A.
Unpolluted water. No user shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage to
any sanitary sewer. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as stormwater
sewers or to a natural outlet as approved by the Authority. Sump pumps
utilized for the discharge of surface water or groundwater must be
connected with rigid pipe so that the discharge is to the outside
of the building and not into laundry trays or toilets or in any other
way connected to the sanitary sewer system. Unpolluted industrial
cooling waters and unpolluted process waters may be discharged to
sewers only with the written approval of the Authority and the City.
B.
Federal and state requirements. Any provisions or limitations of
this chapter are superseded and supplemented by federal, state and
City requirements pursuant to, but not limited to, Section 307(b)
and 307(c) of P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act
amendments). Any reports or miscellaneous information required by
regulatory agencies such as those under, but not limited to, Section
308 of P.L. 92-500 (1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act) shall
be provided to the Authority by the users of the sewer system.
A.
No user shall cause or permit to be discharged into the sewer system
any solid, liquid or gaseous matter harmful to the sewage disposal
process or any part of the wastewater treatment facilities. These
general prohibitions apply to all such users of the POTW whether or
not the user is subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards
or any other federal, state or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B.
Limitation on waste discharges. When the Philadelphia Water Department (Department) determines that a user is contributing to the POTW amounts of wastewater described in the following § 81-23C(1) through (6) and D(1)(a) through (r), or is involved in activities described in § 81-23D(2), as to either interfere with the operation of the POTW or create a pass-through at the POTW, the Department shall advise the user(s) of the impact of the contribution on the POTW and develop effluent limitation(s) for such user to correct the interference or pass-through with the POTW without the need to amend these regulations.
C.
General requirements. No user shall contribute the following substances
to any POTW:
(1)
Wastes which tend to limit the hydraulic capacity of sewers and associated
equipment and structures, such as grease, sand, tar, rags, glass,
ashes, straw, feathers, plastics, paraffin, wood, sawdust, paunch
manure, entrails, fleshings, hides, offal from livestock and others
as may be prescribed by the Authority.
(2)
Wastes which tend to damage wastewater treatment facilities. Wastes
which tend to damage sewers and associated structures and equipment,
such as acids, alkalis, abrasive grits and others as may be prescribed
by the Authority.
(3)
Wastes which prevent maintenance of sewers. Wastes which tend to
prevent or make hazardous the maintenance or inspection of sewers
and associated equipment and structures, such as gasoline, kerosene,
fuel oil, solvents, strong acids and alkalis, cyanides, excessively
hot wastes, radioactive wastes and others as may be prescribed by
the Authority.
(4)
Wastes which place unusual demands on sewers. Wastes which place
unusual demand on sewers and associated equipment and structures or
treatment processes, such as excessive volumes, high biochemical oxygen
demands, high suspended solids and others as may be prescribed by
the Authority.
(5)
Wastes which prevent the treatment facility from meeting regulatory
agency discharge standards. Wastes which contain pollutants incompatible
with or toxic to the wastewater treatment facilities and prevent the
attainment of effluent limitations of regulatory agencies, such as
heavy metals and others as may be prescribed by the Authority.
(6)
Wastes which affect sludge disposal. Wastes which contain pollutants
incompatible with or toxic to the wastewater treatment facilities
and which affect the suitability of the resultant sludges for various
disposal techniques, such as heavy metals and others as may be prescribed
by the Authority.
D.
Prohibited substances and activities.
(1)
No user shall contribute the following substances to any POTW:
(a)
Any liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature
or quantity, are, or may be, sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious
in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no
time shall the atmosphere in a private sewer leading to a POTW structure
exceed 25% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) unless the user can
demonstrate that such a discharge does not create, at the point of
discharge into the POTW or at any other point in the POTW, a reading
over 10% LEL as measured by an explosimeter. Prohibited materials
include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene,
toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides,
chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides
and any other substances which can create a fire or explosion hazard
to the POTW.
(b)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the
flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities, such as, but not limited to, grease, garbage
with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimensions, animal gut
or tissues, paunch, manure, bones, hair, hides, fleshing or offal
entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime,
stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings,
rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar,
asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or
lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes or any
material which can be disposed of as trash.
(c)
pH measurements.
