[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-27-1976 by Ord.
No. 76-9 (Ch. 125 of the 1977 Code)]
A.
This article sets forth uniform requirements for industrial
discharges into the system of the Authority[1] and enables the Authority and industrial dischargers to comply
with the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments
(P.L. 92-500), the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit issued to the Authority, other applicable effluent limitations, national
standards of performance, toxic and pretreatment effluent standards and any
other discharge criteria which are required or authorized by state or federal
law and to derive the maximum public benefit by regulating the quality and
quantity of industrial wastewater discharged into the system.
[1]
Editor's Note: "The Authority" refers to the Somerset Raritan Valley
Sewerage Authority.
B.
This article supplements, amends and supersedes, as applicable,
the 1958 agreement of the Authority with its participants and subsequent agreements
between the Authority and its customers.
C.
Regulation for the use of public and private sewers and
drains, private wastewater disposal and the installation and connection of
building sewers remains with the participants and customers.
D.
Revenues from the application of this article shall be
used to defray Authority costs of operating and maintaining the system, to
provide sufficient funds for capital outlay, bond service costs, capital improvements,
depreciation and the industrial cost recovery required to obtain a federal
grant.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, P.L. 92-500,[1] and any amendments thereto; as well as any guidelines, limitations
and standards promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant
to the Act.
The 1958 agreement between the Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority
and the participants which established the rules that govern the Authority.
The Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º C., expressed
in milligrams per liter (parts per million by weight).
Any municipal corporation, public body, corporation, person, partnership
or firm, who is not a participant, who enters into any agreement with the
Authority for disposal of sewage or other wastes.
Includes wastes from any producing, manufacturing, research or processing
operation of whatever nature. Domestic discharges resulting from human habitation
are not included.
Sewerage Authority's regulation, including any amendments or additions
thereto.
Any individual, partnership, firm, association or corporation which
generates an industrial discharge.
The Township of Bridgewater, the Borough of Raritan and the Borough
of Somerville.
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.
All sewers, conduits, pipelines, meter chambers, pumping stations,
sewage treatment and disposal systems, plants and works, connections and outfalls,
and all other plants, structures, equipment, boats, conveyances and other
real and tangible personal property acquired or constructed or to be acquired
or constructed by the Authority for the purposes of the Authority, but does
not include the local sewerage system of any participant or customer.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C.A. § 1251.
A.
No industrial discharge connection shall be permitted
into the system unless approval has been obtained from the Authority.
B.
Prior to approval of an industrial discharge connection,
the applicant shall submit with his request the following information:
(1)
Name of company.
(2)
Location.
(3)
Product, service or activity.
(4)
Plan showing proposed connection with description of
method for flow determination and parameter monitoring.
(5)
Complete schedule of all process waters and industrial
wastes produced or expected to be produced at the said property, including
a description of the character of each waste, the daily volume and the maximum
rates of discharge and representative analysis.
(6)
The time period for which the connection to the system
has been requested. For periods other than "indefinite," a renewal request
for the discharge will be required to be submitted to the Authority at least
90 days prior to the expiration of the current approval.
(7)
Such other information as requested.
The following discharges are prohibited:
A.
Any unpolluted waters such as stormwater, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water.
B.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
that stipulated hereinafter.
C.
Any water or waste which may contain soluble oil or grease
or any water containing floatable fats, oils, greases or other substances
that will solidify or become viscous at normal climatic conditions or impair
the operation of the Authority's system.
D.
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, motor oil,
mineral spirits, commercial solvent or other flammable or explosive liquid,
solid or gas.
E.
Any water or wastes that contain hydrogen sulfide, sulphur
dioxide or nitrous oxide in quantities higher than that stipulated herein.
F.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, offal, plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings,
entrails, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, chemical residues, paint
or ink residues, cannery waste bulk solids, unshredded garbage, antibiotic
wastes, free mineral acid, concentrated pickling wastes or plating solutions
or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to
the flow or other interference with the proper operation of the Authority's
system.
G.
Any water or wastes containing toxic or poisonous substances
in such concentrations as to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to
interfere with any sewage treatment process or to create any hazard in the
receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H.
Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to
the system.
I.
Any waters containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual provision, attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
J.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of
creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing entry into sewers
for their maintenance, inspection and repair.
K.
Any waters containing quantities of radium, naturally
occurring or artificially produced radioisotopes in excess of presently existing
or subsequently accepted limits for drinking water as established by the National
Committee on Radiation Protection and Measuring.
L.
Any concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning solutions
or other wastes which are highly colored or wastes which are of unusual volume,
concentration of solids or composition that may create obstruction to the
flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the system
or the quality of the effluent from the system.
M.
