A.Â
This Part 2 sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works operated by the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority and enables the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and the general pretreatment regulations (40 CFR 403). The objectives of this chapter are to:
(1)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly
owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation.
(2)Â
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly
owned treatment works that will pass through the publicly owned treatment
works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be
incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works.
(3)Â
Protect both publicly owned treatment works personnel
who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their
employment and the general public.
(4)Â
Promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater
and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works.
(5)Â
Provide for fees for the equitable distribution of
the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the publicly
owned treatment works.
(6)Â
Enable the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority to
comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit
conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements and any other federal
or state laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.
B.Â
This chapter shall apply to all users of the publicly
owned treatment works. The chapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater
discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance and enforcement
activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires
user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable
distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Manager
of the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority shall administer, implement
and enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any powers granted to
or duties imposed upon the Manager may be delegated by the Manager
to other Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority personnel.
The following abbreviations, when used in this
chapter, shall have the designated meanings:
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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EPA
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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gpd
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gallons per day
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mg/l
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milligrams per liter
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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RCRA
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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U.S.C.
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United States Code
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Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise,
the following terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have
the meanings hereinafter designated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
If the user is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice
president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function
or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making
functions for the corporation; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production
or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having
gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second-quarter
1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or
delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship:
a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state or local governmental
facility: a director or highest official appointed or designated to
oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility or their designee.
The individuals described in Subsections A through C above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company and the written authorization is submitted to the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of users
and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the Regional Water Management Division Director or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
Any source of discharge the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by the EPA of proposed categorical
pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such source if
the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section
307 of the Act.
A sample which is taken from a wastestream without regard
to the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic
sources regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its
treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or
disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation of Greater Greensburg
Sewage Authority's NPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory
provisions or permits issued thereunder or any more stringent state
or local regulations: Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, including Title II, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control
Act; and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
The person designated by the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority
to supervise the operation of the POTW and who is charged with certain
duties and responsibilities by this chapter or a duly authorized representative.
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding,
surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis
wastes.
Any building, structure, facility or installation
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, provided that:
The building, structure, facility or installation
is constructed at a site at which no other source is located;
The building, structure, facility or installation
totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the
discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
The production or wastewater-generating processes
of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially
independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining
whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent
to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant and
the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general
type of activity as the existing source should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection A(2) or (3) above but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a "new source" as defined under
this definition has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun or caused to begin, as part of a continuous
on-site construction program, any placement, assembly or installation
of facilities or equipment; or significant site preparation work,
including clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings, structures
or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation
of new source facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a binding contractual obligation
for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to
be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase
or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial
loss and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies
do not constitute a contractual obligation under this definition.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
A discharge which exits the POTW 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 Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority's
NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of
a violation.
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state and
local governmental entities.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash,
sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical
wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural
and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity or odor).
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to or in lieu of introducing such pollutants into
the POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical,
chemical or biological processes; by process changes; or by other
means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless
allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment
standards and local limits.
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 67-27 of this chapter.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the Greater Greensburg
Sewage Authority. This definition includes any devices or systems
used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation
of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances
which convey wastewater to a treatment plant.
Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers and septic tanks.
Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing
operations, etc.).
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
A user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more
of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
Contributes a process wastestream which makes
up 5% or more of the average dry-weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the Greater Greensburg
Sewage Authority on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for
adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment
standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a "significant industrial user."
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 67-26 of this chapter.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of
or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquid and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
A source of indirect discharge.
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from
residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are
contributed to the POTW.
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment
of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
