A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
ABNORMAL INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any industrial waste having a suspended solid, content or a five-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal sewage. For the purposes of this chapter, any industrial waste containing more than 275 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or having a BOD5 in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered an abnormal industrial waste regardless of whether or not it contains other substances in concentrations differing appreciably from those normally found in municipal sewage.
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The Administrator of the USEPA Region III office until such time that the state's pretreatment program is approved, when the Director of the Pennsylvania DEP will become the approval authority.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
Includes:
(1) 
A responsible corporate officer (president, secretary, treasurer or vice president of the corporation) if the user is a corporation.
(2) 
A general partner or proprietor if the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, respectively.
(3) 
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility, including having explicit or implicit duty of making capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(4) 
A duly authorized representative of the individuals cited above, provided that:
(a) 
Such authorization is made, in writing, by the individuals cited above;
(b) 
The authorization specifies either the individual person or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates, such as a plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and
(c) 
The written authorization is submitted to the Borough.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES or BMPS
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 157-23 [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.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The term "BOD," denoting biochemical oxygen demand, as used herein, shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C. expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/L). It shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in the current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The Council of the Borough of Oakmont, as now or hereafter constituted, and its duly authorized agent or representative.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with Section 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.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive both sanitary sewage and stormwater runoff, which has been approved by the Borough Council for such purposes.
COOLING WATER (NONCONTACT COOLING WATER)
The water used for any air-conditioning, cooling or refrigeration purposes which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished product.
CURRENT EDITION OF STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
The latest edition published and current at the time the determination of any analysis required is to be made.
CUSTOMER
The owner or tenant, as hereinafter defined, which is furnished sewage service by the Borough.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP)
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Director or other duly authorized official of said agency.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
EXPANSION
An increase in hydraulic capacity.
FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which applies to industrial users. This term includes national prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to Section 403.5 of the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403) and pretreatment standards for specific industrial categories (e.g., 40 CFR Chapter I, Subpart N, Parts 405 through 471).
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which 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.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants from any source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) into the POTW (including holding tank waste discharge into the system).
INDUSTRIAL SERVICE
Provision of sewage service for premises where the customer is engaged in manufacturing or process industries.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a discharge of pollutants under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PERMIT
A discharge permit issued to an industrial user by the Borough pursuant to the requirements of Article IV of this chapter.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne wastes from industrial processes or commercial establishments as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT
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.
INTERFERENCE
Any discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
(1) 
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge process, use or disposal; and
(2) 
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 provision 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)," and including any state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LATERAL or SERVICE LATERAL
The sanitary sewer pipe which connects the plumbing of an occupied building or premises to the Borough's sanitary sewer system which conveys sewage to the Borough POTW. It originates at the building's foundation and ends at the connection or sewer service connection to the Borough's sanitary sewer system.
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MANAGER or SEWER MANAGER
The Borough Manager or the duly authorized person placed in charge of the public sanitary sewerage system by the Borough Council.
NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
NEW SOURCE
(1) 
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge or pollutants, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source, if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that:
(a) 
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
(b) 
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
(c) 
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building, structure, facility or installation are 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 integrated.
(2) 
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of this definition but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to an existing process or production equipment. Construction of a new source, as defined under this section, has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(a) 
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, grubbing, excavation or removal of existing building, structures or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or
(b) 
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 definition.
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either thereof, is or may be discharged.
OWNER
The person, firm, corporation or association having an interest as owner or a person, firm, corporation or association representing itself to be the owner, whether legal or equitable, sole or only partial, in any premises which is or is about to be furnished sewage service by the Borough; and the word "owners" means all so interested.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into navigable waters of the United States 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 POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON
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. The masculine gender shall include the feminine; the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in the current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded 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.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.
PREMISES
The property or area, including the improvements thereon, to which sewage service is or will be furnished.
PREMISES ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM
Any real estate abutting on or adjoining any street or alley of the Borough in which a combined sewer or sanitary sewer of the public sanitary sewage system is located.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
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. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes or process changes and other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and local limits.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have been shredded to such 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 in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) OR PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All separate sanitary sewers, all combined sewers, all sewage pumping stations, all sewage treatment works and all other sewerage facilities owned and operated by the Borough of Oakmont for the collection, transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, together with their appurtenances and any additions, extensions or improvements thereto. It shall also include sewers within the Borough limits which serve one or more persons and discharge into the public sanitary sewerage system even though those sewers may not have been constructed by Borough funds and are not owned or maintained by the Borough. It does not include separate storm sewers or culverts which have been constructed for the sole purpose of carrying stormwater and surface runoff, the discharge from which is not and does not become tributary to the Borough's sewage treatment facilities.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, industries and commercial establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water, groundwater and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only sanitary sewage or sanitary and industrial wastewaters from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial and commercial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water or stormwater as may be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other waste liquids.
SEWER SERVICE CONNECTION or CONNECTION
The junction or physical tie-in of a lateral or service lateral to the Borough's sanitary sewer system.
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SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
Any industrial user who:
(1) 
Is subject to any federal categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N; or
(2) 
Discharges an average flow of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater); or
(3) 
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
(4) 
Is designated as such by the Borough, the EPA or Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG DISCHARGE
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration, which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 157-23 of this chapter. A slug discharge is any 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.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1972.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface waters, groundwater drainage, etc., but which is not intended to carry any sanitary sewage or industrial waste.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench, sewer or sink.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of suspended solids shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in the current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
TENANT
Anyone occupying premises, owned by another person, which are furnished sewage service.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of the Clean Water Act 307(a) or other acts.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement Section 201 of Public Law Q2-500, 33 U.S.C., or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the useful life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extension improvement, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear water facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residuals resulting from each treatment; or any other method or system for preventing, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste, including stormwater runoff or industrial waste, including waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
UNPOLLUTED WATER or WASTE
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; obnoxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more than 1,000 milligrams per liter by weight of dissolved solids of which not more than 250 milligrams per liter shall be as chloride and not more than 10 milligrams per liter each of suspended solids and BOD5. The color shall not exceed 50 platinum-cobalt color units. Analyses for any of the above-mentioned substances shall be made in accordance with the current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
UPGRADING
An increase in the level of treatment, provided to improve the quality of the effluent water.
UPSET
Any exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with federal categorical pretreatment standards or local standards adopted pursuant to this chapter because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the industrial 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.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Borough's public sanitary sewerage system.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed to or permitted to enter the public sanitary sewerage system.
WATER AUTHORITY
The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or any publicly or privately owned duly authorized agency, corporation or organization which succeeds said public corporation as the approved purveyor of the public water supply within the corporate limits of the Borough.
WATERCOURSE
Any channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WATERS OF THE STATE
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.
B. 
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
The following abbreviations shall have these designated meanings:
BMP
Best management practice
BOD
Biochemical oxygen demand
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
COD
Chemical oxygen demand
DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
L
Liter
mg
Milligrams
mg/L
Milligrams per liter
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works
SIC
Standard Industrial Classification
SIU
Significant Industrial User
SWDA
Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
U.S.C.
United States Code
TSS
Total suspended solids