Terms not otherwise defined herein shall be as adopted in the latest
edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,
published by the American Public Health Association, the American
Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federations;
the "Federal Guidelines for State and Local Pretreatment Programs,"
EPA-430/9-76-017a, volume 1, 1977, or the latest revision thereof;
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the New Jersey
"Water Pollution Control Act," N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.; or "Pretreatment
Standards for Sewerage, etc.," N.J.S.A. 58:11-49 et seq.
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
(1986).
APPROVED TEST PROCEDURE
All analysis performed in accordance with the analytical
test procedures approved under 40 CFR 136, as amended. Analysis for
those pollutants not covered therein shall be performed in accordance
with procedures approved by the NJDEP.
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; or
(2)
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or
(3)
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation
of the regulated facility, such as a plant manager, licensed operator
or person of equivalent responsibility.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days
at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)], in accordance with an approved test procedure.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in water or wastewater expressed as the amount
of oxygen consumed by a chemical oxidant in accordance with an approved
test procedure.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria, and such additional pollutants as are now or may
be in the future specified and controlled in the North Hudson Sewer
Authority's or Passaic Valley Sewer Authority's NJPDES permit.
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COOLING WATER
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat
and which may contain biocides used to control biological growth or
other additives to protect the system against corrosion, scaling or
other deterioration.
DISCHARGE
The releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying or dumping of a pollutant into the waters of the state or
onto the land or into wells from which the pollutant might flow or
drain into such waters, including, but not limited to, the release
of any pollutant into the treatment works.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
The liquid waste or liquid-borne waste:
(1)
Resulting from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling
of food; and/or
(2)
Consisting of human excrement and similar wastes from sanitary
conveniences.
EFFLUENT DATA
Information necessary to determine the identity, amount,
frequency, concentration, temperature or other characteristics of
any pollutant discharge.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
Pretreatment Standards as codified in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter
N (1986), specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or
pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced to a POTW
by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, dispensing, handling, storage and/or sale of food.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTEWATER
In addition to any groundwater, surface water and stormwater
from the site which is introduced into a treatment works, the liquid
waste or liquid-borne waste resulting from the processes employed
by any person identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented
under one of the following divisions:
(1)
Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
(3)
Division D, Manufacturing.
(4)
Division E, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and
Sanitary Services.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge
of nondomestic wastewater into the treatment works.
INTERFERENCE
(1)
Inhibiting or disrupting the operation of a POTW or its treatment
process so as to contribute to, cause or increase a violation of any
condition of a state or federal permit under which the POTW operates;
(2)
Discharging industrial process wastewater which, in combination
with existing domestic flows, is of such volume and/or strength as
to exceed the POTW design capacity or that approved by the licensed
operator; or
(3)
Preventing the use or disposal of sludge produced by the POTW
in accordance with Section 405 of the Act and regulations, criteria
or guidelines developed pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 3251 et seq. (1977),
the Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. (1977),
the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq. (1982), Sections 2, 4 and 6 of the State Act and, to the extent
practicable, the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal
of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage.
LICENSED OPERATOR
The Superintendent of the North Hudson Sewer Authority or
Passaic Valley Sewer Authority. See "Superintendent."
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NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
The program for issuing, conditioning and denying permits
for the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable
waters, the contiguous zone and the oceans pursuant to Section 402,
Clean Water Act, N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.1 et seq.
NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NJPDES)
The New Jersey system for issuing, modifying, suspending,
revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing discharge
permits pursuant to the State Act. The term also includes discharge
permits (NPDES) issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act.
NJDEP
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions in moles per liter of solution. Solutions with a
pH greater than seven are said to be basic; solutions with a pH less
than seven are said to be acidic; pH equal to seven is considered
neutral. Analysis shall be performed in accordance with an approved
test procedure.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, holding tank waste, incinerator
residue, sewerage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewerage sludge,
septage, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive
substance, thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand,
cellar dirt and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other
residue directly or indirectly discharged into the waters of the state,
the introduction of which renders these waters detrimental or immediately
or potentially dangerous to the public health or unfit for public
or commercial use.
