The purposes of this Part 4 are to:
A.
Establish uniform requirements for direct and indirect
contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system owned
or operated by the Municipal Authority of the Borough of Punxsutawney
and the Borough of Punxsutawney and to enable the authority and the
Borough to comply with all applicable state and federal laws and the
General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR);
B.
Prevent the introduction of pollutants into the municipality
which will:
(1)
Interfere with the operation of the system;
(2)
Cause the treatment plant to violate its NPDES discharge
permit;
(3)
Contaminate the sludge;
(4)
Pass through the system, inadequately treated, into
receiving waters or the atmosphere;
(5)
Pose a health threat to sewer system workers; or
(6)
Be otherwise incompatible with the system;
C.
Improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater
and sludges from the system; and
D.
Provide for equitable distribution of the cost of
the municipal wastewater system.
The following abbreviations 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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l
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Liter
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mg
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Milligram
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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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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act
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SS
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Suspended solids
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USC
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United States Code
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A.
ACT or THE ACT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BOROUGH
BUILDING SEWER
BYPASS
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CLEAN STREAMS LAW
COLOR
COMBINED WASTE FORMULA
COMPLIANCE
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONTROL AUTHORITY
COOLING WATER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTES
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
EPA
EXISTING SOURCE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
GROUNDWATER
HOLDING TANK WASTE
INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INTERFERENCE
(1)
(2)
LOCAL LIMITS
MANHOLE
MG/L
MONTHLY AVERAGE
MUNICIPALITY
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NPDES PERMIT
NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NEW SOURCE
NONCOMPLIANCE
OPERATOR
OWNER
PASS-THROUGH
PERSON
pH
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PROCESS WASTEWATER
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE
PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS or POTW
QUALIFIED ANALYST
REFRIGERATION
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWER
SEWER SYSTEM
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR
SLUG or SLUG LOAD
SPILL
SPCC PLAN
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STORMWATER
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOTAL SOLIDS
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS
TOXIC ORGANIC MANAGEMENT PLAN
TOXIC POLLUTANTS
UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE
UNAUTHORIZED WASTE
USER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WATERS OF THE STATE
The following words, terms and phrases will hereinafter
have the meanings set forth in this section, unless the context clearly
requires a different meaning:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The Administrator or the Regional Administrator of the EPA.
The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Punxsutawney, an
authority of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended
and supplemented.[1]
In the case of a corporation, a president, vice
president, secretary or treasurer of the corporation in charge of
a principal business function.
In the case of a partnership or proprietorship,
a general partner or proprietor.
In the case of a governmental entity, charitable
organization or other such unincorporated entity, a principal executive
officer or director having responsibility for the overall operation
of the discharging facility.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days
at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)].
The Borough of Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the sewer system.
The intentional diversion of wastewater from any portion
of an industrial user's pretreatment facility through which the wastewater
normally passes.
An industrial user subject to categorical standards.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards.
A registered professional engineer under the laws of the
state.
A record of sample collection indicating the place and time
of collection and the person collecting the sample. It shall also
include a record of each person involved in possession of the sample,
including the laboratory person who takes final possession of the
sample for the purpose of analysis.
The Act of June 22, 1937, P.L. 1987, as amended and reenacted
by the Act of October 10, 1980, P.L. 894, 35 P.S. §§ 691.1
through 691.702.
Color of light transmitted through a waste after removal
of all suspended matter, including pseudo-colloidal particles, and
measured in platinum-cobalt units.
A procedure for calculating discharge concentrations of constituents
of industrial waste, as further defined in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
Adherence to conditions or requirements of this Part 4 or
the industrial pretreatment program, any written directions issued
by the Borough or any wastewater discharge permit or other permit
issued under the provisions of this Part 4.
A sample composed of individual subsamples taken at regular
intervals over a specified period of time. Subsamples may be proportioned
by time interval or size according to flow (flow-proportioned composite
sample) or be of equal size and taken at equal time intervals (equal-time
composite sample).
