[Amended 4-17-2019 by Order No. FY 19-125]
These regulations set forth uniform requirements for direct and indirect contributors into the wastewater collection and treatment system (POTW) for the City of Greenfield, Massachusetts, and enable 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).
[Amended 4-17-2019 by Order No. FY 19-125]
A. 
The objectives of these regulations 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 water 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 prevent organic and hydraulic overloading of the City's sewer system.
B. 
These regulations provide for the regulation of direct and indirect contributors to the municipal wastewater system through enforcement of general requirements for the other users, authorize monitoring and enforcement activities, require user reporting, assume that existing customers' capacity will not be preempted, and provide for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
C. 
These regulations shall apply to the City of Greenfield and to persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City POTW.