PRETREATMENT
The application of physical, chemical and/or biological processes
to reduce the amount of pollutants in, or alter the nature of the
polluting properties of, wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater
into a sewerage system or treatment works.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal or state rules and regulations implementing
Section 307 of the Act or N.J.S.A. 58:11-49, as well as any nonconflicting state
or local standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations,
the more stringent thereof shall be applied.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act, which is owned in this instance by the North Hudson Sewer
Authority or Passaic Valley Sewer Authority or any other public body
or authority. For the purposes of these sections, "POTW" shall also
include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons
outside the North Hudson Sewer Authority or Passaic Valley Sewer Authority
who are, by contract or agreement, dischargers to the North Hudson
Sewer Authority's or Passaic Valley Sewer Authority's POTW.
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SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS (SIU)
Any user, excluding municipal collection systems, who discharges
on any one day wastewater into a POTW where:
(1)
The volume of industrial process wastewater exceeds 25,000 gallons
per day; or
(2)
The amount of BOD, COD or suspended solids in the industrial
process wastewater discharge exceeds the mass equivalent of 25,000
gallons per day of the domestic waste of the affected POTW; or
(3)
The volume of industrial process wastewater in the discharge
exceeds 5% or more of the average daily flow of the POTW; or
(4)
The discharge of industrial process wastewater contributes,
prior to any pretreatment, 5% or more of the daily mass loading of
any of the pollutants listed in N.J.A.C. 7:14A, Appendix B, Tables II through VI; or
(5)
The user is determined to be a hazardous waste facility under
N.J.A.C. 7:26-12 and meets the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4.2(b)(1);
or
(6)
The user is determined to be an industrial waste management
facility under N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4; or
(7)
The user has been found by the NJDEP to be in violation of state
laws or regulations, or local ordinances concerning environmental
issues; or
(8)
The discharge consists of landfill leachate, either pure or
diluted by groundwater or surface runoff; or
(9)
The discharge consists of significant quantities of polluted
groundwater which is pumped from the ground in order to decontaminate
an aquifer; or
(10)
The NJDEP determines it would be consistent with the intent
of the Pretreatment Act or State Act to require a permit for the indirect
discharger; or
(11)
The industrial user is subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment
Standards.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972 (as revised), issued by the Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget.
STATE
The State of New Jersey.
STATE ACT
The New Jersey "Water Pollution Control Act," N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1
et seq.
STORMWATER
The runoff or discharge of rain and melted snow or other
clean water from roofs, surfaces of public or private lands or elsewhere.
It shall not include the flow of any natural watercourse even though
such flow is augmented by above-defined stormwater. In general, stormwater
shall include only water which is sufficiently clean and unpolluted
to admit of being discharged, without treatment or purification, into
any natural watercourse without offense.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent (licensed operator of the wastewater treatment
system, of water pollution control, or of public works) of the North
Hudson Sewer Authority or Passaic Valley Sewer Authority, or his/her
duly appointed deputy, agent or representative.
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SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
The total nonfilterable residue, as defined in Manual of
Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, and analyzed in
accordance with an approved test procedure.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants, or combinations of pollutants, including
disease-causing agents, which, after discharge and upon exposure,
ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly
or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, on the basis of information
available to the Commissioner of the NJDEP, may cause death, disease,
behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations, physiological
malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction, or physical
deformation in such organisms or their offspring. Toxic pollutants
shall include, but not be limited to, those pollutants designated
under Section 307 of the Federal Act or Section 4 of the State Act.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any device or system, whether public or private, used in
the storage, treatment, recycling or reclamation of municipal or industrial
waste of a liquid nature, including intercepting sewers; outfall sewers;
sewage collection systems; cooling towers and ponds; pumping, power
and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements,
remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential
to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as standby treatment units
and clear well cooling water facilities; any other works, including
sites for the treatment process or for ultimate disposal of residues
resulting from such treatment; any other method or system for preventing,
abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of pollutants,
including stormwater runoff, or industrial waste in combined or separate
stormwater and sanitary sewer systems. The term "treatment works"
shall not be construed to include any facility subject to the requirements
of the Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried wastes from dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether
treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter
any treatment works.