Definitions.
Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following terms
and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have the meanings hereinafter
designated.
ABNORMAL STRENGTH WASTE
Any waste have a BOD5, suspended solids
or dissolved solids concentration in excess of that found in normal
domestic waste but which is otherwise acceptable into a public sewer
under the terms of this Part.
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
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
AUTHORITY
The Hamburg Municipal Authority, or in appropriate cases,
acting by and through its authorized representatives.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
(1)
If the user is a corporation:
(a)
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.
(b)
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 million (in second quarter 1980
dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated
to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2)
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
(3)
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 his/her designee.
(4)
The individuals described in subsections (1) thorough (3), 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 Borough.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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 (milligrams per
liter (mg/l)).
BOROUGH
The Borough of Hamburg or the Borough Council of Harrisburg.
BOROUGH MANAGER
The person employed by the Borough, as defined in the Borough
Code of Ordinances. The Borough Engineer or POTW operator shall act
in this capacity in physical absence of the Borough Manager.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension of pipe of four inches or five inches in diameter
from the user's building to the system's lateral at the
right-of-way line.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. EPA in accordance with §§ 307(b)(c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR, Chapter
1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The quantity of chlorine absorbed in water, sewage or other
liquids allowing a residual 0.1 ppm after 15 minutes of contact.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption relative to distilled water. One hundred percent transmittance
is equivalent to zero optical density.
COMMERCIAL CONNECTION
A user who discharges domestic wastewater and wastewater
generated from preparation or supplying commodities and services such
as restaurants, carwashes, gasoline stations and laundromats.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater
samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either
flow or time.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
The "approval authority" defined hereinabove or the Borough
of Hamburg when it has an approved pretreatment program under the
provisions of 40 CFR, § 403.11.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation such
as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of Pennsylvania.
DISSOLVED SOLIDS
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
DOMESTIC WASTE
The normal water carrying household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer or other enclosure
occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate business or as separate
living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together
or by a person living alone.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the Regional Water Management Division Director or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
The quantity of flow which is equivalent to the average amount
of water consumed by a single residential unit. The number of equivalent
dwellings units (EDU's) assigned to a residential dwelling unit
regardless of water consumption is 1. The number of EDU's assigned
to an industrial or other nonresidential user is calculated on a quarterly
basis by dividing the total quarterly water consumption (or sewage
flow) of the industrial or other nonresidential user by the average
quarterly water consumption of a residential unit during the previous
year. The minimum number of EDU's assigned to any user shall
be 1.
EXISTING SOURCE
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 § 307
of the Act.
GARBAGE
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a wastestream on a one time
basis without regard to the flow in the wastestream and over a period
of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
GROUND GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles shall be carried freely under normal sewage flow conditions
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
GROUNDWATER
Water which is standing in or passing through the ground.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the service area upon which there is
erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property used, in whole or in part, for manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity
or article or from which any process waste, as distinct from domestic
waste, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of direct discharge industrial waste which does
not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued
pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURCHARGE
A charge levied on industrial users of the treatment works
of the POTW for the additional cost of treating abnormal strength
wastes.
INFILTRATION
The water entering a sewer system and service connections
from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective
pipes, pipe joints, connections and/or manhole walls. Infiltration
does not include and is not distinguished from inflow.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source. Also known as extraneous flow.
INFLOW
The water discarded into a sewer system and service connections
from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard
and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from
storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface
runoff, street wash waters or drainage. Inflow does not include and
is distinguished from filtration.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT
The maximum concentration (or loading) 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.
INTERFERENCE
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 Borough's
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 more stringent State or local regulations):
§ 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(SWDA), including Title II, commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRC); any State regulations contained in any State
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA;
the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LATERAL
The part of the Borough's sewer system extending from
a sewer line to the curb line or, if there shall be no curb line,
to the property line or right-of-way. If no such laterals shall be
provided, then lateral shall bean that portion of a sewer which is
provided for connection of any building sewer.
MANHOLE
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer large enough to enable a person to gain access to the latter.
MAY
Permissive. "Shall" is mandatory.
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.
MG/L
Milligrams per unit. Equivalent to parts per million (ppm)
by weight.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
Any improved property in which shall be located more than
one dwelling unit.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category
of industrial users.
NEW SOURCE
(1)
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 § 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:
(a)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
(b)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
(c)
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 activity
as the existing source should be considered.
(2)
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 (1)(b) or (c) above but otherwise
alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(3)
Construction of a new source as defined under this subsection
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(a)
Begun or caused to begin as part of a continuous onsite construction
program:
[1]
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment.
[2]
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.
(b)
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which are 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.
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.
NORMAL STRENGTH WASTE
Domestic sewage which when analyzed or caused to be analyzed
by the Borough shows a daily average of not more than 300 mg/l of
total suspended solids, 250 mg/l of BOD5, 300
mg/l of dissolved solids and/or 6.6 mg/l of phosphorus.
OBJECTIONABLE WASTE
Any wastes that can, in the Borough's judgment, harm
either the sewers or sewage treatment process or equipment or, in
the judgment of any municipality where the wastes are being carried,
can have an adverse effect upon its system; can have an adverse effect
upon the receiving stream; can otherwise endanger life, health or
property or which constitutes a public nuisance
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property located in the POTW service area.
PASS THROUGH
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 Borough'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.
PH
The negative logarithm of the effective hydrogen ion concentration
or hydrogen ion activity in gram equivalent per liter used in expressing
both acidity and alkalinity on a scale whose values run from zero
to 14 with seven representing neutrality, numbers less than seven
increasing acidity and numbers greater than seven increasing alkalinity.
POLLUTANT
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 (i.e.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, chemical oxygen demand
(COD), toxicity or odor).
POLLUTION
The manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological or radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
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).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user other than a pretreatment standard.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A "treatment works" as defined by § 212 of the
Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the Borough. 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. The term also means the Borough.
SANITARY SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
or usable for sewage collection purposes.
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.).
SHALL
Mandatory. "May" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
(2)
A user that:
(a)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater).
(b)
Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant.
(c)
Is designated by such by the Borough on the basis that it has
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
(3)
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in subsection
(2) has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement
the Borough may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response
to a petition receiver 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
Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature or at a flow rate or concentration which would cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards on §
18-102(1) of this Part or any discharge at a flow rate or containing concentrations or quantities of pollutants that exceed for any period longer than 15 minutes more than five times during the average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities or flow during normal operations.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the Borough to supervise the operation
of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
by this Part or a duly authorized representative.
SURFACE WATER
That portion of precipitation which runs off over the surface
of the ground.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface or,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
TOTAL SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
or dissolved in water, sewage or other liquids and which are determined
by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the
American Public Health Association."
TOXIC POLLUTANT
One of 126 pollutants or combination of those pollutants
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA under § 307
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) of the Act.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any noxious and/or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a public nuisance or to create any hazard in
any sewer system or in the receiving stream of the sewage treatment
plant.
WASTE TREATMENT OFFICER
The Borough Manager of the wastewater treatment system who
is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the sewer system
and the administration and control of industrial waste management.
WASTEWATER
Liquid and water-carried industrial waste and sewage from
residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities and institutions, whether treater 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.
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The use of the singular shall be construed to include the plural
and the plural shall include the singular as indicated by the context
of its use.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations 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 demand
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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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l
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Liter
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mg
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Milligrams
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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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O&M
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Operation and maintenance
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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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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.)
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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USC
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United States Code
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