Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part 2, shall have
the meanings hereinafter designated:
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 Director of the Department's Division of Water Resources
or his/her authorized representatives.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2)
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(3)
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated above, if such representative is responsible for the overall
operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure five days at
20º C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)].
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection
and Energy or his/her authorized representatives.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria and such additional pollutants as are now or may
be in the future specified and controlled in the Township's NJPDES
permit, where the POTW is designed to treat such pollutants and, in
fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by the NJPDES
permit.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A sample consisting of several effluent portions collected
during a specific time period and combined to make a representative
sample.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Refers to the approval authority defined hereinabove; or
the Superintendent if the Township has an approved pretreatment program
under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
COOLING WATER
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat
and which may contain biocides used to control biological growth.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection and Energy.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New Jersey.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
The liquid waste or liquid-borne waste resulting from the
noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food and/or consisting
of human excrement and similar wastes from sanitary conveniences.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, dispensing, handling, storage and/or sale of food.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump trucks.
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
discharged into the system.
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).
INTERFERENCE
(1)
Inhibiting or disrupting a domestic treatment
works system or its treatment process or operation so as to contribute
to or cause a violation of any condition of a state or federal permit
under which the domestic treatment works operate.
(2)
Discharging industrial process wastewater which,
in combination with existing domestic flows are of such volume and/or
strength as to exceed the domestic treatment process design capacity.
(3)
Preventing the use or disposal of sludge produced
by the domestic treatment works in accordance with Section 405 of
the Federal Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq.) and the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal
of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage; or any regulations
or criteria or guidelines developed pursuant to the Federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 3251
et seq.), the Federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et
seq.) and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq.).
(4)
Pursuant to 40 CFR 403.3(h), pollutants in the
effluent from an industrial user shall not be considered to cause
"interference" where the industrial user is in compliance with specific
prohibitions or standards developed by federal, state or local governments.
NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NJPDES)
The New Jersey system for the issuing, modifying. suspending,
revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing of discharge
permits pursuant to the state act. The term also includes discharge
permits (NPDES) issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water
Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a Section 307(c)
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated within 120 days of proposal in the Federal Register. Where
the standard is promulgated later than 120 days after proposal, a
"new source" means any source, the construction of which is commenced
after the date of promulgation of the standard.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation,
association, group or society, including the State of New Jersey and
agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created
by or pursuant to state law, and federal agencies, departments or
instrumentalities thereof.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. Solutions with a
pH greater than seven are said to be basic; solutions with a pH less
than seven are said to be acidic; pH equal to seven is considered
neutral.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes,
biological materials, radioactive substance, thermal waste, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal
or agricultural waste or other residue discharged into the waters
of the state.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
The application of physical, chemical and biological processes
to reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the polluting
properties of an industrial process wastewater prior to discharging
such wastewater into the treatment works.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal or state rules and regulations implementing
Section 307 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) or N.J.S.A. 58:11-49, as well as any nonconflicting state
or local standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations,
the more stringent thereof shall be applied.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292). which is owned in this instance by the Township. For the purposes of this Part
2, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the Township who are, by contract or agreement with the Township, users of the Township's POTW.
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
The Administrator of Region II of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency or his/her authorized representative.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who discharges into the Township treatment works
industrial process wastewater which either:
(1)
Exceeds 25,000 gallons per day;
(2)
Exceeds the mass equivalent of 25,000 gallons
per day of the domestic waste of the Township treatment works based
on its design values as filed with the Department for any one of the
following parameters: BOD, COD or suspended solids;
(3)
Exceeds 5% of the average daily flow of the
treatment works; or
(4)
Contributes 5% or more of the daily mass loading of any of the pollutants listed in §
140-8 which are entering the treatment works. BOD, COD and suspended solids are defined in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. Where the design values for BOD, COD or suspended solids have not been filed with the Department, the treatment works may use the influent BOD, COD or suspended solids for the purpose of these calculations.
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 State of New Jersey.
STATE ACT
The New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1
et seq.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form
of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department of Florence
Township or his/her duly appointed deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total nonfilterable residue, as defined in the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Florence or the Township Council of Florence
or the Florence Township Water and Sewer Department.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including
disease-causing agents, which, after discharge into the environment
in sufficient quantities and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation
or assimilation into any organism, either directly or indirectly by
ingestion through food chains, will, on the basis of information available
to the Commissioner, cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities,
cancer, genetic mutations, physiological malfunctions, including malfunctions
in reproduction, or physical deformation in such organisms of their
offspring.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any device or system, whether public or private, used in
the storage, treatment, recycling or reclamation of municipal or industrial
waste of a liquid nature, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers,
sewage collection systems, cooling towers and ponds, pumping, power
and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements,
remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential
to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as standby treatment units
and clear well facilities; any other works, including sites for the
treatment process or for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from
such treatment. Additionally, "treatment works" means any other method
or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating
or disposing of pollutants, including stormwater runoff, or industrial
waste in combined or separate stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water not containing any pollutants limited or prohibited
by the effluent standard in effect and/or water whose discharge will
not cause any violation of receiving water quality standards or interference
with their designated uses.
USER
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge
of industrial process wastewater into the treatment works.
USER CLASSIFICATION
A classification of users based on the 1972 (or subsequent)
Edition of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual prepared
by the Federal Office of Management and Budget.
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 discharged into
or permitted to enter the Township treatment works.