Township of North Lebanon, PA General Provisions.

[Ord. 1-1997, 1/20/1997, Exh. A, § 1.2; as amended by Ord. 1-1999, 8/16/1999, § XXIV]

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part, 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. § 1251 et seq.

AMMONIA NITROGEN

All nitrogen that exists in aqueous solution as either ammonium ion or ammonia.

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.

AUTHORITY

The City of Lebanon Authority.

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.

(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 procedures, five days at 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)).

BUILDING SEWER

A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the POTW.

CATEGORICAL STANDARDS

National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or pretreatment standard.

CITY

The City of Lebanon which manages the City of Lebanon Authority's wastewater treatment system.

COOLING WATER

The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.

CONTROL AUTHORITY

The "approval authority", defined hereinabove; or the Superintendent if the Authority has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.

DIRECT DISCHARGE

The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Pennsylvania.

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 said agency.

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.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

Any material qualifying as such under any federal or state regulations or any material responsible for inhibition, pass through or sludge contamination at the POTW.

HOLDING TANK WASTE

Any waste from holding tanks such as 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 §§ 307(b) or (c) of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding tank waste discharged into the system).

INDUSTRIAL USER

A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).

INTERFERENCE

The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Authority's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with § 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 (including those contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.

NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with §§ 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.

NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD

Any regulation developed under the Authority of § 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.

NEW SOURCE

Any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a § 307(c) (33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated within 120 days of proposal in the Federal Register. Where the standard is promulgated later than 120 days after proposal, a new source means any source, the construction of which is commenced after the date of promulgation of the standard.

NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM or NPDES PERMIT

A permit issued pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).

PASS THROUGH

The 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. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.

The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solutions.

PHOSPHOROUS

Elemental phosphorous in its combined or uncombined forms as determined by using standard laboratory procedures.

POLLUTION

The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.

POTW or PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS

Specifically, the City of Lebanon Authority's wastewater treatment plant.

POLLUTANT

Any 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 water.

PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT

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 obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, or process changes other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403(6)(d).

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.

PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS

Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards and local limits.

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned in this instance by the Authority. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes of this Part, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the Authority, users of the Authority's POTW.

POTW TREATMENT PLANT

That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.

SHALL

Is mandatory; MAY is permissive.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER

Any industrial user of the Authority's wastewater disposal system who (1) has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day, or (2) has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the Authority's wastewater treatment system, or (3) has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to § 307 of the Act of Pennsylvania Statutes and rules or (4) is found by the City, state control agency, 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.

SLUG LOAD

Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 18-611 of this Part.

STATE

State of Pennsylvania.

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.

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.

SUPERINTENDENT

The person designated by the City to supervise the operation of the publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this Part or his duly authorized representative.

TOXIC POLLUTANT

Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulation promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of GWA § 307(a) or other Acts.

USER

Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Authority's POTW.

WASTEWATER

The liquid and water carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, 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 sewer system.

WATERS OF THE STATE

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.

WASTEWATER CONTRIBUTION PERMIT

As set forth in § 18-632 of this Part.

BOD	—	Biochemical oxygen demand.
CFR	—	Code of Federal Regulations.
COD	—	Chemical oxygen demand.
EPA	—	Environmental Protection Agency.
l	—	Liter.
mg	—	Milligrams.
mg/l	—	Milligrams per liter.
N	—	Ammonia nitrogen.
NPDES	—	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
P	—	Phosphorous.
pH	—	The negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration as determined by standard methods.
POTW	—	Publicly owned treatment works.
SIC	—	Standard Industrial Classification.
SWDA	—	Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
USC	—	United States Code.
TSS	—	Total suspended solids