[1]
Any wastewater having a pH of less than 5.5 or higher than 12.0,
as measured by a grab sample, or wastewater having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment
and/or personnel of the POTW.
[2]
No industrial user measuring pH continuously at the point of
discharge shall discharge wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 12.0 at any time except for a period not to exceed a total of
five minutes in any one-hour period. In the event that a periodic
discharge of a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 12.0 for a period
exceeding five minutes occurs, the industrial user must demonstrate
that the pH will not exceed the range of 5.5 to 10.0 at a downstream
point designated by the City. In no case may the industrial user's
discharge contain a pH less than 5.0 at the point of discharge into
the POTW.
[3]
In the event that the influent wastewater flow arriving at a
treatment plant is outside the pH range of 6.5 to 8.5, the City may
limit the industrial users to that treatment plant to a pH range of
6.0 to 9.0, upon oral or written notice, for as long as the City deems
necessary.
(d)
Any wastewater containing pollutants which may, either singly
or by interaction with other pollutants, injure, adversely affect
or interfere with any wastewater treatment process; or constitute
a hazard to humans or other biota, or may create an adverse effect
in the receiving waters of the POTW, as determined through biomonitoring
conducted on the POTW's effluent or through in-stream monitoring;
or violate any provision of the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401
et seq.), as amended, or local air quality regulations.
(e)
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which, either
singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create
a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry
into the sewers or treatment plant facilities for maintenance and
repair without respiratory protection or other personal safety equipment.
(f)
Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any
other product of the POTW, such as residues, sludge or scum, to be
unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation
process. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause
the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria,
guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act,
nor any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or
disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean
Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or state criteria applicable
to the sludge management methods being used by the City.
(g)
Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES
and/or state disposal system permit or the receiving water quality
standards.
(h)
Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment
process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning
solutions.
(i)
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological
activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference, but
in no case wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into
the POTW which exceeds 60° C. (140° F.) or which shall cause
the wastewater entering the POTW treatment plant to exceed 40°
C. (104° F.).
(j)
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD,
etc.), and suspended solids released at a flow rate and/or pollutant
concentration which a user knows or has reason to know will cause
interference or pass-through to the POTW. In no case shall a slug
load have a flow rate or contain a concentration or quantities of
pollutants that exceed for any time period longer than 15 minutes
more than five times the average twenty-four-hour permitted concentration,
quantities or flow during normal operation.
(k)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes
of such half-life or concentrations as may exceed limits established
by the Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner (Commissioner) in
compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(l)
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or creates
a public nuisance.
(m)
Any wastewater containing motor oils or lubricants removed from
vehicles or other machinery.
(n)
Any wastewater containing substances which may solidify or become
viscous at temperatures between 0° C. (32° F.) and 66°
C. (150° F.).
(o)
Any sludges from septic or holding tanks without specific prior
approval of the Department.
(p)
Any wastewater which, because of its chemical nature or composition,
causes the sewer atmosphere to contain airborne chemical concentrations
in exceedance of concentrations established by the United States Department
of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), under
29 CFR 1910, regardless of duration of exposure experienced by any
individual, whether a Department or contractor's employee, unless
specific authorization is granted by the Commissioner.
(q)
Wastewater which may create a fire or explosive hazard in the
POTW, including, but not limited to, wastewater with a closed-cup
flashpoint of less than 140° F. using the test methods specified
in 40 CFR 261.21.
(r)
Any wastewater which, alone or in conjunction with any other
discharges, causes foam anywhere in the treatment plant or its effluent.
(2)
In addition, the following activities are prohibited:
(a)
No person shall discharge wastewater, pollutants, chemicals
or any other substance or contaminant into street inlets or through
sewer manholes without the prior written approval of the POTW.
(b)
No person who generates wastewater at one property shall discharge
it at another property without approval from the Authority.
(c)
No person shall discharge wastewater in quantities or at rates
of flow which may have an adverse or harmful effect on or overload
the Department's sewerage system or wastewater treatment plants
or cause excessive or additional treatment costs or render inaccurate
or interfere with the function of sewer metering devices.
(d)
No person shall discharge a wastewater flow contributing greater
than 2,500 pounds per day of the five-day biochemical oxygen demand
or contributing greater than 1,750 pounds per day of suspended solids
or having a volume in excess of 3,000,000 gallons per day without
specific written approval of the City.
