As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:
(1)
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2)
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(3)
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.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, five days at
20° C. expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)].
BOROUGH
The Borough of Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, or
the Borough Council of Boyertown.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
COUNCIL
The group of elected officials acting as the governing body
of the Borough of Boyertown.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC POLLUTANTS
Pollutants derived principally from dwellings, business buildings,
institutions and the like.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, public and private,
and industrial establishments.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
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.
GRAB SAMPLE
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.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of other than domestic
pollutants from any source into the POTW (including holding tank waste
discharged into the system).
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE
The liquid wastes from an industrial, commercial or manufacturing
establishment.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement
of the Borough's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of
the selected method of sewage sludge disposal by the POTW.
MANAGER
The person designated by the Borough who is charged with
certain duties and responsibilities by this chapter, or his duly authorized
representative.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the effective date of this chapter.
PERSON
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, 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, 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.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
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 POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes or process changes and other means.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned in this instance by the Borough.
This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the
POTW treatment plant but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes
of this chapter, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey
wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the Borough who are,
by contract or agreement with the Borough, users of the Borough's
POTW.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
The water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings,
institutions, public and private, and industrial establishments.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the Borough's wastewater disposal
system who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average
workday, or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the Borough's
wastewater treatment system, or has in his wastes toxic pollutants
as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act or Pennsylvania Statutes
and rules, or is found by the Borough, the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources or the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to have significant impact, either singly or in combination
with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system,
the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions
generated by the system.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972.
STORMWATER
Any 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 which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency under the provision of the Clean Water Act, Section
307(a), or other acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Borough's POTW.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater which
may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed
into or permitted to enter the POTW.
[Amended 4-5-1993 by Ord.
No. 1-93]
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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
under ground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are
contained within, flow through or border upon the commonwealth or
any portion thereof.