No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the POTW or into any private sewer drain emptying into the POTW any substances, materials, waters or wastes in such quantities or concentrations which cause, or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances, interference with the operation or performance of the POTW treatment plant. No person shall discharge the following into the POTW:
A. 
Any stormwater, swimming pool water, surface water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary or combined sewer, except as is authorized by the Board.
B. 
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 or be injurious in any other way to the treatment works or to the operation of the treatment works. 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. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, fuel oil, benzene and any other substances which the Board, the DEC or the EPA has notified the user constitute a fire or explosion hazard to the system.
C. 
Solid 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 grease, shredded garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, tar, asphalt residues, residues from the refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud or glass grinding or polishing wastes, snow, ice, any other solid objects, materials, refuse and debris not normally contained in ordinary sewage.
D. 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.5 or higher than 9.5 or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the treatment works, unless permission is granted by the Owego Town Board.
E. 
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, 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 treatment works or exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Federal Act.
F. 
Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance and repair.
G. 
Any substance which may cause the treatment works' effluent or any other product of the treatment works, such as residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process where the treatment works is pursuing a reuse and reclamation program. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW treatment plant to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, permit guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, RECRA or any state or federal requirements regarding solid or hazardous waste.
H. 
Any substance which will cause the treatment works to violate its State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit or the receiving water quality standards.
I. 
Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process.
J. 
Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference, but in no case heated wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into the sewer system which exceeds 150° F. (65.5° C.) or in such quantities that the temperature of wastewater at the POTW treatment works exceeds 104° F. (40° C.).
K. 
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the treatment works.
L. 
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life, creates a public nuisance or is detrimental to aquatic life.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any radioactive materials or wastes into the POTW.
No person shall discharge substances directly into a manhole or other opening in a sanitary sewer other than through an approved building sewer.
No person shall truck or discharge any holding tank wastes into a manhole or other opening in a sanitary sewer. All holding tank wastes discharged to the POTW shall be discharged at a Board facility at locations designated by the Board. Each separate load of holding tank waste shall be registered with the operator of the treatment facility. The user shall pay the applicable charges or dumping fees and shall meet such other conditions as required by the Town Board. The Board shall have the right to inquire about the type of waste, the approximate volumes and the origin of the holding tank waste. The transporter of such waste shall also have a waste transporting permit (6 NYCRR 364) issued by the DEC.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Board, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease or oil in excessive amounts, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Board and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with removable covers which, when mounted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
No discharger into the POTW shall augment his use of process water or otherwise intentionally dilute his discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with these rules and regulations.
No persons shall discharge directly or indirectly into the POTW wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below on either a daily or instantaneous basis. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at a point just prior to discharge into the POTW.
Substance*
Allowable Daily Average Effluent Concentration Unit**
(milligrams per liter)
Arsenic
0.1
Barium
3.5
Benzene
0.05
Berylium
0.15
Bromine
1.0
Cadmium
0.52
Chlorine
2.0
Chlorobenzene
0.01
Chloroform
0.1
Chromium
3.0
Copper
2.0
Cyanide (total)
0.5
Fluorides
10.0
Gold
0.5
Iodine
2.0
Iron
4.0
Lead
0.5
Manganese
1.0
Mercury
0.75
Nickel
3.0
Phenol
0.1
Selenium
1.0
Silver
0.43
Sulfides
3.0
Tin
2.0
Trichloroethane
0.05
Zinc
2.0
Total metals
10.5
Total toxic organics
21.3
NOTES:
*All concentrations listed for metallic substances shall be as "total metal," which shall be defined as the value measured in a sample acidified to a pH value of less than 2.0 without prior filtration.
**As determined by a composite sample taken of the user's daily discharge over the operational and/or production period.