(e)
No person shall store or handle any material, including hazardous
substances defined by CERCLA, in any area draining to the City sewer
system, because discharge or leakage from such storage or handling
may create an explosion hazard in the sewer system or treatment plant
or may constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or the receiving
stream, or in any other way which may have a deleterious effect upon
the wastewater treatment facilities. Such storage or handling shall
be subject to review by the City and shall require a spill control
plan with reasonable safeguards to prevent discharge or leakage of
such materials into the sewers.
(f)
Industrial users processing regulated waste streams through
their pretreatment facilities shall not bypass such pretreatment facilities
unless they notify the City, in writing, and obtain prior written
approval from the City.
(g)
No person shall increase the use of potable water, groundwater,
rainwater, river water or process water or in any way attempt to dilute
an effluent as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment
to achieve compliance with the pretreatment standards or requirements.
E.
Specific limitations for wastes discharged into the sewerage system.
Limitations for wastes which are not acceptable for discharge into
the sewerage system shall be set in accordance with current rules
and regulations established by the industrial waste unit of the Department
and upon such terms and conditions as the Authority Engineer shall
from time to time adopt and prescribe and the Authority shall approve.
Said Authority Engineer is hereby directed to adopt and, from time
to time, change such limitations; and the same, when approved by the
Authority, shall have the same force and effect as if set out at length
in this chapter. Such limitations shall be available for inspection
in the Engineer's office during regular business hours.
F.
Spill prevention. The storage of any materials in sewered areas or
in areas draining into the sewerage system which, because of discharge
or leakage from such storage, may create an explosion hazard in the
sewer system or treatment plant or in any other way may have a deleterious
effect upon the wastewater treatment facilities or constitute a hazard
to human beings or animals or the receiving stream shall be subject
to review by the Authority and shall require reasonable safeguards
to prevent discharge or leakage of such materials into the sewers.
This requirement shall be extended to a formal spill prevention plan
program, including written reports to the Authority if deemed necessary
by the Authority.
G.
Records and analytical data. Any person serviced by a building sewer
carrying industrial waste shall maintain records, provide reports
and obtain analytical data as required by the Authority. Any person
served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes not in compliance
with the provisions of these regulations shall submit to the Authority
periodic notices at intervals specified by the Authority (but in no
instance at intervals exceeding nine months) and specific action taken
to achieve compliance with these regulations.
H.
Dilution prohibited. No person shall utilize dilution as the means
of achieving the provisions of these regulations, except as allowed
by the federal pretreatment standards.
(1)
The Authority will mathematically calculate concentrations based
upon sampling results and the average daily discharge to the sewer
determined from the most recent four quarters prior to issuance of
these regulations if the quarterly discharge to the sewer increased
by 30% or more subsequent to the issuance of these regulations and
the increase cannot satisfactorily, in the judgment of the Authority,
be explained by production, process or equipment changes.
(2)
The Authority also reserves the right to mathematically calculate
concentrations based upon sampling results and the average daily discharge
to the sewer during the most recent valid quarter prior to sampling
if the discharge to the sewer during the day of sampling is greater
by 30% or more than the average daily discharge during the most recent
valid previous quarter and the increase cannot satisfactorily, in
the judgment of the Authority, be explained by production, process
or equipment.
I.
Disposal of wastes from septic tanks and cesspools. No person shall
dispose of wastes from septic tanks, cesspools or other such sources
of sanitary sewage to the Authority sewer system.
J.
Spills to be reported. Any spills or dumps of wastes into the Authority
sewerage system which could affect compliance with the limitations
set forth in these or any other federal or state regulations shall
be reported immediately to the Authority.
K.
Approval and permits.
(1)
No nondomestic wastes shall be discharged, either directly or indirectly,
into any sewer without the prior written approval of the City.
(2)
No additional or new nondomestic waste from an existing source, which
could either affect compliance with the limitations of these regulations
or, as related to wastewater discharge, alter its main Standard Industrial
Classification Code, shall be discharged either directly or indirectly
into any sewer without written notification to the Authority.
All users shall comply with all provisions contained in the
general pretreatment regulations (40 CFR Part 403), as amended, and,
if applicable, the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards (40
CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N), as amended. Any limitations imposed
under the general pretreatment regulations or the National Categorical
Pretreatment Standards which are more stringent than the limitations
in these regulations shall supersede the limitations imposed under
these regulations.