Refers to the approval authority, defined hereinabove, or
the pretreatment officer of the Borough or his or her supervisor or
the Borough Council.
The water from any use such as air conditioning, cooling
or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic
source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
Normal household wastes from kitchens, water closets, lavatories
and laundries, or any waste from a similar source and possessing the
same characteristics.
A plan and guide developed pursuant to 40 CFR 403.8(f)(5)
providing for the enforcement of the industrial pretreatment program.
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.
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.
Solid or semisolid wastes resulting from preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
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.
Water which is contained in or passing through the ground.
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
The sum of the provisions of this Part 4, amendments thereto
and any activities authorized by this Part 4 as regards the regulation
and control of industrial users.
Any person who introduces pollutants into a POTW from any
nondomestic source regulated under the Act, state law or local ordinance.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy
which is produced as a result, whether directly or indirectly, of
any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or activity,
or in the course of developing, recovering or processing of natural
resources, but not sanitary sewage.
Any discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources:
Inhibits or disrupts the processes or operations
of the sewage treatment plant or the sewage collection system, or
sludge processes, use or disposal; or
Is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the Borough's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions
and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state
or local regulations): Article 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly referred
to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including
state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA], the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries
Act; or which results in or increases the severity of a violation
of other state or national environmental statutes, rules or regulations.
Numerical limitations on the concentration, mass or other
characteristics of wastes or pollutants discharged or likely to be
discharged by industrial users, and which are developed by the Borough.
A structure allowing access from the surface of the ground
to a sewer.
Milligrams per liter; a measure of concentration of waterborne
substances.
The arithmetic mean of all daily determinations of concentration
made during a calendar month.
The Borough of Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317) which applies to a specific category of industrial
users. National Categorical Pretreatment Standards are enumerated
in 40 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA under Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
applicable to industrial users (IUs), including the general and specific
prohibitions found in 40 CFR 403.5.
Any building, structure, facility or installation for which
there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed categorical standards
under Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such
source if such categorical standards are thereafter promulgated in
accordance with that section. Determination of the applicability of
new source standards shall be made as provided in the Act and 40 CFR
403.3.
Not in compliance.
Any person having charge, care, control or management of
a pretreatment facility for industrial wastes or of a truck or trucks
used in the removal, transport or disposal of sewage or industrial
wastes.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of an improved property.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with
a discharge or discharges from other sources, causes a violation of
any requirement of the POTW'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. The masculine gender shall include the feminine
and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
Any substance, including but not limited to dredged soil,
solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge,
munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials,
heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and
industrial, municipal, commercial and agricultural waste which, when
discharged into water, results in pollution or increases pollution.
The contamination of any waters of the state such as will
create or is likely to create a nuisance or to render such waters
harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare,
or to domestic, municipal, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational
or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals,
birds, fish or other aquatic life; or contamination of the air, soil
or of the environment so as to produce or so as to be likely to produce
similar deleterious effects.
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 sewer system. The
reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes or by means of other process changes, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
The agent of the Borough designated to administer the provisions
of the industrial pretreatment program.
Any substantive or procedural requirement, other than a national
pretreatment standard, imposed on an industrial user by Section 303(b)
and (c) of the Act, the state or the industrial pretreatment program.
Any wastewater resulting from the direct contact of water
with any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product
or waste during any manufacturing process, or water other than cooling
water which results from a manufacturing process.
Any regulation developed under Section 307(b) and (c) of
the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) and 40 CFR 403.5.
A publicly owned treatment works as defined by Section 212
of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the Borough
of Punxsutawney. The term includes the sewage collection system and
the sewage treatment plant. The term also includes the municipality
which has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges
from such a treatment works.
Any person who has demonstrated competency in the analysis
of wastewater by submission of their generally recognized documentation
of competency to the Borough.
Maintenance of temperature for storage, preservation of food
or a process of manufacturing.
