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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
pH
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.
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.
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.
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.