Unless otherwise stated in this section, where the term is used
in this chapter, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be
as stated below. When not inconsistent with the context, the present
tense shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall
include the singular and vice versa. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun
shall include the feminine. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
The federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,
as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
The result obtained using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner or his agent.
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this article
or other procedures approved by the Superintendent for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewaters and/or sludges.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification when stipulated
in this chapter.
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
president if the industrial user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
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.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amounts of chlorine added
to a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at
the end of a specific contact time at room temperature, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, in a
sample, that is susceptible to oxidation by a specific chemical oxidant
expressed in milligrams per liter.
The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance is
equivalent to zero optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes, or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See "extension.")
The one-time application fee to offset Town of Catskill expenses
to process an application for a connection of a building/street lateral
to the public sewer. The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance,
street repair cost and inspection costs. The fee may be scaled to
the amount of work involved or to the size of the public sewer involved.
The term shall refer to "approval authority" or to the Superintendent
when the Town of Catskill has an approved pretreatment program under
the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream
of the street lateral such that samples collected from the manhole
represent the discharge to the POTW.
A pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to
treat defined in accordance with the Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this chapter.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing
or causing to be constructed buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a POTW but which is not used in the meantime, for transport of
storm or sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article IX, end of pipe shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater
at end of pipe.
See "national categorical pretreatment standard."
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules and regulations.
Also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly
authorized official of this agency.
Water usage proportional to that equivalent to a typical
family residence within the designated service area. All single-family
homes within the designated service area, unless adjusted otherwise
based on contributed wastewater flow are assigned one EDU.
Attachment of a sewer line with more than one user to an
existing sewer line.
All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property
to any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's
location.
Oil, grease or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food from the handling, storage and sale of produce and from the
packaging and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point
and time.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform
and update the Industrial Chemical Survey.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW for treatment
and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent to the state's waters.
(For reference, see "direct discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business or institution and is distinguished from domestic
or residential.
The survey of industries in New York State initiated by NYSDEC
to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manholes. Infiltration
does not include and is distinguished from inflow. Infiltration is
inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the sewer
or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm
sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters
or drainage. Inflow does not include and is distinguished from infiltration.
Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
A discharge, alone or in conjunction with discharges by other
sources, which:
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations
or its sludge processes, use or disposal; or
Causes a violation of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES permit
(including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation)
or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW
in accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations
or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;[1]
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA)[2] [including Title II, more commonly referred to as the
"Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" (RCRA)] and including state
regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to Subtitle D or the SWDA;
Clean Air Act;[3]
Toxic Substance Control Act;[4] and
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.[5]
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EP in accordance with Section 307 (B) and (C) of the Act (22
U.S.C. § 1347), which applies to a specific category of
industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical
process ("end of process").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307
(B) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any outlet including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows
to state's waters.
That individual or entity who purchased property within the
Town of Catskill Sewer District after the effective date of this chapter.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of the proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307
(C) (33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard
which will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner so as
to endanger life or health, give offense to the senses or obstruct
or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use or maintenance of the
POTW.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in a sample
expressed in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who owns or owned property within
the Town Sewer District purchased prior to the effective date of this
chapter, or who inherited the property at any time and intends to
sell the property or has sold the property to a new owner; also the
agent of the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded, refuse, wood, eggshells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes). Also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the Town POTW into waters of the
state in quantities which alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of
the POTW's SPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or
duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies and requiring other actions
as authorized by this chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH scale of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands
and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water,
land and/or air by any living thing at anytime.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these
media.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
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 achieved by physical, chemical or biological
process, process changes, or by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(D).
The most recently revised or updated list developed by the
EPA in accordance with the Act.
See "national prohibitive discharge standard."
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers and with no particle having a dimension greater than
1/2 inch in any dimension.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C § 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the
Town of Catskill. This definition includes any sewers and appurtenances
that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, or treatment
plants not owned and operated by the Town of Catskill but providing
treatment for wastewater received by the Town POTW as provided by
agreement, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances
not connected directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
Shall include, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including, but not limited to, letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this chapter, records shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries; also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants. Septage shall not have been contaminated with substances of
concern or priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any and/or all local and state requirements.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial
wastes and other wastes shall also be considered sewage, within the
meaning of this definition.
Liquid wastes from the non-commercial preparation, cooking,
and handling of food, liquid wastes containing human excrement and
similar matter from the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial buildings, and institutions, or liquid wastes
from clothes washing and/or floor/wall washing. Therefore, domestic
sewage includes both black water and grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
See "POTW treatment plant."
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal
sewage and/or which contains substances of concern.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant or treatment
plants not owned and operated by the Town of Catskill but providing
treatment for wastewater received by the Town POTW by agreement.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes,
or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics
thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal
sewage. (See "volume charge.") Town of Catskill Sewer Use Law 16.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Town of Catskill.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwaters, surface
waters, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than
cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
See "user, significant industrial."
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during
a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit
or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as
those in which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant
parameter taken during a six-month period equal or exceed the product
of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC
= 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other
pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily
maximum or long-term average) that the Superintendent determines has
caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference
or pass-through (including endangering the health of POTW personnel
or the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under Article XI of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required
reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance
reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance
with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any other violation which the Superintendent determines will
adversely affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment
program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference. In any event, a discharge which, in concentration of
any constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period of
duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal user operations,
shall constitute a slug.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Town of Catskill Sewer Use Law 17 Association, procedures
established by the Administrator, pursuant to Section 304 (G) of the
Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, and amendments thereto (If
40 CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique
for the pollutant in question, then procedures set forth in EPA publication,
Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents
for Priority Pollutants, April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall
be used), any other procedure approved by the Administrator, or any
other procedure approved by the Superintendent, whichever is the most
conservative.
State of New York.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
That individual authorized by the Town of Catskill to act
as representative of the Town regarding matters related to the Town
Sewer District. Individuals authorized to act as Superintendent may
include, but are not limited to, Town Engineers, POTW operations staff,
Town employees, or other such authorized and qualified individuals.
This definition shall also include his authorized deputy, agent, or
representative.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
The Town of Catskill.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of the Town Board.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with
any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point. Any pollutant or combination
of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA
under provisions of CWA 307 (A), or other Acts.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before
the effective date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the Town of Catskill POTW who is:
Subject to national categorical pretreatment standards promulgated
by the EPA; or
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with
other industries, on the operation of the treatment works; or
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000
gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances
of concern and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants
to the sewer system; or
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional
pollutants received by the POTW; or
Any other industrial user that the Town designates as having
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the operation of the
POTW or for violating a pretreatment standard or requirement.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
A permit as set forth in Article IX of this chapter.
See "sewage, unusual strength or character."
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.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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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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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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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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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 690 L, et seq.
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U.S.C.
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United State Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms found to be ambiguous
or improperly defined in this article, shall be defined by the Act,
or Regulations, pursuant thereto.
