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 20° 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.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Refers to the "approval authority," defined hereinabove; or the Executive
Director if the municipality has an approved pretreatment program under the
provisions of 40 CFR 403.11 of the Joint Regional Sewerage Board.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling
or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the
waters of the State of New York.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or, where appropriate,
the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other
duly authorized official of said agency.
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 tank trucks.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants from
any source regulated under § 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 discharge
of pollutants under regulations issued pursuant to § 402 of the
Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations
which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the JRSB NPDES permit.
The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW
in accordance with § 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345)
or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control
Act or more stringent state criteria, including those contained in any state
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of the SWDA, applicable
to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
JRSB
The Joint Regional Sewerage Board of the Town of Haverstraw and the
Incorporated Village of West Haverstraw. JRSB is the operator of the publicly
owned treatment works.
MUNICIPALITY
Any municipality named or any municipality legally authorized to
contribute wastewaters to the JRSB's POTW.
NEW SOURCE
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 § 307(c)
of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter
promulgated in accordance with that section.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation,
association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any
other legal entity, or the legal representative, agents or assigns.
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
PH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of
hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage,
sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive
materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt
and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT OR TREATMENT
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 a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by
physical, chemical or biological processes or process changes or by 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 an industrial user.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1292), which is owned in this instance by the municipality. This
definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment
plant but are not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes
of this chapter, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters
to the POTW from persons outside the municipality who are, by contract or
agreement with the JRSB, users of the JRSB's POTW.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the municipalities' wastewater disposal
system who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday,
or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the municipalities' wastewater
treatment system, or has in his or her wastes toxic pollutants as defined
pursuant to § 307 of the Act or New York statutes and rules, or
is found by the municipality (State Control Agency) or the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to have significant impact, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the
quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated
by the system.
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 York.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation
and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the JRSB to supervise the operation of the
publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and
responsibilities by this chapter or his or her duly authorized representative.
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.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations
promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under
the provisions of the Clean Water Act, § 307(a), or other Acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of
wastewater into the JRSB's POTW.
WASTEWATER
The liquid- and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from
dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together
with any groundwater, surface water, stormwater or drainage that may be present,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter
the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE
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 or
border upon the state or any portion thereof.