[Ord. No. 1209 Art. I, 6-13-1983]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to establish a pretreatment waste management program.
The form and content for such program for pretreatment waste management
shall be as set out in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. I § 1, 6-13-1983]
A. This Chapter sets forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect
contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system for
the City and enables the City to comply with all applicable State
and Federal laws required by the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the General
Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR, part 403).
B. The objectives of this Chapter are:
1. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Municipal wastewater
system which will interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate
the resulting sludge;
2. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Municipal wastewater
system which will pass through the system, inadequately treated, into
receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with
the system;
3. To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewaters and
sludges from the system; and
4. To provide for equitable distribution of the cost of the Municipal
wastewater system.
C. This Chapter provides for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors
to the Municipal wastewater system through the issuance of permits
to certain non-domestic discharges, authorizes monitoring and enforcement
activities, requires user reporting and provides for the setting of
fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program
established herein.
D. This Chapter shall apply to the City and to persons outside the City
who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City
POTW. Except as otherwise provided herein, the City Administrator
is to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. I § 1, 6-13-1983]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
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
The Director in an NPDES State with an approved State pretreatment
program and the Administrator of the 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:
1.
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
President, if the industrial user is a corporation;
2.
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or
3.
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 in five (5)
days at twenty degrees (20°) Centigrade, expressed in terms of
weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)).
CITY
The City of Centralia, Missouri, or the Board of Aldermen
of Centralia, Missouri.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
The "approval authority" defined hereinabove; or the City
Administrator if the City has an approved pretreatment program under
the provisions of 40 CFR, 403.11.
CONTROLLED INDUSTRIAL USER
A user who discharges one (1) or more wastes listed in this
Chapter, but is of such small size that such user is not determined
to be a "significant user."
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.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or where appropriate,
the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or
other duly authorized official of such agency.
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL USER
A user who does not discharge, but has the potential for
discharging, one (1) or more wastes specifically listed in this Chapter.
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, but not limited to,
vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump
tank trucks.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of non-domestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act (33
U.S.C. 1317) into the waste stream going to the POTW.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge which has the potential of
discharging, or is discharging, toxic type wastes, prohibited wastes
or other specifically listed in this Chapter. Industrial users shall
be divided into three (3) categories: General, controlled and significant
users.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement
of the City's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage
sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with Section 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 applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the
POTW.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a Section 307
(c) (33 U.S.C. 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which will
be applicable to such source; provided, that such standard is thereafter
promulgated within one hundred twenty (120) days of proposal in the
Federal Register. Where the standard is not promulgated within one
hundred twenty (120) days after proposal, a "new source" means any source, the construction of which is commenced after the
date of promulgation of the standard.
PASS THROUGH
This discharge of pollutants through the POTW into navigable
waters in quantities or concentrations which are a cause of or significantly
contribute to a violation of any requirement of the POTW'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.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any material such as, but not limited to 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 and detrimental to
water.
POLLUTION
The alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and
radiological integrity of water, which results in damage to the environment.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the removal 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 by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR Section 403.6 (d).
PRETREATMENT FACILITY
Those units which are designed, constructed and operated
for the purpose of pretreatment. These may be simple units such as
grease traps or complex units such as chemical precipitation, etc.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. 1292), which is owned in this instance by the City. 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 Chapter,
"POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewater to the
POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement
with the City, users of the POTW.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the City's wastewater disposal
system who:
1.
Has a discharge flow of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons
or more per average work day, or
2.
Has a flow greater than five percent (5%) of the flow in the
City's wastewater treatment system, or
3.
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section
307 of the Act or State law and rules, or
4.
Is found by the City, State DNR, or the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) 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.
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 City to supervise the operation
of the publicly owned treatment works and who is given certain duties
and responsibilities by this Chapter.
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 provisions of CWA 307 (a) or other acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the City's POTW.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, 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.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. I § 1, 6-13-1983]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following abbreviations
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 demand.
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DNR:
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Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
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EPA:
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Environmental Protection Agency.
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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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POTW:
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Publicly owned treatment works.
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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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[Ord. No. 1209 Art. I § 9, 6-13-1983]
The City shall establish the following lists of pollutants as
pollutants under this Chapter where they are from a non-domestic source
or from a domestic source of such magnitude that it provides a potential
interference with the City POTW:
A. Toxic Pollutants. As published under EPA 40 CFR,
Part 307, Section 307 (a).
B. General Parameters. As listed in Exhibit No. 1 of
the industrial user wastewater discharge permit, copies of which are
on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. II, 6-13-1983]
All direct and indirect contributors to the City sewage collection
and treatment system shall be subject to and responsible for compliance
with the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. III, 6-13-1983]
In order to identify, monitor and control such pollutants that
have toxic potential, the City has established a monitoring and permitting
program.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. IV, 6-13-1983]
The City shall establish a schedule of charges and fees to establish
and operate this program.
[Ord. No. 1209 Art. V, 6-13-1983]
The City shall review the monitoring requirements, charges,
fees and listed toxic pollutants not less than every two (2) years
to determine their adequacy and reasonableness.