Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
Denoting "biochemical oxygen demand," shall mean the quantity
of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter
under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° Celsius,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
that receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with § 307(b)
and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
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, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27
centimeters) in any dimension.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial and manufacturing
establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water, and
stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any industrial user which:
Has an average discharge flow of 25,000 gallons
or more per day of industrial wastes; or
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow into
the District's wastewater treatment system; or
Has in its wastes toxic pollutants as defined
by the Clean Water Act or by state statutes and rules; or
Is subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment
Standards; or
Is found by the District to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the District's sewer system, the quality of sludge, the system's
effluent quality or air emissions generated by the system.
Any discharge of a nonroutine episodic nature, including
but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomer batch discharge.
Sometimes termed "storm sewer," shall mean a sewer which
carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage
and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
No person shall place, deposit or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the District or in any area under the jurisdiction of the District
any human excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
No person shall discharge to any natural outlet
within the District, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the
District, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of these rules and regulations.
All owners or tenants of property located within
the District are required to connect to and use the District's water
and/or sewerage systems and to satisfy all of their potable water
and/or sewage disposal needs by connecting to and using the District's
water and/or sewerage systems, provided the District determines that
it is economically feasible to furnish sewage and water service to
the property. At the sole discretion of the Director of Public Utilities,
customers may be allowed to continue to use existing wells and/or
private septic systems and be permitted not to connect to the system.
Each owner or tenant of property required to connect to and use the
District's water and/or sewerage systems shall disconnect and discontinue
the use of any other source of water supply and/or any other method
for the disposal of sewage. All such connections shall be made in
accordance with the rules and regulations which shall be adopted from
time to time by the District.
Each owner or tenant failing or refusing to
connect to or use the systems as provided above in this article shall
be fined $50 for each such failure or refusal to connect to or use
the systems. Each day of failure shall constitute a separate offense.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the District. The District shall determine the point on the individual
property boundary at which sewer service is to be provided.
Prior to connecting to the District's facilities,
the owner or his agent shall make application on a form furnished
by the District. The application shall be supplemented by any plans,
specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment
of the District.
A.
The building sewer permit application for a significant
industrial user shall include the following information:
(1)
Name and address of the applicant and the location
of the discharge if different from such address;
(2)
Expected wastewater constituents and characteristics;
(3)
Expected time and duration of contribution;
(4)
Expected average daily and thirty-minute peak wastewater
flow rates, including daily, monthly, and seasonal variations, if
any;
(5)
Site plans, showing all sewers and sewer connections
by size, location and elevation and any pretreatment facilities;
(6)
Description of pretreatment facilities and processes
on the premises;
(7)
When known, the nature and concentration of any expected
pollutants in the discharge which are limited by any local, state
or federal pretreatment standards;
(8)
A list of products produced;
(9)
Type of raw materials processed;
(10)
Any other information as may be deemed by the
Director of Public Utilities to be necessary to evaluate the permit
application.
B.
Permits for significant industrial users shall be
issued for a five-year period. The user shall apply for permit reissuance
at least 180 days prior to the expiration of the user's existing permit.
The terms and conditions of the new permit may be subject to modification.
The user shall be informed of any proposed changes in its permit at
least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change. Any changes
or new conditions in the permit shall include a reasonable time schedule
for compliance.
The District shall provide application forms
for applicants that are not significant industrial users. Applicants
must provide all of the information which is set forth in the form,
and any other information which the District requires. Such permits
shall be issued for a period to be determined by the District.
Before any person shall be allowed to connect
to the District's sewer system, he shall pay a connection fee as established
by the District from time to time.[1]
A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building. However, where one building stands
at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is
available or can reasonably be constructed to the rear building through
an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway, the building sewer from
the front building may be extended to the rear building.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and/or
testing by the District, to meet all requirements of these rules and
local, state and federal law.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction
of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavation, placing
of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall
be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit
gravity flow to the District's sewer, sewage carried by such building
drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the District's
sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts,
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface
runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which
in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the District's sewer.
The connection of the building sewer into the
District's sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building
and/or plumbing code and/or other applicable rules and regulations
applicable on the date of such connection. The owner shall install
a box and cleanout at the property line. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the District when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the District's sewer. The District may require that
such connection be made under its supervision.
