[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of the Lancaster
Area Sewer Authority; amended in its entirety 9-23-2010 by Res. No. 10-09-002. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in these Rules and Regulations, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
Any renovations, structural alterations or construction to
an improved property which increases the number of square feet available
for use on such improved property or which increases the number of
EDUs or gallons per day discharged into the sewer system from such
improved property.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, waterborne waste
or form of energy ejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade, or business process or from the development, recovery, or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage, which complies
with all provisions of these Regulations and which is allowed to be
discharged into the sewer system by the Board of the Lancaster Area
Sewer Authority, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or allowable by the
Rules and Regulations of the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority.
The Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa. C.S.A.
§ 5601 et seq., as amended and supplemented.
Lancaster Area Sewer Authority (referenced herein as "LASA"
or the "Authority"), Lancaster County, a Pennsylvania municipal authority
or its authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
An engineer retained or employed by the Authority, including
any authorized member of the staff of such engineer.
An authorized representative may be any of the following:
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the firm is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor if the firm
is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated above if such representative is responsible for the overall
operation of hauling or transporting.
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be
any of the following:
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or
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.
That part of a building which is wholly or partially below
ground level.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions list in § 60-3. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
The quantity of oxygen expressed in mg/l, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be found in 40 CFR Part 136.
That part of the main building or house drain or sewer line
inside the walls of the building and extending through the wall to
a point approximately five feet outside the wall and connecting to
the service line or house connection.
Any municipality, which is an incorporated member of the
Authority that discharges sanitary sewage to the Authority through
an intermunicipal agreement.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act which
applies to a specific category of industrial users that appear in
40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of organic matter
present in wastewater. COD is expressed as the amount of oxygen consumed
from a chemical oxidant in mg/l during a specific test. The standard
laboratory procedure shall be found in 40 CFR Part 136, as amended.
Those portions of a sewer system constructed by a developer
at his own expense which are located within the dedicated right-of-way
of a public street or within a right-of-way located on private land
dedicated to LASA and which connect to the LASA sewer system.
Color of an industrial waste is the color of the light transmitted
by the waste solution after removing the suspended material, including
the pseudo-colloidal particles.
Any structure or portion thereof intended to be used in whole
or in part for the purpose of carrying on a trade, business or profession
or for social, amusement, charitable, educational or public uses.
In a structure where the individual offices or similar units share
sanitary facilities, those units sharing the same facilities shall
be considered as one such establishment.
[Amended 10-22-2015 by Res. No. 15-10-003]
A combination of individual samples obtained at regular intervals
over a specified time period. The volume of each sample may be proportional
to the flow rate during the sample period (flow-proportional composite)
or the volume may be constant and collected at equal time intervals
during the sample period (time-proportional composite).
The jointure, or the process of making the jointure, of one
sewer line to another.
A single charge levied against a property owner for each
physical or actual connection of a service line to the sewer system,
which fee is related to the actual cost of making such connection,
and which is set through resolution.[1]
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
Any Authority-approved device that is used to measure and
record water flow, when such water is not discharged into the Authority's
sewer system. The deduct meter or meters shall be installed after
the main water meter on the waterline that supplies water to the customer.
The location of such installation shall be inspected and approved
by the Authority and shall be located such that the Authority is able
to verify that the water flowing through such meter(s) is being consumed
in a process and is not being discharged into the Authority's sewer
system. The water flow measured and recorded by the deduct meter shall
be used by the Authority to reduce the total flow for the purpose
of billing rental charges and to determine whether the customer's
flow is within the permitted or allowed hydraulic capacity.
An individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation,
agency or other entity vested with ownership, legal or equitable,
sole or partial, of any property situated in the service area of the
Authority, and who plans to or actually connects to or extends or
extends to LASA's sewer lines to permit new connections to the Authority's
sewer system.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
With reference to any source of discharge of any pollutant:
Information necessary to determine the identity, amount, frequency,
concentration, temperature, or other characteristics (to the extent
related to water quality) of any pollutant which has been discharged
by the source (or of any pollutant resulting from any discharge for
the source), or any combination of the foregoing;
Information necessary to determine the identity, amount, frequency,
concentration, temperature, or other characteristics (to the extent
related to water quality) of the pollutants which, under an applicable
standard or limitation, the source was authorized to discharge (including
to the extent necessary for such purpose, a description of the manner
or rate of operation of the source); and
A general description of the location and/or nature of the source
to the extent necessary to identify the source and to distinguish
it from other sources (including, to the extent necessary for such
purposes, a description of the device, installation, or operation
constituting the source).