The normal water-carried domestic wastes from any improved
property, but excluding effluent from septic tanks or cesspools; rain,
snow or stormwater; groundwater; or other collected water from roofs,
drains or basements.
A sewer carrying only sanitary sewage or industrial wastes,
and to which storm-, surface or ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
All facilities of the Borough or any municipality party to
a service agreement with the Borough, as of any particular time, used
or usable for collecting, transporting, pumping and disposing of wastewater,
which facilities are connected to and served by the sewage treatment
plant.
That portion of the sewer system owned and operated by the
authority or the Borough, which is designed to provide treatment of
wastewater and discharge of treated effluent to the environment.
A pipe or conduit for conveying wastewater.
The sewage collection system, sewage treatment plant, POTW
and any sewers that convey wastewater to the sewage treatment plant.
For the purposes of this Part 4, "sewer system" shall also include
any sewers that convey wastewater to the sewage treatment plant from
persons who are, by contract or agreement with the Borough, users
of the sewer system.
Any categorical industrial user (CIU); or
Any other industrial user which:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons or more
of process wastewater per workday;
Contributes a process wastewater which makes
up 5% or more of the dry-weather average hydraulic or organic capacity
(organic capacity measured in pounds BOD) of the sewage treatment
plant; or
Is determined as such by the Borough on the
basis that it has a reasonable potential to adversely affect the operation
of the sewage treatment plant or to violate any pretreatment requirement
or standard.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria
in Subsection B of this definition has no reasonable potential for
adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment
standard or requirement, the Borough 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.
A noncompliance which meets one or more of the following
criteria:
Chronic violations (exceedances 66% of the time
during a six-month period) of the same pollutant parameters.
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations:
33% or more of measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during
a six-month period equal or exceed the product of the applicable limit
and the TRC value (1.4 times the limit for conventional pollutants
or 1.2 times the limit for toxic pollutants).
A violation of pass-through or interference.
A discharge of imminent endangerment to human
health, welfare or the environment, or which requires the wastewater
treatment plant to use its emergency authorities under 40 CFR 403.8(f)(1)(vi)(B).
Violations of a compliance schedule milestone
by 90 days.
Violations of report submittal deadlines by
30 days.
Failure to report noncompliance.
Any other violation deemed significant by the
Control Authority [40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(vii)].
Any industrial user in significant noncompliance.
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including
but not limited to an accidental spill or noncustomary batch discharge,
or any discharge which violates the prohibitions of 40 CFR 403.5(b).
See 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(v) and 403.12(f).
[Amended 8-9-1993 by Ord. No. 975]
Any discharge of pollutants resulting from the spilling,
overflowing, rupture or leakage of any storage, process or transfer
container, or the control or cleanup activities associated with such
an occurrence.
A spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan prepared
by an industrial user to minimize the likelihood and intensity of
a slug load or spill and to expedite control and cleanup activities
should a slug load or spill occur.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972.
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the Water Pollution Control
Federation, the American Public Health Association and the American
Waterworks Association.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
The person designated by the Borough to supervise the operation
of the sewage treatment plant and monitor flows in the sewage collection
system, or his duly authorized representative.
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.
The sum of the dissolved and undissolved solid constituents
of water or wastewater.
The sum of all quantifiable values of various organic pollutants
as determined by the Borough or, for certain categorical industrial
users, as defined in the applicable categorical standard.
A plan submitted in lieu of testing for total toxic organics
in which an industrial user specifies methods of control to assure
that total toxic organics do not routinely enter the sewer system.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under the provision of Section 307(a) of the Act,
or other acts, or which is present in sufficient quantity, either
singly or in combination with other wastewater, so as to present risk
of causing interference or pass-through, causing harm to humans, animals
or plants, or creating a hazard to persons or property, either in
the sewage collection system, the sewage treatment plant or the environment
into which it is released.
Discharge of an unauthorized waste, or a discharge which
otherwise is not in compliance with the requirements of the industrial
pretreatment program or other rules or regulations of the Borough.
