateral to the public sewer. The fee also covers plan review, permit
issuance, street repair cost, and inspection costs. The fee may be
scaled to the amount of work involved, or to the size of the public
sewer involved.
The term shall refer to "approval authority," or to the Superintendent
when the Village of Waterloo has an approved pretreatment program
under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream
of the building lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole
represent the discharge to the POTW.
A pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to
treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this chapter.
Seneca County, the county in which the Village of Waterloo
is located.
The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant
collected during a calendar day.
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during
a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units
of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the
course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms
of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average
measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements
taken that day.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see "indirect
discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport of
storm or sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article IX, "end of pipe" shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater
at end of pipe.
See "National Categorical Pretreatment Standard."
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, the Regional Water Management Division Director, the
Regional Administrator, or other duly authorized official of said
agency.
Any source of discharge that is not a new source.
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property
at any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's
location.
Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
A sample that is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform
and update the Industrial Chemical Survey.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW from any nondomestic
source for treatment and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent
to the state's waters. (For reference, see "direct discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from "domestic"
or "residential."
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by
the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm
sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes
or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore
is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the Village of Waterloo
POTW's SPDES or NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory
provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent
state or local regulations):
Section 405 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
(RCRA)";
Any 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;
The Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act;
40 CFR 503, Standards for use and disposal of sewage sludge;
and
NYCRR Part 360 and Parts 700 through 705.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the public
sewer.
Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by Village
of Waterloo upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement
the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1)
and (b), as amended.
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.
The sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar
month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that
month.
The highest allowable average of daily discharges over a
calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured
during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges
measured during that month.
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), as amended, which applies to a specific
category of industrial users. These standards apply at the end of
the categorical process ("end of process").
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(B)
of the Act, and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
That individual or entity who or which purchased property
within the service area of the Village of Waterloo after the effective
date of this chapter.
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
in Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source
if such standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with that
section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed
at a site on which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
The production or wastewater generating process of the building,
structure, facility, or installation is substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as
the existing source should be considered.
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(1) or (2) above but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this definition
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;
or
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
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are 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.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
The agency of the New York State government charged with
the administration and enforcement of state environmental laws, rules
and regulations, and federal environmental laws, rules and regulations
where the approval authority has been delegated by the USEPA. Also
may be used to designate the Commissioner or other duly authorized
officer of said Department.
Water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished
product.
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner so as
to endanger life or health, give offense to the senses, or obstruct
or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use or maintenance of the
POTW.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease, and oil, in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who or which owns or owned a property,
within the service area of the POTW, purchased prior to the effective
date of this chapter, who inherited the property at any time and intends
to sell the property, or has sold the property to a new owner; also
the agent of the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes. Also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities which, alone or in conjunction with discharges from
other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the
POTW's SPDES and NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other
actions as authorized by this chapter.
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 logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters,
lands and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that
water, land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters,
lands and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into
these media.
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 a POTW. This reduction
or alteration can be achieved by physical, chemical, or biological
process, process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(D).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act.
A lavatory that does not discharge wastewater to a public
sewer.
A receptacle constructed for the purpose of collecting domestic
wastewater without a connection to a public sewer.
See "National Prohibitive Discharge Standard."
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, and with no particle having a dimension greater
than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), as amended, which is owned, in this instance,
by the Village of Waterloo. This definition includes any devices or
systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and
reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and
any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment plant.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
Standards contained in the latest edition of Recommended
Standards for Wastewater Facilities, published by the Great Lakes
Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health
and Environmental Managers. Use of the Recommended Standards for Wastewater
Facilities is subject to acceptance by the approval authority.
Includes, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including, but not limited to, letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this chapter, "records" shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved types of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries. Also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants. Septage shall not have been contaminated with substances of
concern or priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any and/or all local and state requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of the Village of Waterloo.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such ground, surface, and storm water as may be inadvertently present.
The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes
and other wastes shall also be considered "sewage" within the meaning
of this definition.
See "POTW treatment plant."
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking,
and handling of food, liquid wastes containing human excrement and
similar matter from the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial buildings, and institutions, or liquid wastes
from clothes washing and/or floor/wall washing. Therefore, domestic
sewage includes both black water and grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
BOD (five-day): 2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Phosphorus: 80 pounds per million gallons (10 milligrams per
liter), or less.
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter),
or less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million gallons (50
milligrams per liter), or less.
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million gallons (350
milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter), or less.
pH: 5.5 to 10.00 S.U.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these characteristics,
if the sewage also contains substances of concern, it may not be considered
normal sewage.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal
sewage and/or which contains substances of concern.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal; also called the "house connection." See
"lateral, building."
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Village of Waterloo.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface,
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes,
or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics
thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal
sewage. (See "volume charge.")
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
See "user, significant industrial."
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those which, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during
a six-month period, exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit
or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
"Technical review criteria (TRC) violations," defined here as
those which, in 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant
parameter taken during a six-month period, equal or exceed the product
of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC
= 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other
pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily
maximum or long-term average) that the Superintendent determines has
caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference
or pass-through (including endangering the health of POTW personnel
or the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under Article XI of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required
reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance
reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance
with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any other violation which the Superintendent determines will
adversely affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment
program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference. In any event, a discharge which, in concentration of
any constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period of
duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal user operations,
shall constitute a slug.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 195-78 of this chapter. 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.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator,
pursuant to Section 304(G) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part
136, and amendments thereto. (If 40 CFR Part 136 does not include
a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question,
then procedures set forth in EPA publication, Sampling and Analysis
Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,
April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used.), any other procedure
approved by the Administrator, or any other procedure approved by
the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.
State of New York.
The State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established
by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of
New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges to the waters
of the state.
A permit issued pursuant to Article 17 of the Environmental
Conservation Law of the State of New York.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation or the United States EPA has determined may be harmful
to man or the environment.
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
A qualified person designated by the Village of Waterloo
to supervise the operation of the POTW and collection system, and
who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this chapter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquid, and that is
removable by laboratory filtering.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tends to interfere with
any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point. Any pollutant or combination
of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA
under provisions of CWA[1] 307(A), or other Acts, as amended.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause a violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and
temporary noncompliance with categorical pretreatment standards because
of factors beyond the reasonable control of the user. An upset does
not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error,
improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities,
lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before
the effective date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the Village of Waterloo POTW who is,
except as provided in Subsection C of this definition:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
An industrial user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process
wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and
boiler blowdown wastewater);
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
Is designated as such by the Village of Waterloo on the basis
that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Is designated as such by the Village of Waterloo on the basis
that is has a reasonable potential to impact plant operations and
is discharging sewage of unusual strength or character in excess of
applicable limits set forth herein.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Village of Waterloo may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial 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.
The incorporated Village of Waterloo in the County of Seneca
and State of New York.
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of potable water supplied to a user. (There may be surcharges, as provided for in Article XXI). The volume charge shall be based on a specific cost per 1,000 gallons. The specific charge is determined based on the overall cost of treating sewage and shall be subject to approval by the Village of Waterloo Board. The basis of volume charge calculations shall be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article XIII. The volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
A permit as set forth in Article XI of this chapter.
That portion of the POTW which subjects wastewater to a process
for removing or altering the objectionable constituents of wastewater
for the purpose of meeting the requirements of its State Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System Permit (SPDES) and making it less offensive
or dangerous.
See "sewage, unusual strength or character."
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
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.
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Editor's Note: See Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. § 1317.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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ASTM International
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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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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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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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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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
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U.S.C.
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United States Code
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USEPA
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms found to be ambiguous
or improperly defined in this article, shall be defined by the Act,
or regulations, pursuant thereto.
