Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
terms and phrases, as used in this Part 1, 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.,
or similar legislation superseding said Act.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The director in a National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) state with an approved state pretreatment program and
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in
a non-NPDES state or NPDES state without an approved state pretreatment
program.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:
(a)
A principal executive officer of at least the level of Vice
President, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(b)
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(c)
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)].
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria; plus any additional pollutants identified in the
publicly owned treatment work's (POTW) NPDES permit, where the
publicly-owned treatment work is designed to treat such pollutants
and, in fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by
the POTW's NPDES permit.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Refers to the approval authority, defined hereinabove; or
the Superintendent if the Village has an approved pretreatment program
under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
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 discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York.
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 nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated under § 307(b) or (c) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding tank
waste discharged into the system).
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute
a discharge of pollutants under regulations issued pursuant to § 402
of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations or which contributes to a violation of any requirement
of the Village's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage
sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with § 405
of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345) or any criteria, guidelines
or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more
stringent state criteria (including those contained in any state sludge
management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable
to the method of disposal or use employed the POTW.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a § 307(c)
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated within 120 days of proposal in the Federal Register. Where
the standard is promulgated later than 120 days after proposal, a
new source means any source, the construction of which is commenced
after the date of promulgation of the standard.
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 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 other means, except as prohibited by
40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial
user.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned in this instance by the Village. 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 Part
1, POTW shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the Village who are, by contract or agreement with the Village, users of the Village POTW.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the Village wastewater disposal system
who:
(a)
Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards (NRDC Concent
Decree Industries);
(b)
Is found by the Village (State Control Agency) or the United
States Environmental Protection Agency 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;
(c)
Is a manufacturing industry using substances of concern; or
(d)
Has a process discharge flow of more than 25,000 gallons per
average work day.
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.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the Village to supervise the operation
of the publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain
duties and responsibilities by this Part 1, or his duly authorized
representative.
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 CWA 307(a) or other Acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Village POTW.
VILLAGE
The Village of Interlaken or the Board of Trustees of The
Village of Interlaken.
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 that may
be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into
or permitted to enter 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.