A.
No user located within the Borough of Old Forge shall
contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any
pollutants or wastewater which will interfere or cause pass-through
with the operation or performance of the LLVSA. These general prohibitions
apply to all such users of the LLVSA, whether or not the user is subject
to categorical pretreatment standards or any other federal, state,
or local pretreatment standards or requirements. A user may not contribute
the following substances to the LLVSA's treatment plant:
(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 any other substance, to cause fire or explosion or
be injurious in any other way to the LLVSA or to the operation of
the LLVSA's treatment plant or to the Borough of Old Forge sewage
system. Discharges prohibited under this section shall include, but
not be limited to, 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. At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion
hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or any point
in the system), be more than 5%, nor any single reading over 10%,
of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited 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
and any other substances which are a fire hazard to the system.
(2)
Any wastewater having a pH value less than 5.0 or
greater than 12.5, or a wastewater having any other corrosive property
capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or
personnel.
(3)
Solids or viscous substances which may cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of
the wastewater treatment facilities such as, but not limited to, 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, plastic, gas, tar, asphalt
residues, mud, or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
(4)
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants
(BOD, etc.) released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration
which a user knows or has reason to know will cause interference to
the LLVSA or the Borough of Old Forge sewage system. In no case shall
a slug load have a flow rate or contain a concentration of pollutants
that exceeds, for any time period longer than 15 minutes, more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour flow or concentration of pollutants
during normal operation.
(5)
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit
biological activity in the LLVSA treatment plant resulting in interference,
but in no case wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into
the LLVSA plant which exceeds 40° C. (104° F.).
(6)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with any wastewater treatment
process, which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates
a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the LLVSA, or exceeds the
limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard or local
limit. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any
pollutant identified pursuant in Section 307(a) of the Clean Water
Act of 1977[1] and presently listed in Appendix B to 40 CFR Part 403.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a).
(7)
Any discharges which may result in the presence of
toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the treatment system in a quantity
that may cause acute worker health and safety problems or is sufficient
to create a public nuisance or hazard.
(8)
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or product
of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(9)
Any trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge
points designated by the LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of
Old Forge.
(10)
Any substance which may cause the LLVSA's effluent
or any other product of the LLVSA, such as residues, sludge, or scums,
to be unsuitable for the reclamation process. In no case shall a substance
discharged to the LLVSA's treatment system cause the LLVSA to be in
noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines or
regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act,[2] any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge
use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act,[3] the Clean Air Act,[4] the Toxic Substances Control Act[5] or state criteria applicable to the sludge management
method being used.
(11)
Any substance which will cause the LLVSA to
violate its NPDES and/or residual disposal permit or the receiving
water quality standards.
(12)
Any wastewater with objectionable color not
removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye
wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(13)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes
or isotopes by such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits
established by the Executive Director, acting as agent for the Borough
of Old Forge, in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(14)
Any substance which causes hazard to human life
or creates public nuisance.
(15)
Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized
by the LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, in a wastewater
discharge permit.
(16)
Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction
with other sources, the treatment plant's effluent to fail a toxicity
test.
(17)
Detergents, surface-active agents, or other
substances which may cause excessive foaming in the LLVSA treatment
plant.
B.
When the Executive Director, acting as agent for the
Borough of Old Forge, determines that a user is contributing to the
LLVSA any of the above-enumerated substances in such amount as to
interfere with the operation of the LLVSA, the Executive Director
shall advise the user of the impact of the contribution on the LLVSA
and develop effluent limitations for such user to correct the interference
with the LLVSA.
A.
Upon the promulgation of categorical pretreatment
standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the national standards,
if more stringent than limitations imposed under this Part 4 for sources
in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed
under this Part 4. The Executive Director, acting as agent for the
Borough of Old Forge, shall notify all affected users of the applicable
reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.
B.
Where a categorical pretreatment standard is expressed
only in terms of either the mass or the concentration of a pollutant
in wastewater, the Executive Director, acting as agent for the Borough
of Old Forge, shall impose an alternate limit using the combined waste
stream formula in 40 CFR 403.6(e).
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed
any discharge which, by nature, shall cause an upset in the performance
of the LLVSA's treatment system or a pass-through of pollutants, which
shall cause the LLVSA to exceed the limitations of its NPDES permit.
A.
The LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, shall develop technically based local limits approved by EPA, as set forth in 40 CFR 403.5. Such limitations shall be applied in all cases where they are more stringent than the federal or state requirements. The LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, shall continually develop these limits as necessary and reserves the right to alter any and all local limit permit parameters as necessary to comply with the objectives presented in Article XI of this Part 4.
B.
The LLVSA may implement and/or accept best management
practices (BMPs) in lieu of numeric local limits when it is determined
that BMPs are a more appropriate or practical method for preventing
pass-through and interference or for protecting treatment plant worker
health and safety.
C.
Any user incorporating BMPs in lieu of numeric local
limits must provide BMP procedures to the LLVSA and, upon approval,
are required to maintain BMP records to insure compliance.
State requirements and limitations on discharge
shall apply in any case where they are more stringent than federal
and/or local requirements and limitations or those in this Part 4.
No user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in the categorical pretreatment standards, or in any pollutant-specific limitations developed by the LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of Old Forge, or the commonwealth. Dilution may be an acceptable means of complying with some of the prohibitions set forth in § 269-44, e.g., the pH prohibition.
The LLVSA, acting as agent for the Borough of
Old Forge, shall prohibit the discharge of any wastewater which includes
stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, or subsurface
drainage. Any wastewater containing once-through cooling water shall
be prohibited.