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A. This
Chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly
owned treatment works for the City of Sullivan, Counties of Franklin
and Crawford, State of Missouri (hereinafter "City") and enables the
City to comply with all applicable State and Federal laws, including
the Clean Water Act (33 United States Code [U.S.C.] Section 1251 et
seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (Title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations [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 City 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.
This Chapter authorizes the issuance of individual 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 herein.
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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 a duly authorized City employee.
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The following abbreviations, when used in this Chapter, shall
have the designated meanings:
BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BMP — Best Management Practice
BMR — Baseline Monitoring Report
CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
CIU — Categorical Industrial User
COD — Chemical Oxygen Demand
EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
GPD — gallons per day
IU — Industrial User
MG/L — milligrams per liter
NPDES — National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NSCIU — Non-Significant Categorical Industrial User
POTW — Publicly Owned Treatment Works
RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
SIU — Significant Industrial User
SNC — Significant Non-compliance
TSS — Total Suspended Solids
U.S.C. — 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:
ACT OR THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.
AUTHORIZED OR DULY 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; or
b.
The manager of one (1) or more manufacturing, production or
operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management
decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including
having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment
recommendations and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures
to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws
and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established
or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual
wastewater discharge permit requirements; and where 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 their designee.
4.
The individuals described in Subparagraphs (1) through (3) above
may designate a duly 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 City.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR BMPS
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in Section
725.050(A) and
(B) [40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b)]. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal or drainage from raw materials storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND OR BOD
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C), usually expressed as
a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter
I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 — 471.
CITY
The City of Sullivan.
DAILY MAXIMUM
The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant
collected during a calendar day.
DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during
a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units
of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the
course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms
of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average
measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements
taken that day.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the Regional Water Management Division Director, the Regional Administrator
or other duly authorized official of said agency.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample that is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
fifteen (15) minutes.
INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT
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.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge that, 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 City'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 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.
LOCAL LIMIT
Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the City
upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general
and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and
(b).
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.
MONTHLY AVERAGE
The sum of all "daily discharges" measured during a calendar
month divided by the number of "daily discharges" measured during
that month.
MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT
The highest allowable average of "daily discharges" over
a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all "daily discharges"
measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges"
measured during that month.
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 Section 307(c) of the Act that 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; or
b.
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
c.
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 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.
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 Subparagraphs (1)(b) or (c) within this definition
of new source but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process
or production equipment.
3.
Construction of a new source as defined under this paragraph
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;
or
(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; or
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 paragraph.
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
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 City's NPDES permit, including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, 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
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
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 (e.g.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity or odor).
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 OR POTW
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. Section 1292), which is owned by the City. 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.
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.).
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
A significant industrial user is:
1.
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
2.
An industrial user that:
a.
Discharges an average of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gpd or
more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, non-contact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
b.
Contributes a process wastestream which makes up five percent
(5%) or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW treatment plant; or
c.
Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a
reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
SLUG LOAD OR SLUG DISCHARGE
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in Section
725.050 of this Chapter. A slug discharge is any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through or in any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or permit conditions.
STORM WATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the City to supervise the operation
of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities
by this Chapter. The term also means a duly authorized representative
of the Superintendent.
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.