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.Â
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.Â
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
a user may not contribute the following substances to the Town and
village sewer systems:
(1)Â
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)Â
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)Â
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)Â
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)Â
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)Â
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)Â
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.
(8)Â
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)Â
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)Â
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes
constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11)Â
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes
except as approved by the Superintendent, and in compliance with applicable
state and federal regulations.
(12)Â
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)Â
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)Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
Determination.
(1)Â
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)Â
The quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable
because they occur naturally in wastewater;
(b)Â
The quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic
but are nonetheless uncontrollable;
(c)Â
Historical discharge trends;
(d)Â
Past pollution control efforts of each significant
industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers
of the same substance:
(e)Â
Potential for growth in the Town and village
sewer systems service area;
(f)Â
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)Â
Treatability of the substance.
(2)Â
The Superintendent shall apply a minimum fifteen-percent
safety factor to be protective of the Town and village sewer systems.
A.Â
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)Â
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient
to protect the Town and village sewer systems;
(2)Â
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)Â
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)Â
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered;
or
(5)Â
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be
caused.
B.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.