All excavations for building sewer installation
shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect
the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public
property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in
a manner satisfactory to the District.
The maintenance and repair of building sewers
shall be solely the responsibility of property owners or occupants.
In the event that any line which is not the maintenance responsibility
of the District is inspected and found to be defective, the District
shall notify the customer (or the owner of the property if the customer
is a tenant) to repair the line. If the required repairs are not made
within 30 days, the District may either correct the problem and bill
the customer or owner for the repairs or discontinue service.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process
waters to any of the District's sewers.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any District sewer:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, fuel oil, or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous
solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or
by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides
in excess of two milligrams per liter as discharged to the public
sewer.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
D.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such
size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other
interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as,
but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole
blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes,
cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing quantities of pollutants
which exceed the applicable limitations set forth in a Federal Categorical
Pretreatment Standard as such standards may be revised from time to
time.
F.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded so
that no particle is larger than 1/2 inch in any dimension. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Director of Public Utilities.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if
it appears likely in the opinion of the District that such wastes
can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment,
have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger
life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming
an opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the District will
give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of
the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the
sewage treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. Some examples
of substances prohibited are:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° Fahrenheit (65° Celsius).
B.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or
oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between 32° and 150° Fahrenheit (0° and 65° Celsius).
C.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling
wastes, or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or
not.
D.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper,
zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting
an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material
received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds
the limits established by the District for such materials.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits
which may be established by the District as necessary, after treatment
of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal,
or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the
receiving waters.
F.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentrations as may exceed limits established by the District
in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
G.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
H.
Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such
as, but not limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residue)
or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate), not to exceed 300 milligrams per liter.
(2)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited
to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works, not to exceed 300 milligrams per liter for BOD5 nor 450 milligrams for COD.
(4)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
(5)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not
amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes
employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the
sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other
agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving water.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are
proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain
the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in the previous
sections, and which, in the judgment of the District, may have a deleterious
effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters,
or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public
nuisance, the District may:
If the District permits the pretreatment or
equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants
and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the District,
and be subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, rules,
regulations, ordinances and laws.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be
provided when, in the opinion of the District, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the District, and shall be located so as to be
readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing
facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner
at his expense.
The owner of any property serviced by a building
sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control
manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole shall be accessible and safely located,
and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the
District. The manhole 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 by the District or any authorized person. In unusual cases,
the District may waive this requirement if the District finds in its
sole discretion that compliance is not necessary.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
these rules and regulations shall be determined in accordance with
procedures approved under Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part
136 or alternative methods approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, and shall be determined, upon suitable samples taken at said
control manhole or, if the District in its sole discretion determines
that this is not reasonably possible, at such other location determined
by the District. In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the District and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste
of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the District for
treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
No such agreement or arrangement shall permit the industry to exceed
applicable Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
No person shall break, damage, destroy, uncover,
deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment of
the District.
Any person who discharges any substance into
the District's sewers which causes damage to those sewers shall be
liable for the costs to repair any damage so caused.
Upon giving reasonable notice, and to the extent
permissible at law, employees of the District shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions
of these rules. The District shall have no authority to inquire into
any processes, including chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper,
or other industries, beyond that point having a direct bearing on
the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities
for waste treatment.
Employees of the District bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties
through which the Stoney Creek Sanitary District, the Toms Brook-Maurertown
Sanitary District, Shenandoah County, the Stoney Creek Utilities Corporation,
or Toms Brook-Maurertown Service Authority holds an easement for the
purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works
lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any,
on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the terms of
the easement pertaining to the private property involved.
Any person who violates any provision of these
rules shall pay all reasonable costs of the District, including reasonable
attorney's fees, fines, repair of damage, injury to personnel, and
any and all costs and fines associated with any resulting degradation
of sludge quality and violations of water, air and sludge standards
caused by the violation.
Any permit may be revoked if a person violates
these rules or the conditions of any permit. The person shall be entitled
to:
The District may immediately disconnect water
and/or sewer service in the event of an emergency. The Director of
Public Utilities or his designee shall determine, in his or her sole
discretion, whether or not an emergency exists.
