[Adopted 11-9-1994 by Ord. No. 1910[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded Ord. No. 1434, adopted 9-11-1984, which comprised former Article IV, Discharges.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings hereafter designated:
ALCOSAN
The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, including its treatment facility and any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of Municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature.
CORROSIVE WASTE
A waste or substance which has any of the following properties:
A. 
It is aqueous and has a pH of less than or equal to five or greater than or equal to 10, as determined by a pH meter.
B. 
It is a liquid and corrodes steel (SAE1020) at a rate greater than 6.35 millimeters (0.250 inch) per year at a test temperature of 55° C. (130° F.).
HAZARDOUS WASTE
All wastes that are defined as hazardous under the regulations enacted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as specified in 40 CFR 261 or under the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act[1] as specified in 25 Pa. Code 261.[2]
IGNITABLE WASTE
A waste or substance which can create a fire hazard in the sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility which has any of, but is not limited to, the following properties:
A. 
It is liquid with a flash point less than 60° C. (140° F.) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
B. 
It is an oxidizer as defined in 49 CFR 173.151.[3]
INTERFERENCE
A discharge originating in the Municipality which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
A. 
Inhibits or disrupts the ALCOSAN facilities, its treatment processes or operation or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
B. 
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of ALCOSAN's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (hereinafter referred to as ("NPDES") permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by ALCOSAN in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (including Title 2 or more commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" and including state regulations contained in the State Sludge Management Plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act), the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
PASS-THROUGH
Any discharge of a pollutant through ALCOSAN into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with other discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the ALCOSAN's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity or its legal representatives, agents or assigns.
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, emissions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt or other industrial, Municipal or agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and/or radiological integrity of water.
REACTIVE/EXPLOSIVE WASTE
A waste or substance which can create an explosion hazard in the sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility which has any of, but is not limited to, the following properties:
A. 
It is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating.
B. 
It reacts violently with water.
C. 
It forms potentially explosive mixtures with water.
D. 
When mixed with water, it generates toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
E. 
It is a cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste which can generate toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
F. 
It is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected to a strong initiating source or if heated under confinement.
G. 
It is readily capable of detonation, explosive decomposition or reaction at standard temperature and pressure.
H. 
It is a forbidden explosive as defined in 40 CFR 173.51 or a Class A explosive as defined in 49 CFR 173.53 or a Class B explosive as defined in 49 CFR 173.88.
THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1351 et seq.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed directly or indirectly into the facilities of ALCOSAN.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any portion thereof.
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Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
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Editor's Note: See 25 Pa. Code Chapter 261a.
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Editor's Note: See 49 CFR 173.152.
No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced directly or indirectly into the facilities of ALCOSAN, or into any sewer, pipe or other conveyance located in the Municipality and transmitting substances into the facilities of ALCOSAN, any toxic pollutant or other wastewater which will:
A. 
Cause interference with the operation or performance of ALCOSAN's treatment plant or other facilities.
B. 
Pass through ALCOSAN's treatment plant or other facilities.
No person shall introduce, permit or cause to be introduced, directly or indirectly, into the facilities of ALCOSAN, or into any piped sewer, pipe or other conveyance located in the Municipality and transmitting substances into the facilities of ALCOSAN, any of the following:
A. 
Any substance which will endanger the life, health or safety of the treatment plant sewer maintenance and plant operations personnel or which would preclude safe entry into the sewer system or any portion of the treatment plant.
B. 
Any ignitable, reactive, explosive, corrosive or hazardous waste, except as provided for by ALCOSAN's rules and regulations.
C. 
Any wastewater with a temperature greater than 140° F. (60° C.).
D. 
Any waste which exceeds the naturally occurring background levels for either alpha, beta or gamma radiation and/or any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration not in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
E. 
Any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operations of ALCOSAN's facility or facilities discharging into the ALCOSAN system.
F. 
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes may create a public nuisance or adversely affect public health or safety.
G. 
Pathological wastes from a hospital or other medical establishment.
H. 
Garbage, whether ground or not, except properly shredded food waste garbage resulting from the proper use of a garbage grinder or disposer type approved by ALCOSAN and maintained in good operating condition.
I. 
Sludges or other materials from septic tanks or similar facilities or from sewage or industrial waste treatment plants or from water treatment plants, unless the discharge of such sludges and other materials is specifically approved by ALCOSAN.
J. 
Any pollutant, including oxygen-demanding pollutants, released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the ALCOSAN facilities.
K. 
Any substance which will cause ALCOSAN's effluent or any other product of the ALCOSAN facilities, such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation processes, including any substance which will cause the ALCOSAN facility to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act or any criteria, guidelines or regulations promulgated pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or state laws or regulations applicable to the treatment or disposal of such effluent or such product.
A. 
No person shall take any action or do or cause to be done anything in violation of any rule or regulation of ALCOSAN.
B. 
The pretreatment regulations of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority are incorporated into this article by reference as though fully set forth herein.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of $1,000 for each offense, recoverable with costs, and, in default of payment of the fine and costs, shall be subject to imprisonment in the Allegheny County Jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day a violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, any person violating any provision of the ALCOSAN pretreatment regulations may be subject to administrative and civil penalties as provided for by the pretreatment regulations and administered by ALCOSAN. Such penalties may include but are not limited to injunctive relief and penalties of up to $25,000 per day, per violation, as provided for by the Publicly Owned Treatment Works Penalty Law, 35 P.S. § 752.1 et seq. Authority to so enforce the pretreatment regulations is granted to ALCOSAN and is in addition to but not in place of any other remedy available to the Municipality.