A. 
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in these regulations, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
An authorized representative of an industrial user is the person identified in 40 CFR 403.12(1), including:
(1) 
A principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice President, if the user is a corporation;
(2) 
A general partner or proprietor if the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, respectively;
(3) 
A member of the governing board or executive office of a governmental entity, if the user is a governmental facility; or
(4) 
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, or has overall responsibility for environmental matters for the user; provided, however, that the authorization is made in writing by the individual described above, and the written authorization is submitted to the district.
AVAILABLE
A public sewer shall be considered "available" when the property upon which a building is situated abuts a street, easement or right-of-way in which a public sewer is located unless the connection to such public sewer would require a lift station or individual pumping mechanism. If the distance is more than 200 feet from the property line to the nearest public sewer or if a valid cost estimate exceeds $5,000, application may be made in writing, to the Town Administrator to declare the public sewer "not available."
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter, under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20° C, expressed in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/l), in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure.
BYPASS
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of an industrial user's treatment facility.
CONSISTENT REMOVAL
The reduction in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of a pollutant by the wastewater treatment system to a less toxic or harmless state in the effluent, as set forth in 40 CFR 403.7.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the district, designated by the District Board to supervise the operation of the facility and designated by the Town of Franklin Town Council to implement and enforce the provisions of these regulations as specified herein with respect to industrial users located in the Town of Franklin, or the Director's duly authorized representative.
DISTRICT
The Charles River Pollution Control District, acting through its Board and its Director and designated by the Town of Franklin Town Council to implement and enforce the provisions of these regulations as specified herein with respect to industrial users located in the Town of Franklin.
DIVISION
The Director of the Water Management Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Director of the Division of Water Pollution Control in the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), established pursuant to MGL c. 21, § 26.
DOMESTIC SOURCE
Any residence, building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be discharged to the facility only sanitary sewage, in an amount less than 2,000 gallons per day, as determined in accordance with the sewage flow estimates published at 314 CMR § 7.15, which are incorporated herein by reference.
DPW DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works employed by the Town of Franklin or his or her authorized representative.
ELIGIBLE
An extension shown on the Sewer System Map, Exhibit A hereto,[1] which is eligible for a sewer extension permit hereunder. An extension deemed eligible shall not be entitled to a permit unless all other requirements of this chapter and other pertinent regulations have been satisfied. The depiction of an extension as eligible shall not be construed as a representation that the Town of Franklin shall set aside funds for the construction of said extension.
[Added 10-21-1998 by Bylaw Amendment 98-390-R]
FACILITY (PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS OR POTW)
The treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act, owned by the district and known as the "Charles River Pollution Control District Wastewater Treatment Facility" (the "facility"). This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes those sewers, pipes and other conveyances which convey wastewater to the facility. For the purposes of these regulations, POTW shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the facility from persons who are, by permit, contract or agreement with the district, users of the facility.
FACILITY TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the facility designed to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction into the facility of pollutants from any source, other than a domestic source, regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT
The document issued by the district to industrial users located in the Town of Franklin, as set forth in § 139-5B of these regulations.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge or any source which discharges 2,000 or more gallons per day of sanitary sewage to the facility.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the facility, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal and which is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the district's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the facility in accordance with applicable federal, state or local statutes and regulations or permits issued thereunder, as set forth in 40 CFR 403.3(i).
NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act which applies to industrial users, including prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5.
NEW SOURCE
Any building, structure, facility or installation, as described in 40 CFR 403.3(k)(l), from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section.
NPDES (NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM) PERMIT
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342 and MGL. c. 21, § 43.
PASS-THROUGH
The discharge of pollutants through the facility into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the district's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, public or private corporation or authority, association, trust, estate, governmental entity, agency or political subdivision of a municipality, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States or any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any element or property of sewage, agricultural, industrial or commercial waste, runoff, leachate, heated effluent or other matter, in whatever form and whether originating at a point or major nonpoint source, which is or may be discharged, drained or otherwise introduced into any sewerage system, treatment works or waters of the commonwealth.
POLLUTION
The presence in the environment of conditions or contaminants in quantities or characteristics which are or may be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout such areas as may be affected thereby.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the facility. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard, imposed on a user.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Liquid and water-carried human and domestic wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, exclusive of ground-, storm- and surface water and exclusive of industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground-, storm- and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SEPTAGE
Wastes from holding tanks, such as chemical toilets, campers or trailers and wastes from septic tanks and cesspools.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community, also known as wastewater.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Any device, equipment or works used in the transportation, pumping, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER CONNECTION PERMIT
The document issued by the Town of Franklin Town Council, as set forth in § 139-5 of these regulations.
SEWER EXTENSION PERMIT
The document issued by the Town of Franklin Department of Public Works, as set forth in § 139-5A.
[Added 10-21-1998 by Bylaw Amendment 98-390-R]
SEWER SYSTEM MAP
The map referred to as Exhibit A dated September 16, 1998, filed with the Town Clerk hereto and adopted by the Franklin Town Council to define the municipal sewer system to include existing sewer main lines, force mains, lift or pump stations and private sewer mains; and unbuilt sewer main extensions eligible for a sewer extension permit; and unbuilt lift or pump stations eligible for a sewer connection or extension permit. The Sewer System Map may be amended from time to time by the Town Council in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.
[Added 10-21-1998 by Bylaw Amendment 98-390-R]
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1) 
Except as provided in Subsection (2) of this definition:
(a) 
All industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N; and
(b) 
Any other industrial user that:
[1] 
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater to the facility (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
[2] 
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the facility treatment plant; or
[3] 
Is designated as such by the Director on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the facility's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement [in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)].
(c) 
Upon a finding that an industrial user meeting the criteria in Subsection (1) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the facility's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Director may at any time, upon his or her own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user and in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such industrial user is not a significant industrial user.
SLUDGE
Waste containing varying amounts of solid contaminants removed from water, sanitary sewage, wastewater or industrial wastes by physical, chemical and biological treatment.
SLUG DISCHARGE
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge.
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, as amended from time to time.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWN
The Town of Franklin, Massachusetts, acting through its Town Council.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Section 307(a) of the Act or other Acts; or in regulations promulgated under MGL c. 21, including but not limited to 314 C.M.R. §§ 3.00, 7.00 and 12.00.
USER
Any domestic source or industrial user which discharges wastewater to the facility.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial, nondomestic or domestic wastes, including sewage, industrial waste, other wastes or any combination thereof, from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any ground-, surface and stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT OR PERMIT
The document issued by the Town, as set forth in § 139-5 of these regulations, and/or the document issued by the District, as set forth in § 139-5B of these regulations.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, border upon or are within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Sewer System Map is on file in the Town offices.
B. 
Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.