As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20° C., expressed
in milligrams per liter.
BOROUGH
The Borough of New Providence or its authorized representative.
COOLING WATER
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat, and
which may contain biocides used to control biological growth.
DOMESTIC WASTES
Liquid:
A.
From the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food; or
B.
Consisting of human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary conveniences
of residences, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic and/or commercial sewage.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil,
grease, sewage sludge, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive
substances, thermal wastes, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar
dirt, and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other residue discharged
into the Borough's sanitary collection system or waters of the state.
PRETRETREATMENT
Treatment by application of physical, chemical and/or biological
processes to reduce the amount of pollutants in, or alter the nature of, the
pollutant properties in a wastewater, other than residential, prior to its
direct or indirect discharge to the Borough's wastewater facility and
to remove illegal and/or undesirable waste constituents, or to reduce the
strength of the waste prior to discharge to the Borough's wastewater
facilities.
SANITARY SEWER OR COLLECTION SYSTEM
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewerage system used
or usable for sewage collection purposes and to which storm, surface, and
ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residence, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of
longer duration than 15 minutes, more than five times its average twenty-four-hour
concentration or flows during normal operation.
STORM WATER
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form of natural
precipitation, including but not limited to rain, sleet, melting snow, etc.,
and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of,
or is in suspension in, water or sewage, as determined by laboratory procedures.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including disease-causing
agents, which after discharge 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, cause death,
disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, physiological
malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction or physical deformation
in such an organism or its offspring.
USER
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater
into the Borough's wastewater facilities.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, whether treated
or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the Borough's
wastewater facilities.
If wastewater containing any substance prohibited, exceeding prescribed
limits, or violating restrictions imposed by this chapter are discharged or
proposed to be discharged into the Borough's sanitary collection system,
the Borough may take any of the following actions necessary to protect the
treatment facilities:
A. Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
B. Require an industrial user to demonstrate that in-plant
modifications will reduce or eliminate the discharge of such substances so
as to be in conformance with this regulation;
C. Require pretreatment, including storage facilities, or
flow equalization necessary to insure complete compliance with this chapter.
D. Require the discharger making, causing or allowing the
discharge to pay all the additional cost or expense incurred by the Borough
for any damages caused by excess loads imposed on, the treatment facilities,
including NJDEPE fines for violations occurred from plant excursions; and
E. Take such other remedial action as may be deemed to be
desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any wastewater or other polluting
material into any natural outlet within the Borough, except where suitable
treatment has been provided and where an NJPDES permit has been obtained from
the appropriate governmental authority, where required.
No person shall maliciously, intentionally, or negligently break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment,
including but not limited to sampling or monitoring equipment that is part
of the Borough's sanitary collection system and wastewater facilities.
If for any reason, a facility does not comply with or will be unable
to comply with any prohibitions or limitations in this chapter, the facility
responsible for such discharge shall take immediate corrective action to prevent
continued harm to the sanitary collection system and treatment facilities
and shall immediately notify the Borough so that additional corrective action
may be taken to protect the treatment facilities. In addition, a written report
addressed to the Borough's Engineer detailing the date, time and cause
of the accidental discharge, the quantity, and characteristics of the discharge,
and actions taken to prevent future discharges, shall be filed by the responsible
person within five days of the occurrence of the noncomplying discharge.