A.
This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly
owned treatment works for the Town of Windsor Locks and enables the
Town of Windsor Locks to comply with all applicable state and federal
laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR Part 403).
The objectives of this chapter are:
(1)
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned
treatment works that will interfere with its operation;
(2)
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned
treatment works that will pass through the publicly owned treatment
works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be
incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works;
(3)
To protect both publicly owned treatment works personnel who may
be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment
and the general public;
(4)
To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge
from the publicly owned treatment works;
(5)
To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of
operation, maintenance, and improvement of the publicly owned treatment
works; and
(6)
To enable the Town of Windsor Locks to comply with its National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal
requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the publicly
owned treatment works is subject.
B.
This chapter shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment
works. The chapter authorizes the issuance of wastewater discharge
permits; provides for monitoring compliance, and enforcement activities;
establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting;
and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution
of costs resulting from the program established.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Superintendent shall
administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Superintendent may
be delegated by the Superintendent to other Town of Windsor Locks
personnel.
The following abbreviations, when used in this chapter, shall
have the designated meanings:
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demands
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C.G.S.
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Connecticut General Statutes
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CWC
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Connecticut Water Company
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DEP
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Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
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EPA
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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gpd
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gallons per day
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mg/l
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milligrams per liter
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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RCRA
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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U.S.C.
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United States Code
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Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following
terms and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
hereinafter designated:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection,
Water Management Bureau, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127.
If the user is a corporation:
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
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 1980
dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated
to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state or local government facility,
a director or the highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, or his designee.
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 Town of Windsor Locks.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1317), which applies to a specific category of
users and which appears in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405
through 471.
Any user whose business generally involves providing goods,
services and the like for sale to the general public. Examples are
laundromats, supermarkets, stores, professional offices, etc. The
final classification determination is made by the Sewer Commissioners.
The Connecticut Water Company, a subsidiary of the Connecticut
Water Service, Inc., with general offices at 93 West Main Street,
Clinton, Connecticut 06413.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by 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.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
Includes the term "house sewer" or "building sewer," where
appropriate, and shall mean the extension from the building drain
to the public sewer or other place of disposal. The house connection
shall be the property and responsibility of the building owner.
The introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic
source regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
Any user whose business is generally manufacturing in nature
and/or whose sale of goods, etc. is generally to distributors and
sales outlet houses rather than to the public. The final classification
determination is made by the Sewer Commissioners.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its
treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or
disposal; and, therefore, is a cause of a violation of the Town of
Windsor Locks NPDES permit 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.
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.
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
under 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:
The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
The production of 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 integrated with the existing plant, and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source, should be considered.
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(2) or (3) above but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this definition
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
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; or
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 subsection.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished
product.
Sewage with pollutant strength of 300 mg/l or less of five-day
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and/or 300
mg/l or less suspended solids (SS) and/or other pollutants of normal
strengths as defined by the Water Pollution Control Authority based
on state and EPA-approved norms.
Any permit or equivalent document issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency or its agents under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination Control Act of 1972, as amended, to regulate the discharge
of pollutants. These permits regulate discharges to surface waters,
i.e., rivers, streams, etc.
All costs incidental to the complete operation and maintenance
of the treatment works, including replacement.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States 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 Town of Windsor Locks NPDES permit,
including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
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.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
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).
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to, or in lieu of, 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.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment
standards, and local limits.
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 292-26 of this chapter.
Any user whose business is generally nonprofit in nature
(for the purpose of distributing said profits). Examples are churches,
clubs, Town buildings, libraries, etc. The final classification determination
is made by the Sewer Commissioners.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the Town of Windsor
Locks. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the
collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage
or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which
convey wastewater to a treatment plant and is synonymous with "pollution
abatement facility" as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-423.
Those expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment,
accessories, or appurtenances during the useful life of the treatment
works necessary to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works are designed and constructed. The phrase "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
Any user whose waste discharge is composed exclusively of
domestic wastes and who does not appear in any of the other classes.
The final classification determination is made by the Sewer Commissioners.
A sewer which carries wastewater and to which stormwater,
surface water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemicals
toilets, campers, trailers, and septic tanks.
Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dish washing
operations, etc.) carried from residences, business buildings, institutions
and industrial establishments.
The amount of money paid by owners of real property using
the sewer system of the Town of Windsor Locks for the cost of operation
and maintenance, including replacement of such works.
Any device, equipment, appurtenance, facility and method
of collecting, transporting, receiving, treating, disposing of or
discharging sewage and shall include both public and private sewage
facilities within the Town of Windsor Locks. "Sewerage system" shall
also have the meaning given to it by Section 7-245 of the General
Statutes.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
A user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling, and boiler blowdown
wastewater);
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the Town of Windsor Locks on the basis
that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
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 Town of Windsor Locks may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received 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.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 292-26 of this chapter.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
Any permit or equivalent document issued by the State of
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in accordance
with Section 25-541 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
These permits regulate new discharges of pollutants into the waters
of the state by means of connection to the Town sewer system.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
The person designated by the Town of Windsor Locks to supervise
the operation of the POTW, and who is charged with certain duties
and responsibilities by this chapter, or a duly authorized representative.
An additional fee charged to a sewer user assessed for excessive
concentrations of BOD, SS or other pollutants discharged to the Town
sewerage system above that defined as normal sewage in these regulations.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquid, and which
is removable by laboratory filtering.
The Town of Windsor Locks or the Windsor Locks Water Pollution
Control Authority/Sewer Commission.
Any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling,
and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection
systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances;
extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof;
and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be
an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate
disposal of residues resulting from such treatment. In addition, "treatment
works" means other methods or systems for preventing, abating, reducing,
storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including
stormwater runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in combined
stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
A separately saleable, rentable and/or transferable portion
or section of a building under construction or renovation.
A source of indirect discharge.
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.
