No person may discharge or allow to be discharged into treatment works of the Town (control authority) or any participant any wastewater which causes pass through or interference of or contributes to a violation of any parameter in the Town's NJPDES permit or to a violation of a participant's sewer use ordinance or which contains any of the following:
A. 
Oil and grease: all oil, fats and grease, including petroleum-based hydrocarbons, petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass through; or floatable fats, wax, grease or oil, whether emulsified or not, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F. (0° C. and 65° C.) at the point of discharge into the treatment works.
B. 
Explosive and/or flammable mixtures: liquids, solids or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, may, either alone or by interaction with other substances, cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the treatment works or to the operation of the works (such materials include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides) or waste streams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
C. 
Noxious materials: pollutants which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are malodorous, are capable of creating public nuisance or hazard to life or health or are present in sufficient concentrations to prevent entry into the treatment works for its maintenance and repair.
D. 
Improperly shredded garbage: garbage that has not been ground or comminuted to such a degree that all particles will be floating or carried freely in suspension under flow conditions normally prevailing in the treatment works, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, except that this prohibition does not apply to garbage disposal units in private dwellings whose only discharge is domestic wastewater.
E. 
Radioactive wastes: any discharge which may result in toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems or radioactive wastes not in conformance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-11.2 (Disposal of Radioactive Materials, Disposal by release into sanitary sewerage systems).
F. 
Solid or viscous wastes: solid or viscous wastes which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with proper operation of the treatment works (such materials include but are not limited to grease, improperly shredded garbage, animal guts or tissues, diseased human organs or tissue fluids, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastic, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil and similar substances).
G. 
Excessive discharge: wastewater at a flow rate during a period longer than 15 minutes that exceeds more than five times the average daily flow rate of the industrial user during normal operation, or wastewater containing such concentration or quantities of pollutants that may, in the judgment of the approval authority, cause a treatment process upset, interference or significant loss of treatment efficiency.
H. 
Toxic pollutants: any toxic pollutant exceeding
(1) 
Standards promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (as amended); or
(2) 
Standards promulgated pursuant to Section 4 of the State Act.
I. 
Stormwaters, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, swimming pool water, subsurface drainage, foundation (new construction), floor drain or basement sump drainage, pond water, unpolluted cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water. Inside floor drains will be exempted for those specific cases as deemed necessary due to local codes.
J. 
Discolored materials: colored wastes containing materials which:
(1) 
Cause the treatment works to exceed water quality color criteria; or
(2) 
Cause the sewerage plant influent or effluent to exhibit color characteristics other than normal wastewater color characteristics.
K. 
Substances interfacing with sludge management: any substance which may cause the POTW's sludge to be unsuitable for reclamation, reuse or disposal. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act, any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or, to the extent practicable, the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage.
L. 
Corrosive wastes: any waste which may cause corrosion or deterioration of the treatment works; all wastes discharged to the treatment works must not have a pH value lower than 6.0 or greater than 9.0 standard units; prohibited materials include but are not limited to concentrated acids, alkalies, sulfides, chloride and fluoride compounds and substances which have a pH value outside the range of 6.0 to 9.0 standard units.
M. 
Heat: heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment works, resulting in interference or causing damage, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature exceeds 65° C. (150° F.) at the sewer connection and 40° C. (104° F.) at the treatment works plant, unless the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, upon request of the POTW, approves alternative temperature limits.
N. 
Trucked and hauled wastes: any discharge of trucked or hauled wastes, except at discharge points designated by the POTW; septage or wastes from septic tanks, cesspools or other such sources of sanitary waste.
O. 
Residues: any residues from petroleum storage, refining or processing, waste fuels, lubricants, solvents or paints.
P. 
Pollutants: any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, COD, etc.), released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the POTW.
Q. 
Any medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Town (control authority).
R. 
Any waste that would be considered hazardous under 40 CFR Part 261 if disposed of in a manner other than discharge to the sewer. Any user who proposes to commence the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste set forth in 40 CFR Part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number and the type of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the user discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification shall contain the identification of hazardous constituents contained in the waste and estimated mass and concentrations of such constituents in the waste stream.
(1) 
In the case of any new regulations under Section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substances as a hazardous waste, the user must notify the control authority, the EPA Regional Waste Management Waste Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance within 90 days of the effective date of such regulations.
(2) 
In the case of any notification made under this section, the user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
(3) 
This provision does not create a right to discharge any substance not otherwise permitted to be discharged by this chapter, a permit issue thereunder, or any applicable federal or state law.
S. 
Pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
T. 
Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances which may cause excessive foaming at the POTW.
A. 
Whereas the Town (control authority) may establish local limits pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5(c), Table I presents the maximum concentrations of specific pollutants for wastewater discharges to the treatment works by any person. Dilution of any wastewater discharge for the purpose of satisfying these requirements is a violation of this chapter. No user shall discharge wastewater with pollutant levels exceeding the maximum concentration in Table 1, unless a variance has been granted by an industrial user discharge permit pursuant to the permit provisions of this chapter.
