Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have
the meanings hereinafter designated:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended from
time to time, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., including all regulations
promulgated thereunder by the EPA under Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
AUTHORITY
The Chalfont-New Britain Joint Sewer Authority.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of an industrial user shall
be:
A.
If the industrial user is a business corporation, municipal
corporation, authority, nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association,
a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president,
executive director or chief administrator, unless another individual
is expressly authorized by the board of directors or other governing
body.
B.
If the industrial user is partnership or proprietorship, a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
C.
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
in Subsection A or B above if such representative is responsible for
the overall operation of the facilities from which the industrial
waste discharge originates.
BCWSA
The Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority.
BICHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures at a temperature
of 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams
per liter, mg/l).
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air-conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DOMESTIC WASTE
The normal waterborne or dissolved waste discharged by a
residential household, as well as toilet wastes discharged by any
user.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, it shall also mean any duly authorized official of said
agency.
FEDERAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
Any regulations prescribing pollutant discharge limits by
industrial user categories promulgated by the EPA pursuant to the
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317 (b) and (c)].
INDUSTRIAL USER
A user owning or operating any facilities, premises or structures
used for or intended to be used in whole or in part for 1) manufacturing,
fabricating, warehousing, processing, cleaning or assembling any product,
commodity or article or 2) developing, recovering or processing natural
resources. For this purpose, any user discharging wastewater into
the municipal wastewater system which, based on information, experience
or analysis, is deemed to be industrial waste, shall also be considered
an industrial user.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne or dissolved
wastes or cooling water, other than domestic waste, that is ejected,
escaped or discharged into the municipal wastewater system. "Industrial
waste" includes "pollutants" and "toxic pollutants," as defined herein.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the treatment plant or treatment
process which may contribute to or cause a violation of any requirement
of the NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in accordance with the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345)
or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the
Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal
Toxic Substance Control Act, or more stringent state criteria (including those contained
in any state sludge management plan) applicable to the method of disposal
or use by the municipal wastewater system.
LATERAL LINE
A sewer line conveying wastewater from the premises of a
user to the municipal wastewater system.
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM
The sewage and wastewater collection system, treatment plant,
pump stations and other ancillary facilities owned and operated by
the Township and Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority. This shall
include not only Township and BCWSA owned wastewater lines ("sewer")
but any other wastewater lines which, by agreement, or by order of
other authority, discharge into the Township or BCWSA owned collection
system or the Township treatment plant. This definition also includes
the treatment processes, systems and procedures.
NPDES PERMIT
The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit
issued to the Township pursuant to the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
PADEP
The Pennsylvania Department Environmental Protection or,
where appropriate, it shall also mean any duly authorized official
of said agency.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity and/or any other legal entity or their legal representatives,
trustees, agents, successors or assigns. The masculine gender shall
include feminine, and the singular shall include the plural, where
indicated by the context.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, gaseous waste, incinerator
residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive materials, heat, rock, sand, cellar dirt and
industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
or chemical composition or concentration in wastewater to a less harmful
state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing
such pollutants into the municipal wastewater system. The reduction,
elimination or alteration may be the result of 1) physical, chemical
or biological processes, or 2) process changes by the user producing
or discharging pollutants, except as prohibited by applicable regulations
[40 CFR § 403.6 (d)] and the Act.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
The pretreatment requirements prescribed by the Township,
BCWSA and the federal pretreatment standards. These requirements shall
take precedent over the federal pretreatment standards when the pretreatment
requirements specified herein are more restrictive.
SHALL
"Shall" is mandatory.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the municipal wastewater system who:
A.
Has a discharge flow of 10,000 gallons or more per average workday.
B.
Has a flow greater than 2% of the monthly average flow in June
to the Township's wastewater treatment system.
C.
Has in its wastewater toxic pollutants as defined in the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1317).
D.
Has in its wastewater substances at concentrations that at any
time exceed the quantitative limits prescribed by the Township.
E.
Is found by the Township, BCWSA, PADEP or EPA to have a significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industrial
users, on the treatment process, the quality of the sludge, the quality
of the effluent or the air emissions generated by the treatment process.
STATE
The State of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Ay water flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids and is discharged
or subject to discharge into the municipal wastewater system.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants:
A.
Listed as "toxic" in regulations promulgated by the EPA under
the Act.
B.
Discharged into the municipal wastewater system at a concentration
that has been or can be shown by scientific experiment to inhibit
or disrupt any part or portion of the treatment process.
C.
Listed as "toxic" in regulations promulgated by the PADEP.
D.
Specifically identified by any other state or federal act as
being "toxic."
TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the municipal wastewater system designed
to provide treatment to the discharged wastewater, including all pumps,
holding tanks and other such ancillary facilities.
TREATMENT PROCESS
Those operations, processes, systems and procedures employed
at the treatment plant to alter the wastewater discharged into the
municipal wastewater system so that the effluent from the treatment
plant will meet or exceed the NPDES permit standards.
USER
Any person who, voluntarily or involuntarily, intentionally
or unintentionally, accidentally or inadvertently discharges wastewater
into the municipal wastewater system.
WASTEWATER
A.
Waterborne, carried or dissolved industrial waste and domestic
waste from persons and users.
B.
Any other water, treated or untreated, which is discharged into
or otherwise enters the municipal wastewater system.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
The permits issued by the Township and BCWSA authorizing
discharge of industrial waste into the municipal wastewater system.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigations 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.