Definitions. Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the
following terms and phrases, as used in this Part 1G, shall have the
meanings hereinafter designated:
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 director in an NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment
program and the appropriate regional administrator in a non-NPDES
state or NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment program.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
A.
If the user is a corporation:
(1)
The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function or any other
person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for
the corporation; or
(2)
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual
sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second quarter of
1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or
delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
B.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
C.
If the user is a federal, state or local governmental facility,
a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility or their designee.
D.
The individuals described in Subsections A through C above may
designate another authorized representative if the authorization is
in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position
responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the
discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental
matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted
to the Control Authority.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., expressed as a concentration (mg/l), in accordance
with EPA Test Method 405.1 as referenced in 40 CFR 136.3.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD(S) or CATEGORICAL STANDARD(S)
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, being any regulation
containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance
with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317),
which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40
CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or COD
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of organic matter which is susceptible to conversion to carbon dioxide
and water and expressed as a concentration [milligrams per liter (mg/l)],
in accordance with EPA Test Method 410.1, 410.2, 410.3 or 410.4, as
referenced in 40 CFR 136.3.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The introduction of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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, including the Regional
Water Management Division Director.
EXISTING SOURCE
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by the EPA of proposed categorical
pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if
the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section
307 of the Act.
GENERAL MANAGER
The person designed by the Control Authority to supervise
the operation of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and
responsibilities by this Part 1G or a duly authorized representative
as delegated by the General Manager.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is normally taken from a waste stream, on
a one-time basis, without regard to the flow in the waste stream and
over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes. When industrial wastewater
volume is not sufficient for analytical purposes in fifteen-minute
periods, the General Manager may approve, in writing, an alternative
of sampling.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump trucks.
IMMEDIATELY
This term is based on the intent which it is used within.
However, it shall at least indicate a time frame of "upon discovery"
of an incident or as stated in 40 CFR 122.41(l)(6)(i) to (iii), 40
CFR 403.8(f)(1)(vi)(B), 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(v)(A) to (C) and/or as
specifically identified within this Part 1G.
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INDIRECT DISCHARGE or DISCHARGE
The discharge or introduction of pollutants (including holding
tank waste) into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under
Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317).
INDUSTRIAL USER or USER
A source of indirect discharge from an establishment which
discharges or introduces industrial wastes into the POTW.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE(S)
Any liquid, gaseous, radioactive, solid or other substances,
not sewage, resulting from any manufacturing or industry or from an
establishment, as herein defined, and mine drainage, refuse, silt,
coal mines, coal collieries, breakers or other coal-processing operation.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composite
sample collected, independent of the industrial waste flow rate and
the duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, causes the inhibition or disruption of the POTW's
treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or
disposal and, therefore, is a cause of a violation of the Control
Authority's NPDES permit (including an increase in magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory
provisions or permits issued thereunder or any more stringent state
or local regulations: Section 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, including Title II, commonly
referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state sludge management
plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act;
the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
MEDICAL WASTE
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding,
surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis
wastes.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD(S)
Any regulations containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and
which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
NEW SOURCE
A.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
pursuant to Section 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such source if such standards
are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided
that:
(1)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
(2)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
(3)
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors, such as the extent to which
the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as
the existing source, should be considered.
B.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located
results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction
does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation
meeting the criteria of Subsection A above but otherwise alters, replaces
or adds to existing process or production equipment.
C.
Construction of a new source as defined under this definition
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(1)
Begun or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
(a)
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment.
(b)
Significant site preparation work, including clearing, excavation
or removal of existing buildings, structures or facilities, which
is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source
facilities or equipment.
(2)
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which is intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss and contracts for
feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute a contractual
obligation under this definition.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
NONSIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
For the purposes of this Part 1G, nonsignificant industrial
users are those users which do not meet the criteria listed in the
definition of "significant industrial user" but warrant the issuance
of a wastewater discharge permit.
PASS-THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state
in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with
a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation
of any requirement of the Control Authority's NPDES permit, including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
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. This definition includes all federal, state and local
governmental entities. The masculine gender shall include the 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 moles per liter of solution; a measure
of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed in standard
units.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes,
chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal,
agricultural and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of
wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD,
toxicity or odor).
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water, such that harm to
human health or the environment may result.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment,
including recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage and industrial
waste.
PRETREATMENT
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 the POTW. This reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes; by process changes; or by other means, except by diluting
the concentration of the pollutants, unless allowed by an applicable
pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a national pretreatment standard.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS or POTW
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the Control Authority.
This definition includes any devices or systems used in the storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater
to a POTW treatment plant.
RESIDENTIAL
Any noncommercial, nonindustrial and nonmanufacturing facility
or dwelling.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE
Any sewage from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical
toilets, campers, trailers and septic tanks.
SEWAGE
Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing
operations, etc.).
SEWAGE SYSTEM
The Control Authority's collection and conveyance system
which transports wastewater to POTW treatment plant.
SHALL; MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
A.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
B.
A user that:
(1)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, cooling, noncontact cooling and boiler
blowdown wastewater).
(2)
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plan.
(3)
Is designated as such by the Control Authority on the basis
that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or equipment.
C.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement,
the Control Authority may, at any time, on its own initiative or in
response to a petition from a user, and in accordance with procedures
in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered
a significant industrial user.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG
Any pollutant released in a discharge at a flow rate or concentration
which will cause a violation of the specific discharge prohibitions
in 40 CFR 403.5(b) and/or 403.12(f).
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
WASTEWATER
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from
residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are
contributed to the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE
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
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.