TABLE I
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS
(MG/ L)
POLLUTANT
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION FROM INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION TO POTW PARAMETER (MG/L)
Arsenic (As)
0.47
Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N)
25**
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
250**
Cadmium (Cd)
0.31
Chromium (Total)
35.86
Copper (Cu)
1.30
Cyanide (CN)
3.05
Lead (Pb)
2.30
Mercury (Hg)
0.17
Molybdenum
13.14
Nickel (Ni)
2.50
Oil & Grease (O/G)
100**
pH
Greater than 6.0 but less than 9.0 standard units
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
150
Phenols
NL
Phosphorus
7.40
Selenium
1.22
Silver (Ag)
9.70
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
250**
Zinc
4.68
TTO
3.70*
NOTES:
*
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An action level of 3.70 mg/l has been established for TTO (as defined by 40 CFR part 433, Subpart A). A discharger that exceeds the stipulated action level shall commence sampling in accordance with the Town's (control authority's) stipulated frequency.
**
=
Industrial users will be afforded an opportunity to apply for a variance in the local limit for ammonia, BOD, O&G and TSS. The variance request and review will be based upon the industrial process used at the IU facility and the existing pretreatment equipment and may involve bench scale studies to be conducted at the IU's expense. During the duration of the variance request and review, the current local limit for all parameters will be enforced.
B. 
Variance requests will be required in writing with supporting documentation to the control authority for consideration.
C. 
The above limits apply at the point where the wastewater is discharged to the POTW. All concentrations for metallic substances are for total metal unless indicated otherwise.
D. 
The above-listed concentrations and characteristics may be altered and/or expanded as necessary to meet treatment or sludge disposal requirements or in the event of cumulative overload of the Phillipsburg Sewage Treatment Plant. In addition, the concentrations may be revised to reflect imposition of new limits by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or the Delaware River Basin Commission.
E. 
The admission into the treatment works of any water or wastes having a five-day BOD in excess of 250 milligrams per liter, on a twenty-four-hour composite basis or for any grab sample having a BOD in excess of 400 milligrams per liter will be subject to review by the approval authority. Where necessary in the opinion of the approval authority, the owner shall provide at his own expense such pretreatment as may be required to reduce the BOD to meet the above requirements.
F. 
Where deemed applicable by Town (control authority), best management practices may be required to meet specific limits.
Upon promulgation of a Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard (40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471) for a particular industrial subcategory, the federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede these limitations, and affected industrial users shall comply with such standards within the stated deadlines. The approval authority shall make reasonable attempts to notify affected industrial users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12, but a failure to notify does not relieve such industries of the obligation to comply with such reporting requirements.
A. 
Where a categorical pretreatment standard is expressed only in terms of either the mass or the concentration of a pollutant in wastewater, the approval authority may impose equivalent concentrations or mass limits.
B. 
When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are provided only in terms of mass pollutant per unit of production, the approval authority may convert the limits to equivalent limitations expressed either as mass of pollutant discharged per day or effluent concentration for purposes of calculating effluent limitations applicable to the individual industrial user.
C. 
When wastewater subject to a categorical pretreatment standard is mixed with wastewater not regulated by the same standard, the approval authority shall impose an alternate limits in accordance with 40 CFR 403.6(e).
State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply where they are more stringent than this chapter or the federal requirements.
The Town (control authority) reserves the right to establish more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to the treatment works than are contained in this chapter. The more stringent limitations or requirements may be revised due to, but not limited by, changes in discharge requirements imposed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection or the Delaware River Basin Commission.
No industrial user shall increase the use of process water or in any way otherwise dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to comply with the limitations contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or with any other pollutant-specific limitation developed by the Town (control authority), authority, one of the contributing municipalities, state, or federal agencies. The Pretreatment Coordinator may impose mass limitations on users who are using dilution to meet applicable pretreatment standards or in other cases when the imposition of mass limitations is appropriate.
Any participant's requirements and limitations on discharges which are more stringent than this chapter or the federal requirements shall apply to discharges within their respective service areas.
NJDEP assumes the responsibility for implementing the IPP requirements set forth in 40 CFR 403. The IPP implementation in the Town of Phillipsburg service area shall be a cooperative effort between the POTW and the NJDEP. The NJDEP will regulate major nondomestic dischargers (or significant indirect users) in the service area and take enforcement actions when problems are discovered. In order for the NJDEP to regulate dischargers in nondelegated areas, a nondelegated local agency (NLA) is required to provide information to the NJDEP sufficient to carry out these responsibilities. The Town of Phillipsburg and/or its designated representative is the acting NLA. An NLA is required to:
A. 
Identify any significant indirect users (SIUs) discharging, or proposing to discharge, into its sanitary system;
B. 
Submit an annual IPP report listing these users;
C. 
Evaluate and develop legally defensible local limits or demonstrate that they are not necessary; and
D. 
Submit a copy of the local sewer use ordinance or equivalent document (hereafter "SUO") as well as any modification to it.