Any substance which is discharged into the sewage collection
system which is not in compliance with the provisions of the industrial
pretreatment program, or which is discharged by a person in violation
of any of the provisions of this Part 4.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the discharge
of wastewater into the sewer system.
Industrial wastes or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any
ground-, surface, and storm water that may be present, whether treated
or untreated, which enters the sewer system.
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
B.
“May” is permissive; “shall”
is mandatory.
A.
Discharge of stormwaters. No person shall discharge
or cause or permit to be discharged any stormwater, surface water,
groundwater, roof water, subsurface drainage or building foundation
drainage into any sanitary sewer.
B.
Prohibited discharges. No user shall discharge or
cause to be discharged or contribute or cause to be contributed, directly
or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will pass through
or cause interference with the operation or performance of the sewer
system. These general prohibitions apply to all users, whether or
not the users are subject to categorical standards or any other pretreatment
requirements. A user may not discharge the following substances to
the sewer system:
(1)
Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their
nature or quantity are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause fire or explosion hazard or be injurious
in any other way to the sewer system or to the operation of the sewer
system. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard
meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point
in the system) be more than 5% nor any single reading over 10% of
the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. At no time shall the
closed-cup flashpoint of the wastewater be less than 140° F. Prohibited
materials include but are not limited to the following substances
in concentrations which cause exceedance of the above standard: gasoline,
kerosene, naphtha, benzene, ethers, alcohols, peroxides, chlorates,
perchlorates, bromates and carbides.
(2)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of
the sewer system, such as but not limited to: grease, garbage with
particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues,
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, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues,
residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud
or glass-grinding or -polishing wastes.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or higher
than 10.0, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel
of the sewer system.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other constituents
of the wastewater, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic
effect in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant or to
exceed the limitation set forth in an applicable categorical standard.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids
which, either singly or by interaction with other substances normally
present in the sewer system, are sufficient to create a public nuisance
or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewer
system for maintenance and repair.
(6)
Any substance which results in the formation or release
of toxic gases, vapors or fumes in a quantity that may cause acute
worker health and safety problems.
(7)
Any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or
products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference
or pass-through.
(8)
Fats, oils, greases or waxes of animal or vegetable
origin in amounts which exceed 100 mg/l.
(9)
Any substance which may cause the sewage treatment
plant's effluent or any other product of the sewage treatment plant,
such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation
and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case
shall a substance discharged to the sewer system cause the sewage
treatment plant to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal
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 state criteria applicable
to the sludge management method being used.
(10)
Any substance which will cause the Borough to
violate its NPDES and/or state collection system permit or applicable
receiving water quality standards.
(11)
Any wastewater with objectionable color which
will pass through the treatment plant, such as but not limited to
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(12)
Any wastewater having a temperature which will
inhibit biological activity in the sewage treatment plant resulting
in interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature greater
than 130° F. (55° C.), and any heat sufficient to raise the
temperature at the headworks of the POTW above 104° F. (40°
C.).
(13)
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants
(BOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration
which will cause interference to the sewage treatment plant or interfere
with the operation of the sewer system. In no case shall a slug load
be discharged.
(14)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes
or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits
established by the Borough or applicable state or federal regulations.
(15)
Any trucked or hauled wastewater or pollutants,
except those discharged at points designated by the Borough.
(16)
Any wastewater which is incompatible with treatment
processes in use at the sewage treatment plant so as to cause interference
or pass-through.
(17)
Any wastewater containing any compounds or salts
of aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, lindane, methoxychlor, toxaphene, dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid, trichlorophenoxyproprionic acid or other persistent herbicides,
pesticides or rodenticides.
D.
Categorical standards. If the categorical standards for a particular industrial user are more stringent than local limits or other requirements imposed under the industrial pretreatment program, then the National Categorical Standards shall apply. The National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, located in 40 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471, inclusive, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Part 4, and the Borough shall notify all affected industrial users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.
