Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
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.
ADMINISTRATOR
The regional administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, Region II.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
Approval Authority shall be NYSDEC if New York State acquires
an approved state pretreatment program. Under all other cases, the
Region II EPA Administrator shall be the Approval Authority.
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 decisionmaking functions
for the corporation; or
(b)
The manager of one 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, sole proprietorship or limited-liability
company: a general partner, proprietor or managing member or manager,
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) 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 (BMPs)
BMPs refers to schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices,
maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement
the prohibitions listed in 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.
BOD
(Denoting "biochemical oxygen demand") The quantity of oxygen
utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts
per million by weight (e.g., mg/L).
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other pipes inside
the walls, not including subsurface soil drains of the building, and
conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the
inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
BYPASS
The term "bypass" has the meaning set forth in §
389-40 herein.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS 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.
§ 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that
appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471.
CITY
The City of Middletown, NY.
DAILY DISCHARGE
The discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day
or any twenty-four-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar
day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed
in units of mass, the daily discharge is calculated as the total mass
of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations
expressed in other units of measurement, the daily discharge is calculated
as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.
DAILY MAXIMUM
The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant
collected during a calendar day or any twenty-four-hour period that
reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling.
DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during
a calendar day or any twenty-four-hour period that reasonably represents
the calendar day for purposes of sampling. 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
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.
EPA
See "Environmental Protection Agency," above.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
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
15 minutes.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
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
SPDES 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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
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;
(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 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 paragraph
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(a)
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site 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.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used for cooling that does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished
product.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
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 SPDES permit, including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, limited-liability company, 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).
POTW
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. §
1292), which is owned by the City. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, slug, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment plant.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature 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 a physical, chemical or biological process or process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface-
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
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.).
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
(1)
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
(2)
An industrial 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 waste stream which makes up 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 the industrial
user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement
[in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)].
(3)
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria of this Subsection
(2) has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user or POTW, 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 DISCHARGE
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could
cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards. A slug discharge
is any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not
limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary 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 conditions of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
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 from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
UNPOLLUTED WATERS
Any waters which are void of pollutants and/or which have
been determined by the NYSDEC as a class stream that is not polluted.
UPSET
The term "upset" has the meaning set forth in §
389-40 herein.
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.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.