A.
No person shall discharge the following substances in excess of the
concentrations, in milligrams per liter (mg/l), as expressed below:
|
Substance
|
Daily Maximum
(mg/l)
|
Monthly Average
(mg/l)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
|
0.01
|
0.005
|
|
Biological oxygen demand
|
250
|
250
|
|
Cadmium
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
|
Copper
|
4.5
|
2.7
|
|
Lead
|
0.69
|
0.43
|
|
Mercury
|
0.01
|
0.005
|
|
Nickel
|
4.1
|
2.6
|
|
Selenium
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
|
Silver
|
0.43
|
0.24
|
|
Suspended solids
|
250
|
250
|
|
Total chromium
|
7.0
|
4.0
|
|
Zinc
|
4.2
|
2.6
|
|
Discharge limitations apply to all points within and throughout
a sanitary sewer system.
|
B.
Prohibited discharges.
(1)
No person shall discharge wastewater containing any of the materials
listed herein into the POTW without obtaining written permission from
the POTW:
|
Acrylonitrile
|
|
Aldrin
|
|
Alpha BHC
|
|
Aluminum
|
|
Barium
|
|
Benzene
|
|
Benzo (a) pyrene
|
|
Benzotrichloride
|
|
Beryllium
|
|
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
|
|
Bromobenzene
|
|
Bromodichloromethane
|
|
Bromoform
|
|
Carbon tetrachloride
|
|
Chlordane
|
|
Chlorobenzene
|
|
Chlorodibromomethane
|
|
Chloroethane
|
|
Chloroform
|
|
Cumene
|
|
DDT/DDE/DDD
|
|
Dibutylphthalate
|
|
Dichlorobromomethane
|
|
Dichloroethyl ether
|
|
Dieldrin
|
|
Diisobutylenes
|
|
Dimethylnitrosamine
|
|
Ethylbenzene
|
|
Heptachlor
|
|
Hexachlorobutadiene
|
|
Hexachlorobenzene
|
|
Iron
|
|
Isopropylbenzene
|
|
Lindane
|
|
M-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
Methyl chloride (chloromethane)
|
|
Methyl ethyl ketone
|
|
Methyl isobutyl ketone
|
|
Molybdenium
|
|
o,m,p-Xylenes
|
|
o-Chlorotoluene
|
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
p-Chlorotoluene
|
|
para-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
PCB-1248
|
|
PCB-1260
|
|
Phenanthrene
|
|
Phenols
|
|
Pyrene
|
|
Styrene
|
|
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
|
|
Tin
|
|
Titanium
|
|
Toluene
|
|
Toxaphene (chlorinated camphene)
|
|
Trichloroethylene
|
|
Vinyl chloride
|
|
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
|
|
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
|
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
|
|
1,1-Dichloroethane
|
|
1,1-Dichloroethlyene
|
|
1,1-Dichloropropene
|
|
1,2 trans, dichloroethylene
|
|
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
|
|
1,2-cis, dichloroethylene
|
|
1,2-Diobromo-3-Chloropropane
|
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
|
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
|
|
1,3-Dichloropropane
|
|
1,3-Dichloropropene
|
|
1,4-Dichlorobenzene(p)
|
|
2-Chlorophenol
|
|
2,2-Dichloropropane
|
|
2,4-Dinitrophenol
|
|
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
|
|
3,3-Dichlorobenzidiene
|
(2)
The City reserves the right to modify the above list of materials
prohibited from entering the POTW as may become necessary by virtue
of new state or federal regulations.
C.
Chlorine and ammonia. The free chlorine and/or free ammonia content
of the waste shall be limited to 5 mg/l at any time as shown by grab
sample. In particular instances where a mist-free atmosphere, as needed
during inspection and maintenance of a sewer, or to protect the POTW,
is otherwise not attainable, the Department may direct the user to
further remove its discharge of chlorine and ammonia, either on a
temporary or permanent basis, so as to eliminate formation of mist,
in order to permit such inspection and maintenance and protect the
POTW.
D.
Hydrogen sulfide. The hydrogen sulfide content of the waste shall
not exceed 2 mg/l at any time as shown by grab sample unless the POTW
authorizes, in writing, an alternative mass limit for total sulfides.