Notwithstanding Subsections A, B, and C, above, the following information shall be considered to be âeffluent dataâ only to the extent necessary to allow LASA to disclose publically that a source is (or is not) in compliance with an applicable standard or limitation, or to allow LASA to demonstrate the feasibility, practicability, or attainability (or lack thereof) of an existing or proposed standard or limitation:
Information concerning research, or the results of research,
on any product, method, device, or installation (or any component
thereof) which was produced, developed, installed, and used only for
research purposes; and
Information concerning any product, method, device, or installation
(or any component thereof) designed and intended to be marketed or
used commercially but not yet so marketed or used.
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.
Equal to one individual dwelling unit, or, where a property
contains no individual dwelling units, one EDU shall be equal to 350
gallons of sewerage discharged per day.
The person designated by the Authority to supervise the operation
of the sewerage system and who is charged with certain duties and
responsibilities by the Authority Board, the Authority officers, or
as set forth in a job description approved by the Authority Board,
or his duly authorized representative.
Any source not considered a ânew sourceâ as defined
in this chapter.
A performance and maintenance security which shall be required
to assure completion of construction of sewer lines and appurtenances
by developers, to guarantee the timely delivery by the developer to
the Authority of as-built plans of the sewer system and timely dedication
of such facilities by the developer to the Authority (if applicable),
and timely payment of all deposits and expenses related thereto. All
security shall be of a type and in a form acceptable to the Authority.
Any commercial establishment which prepares, processes, and/or
packages food or beverages for on- or off-site sale or consumption,
with the exception of private residences. Food service facilities
shall include, but are not limited to, food courts, food manufacturers,
food packagers, restaurants, grocery stores that prepare or serve
food, bakeries, lounges that prepare or serve food, hospitals, hotels
with a restaurant, nursing homes that prepare or serve food, churches
that prepare or serve food, schools that prepare or serve food, and
all other commercial establishments that prepare, process, or serve
food or beverages which are not specifically listed above.
[Added 8-23-2012 by Res. No. 12-08-001]
A pipe that delivers wastewater, under pressure, discharged
from a pump station to its destination at a point of gravity flow
downstream, or at a treatment plant.
Any facilities providing a continuum of care to senior citizens
who are at least 60 years or older, including housing, meal services
and skilled nursing care, and including the following types of facilities:
Personal care and assisted-living facilities
with units that include living and sleeping facilities and full bathing
facilities but no kitchen facilities and whose residents are provided
meal service through a central kitchen and dining room or meal service
facility and who require assistance with one or more activities of
daily living; or
Private dwelling units.
Private dwelling unit(s), provided that all the following criteria
are met:
The census for the private dwelling unit(s) is 1.5 or less per
unit overall; and
Three meals per day are available to residents of the private
dwelling unit(s) from a centralized meal service facility and are
ordinarily served in central dining facilities; and
The water flow to the private dwelling unit(s) is measured by
a water meter or meters measuring exclusively the water flow to the
private dwelling unit(s); and
The average water consumption for the private dwelling unit(s)
is less than 135 gallons per day per unit.
The private dwelling unit(s) must meet all four of the above
requirements each year to qualify as a FSSF. Any year the private
dwelling unit(s) do(es) not meet all of the above requirements, the
private dwelling unit(s) will be billed as residential units on a
per-EDU basis.
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage, and sale
of produce.
A sample that is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
A material either liquid or solid, composed primarily of
fat, oil and grease from animal or vegetable sources. The terms "fats,
oils and grease (FOG)," "oil(s) and grease" or "oil and grease substances"
shall all be included within this definition.
[Added 8-23-2012 by Res. No. 12-08-001]
A device located underground and outside of a food service facility designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from the wastestream while allowing the balance of the liquid waste to discharge to the wastewater collection system by gravity. Grease interceptors shall be in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 125, Sewer Construction.
[Added 8-23-2012 by Res. No. 12-08-001]
A device located inside of a food service facility or under a sink designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from the wastestream while allowing the balance of the liquid waste to discharge to the wastewater collection system by gravity. Grease traps shall be in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 125, Sewer Construction.
[Added 8-23-2012 by Res. No. 12-08-001]
Water that 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.
Any property upon which there is erected any structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure sanitary sewage and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged.
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the
Act into the sewage system (including holding tank waste discharged
into the system).
Includes a single-family residence, an apartment or a mobile
home.
Any structure or portion thereof intended to be used in whole
or in part for the manufacturing, fabricating, processing, cleaning,
laundering and assembling of any product, commodity or article. In
a structure where the individual units share sanitary facilities,
those units sharing the same facilities shall be considered as one
such establishment.
A source of indirect discharge.
Solid, liquid or gaseous substance, waterborne waste or form
of energy discharges or escaping in the course of development, recovering
or processing of natural resources, but not sewage.
The permit described in Chapter 60, Industrial Waste, of these Rules and Regulations.
A discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the sewage
treatment plant, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge
processes, use or disposal; and, therefore, is a cause of a violation
of the Authority's NPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory
provisions or permits issued thereunder, or any more stringent state
or local regulations; Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle DS of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control
Act; and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.
A dwelling unit contains kitchen facilities if it contains
a standard dish-washing unit or all three of the following:
That part of the sewerage system extending from the sewer
main to a point at least five feet behind the curbline and, if there
is no curb existing, at least five feet beyond the edge of the improved
road surface.
A specific discharge limit developed and enforced by the Authority upon users to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in § 60-3.
A structure leading from the surface of the ground to a sewer,
permitting access to the sewer.
Those municipalities which incorporated the Authority, including
the Townships of Manor, Lancaster, East Hempfield, West Hempfield,
and Manheim, and the Boroughs of East Petersburg and Mountville.
Any person and/or municipality that discharges into the sewer
system at one or more metered connection points and which is not either
an industrial/commercial establishment or a bulk discharger.
Any structure or building which contains a combination of
one or more dwelling or living units with a commercial establishment
or industrial establishment, or a combination of a commercial establishment
with an industrial establishment.
Any structure occupied primarily by the governing body of
a political subdivision or other governmental body, or by any agency
thereof.
Any county, county authority, municipal authority, city,
borough, township, or school district.
Any land, together with appurtenant buildings and structures,
which is owned wholly by a municipality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and used exclusively for recreational purposes by the public.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act.
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b)
of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
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 Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with Chapter 60, provided that:
The building, structure, facility, or installation
is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility, or installation
totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the
discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
The production or wastewater-generating processes
of the building, structure, facility, or installations are substantially
independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining
whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent
to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and
the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general
type of activity as the existing source, should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility, or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection A(2) or (3) above but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under
this subsection has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation,
or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which
is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source
facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a building contractual obligation
for the purchase of facilities or equipment, which are intended to
be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase
or contracts, which can be terminated or modified without substantial
loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies,
do not constitute a contractual obligation under this section.
Any violation not considered "significant noncompliance"
as defined in this chapter.
Any person having charge, care, management or control of
a tank truck or trucks for use in the removal, transportation and
disposal of sewage and industrial waste, septic or holding tank waste
or other liquid waste.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of an improved property.
A discharge which exits the sewage treatment plant into waters
of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone
or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources,
is cause of a violation of any requirement of the Authority's NPDES
permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any individual, industry, partnership, joint venture, 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 of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions expressed in gram equivalent per liter of solution, and indicating
the degrees of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A stabilized
pH will be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified
limits when the waste is subjected to aeration. It shall be determined
by one of the accepted methods described in 40 CFR Part 136.
Any receptacle intended to receive and discharge any liquid,
water, or water-carried waste into a building sewer.
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.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and radiological integrity of water.
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 the sewerage facilities. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, by process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited by § 60-8.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on an industrial user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment
standards, and local limits, including any rule or regulation, ordinance
or resolution, or term or condition of a permit or order adopted or
issued by the commonwealth or the Authority for the implementation
or enforcement of an industrial waste pretreatment program established
under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Clean Streams
Law.
Any structure intended to be occupied as a whole by one family,
or an apartment intended to be occupied by one family, or any other
one-family living unit containing plumbing for kitchen or toilet facilities.
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in Chapter 60 of these Regulations.
Any laboratory which is accredited by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection Laboratory Accreditation Program or the
NELAC Institute (TNI) to perform the necessary analysis.
Any land the purpose of which is to accommodate recreational-type
vehicles or which provides space for camping activities on a transitory
basis. This definition specifically excludes mobile homes, which shall
be deemed private dwelling or living units.
The preservation of food products, the maintenance of temperature
for aid in process work, and the maintenance of storage temperature.
The Director in an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment
program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES state or NPDES
state without an approved state pretreatment program.
A fee which will guarantee a developer an allocation of capacity
within the sewer system when paid in accordance with the regulations
governing reservation of capacity.
A public way including streets and sanitary sewer easements.
Toilets, sinks, and other plumbing fixtures and related piping
intended to receive and discharge sanitary sewage into a building
sewer.
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes and
industrial waste from residences, business buildings, institutions
and commercial and industrial establishments excluding, however, the
effluent from septic tanks or cesspools, rain, storm and groundwater,
as well as roof or surface water drainage or percolating or seeping
waters, or accumulation thereof, whether underground or in cellars
or basements.
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and to which storm,
surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Those areas within the member municipalities served by the
Authority's sewer system.
That part of the sewer line connecting to the lateral sewer
at the street right-of-way or utility easement line and extending
to and connecting to the building sewer at a point approximately five
feet outside the building wall.