E.
Removal credits. Where the sewage treatment plant
achieves consistent removal of pollutants limited by categorical standards,
the Borough may apply to the approval authority for modification of
specific limits in the categorical standards. If the requirements
contained in 40 CFR 403.7 are fulfilled and prior approval from the
approval authority is obtained, the Borough may modify pollutant discharge
limits in the categorical standards.
F.
State requirements. State requirements and limitations
on discharges shall apply in any case where they are more stringent
than federal requirements and limitations or those established under
the industrial pretreatment program.
G.
Local limits. The Borough shall establish by resolution,
from time to time, local limits regulating the discharge of specific
pollutants by industrial users.
(1)
Local limits may be established for any substance
which is discharged, or is likely to be discharged, to the sewer system.
(2)
Local limits may limit concentration, mass or a combination
of the two.
(3)
The procedure for the calculation of local limits
should be as recommended by the approval authority. Whenever possible,
the calculation of local limits shall be technically based, using
all available information.
(4)
Local limits shall be calculated to prevent interference,
pass-through, the discharge of toxic materials in toxic amounts, threats
to worker health and safety and physical, chemical or biological damage
to the sewer system.
(5)
Local limits shall be applied to all significant industrial
users and shall be included in all wastewater discharge permits. Local
limits may be applied to other industrial users if deemed appropriate
by the Borough.
(6)
Discharging any pollutant in excess of a local limit
established for that pollutant shall constitute an unauthorized discharge.
Such a discharge is subject to the actions and penalties set forth
herein.
H.
Prohibition on dilution. No industrial user shall
in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete
substitute for adequate pretreatment to achieve compliance with the
limitations contained in applicable categorical standards or in any
other pollutant-specific limitation, including local limits, developed
by the Borough or state.
I.
Slug loads and spills. Each industrial user shall
provide protection from spills resulting in prohibited discharges
and slug load discharges. Facilities to prevent spills and slug loads
shall be provided and maintained at the owner's or industrial user's
own cost and expense.
(1)
SPCC plans. Detailed plans showing facilities and
operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted
to the Borough for review and shall be approved by the Borough before
construction of the facility. All existing industrial users shall
complete a spill prevention control and countermeasure (SPCC) plan,
or provide evidence that such a plan is not necessary for their facility.
No industrial user who commences discharge to the sewer system after
the effective date of this Part 4 shall be permitted to introduce
pollutants into the sewer system until this requirement has been fulfilled.
Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not
relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify its
facility as necessary to meet the requirements of the industrial pretreatment
program. In the case of a spill, it is the responsibility of the industrial
user to immediately telephone and notify the Borough of the incident.
The notification shall include location of the discharge, type of
waste, concentration and volume, corrective actions being taken or
planned and expected duration.
(2)
Written notice. Within five days following a spill,
slug load or other accidental discharge, the industrial user shall
submit to the Borough a detailed written report describing the cause
of the discharge and the measures to be taken by the industrial user
to prevent similar future occurrences. Such notification shall not
relieve the industrial user of any expense, loss, damage or other
liability which may be incurred as a result of damage to the sewer
system, fish kills or any other damage to person or property; nor
shall such notification relieve the industrial user of any fines,
civil penalties, or other liability which may be imposed by this Part
4 or applicable law.
(3)
Notice to employees. A notice shall be permanently
posted on the industrial user's bulletin board or other prominent
place advising employees whom to call in the event of a spill or other
accidental discharge. Employers shall ensure that all employees who
may cause or suffer such a discharge to occur are advised of the emergency
notification procedure.
J.
Drainage of water filtration systems. Discharge of
filter backwash water to the sewer system shall be regulated as follows:
(1)
Granular media filter backwash water may be discharged
to the sewer system, subject to all of the applicable provisions of
the industrial pretreatment program.