E.
Cyanide content. The cyanide content of the waste shall not exceed
10 mg/l total cyanide readily released at 150° F. and pH 4.5.
cyanide content of wastewater must be measured by grab sample.
F.
Fats, oils and greases.
(1)
Wastewaters shall not contain in excess of 100 mg/l of fats, oils
and greases of mineral or petroleum or unknown origin at any time
as shown by grab sample.
(2)
Wastewaters discharged to the POTW shall contain no floatable or
nonemulsified fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin.
Specific numerical limits for these pollutants may be placed in an
industrial user's wastewater discharge permit if found by the
POTW to be necessary. Wastewaters shall in no case contain concentrations
of these pollutants high enough to cause interference or pass-through.
The limits for both fats, oils and grease of mineral, petroleum or
unknown origin and of animal or vegetable origin may be reduced by
the Department without amending these regulations where the existing
limits cause adverse impacts to the collector system and/or POTW.
State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply
in any case where they are more stringent than federal requirements
and limitations or those in these regulations.
The Authority/City reserves the right to establish by regulation more-stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary to comply with the objectives presented in § 81-1 of these regulations.
A.
Spill prevention plan.
(1)
Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of prohibited
materials or other substances which may interfere with the POTW by
developing a spill prevention plan. Facilities to prevent accidental
discharge of prohibited materials shall be provided and maintained
at the owner or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans showing
facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall
be submitted to the Department for review and shall be approved by
the Department before construction of the facility. The spill plan
shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(a)
Description of discharge practices, including routine and nonroutine
batch discharges.
(b)
Description of stored chemicals.
(c)
Procedures for promptly notifying the City of spills or sludge
discharges, with procedures for follow-up written notification within
five working days.
(d)
Any necessary procedures to prevent accidental spills, including
inspection and maintenance of storage areas, handling and transfer
of materials, loading and unloading operations, control of plant site
runoff and worker training.
(e)
Any necessary measures for building containment structures or
equipment.
(f)
Any necessary measures to assure the integrity of storage vessels
and piping.
(g)
Any necessary measures for controlling toxic organic pollutants
(including solvents).
(h)
Any necessary procedures and equipment for emergency response.
(i)
Any necessary follow-up practices to limit the damage suffered
by the POTW or the environment.
(2)
All existing users shall complete such a plan within three months
of notice to do so by the Department. No user who commences a new
discharge to the POTW after the effective date of these regulations
shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental
discharge procedures have been approved by the City. Review and approval
of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial
user from the responsibility to modify the user's facility as
necessary to meet the requirements of these regulations.
B.
Notification.
(1)
In the case of an accidental discharge, it is the responsibility
of the user to immediately notify the Philadelphia Water Department,
Springfield and the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority of the
incident by telephone. The notification shall include the date, time
and location of the discharge, type of waste including concentration
and volume, duration of discharge, and any corrective actions taken
by the user.
(2)
Written notice. Within five business days, unless a different period
is prescribed by the City, following an accidental discharge, the
user shall submit to the Philadelphia Water Department, Springfield
Township and the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority a detailed
written report describing the cause of the discharge and the measures
that will be taken by the user to prevent similar future occurrences.
Such notification shall not relieve the user of any expense, loss,
damage or other liability which may be incurred as a result of damage
to the POTW, fish kills or any other damage to person or property;
nor shall such notification relieve the user of any fines, civil penalties
or other liability which may be imposed by these regulations or other
applicable law.
C.
Notice to employees. A notice shall be permanently posted on the
user's bulletin board(s) or other prominent places advising employees
whom to call in the event of a dangerous discharge. Employers shall
advise all employees who may cause or be injured by such a discharge
of the emergency notification procedure.
A.
General. The Authority/City or its representatives shall have the
right of access at all reasonable times to all parts of any premises
connected with the sewers and to examine and inspect the connection
thereto and the plumbing fixtures of any improper connection, installation,
maintenance or use and for the purpose of inspection and observation,
measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
(1)
In the event that the Authority needs to videotape any portion of
a private lateral, the Authority must provide a sixty-day notice to
the property owner. This notification is to be in the form of a written,
certified letter.