The normal water-carried household and toilet waste from
any improved property, excluding, however, the effluent from septic
tanks or cesspools, rain, storm and groundwater, as well as roof or
surface water, drainage or percolating or seeping waters, or accumulation
thereof, whether underground or in cellars or basements.
All facilities operated by the Authority which are used for
collecting, plumbing, transporting, treating or disposing of sewage
and allowable industrial waste. For the purposes of these Regulations,
âsewage system and sewerage systemâ shall also include
any sewers that convey wastewaters to the sewerage system from persons
who are, by contract or agreement with the Authority, users of the
Authorityâs sewerage system.
That portion of the sewerage system designed to provide treatment
to wastewater, including but not necessarily limited to any arrangement
of devices and structures used for treating sewage and allowable industrial
waste.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage, or allowable industrial
waste.
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
and used or usable for sewage collection or transportation purposes,
including sewer mains, lateral sewers, service lines, and building
sewers.
Any pipe which collects and transports wastewater from lateral
sewers to the Authority's sewage treatment plant.
Sewer mains, lateral sewers, pumping stations, sewer force
mains, sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenant facilities operated
by the Authority in furnishing sewage service.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
All industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment
standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, and
Any industrial user of the sewerage system who
has an average discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per day of
process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler
blowdown wastewater); or
Contributes a process wastestream which makes
up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW treatment plant; or
Is found by the Authority, Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, or the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to have significant impact, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the sewerage system, the quality
of sludge, the systemâs effluent quality, or air emissions generated
by the system.
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or noncustomary batch discharge, or which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards of Chapter 60 of these Regulations.
Defined as a significant industrial user meeting one or more
of the following, or a user meeting one or more of the items listed
in Subsection C, D, or H, below.
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those in which 66% or more of all the measurements taken for the
same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by any
magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including
instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1);
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as
those in which 33% or more of the measurements taken for the same
pollutant parameter during a six-month period equal or exceed the
product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including
instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) multiplied by
the applicable TRC (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2
for all other pollutants except pH);
Any other discharge violation of a pretreatment standard or
requirement as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(1) (daily maximum, longer-term
average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) the Authority
believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges,
interference or pass-through, including endangering the health of
sewerage system personnel or the general public;
Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment
to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the Authorityâs
exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
Failure to meet within 90 days of the scheduled date, a compliance
milestone contained in an industrial waste discharge permit or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
Failure to provide within 30 days after the due date, any required
reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance
with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring
reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
Any other violations, which may include a violation of best
management practices, the Authority determines will adversely affect
the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
A fee for a special purpose facility applicable only to a
particular group of customers, or serving a particular purpose and/or
serving a specific area, based upon the cost of such a facility.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1987.
An abbreviated expression used to denote "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Waste Water," a manual published
by the American Public Health Association specifying official analytical
procedures for the measurement of wastewater parameters.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A pipe or conduit which carries stormwater, surface water,
drainage, and certain industrial water discharges, such as cooling
and air-conditioning waters.
A public way including any highway, street, road, lane, court,
public square, alley, or other passageway.
A charge levied against the property owner of each property
connecting to the sewer system on or after the effective date of these
Regulations (or any predecessor regulations) computed on an equivalent-dwelling-unit
basis or on a gallons-per-day basis, which is authorized by the Authorities
Act as amended from time to time.
Any person in possession of a whole or a part of an improved
property, who is not an owner.
The sum of dissolved and undissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering. The standard laboratory procedure shall be found in 40
CFR Part 136, as amended.
Any substance or combination of substances that:
Is listed as toxic in regulations promulgated
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under
the Provision of CWA 307(a) or other acts; or
Is present in sufficient quantity, either singly
or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans, animals,
to create a public nuisance, or to create any hazard in the sewerage
system or in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
Any waste which is not in compliance with the provisions
of these Regulations or which is discharged into the sewerage system
by a person in violation of any provision contained in these Regulations.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Authority's sewerage system.
Any pipe extended vertically from a service line to provide
ventilation for the system of piping and to prevent siphonage and
back pressure.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted
to enter the sewerage system.
Any equipment using water as a cooling medium for purposes
other than air-conditioning or refrigeration.
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.
Any public agency or private company furnishing water service
to the particular property connected to the sewer system.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated
meanings:
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BMPs
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Best management practices
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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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DEP
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Department of Environmental Protection
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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IDU
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Individual dwelling unit
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LASA
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Lancaster Area Sewer Authority
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LCSWMA
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Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority
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LEL
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Lower explosive limit
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mg
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Milligrams
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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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O&M
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Operation and maintenance
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PA DEP or DEP
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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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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SIU
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Significant Industrial User
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SNC
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Significant noncompliance
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
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TRC
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Technical review criteria
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TS
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Total solids
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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USC
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United States Code
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WPCF
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Water pollution control facility
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° C.
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Degrees Celsius
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