All users of the Town of Seneca Falls POTW will
comply with all standards and requirements of the Act and standards
and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act, including but not
limited to 40 CFR 406 through 471.
A.
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or
wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance
of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of
a POTW, whether or not the user is subject to national categorical
pretreatment standards or any other national, state or local pretreatment
standards or requirements.
B.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
a user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1)
Any solids, liquids or gases which, by reason of their
nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious,
in any way, to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time
shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard
meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other
point in the system), be more than 25% nor any single reading be more
than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly
allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are
not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene,
ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substance
which the Town of Seneca Falls, the state or the EPA has determined
to be a fire hazard or hazard to the POTW.
(2)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of
the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by
a written permit, such substances include, but are not limited to,
grease, garbage with particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension,
animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings,
entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime,
stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings,
rags, spent grains, spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas,
tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or
lubricating oil, mud or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.5 or greater
than 8.5, unless the POTW was specifically designed to manage such
wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and/or POTW personnel.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including
heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in
the receiving waters of the POTW or to exceed the limitation set forth
in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include,
but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section
307(A) of the Act.
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids or gases
which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient
to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient
to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6)
Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional or
industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease or oils which become
visible solids when the wastes are cooled to 10° C. (50° F.);
any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral
oil origin in excess of 20 milligrams per liter or in amounts that
will cause interference or pass through.
(7)
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass
through.
(8)
Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not
removed in the treatment process, such as but not limited to dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9)
Any solid, liquid, vapor or gas having a temperature
higher than 65° C. (150° F.); however, such materials shall
not cause the POTW treatment plant influent temperature to be greater
than 40° C. (104° F.). The Superintendent reserves the right,
in certain instances, to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes
whose maximum temperatures are lower than 65° C.
(10)
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes,
constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes,
except as approved by the Superintendent and in compliance with applicable
state and federal regulations.
(12)
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human
life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination,
in any way, with other wastes.
(13)
Any wastewater with a closed-cup flashpoint
of less than 140° F. (60° C.) using the test methods specified
in 40 CFR 261.21.
(14)
Any pollutants which result in the presence
of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that
may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
A.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly,
into the POTW wastewater containing any of the following substances
in concentrations exceeding those specified by the EPA for allowable
effluent limits:
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Arsenic
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Cadmium
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Chlorine
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Chromium (hex)
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Chromium (tot)
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Copper
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Cyanide (free)
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Iron
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Lead
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Manganese
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Mercury
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Nickel
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Phenols, total
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Silver
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Sulfides
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Vanadium
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Zinc
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B.
Other substances which may be limited are:
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Alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
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Aliphatic and aromatic alcohols and acids
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Aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones
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Aliphatic and aromatic esters
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Aliphatic and aromatic halogenated compounds
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Aliphatic and aromatic nitro, cyano and amino
compounds
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Antibiotics
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Benzene derivatives
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Chemical compounds which, upon acidification,
alkalinization, oxidation or reduction in the discharge or after admixture
with wastewater and its components in the POTW, produce toxic, flammable
or explosive compounds
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Pesticides, including algicides, fungicides,
herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides
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Phthalates
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Polyaromatic and polynuclear hydrocarbons
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Total toxic organics (TTO) as defined in 40
CFR 433.11
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Toxic organic compounds regulated by federal
pretreatment standards
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Unsaturated aliphatics, including those with
an aldehyde, ketone or nitrile functional group
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Viable pathogenic organisms from industrial
processes or hospital procedures
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A.
At no time shall the influent to the POTW contain
quantities in excess of EPA acceptable limits for the following listed
substances:
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Arsenic
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Cadmium
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Chromium (total)
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Copper
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Iron
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Lead
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Manganese
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Mercury
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Nickel
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Phenols (total)
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Silver
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Sulfide
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Vanadium
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Zinc
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B.
The Superintendent shall determine the total allowable
influent load of each substance from significant industrial users.
(1)
In determining the total load of each substance that
significant industrial users shall be allowed to discharge, the Superintendent
shall consider the following:
(a)
The quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable
because they occur naturally in wastewater.
(b)
The quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic
but are nonetheless uncontrollable.
(c)
Historical discharge trends.
(d)
Past pollution-control efforts of each significant
industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers
of the same substance.
(e)
Potential for growth in the POTW service area.
(f)
Potential for more restrictive regulatory requirements
to be placed on the POTW discharge or sludge disposal or sludge reuse
method.
(g)
Treatability of the substance.
(2)
The Superintendent shall apply a minimum 15% safety
factor to be protective of the POTW.
C.
To assure that the total loads so calculated for each
substance are not violated, the Superintendent shall issue permits
to significant industrial users limiting discharge loads.
A.
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge
contained in this Part 2 may be supplemented with more stringent limitations
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent:
(1)
The limitations in this Part 2 are not sufficient
to protect the POTW;
(2)
The limitations in this Part 2 are not sufficient
to enable the POTW treatment plant to comply with applicable water
quality standards or the effluent limitations specified in the POTW's
SPDES permit;
(3)
The POTW sludge will be rendered unacceptable for
disposal or reuse, as the Town of Seneca Falls desires, as a result
of discharge of wastewaters at the above prescribed concentration
limitations;
(4)
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered;
or
(5)
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be
caused.
B.
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge
shall be recalculated not less frequently than once every three years.
The results of these calculations shall be reported to the Town Board.
This Part 2 shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial
wastewater discharge permits which have limitations based directly
on any limitations which were changed shall be revised and amended,
as appropriate.
The Superintendent shall have the authority
to copy any record related to wastewater discharges to the POTW.
A.
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable
pretreatment standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process
water or in any other way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial
or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance
with a pretreatment standard.
B.
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for
the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of
grease, flammable substances, sand or other harmful substances; except
that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or living units. All interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved
by the Superintendent and shall be so located to be easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected,
cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner at his expense.
Solid waste grinders at or serving commercial
establishments, institutions or industries shall not discharge into
the Town of Seneca Falls POTW if there is a combined sewer overflow
(CSO) on the sewer lines conveying the waste to the POTW treatment
plant.
The Town Board may reject a user's wastewater, on recommendation of the Superintendent, when it is has been determined that the wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics which have a deleterious effect on the POTW and its processes or on the receiving water or which constitute a public nuisance or hazard. See § 230-105.