(2)
In the event that the Authority needs to perform smoke testing within
the sanitary sewer system, the Authority must provide a sixty-day
notice to the property owners of all laterals which will be affected
by this testing. This notification is to be in the form of a written,
certified letter.
B.
Tank testing. If it is in fact determined by the Authority/City by
testing that a person is causing a prohibited discharge to the wastewater
treatment facilities due to leaks in the underground structures, such
as, but not limited to, tanks or pipelines, the person shall, at their
own cost, perform successful repairs, according to Authority/City
specifications, to any structures required by the Authority/City.
A.
Control manholes. When required by the Authority/City, the owner
of any property serviced by an Authority/City sewer carrying nondomestic
wastes to the sewer shall install an adequate control manhole together
with such necessary meters, recorders, samplers and other appurtenances
on the building sewer to permit observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes, including flow-proportioned sampling, when deemed necessary
by the Authority/City.
(1)
Plans and specifications. Such manholes, when required, shall be
accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Authority/City.
(2)
Maintenance. The manhole and/or meter(s) and other appurtenances
shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained
by him, so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
(3)
Transport of signal. If a user has been found to be in repeated noncompliance
with regulations limiting the minimum permitted pH, the user may be
required by the Authority/City to install the necessary meters and
recorders and be required to transmit or transport the signal to a
designated Authority/City facility.
B.
Installation and maintenance of pretreatment facilities.
(1)
Owner to provide pretreatment facilities. Whenever deemed necessary
by the Authority/City, any person discharging or proposing to discharge
industrial wastes into any sewer shall, at his expense, provide such
pretreatment facilities as may be necessary to reduce or modify the
objectionable characteristics of such wastes to meet the limits or
conditions hereinbefore defined.
(2)
Maintenance. When pretreatment facilities are provided, they shall
be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
by the owner at his expense and shall be subject to periodic inspection
by the Authority/City.
(3)
Owner liable for damages. The person producing the waste shall be
liable for all damages directly attributable to such waste.
(4)
Sludges generated. Sludges, floats, oils, etc., generated by pretreatment
facilities must be contained and transported in a safe manner as prescribed
by the rules of regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to,
the United States Department of Transportation, and handled by reputable
persons, who shall dispose of all such wastes in accordance with all
federal, state and local regulations. The owner of such sludges, floats,
oils, etc., shall keep records and receipts needed to demonstrate
proper disposal for review by the Authority/City upon request.
C.
Sampling and analysis. All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
these rules shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as
prepared, approved and published jointly by the American Public Health
Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution
Control Federation, or other reference source specified by regulatory
agency requirements, such as Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water
and Wastes, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1974, or
its subsequent updated version.
D.
Oil and grease interceptor/trap systems.
(1)
The purpose of this section is to provide for the regulation, inspection,
maintenance, and rehabilitation of oil and grease interceptor/trap
systems, to permit intervention in circumstances which may constitute
a public nuisance or health hazard, and to establish penalties for
violations of the provisions of this section.
(2)
Applicability. Oil and grease interceptor/trap systems are required
for all restaurants, food-preparation facilities, or other commercial,
industrial and institutional establishments determined by the Authority
to have the potential to discharge oil and/or grease into a sanitary
sewer system.
(3)
Permits.
(a)
No person shall install, construct or alter an oil and grease
interceptor/trap or occupy or utilize any structure in which an oil
and grease interceptor/trap system shall be installed without first
obtaining written approval from the Authority, which said approval
shall identify the site and approve the plans and specifications so
as to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
(b)
All oil and grease interceptor/traps shall be available for
inspection by the Authority during normal business hours.
(c)
After receipt of all required approvals, any person desiring
to construct a permanent oil and grease trap interceptor system shall
notify the Authority at least 72 hours in advance of the commencement
of the construction so as to arrange the required inspections.
(4)
Design and inspection.
(a)
All oil and grease interceptor/trap systems must be the type
and capacity approved by the owner's design professional and
must be located for easy accessibility to clean and inspect.
(b)
The owner or person utilizing any property connected to a sanitary
sewer system shall permit an authorized agent of the Authority:
[1]
To enter all properties and facilities for the purpose of inspection,
sampling, and testing to determine compliance with the provisions
of these regulations.
[2]
To examine and copy any and all records required to be maintained
by the Authority for the purpose of determining compliance with the
provisions of these regulations.