The following fixed upper limits of acceptable quantity
(concentration) and characteristics of materials shall apply:
(1)
Concentrations.
|
Item
|
Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Acetylene generation sludge
|
None
| |
|
Arsenic
|
0.5
| |
|
Barium
|
4.0
| |
|
Cadmium
|
0.2
| |
|
Total chrome
|
0.5
| |
|
Copper
|
2.0
| |
|
Cyanides
|
1.0
| |
|
Grease and soluble oils
|
25.0
| |
|
Hydrogen sulfide
|
10.1
| |
|
Iron (total)
|
5.0
| |
|
Lead
|
0.5
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.01
| |
|
Mineral acid (free)
|
None
| |
|
Nickel
|
2.0
| |
|
Nitrous oxide
|
10.0
| |
|
Oils, minerals
|
15.0
| |
|
Phenols
|
2.0
| |
|
Phosphorous
|
10.0
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.05
| |
|
Silver
|
0.5
| |
|
Sulphur dioxide
|
10.0
| |
|
Zinc Concentration
|
2.0
|
(2)
Characteristics.
|
Characteristic
|
Limitation
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Temperature, maximum
|
110º
| |
|
pH (allowable range)
|
5.5 to 9.0
| |
|
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD-five-day maximum)
|
350 ppm
| |
|
Suspended solids, maximum
|
350 ppm
| |
|
Color
|
200 Co.-Pt. Units
|
(3)
The above-listed concentrations and characteristics may
be altered by the Authority as required by regulatory agencies, treatment
or reuse requirements or in the event of cumulative overload of the system.
Effluent limitations promulgated by the Federal Act shall apply in any
instance where they are more stringent than those stipulated in this chapter.
Under § 307(b) of the Act, federal pretreatment standards are designed
to achieve two purposes: to protect the operations of publicly owned treatment
works and to prevent the discharge of pollutants which pass through such works
inadequately treated. Industrial dischargers subject to effluent guidelines
issued under § 304(b) of the Act that are discharging pollutants
to the Authority's system which are beyond the limits stated herein and beyond
the treatment capability of the installed treatment facility are required
to adopt the best practicable control technology currently available, as defined
by the Administrator pursuant to § 304(b) of the Act.
The admission into the system of any water or wastes having a five-day
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in excess of 350 parts per million by weight
on a twenty-four-hour composite basis or for any grab sample having a five-day
BOD in excess of 500 milligrams per liter will be subject to review by the
Authority. Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority, the owner shall
provide and operate, at his own expense, such pretreatment as may be required
to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to meet the above requirements.
The admission into the system of any waters or wastes having a suspended
solids content in excess of 350 parts per million by weight on a twenty-four-hour
composite basis or for any grab sample having a suspended solids content in
excess of 500 milligrams per liter will be subject to review by the Authority.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority, pretreatment may be required
to reduce the suspended solids content to meet the above requirements.
The admission into the system of any waters or wastes in volumes, or
with constituents, such that the existing dilution conditions in the system
would be affected to the detriment of the Authority, shall be subject to review
and approval of the Authority. Where necessary in the opinion of the Authority,
pretreatment or equalizing units may be required to bring constituents or
volume of flow within the limits previously described or to an otherwise acceptable
level and to hold or equalize flows such that no peak flow conditions may
hamper the operation of any unit of the system. Said equalization or holding
unit shall have a capacity suitable to serve its intended purpose and be equipped
with acceptable outlet control facilities to provide flexibility in operation
and accommodate changing conditions in the waste flow.
Where pretreatment facilities are provided for any waters or waste,
they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation
by the owner, at his expense.
Representatives of the Authority, State of New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection, Federal Environmental Protection Agency and the
respective municipalities shall have the right to enter all properties of
the contributing industry for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing. The owner of any property that discharges a wastewater
in excess of 50,000 gallons per day at any time during the year or has discharges
exceeding the concentrations and characteristics listed hereinbefore shall
be required to install a suitable control manhole on the building sewer on
his property to facilitate inspection, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing of wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Authority. The manhole shall be installed by the owner, at his own
expense, and shall be so maintained by him as to be safe and accessible at
all times. The manhole must be located on the industrial waste service connection
with all sanitary wastes excluded.
A.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made herein shall be determined
in accordance with the analytical methods described in Title 40 Federal Register
Part 136 issued October 16, 1973, and shall be determined at the control manhole
provided for above. 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,
provided that there is no dilution of the wastewater at this location.
B.
Subsequent to meeting the requirement for analysis of
wastewater hereinbefore stipulated under the disposal requirements, the owner
shall monitor the industrial discharge at such increments of time to ensure
that the discharge requirements as hereinbefore stipulated are not being violated.
Periodic reports on the constituents and characteristics of the wastewaters
shall be submitted to the Authority substantiating compliance with this chapter.
The frequency of reports shall be not less than quarterly.
C.
The owner shall maintain such monitoring and testing
equipment in good condition and shall keep accurate records showing the results
of all sampling and testing conducted. These records shall be made available
on request for inspection by the Authority and regulatory agencies.
Any approval by the Authority of a type, kind or capacity of an installation
shall not relieve a person of the responsibility of revamping, enlarging or
otherwise modifying such installation to accomplish an intended purpose, nor
shall any fixed or verbal agreement as to limits of constituents or volumes
of waters or wastes be considered as final approval for continuing operation.
These limits will be subject to constant study and change as considered necessary
to serve their intended purpose.
Any charges to be made for industrial cost recovery shall be computed,
levied and collected in accordance with the provisions of Title II of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq.) and any amendments thereto and in accordance with
Rules, Regulations and Procedures of the Environmental Protection Agency,
Sections 35.928-1 and 35.935-13, and any amendments, additions and supplements
thereto and thereof.