(2)
Diatomaceous earth filter backwash, if discharged
to the sewer system, shall be connected to the sewer system through
settling tanks with no less than three months' storage capacity of
spent diatomaceous earth, which tanks shall be accessible for removing
solid waste for disposal.
K.
Trucked and hauled wastes.
(1)
Discharge of trucked or hauled wastes shall be made
at a point designated by the Borough.
(2)
Such wastes shall conform to all requirements of the
industrial pretreatment program regarding prohibited discharges, regulated
characteristics, local limits or other requirements as to nature and
concentration.
(3)
No trucked or hauled wastes shall be discharged except
as specifically approved by the Borough. The Borough may require testing,
reporting or other specific information to be presented by the operator
or owner prior to discharge.
L.
Grease and sand traps. Grease, oil and sand interceptors
or traps shall be provided by a user when the Borough determines that
such devices are necessary for the proper handling of wastewaters
containing greases, oils or settleable solids. Interceptors and traps
shall be installed, operated, maintained and cleaned properly, so
that they will consistently remove the grease, oil or settleable solids.
Interceptors and traps shall be properly designed to accommodate the
maximum flow rate expected to occur and shall be so located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
M.
Garbage grinders. The use of mechanical garbage grinders
producing a finely divided mass, properly flushed with an ample amount
of water, shall be permitted, upon the condition that no such mechanical
garbage grinder used for commercial or business purposes shall be
installed until permission for such use has been obtained from the
Borough.
N.
Notification requirements; hazardous wastes and hazardous
substances.
(1)
All industrial users shall notify the Borough, the
EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director and the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Waste Management,
in writing, of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if
otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR 261.
Such notification shall include the name of the hazardous waste, as
set forth in 40 CFR 261, the EPA hazardous waste number and the type
of discharge (continuous, batch or other). If the industrial user
discharges more than 100 kilograms of such waste per calendar month,
the notification shall also include the following information, to
the extent that it is known and readily available to the industrial
user:
(a)
An identification of the hazardous constituents
contained in the waste.
(b)
An estimation of the mass and concentration
in the wastewater of all such constituents discharged in the most
recent month.
(c)
An estimate of the mass and concentration of
such constituents expected to be discharged during the following 12
months.
(3)
The required report need be submitted only once for
each hazardous waste discharged. Industrial users regulated under
categorical standards which have already submitted such information
in baseline monitoring reports or periodic compliance reports do not
have to report this information again.
(4)
Industrial users that discharge less than 15 kilograms
of hazardous wastes in a calendar month do not have to comply with
these reporting requirements. This exemption does not apply to acute
hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e).
(5)
An industrial user shall notify the Borough within
five days of becoming aware of any discharges of reportable quantities
of listed or unlisted hazardous substances, as defined at 40 CFR 302.4
(CERCLA Hazardous Substances). This notification shall include the
time of release; the name of the substance; the identifying CAS number,
if known; and the approximate quantity discharged. If the discharge
constitutes a spill, change in wastewater constituents or slug load,
other reporting requirements of the industrial pretreatment program
may also apply.
(6)
Each notification required by this section shall include
a statement certifying that the industrial user has a program in place
to reduce the volume and/or toxicity of the discharged wastes to the
extent that it is economically practical. This statement shall be
signed by the authorized representative of the industrial user.
A.
Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to provide
for the recovery of costs from industrial users of the sewer system
for the implementation of the industrial pretreatment program established
herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be as enacted by the
Borough Council, from time to time, by resolution.
B.
Fees that may be charged.
(1)
The Borough may adopt charges and fees which may include:
(a)
Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up
and operating the industrial pretreatment program.
(b)
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance
procedures.
(c)
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures
and construction.
(d)
Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications.
(e)
Fees for filing appeals.
(f)
Fees for consistent removal (by the sewage treatment
plant) of pollutants otherwise subject to categorical standards.
(g)
Other fees as the Borough may deem necessary
to carry out the requirements contained herein.
(2)
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by
this Part 4 and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the
Borough.