(c)
Any oil and grease interceptor/trap system may be inspected
by an Authority's authorized agent at any reasonable time.
(d)
Inspection of an oil and grease interceptor/trap system may
require a physical tour of the property, sampling of the oil and grease
interceptor/trap, and dye-testing of the interior plumbing to determine
the path and ultimate destination of the generated wastewater.
(e)
An initial inspection may be conducted to determine the type
and functionality of oil and grease interceptors and traps.
(f)
A schedule of routine inspections may be established to assure
proper functioning of oil and grease interceptors and traps.
(g)
An Authority's authorized agent may inspect systems known
or alleged to be malfunctioning. Should said inspections reveal the
system is malfunctioning, the authorized agent will order action to
be taken to correct the malfunction.
(5)
Maintenance.
(a)
Every person owning a building or structure containing an oil
and grease interceptor/trap system, as well as any person making use
of the oil and grease interceptor/trap system, shall have the oil
and grease interceptor/trap pumped by a qualified pumper/hauler at
least every three months, or as required by manufacturer recommendations,
or as required by the Authority, whichever schedule provides for more-frequent
pumping. The owner and/or utilizer of the oil and grease interceptor/trap
shall submit to the Authority receipts from the pumper/hauler confirming
the pumping of the oil and grease interceptor/trap within two weeks
after the removal of the accumulated oil and grease.
(b)
The required pumping frequency may be increased by the Authority
for good cause shown.
(c)
Any person owning a property served by an oil and grease interceptor/trap,
as well as any person making use of the oil and grease interceptor/trap
system, must submit, with each required pumping receipt, a written
statement from the pumper/hauler that the baffles in the oil and grease
interceptor/trap have been inspected and found to be in good working
order. Any person whose oil and grease interceptor/trap baffles are
determined to require repair or replacement must first contact the
Authority for approval of the necessary repair.
(d)
Any person owning a building served by an oil and grease interceptor/trap,
as well as any person utilizing an oil and grease interceptor/trap
system, must follow the operation and maintenance recommendations
of the equipment manufacturer. A copy of the manufacturer's recommendations
and a copy of the service agreement must be submitted to the Authority
within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter. In no case may
the service or pumping intervals for the oil and grease interceptor/trap
exceed those recommended by the manufacturer.
(6)
System rehabilitation.
(a)
A written notice of violation may be issued to any person who
is the owner of any property and/or any person utilizing the oil and
grease interceptor/trap system which is found to be served by a malfunctioning
oil and grease interceptor/trap system or which is discharging oil
and grease without a permit.
(b)
Within seven days of notification by the Authority that a malfunction
has been identified, the property owner and/or the person utilizing
the oil and grease interceptor/trap system must make application to
the Authority for approval to repair or replace the malfunctioning
system. Within 30 days of initial notification by the Authority, construction
of the permitted repair or replacement must commence. Within 60 days
of the original notification by the Authority, the construction must
be completed, unless conditions mandate a longer period, in which
case the Authority may set an extended completion date.
(c)
In the event the modifications do not result in the elimination
of the malfunction of the existing oil and grease interceptor/trap
system, the person owning and/or making use of the interceptor system
shall bear responsibility for the continued malfunction of the system.
The owner and/or utilizer of said system shall be required to take
such action as necessary to eliminate the malfunction.
(7)
Liens. The Authority, upon notice that an imminent public health
or safety hazard exists due to failure of a proper owner and/or utilizer
to maintain, repair or replace an oil and grease interceptor/trap
system, shall have the authority to contract to have the work performed.
The owner of record of the property will be charged for the work performed
and, if necessary, a lien will be entered therefor in accordance with
the law.
(8)
Oil and grease disposal.
(a)
All grease originating within the Authority's collection
system shall be disposed of in accordance with the requirements of
the Solid Waste Management Act (Act 97 of 1980, 35 P.S. § 6018.101
et seq.) and all other applicable laws and at sites or facilities
approved by the DEP.
(b)
Pumpers/haulers of oil and grease shall operate in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management
Act (Act 97 of 1980, 35 P.S. §§ 6018.101-6018-1003)
and all other applicable laws.
(9)
Violations. Should any person violate the provisions of this section,
the Authority is authorized to pursue all legal remedies available
to it in order to effectuate compliance.
