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Town of Albion, NY
Orleans County
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All users of the Town of Albion Town and village sewer systems will comply with all standards and requirements of the Act and standards and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act, including, but not limited to, 40 CFR 406 through 471.
A. 
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the Town and village sewer systems. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of the Town and village sewer systems whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute the following substances to the Town and village sewer systems:
(1) 
Any solids, liquids 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 a fire or an explosion or be injurious, in any way, to the Town and village sewer systems or to the operation of the Town and village sewer systems. At no time shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard meter at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other point in the system) be more than 25% nor any single reading be more than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substance which the Town of Albion, the State or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or a hazard to the Town and village sewer systems.
(2) 
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3) 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0, unless the Town and village sewer systems were specifically designed to manage such wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or Town and village sewer system personnel.
(4) 
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the Town and village sewer systems or to exceed the limitation set forth in a Categorical Pretreatment Standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
(5) 
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids or gases which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6) 
Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional or industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease or oils which become visible solids when the wastes are cooled to 10° C. (50° F.); any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(7) 
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.
(8) 
Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9) 
Any solid, liquid, vapor or gas having a temperature higher than 65° C. (150° F.); however, such materials shall not cause the Town and village sewer systems' influent temperature to be greater than 40° C. (104° F.). The Superintendent reserves the right, in certain instances, to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures are lower than 65° C.
(10) 
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11) 
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved by the Superintendent, and in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(12) 
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination in any way with other wastes.
(13) 
Any wastewater with a closed cup flash point of less than (140°' F.) or (60° C.), using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(14) 
Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the Town and village sewer systems in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the Town and village sewer systems, wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below on either a daily or an instantaneous basis, except by permit or as provided for in this section. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the Town and village sewer systems (end-of-pipe concentrations).
SPDES Constituent
Allowable Effluent Concentration Limit
[Domestic Concentration (mg/l)]
Aluminum, total
1.597
Cadmium, total
0.000045
Chromium, total
0.0045
Copper, total
0.0045
Iron, total
4.842
Lead, total
0.00113
Mercury, total
0.000059
Thailum, total
0.129
Cyanide, total
0.592
Phenols, total
0.113
Benzene
0.134
Chlorobenzene
0.082
Tetrachorethene
0.023
Edosulfan-1
0.062
Antimony, total
0.623
Barium, total
0.824
Beryllium, total
0.098
Chromium, hexavalent
0.299
Manganese, total
1.545
Nickel, total
0.0009
Silver, total
0.185
Zinc, total
0.0113
Trichloroethene
0.098
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
6.728
PCBs, total
0.0000005
Arsenic
0.00027
Selenium
0.00014
Molybdenum
0.000158
A. 
Except for chromium (hex), all concentrations listed for metallic substances shall be as total metal, which shall be defined as the value measured in a sample acidified to a pH value of two or less, without prior filtration.
B. 
All concentrations shall be as determined on a composite sample taken from the user's daily discharge over a typical operational and/or production day.
C. 
Other substances which may be limited are as follows: antibiotics; chemical compounds which, upon acidification, alkalinization, oxidation or reduction, in the discharge or after admixture with wastewater and its components in the Town and village sewer systems, produce toxic, flammable or explosive compounds; pesticides, including algaecides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides; polyaromatic hydrocarbons; and viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes or hospital procedures.
A. 
At no time shall the influent to the Town and village sewer systems contain quantities in excess of those specified below:
SPDES Constituent
Allowable Influent Loading
[Allowable Domestic Concentration (pounds per day)]
Aluminum, total
1.550
Cadmium, total
0.0006
Chromium, total
0.0623
Copper, total
0.0623
Iron, total
4.700
Lead, total
0.0156
Mercury, total
0.0008
Thailum, total
0.125
Cyanide, total
0.575
Phenols, total
0.110
Benzene
0.130
Cholorbenzene
0.080
Tetrachorethene
0.022
Edosulfan-1
0.060
Antimony, total
0.605
Barium, total
0.800
Beryllium, total
0.095
Chromium, hexavalent
0.290
Manganese, total
1.500
Nickel, total
0.0124
Silver, total
0.180
Zinc, total
0.1557
Trichloroethene
0.095
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
6.530
PCBs, total
0.0000005
Arsenic
0.00027
Selenium
0.00015
Molybdenum
0.000160
B. 
Determination.
(1) 
To assure that none of the above-noted limitations are violated, the Superintendent shall issue permits to significant industrial users limiting the discharge of the substances noted above. Each permit shall restrict the discharge from each significant industrial user to a portion of the total allowable influent loading. In determining what portion of the total of each substance that each significant industrial user shall be allowed to discharge, the Superintendent shall consider:
(a) 
The quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable because they occur naturally in wastewater;
(b) 
The quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic but are nonetheless uncontrollable;
(c) 
Historical discharge trends;
(d) 
Past pollution control efforts of each significant industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers of the same substance:
(e) 
Potential for growth in the Town and village sewer systems service area;
(f) 
Potential for more restrictive regulatory requirements to be placed on the Town and village sewer systems discharge or sludge disposal or sludge reuse method; and
(g) 
Treatability of the substance.
(2) 
The Superintendent shall apply a minimum fifteen-percent safety factor to be protective of the Town and village sewer systems.
C. 
Permits issued in accordance with this section may allow for discharges in excess of limitations set forth under § 100-73.
A. 
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge contained in this chapter may be supplemented with more stringent limitations when, in the opinion of the Superintendent:
(1) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to protect the Town and village sewer systems;
(2) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to enable the Town and village sewer systems to comply with applicable water quality standards or the effluent limitations specified in the Town and village sewer systems' SPDES permit;
(3) 
The Town and village sewer systems sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal or reuse as the Town of Albion desires, as a result of discharge of wastewaters at the above prescribed concentration limitations;
(4) 
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered; or
(5) 
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be caused.
B. 
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge shall be recalculated not less frequently than once every five years. The results of these calculations shall be reported to the Village of Albion Board. This chapter shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial wastewater discharge permits which have limitations based directly on any limitations of this chapter, which limitations were changed, shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable pretreatment standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or in any other way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment standard. Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
A. 
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand or other harmful substances; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or living units.
B. 
All restaurants and food preparation establishments shall be required to install grease/oil interceptors, and any existing restaurants and food preparation establishments shall install grease/oil interceptors upon transfer of ownership.
C. 
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his/her expense.