Unless a provision explicitly states 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 may be amended from time to time, 33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
AUTHORITY
The North Lebanon Township Municipal Authority, or in appropriate
cases, acting by and through its authorized representatives.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
A.
If the user is a corporation:
(1)
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 decision-making functions for
the corporation.
(2)
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities employing more than 250 person or having gross annual sales
or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000, if authority to sign documents
has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate
procedures.
B.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
C.
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.
D.
The individuals described in Subsections A through C above may
designate another 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 Authority.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration (milligrams per
liter (mg/L)).
BUILDING SEWER or LATERAL
The extension of the building drain to the public sewer main
or other place of disposal. The property owner is responsible for
maintaining this portion.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the U.S. EPA in accordance with §§ 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter
1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471, as may be amended from time to time.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The quantity of chlorine absorbed in water, sewage or other
liquids, allowing a residual of 0.1 ppm, after 15 minutes of contact.
CITY
The City of Lebanon, the City of Lebanon Authority or the
Lebanon City Council.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption, relative to distilled water. One hundred percent transmittance
is equivalent to zero optical density.
COMMERCIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge of wastes which is not considered
industrial or normal domestic waste. Any home occupation which discharges
wastes may be included here.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater
samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either
flow or time.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation such
as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC WASTE
The normal water carrying household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the Regional Water Management Division Director or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
The quantity of flow, as established from time to time by
resolution of the Authority, which is equivalent to the average amount
of water consumed by a single residential unit. The number of equivalent
dwelling units (EDU's) assigned to a residential dwelling unit, regardless
of water consumption, is one. One EDU equals 262.5 gallons per day
or as defined in the Tapping Fee Resolution of the Authority.
EXISTING SOURCE
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical
pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if
the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with § 307
of the Act and as amended, from time to time.
GARBAGE
Solid waste resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period
of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
GROUND GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
its particles shall be carried freely under normal sewage flow conditions,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
GROUND WATER
Water which is standing in or passing through the ground.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property within the service area upon which there is
erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE or DISCHARGE
The introduction of pollutants into the NLTMA Collection
System from any nondomestic source regulated under §§ 307(b),
(c) or (d) of the Act, as may be amended from time to time.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any improved property used, in whole or in part, for manufacturing,
processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity
or article or from which any process waste, as distinct from domestic
waste, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A source of indirect discharge industrial waste which does
not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued
pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342),
as may be amended from time to time.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any liquid or gaseous substance, whether or not solids are
contained therein, discharged from any industrial establishment during
the course of any industrial manufacturing, trade or business process
or in the course of the development, recovery or processing of natural
resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE PERMIT
A permit to deposit or discharge liquid industrial wastes
into the NLTMA Collection System.
INFILTRATION
The water entering a sewer system and service connections
from the ground, through which means as, but not limited to, defective
pipes, pipe joints, connections and/or manhole walls. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
INFILTRATION INFLOW
The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow
without distinguishing the source. Also known as extraneous flow.
INFLOW
The water discarded into a sewer system and service connections
from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard
and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains
from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, sump pumps, cross connections
from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters,
surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage. Inflow does not include,
and is distinguished from, infiltration.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT
The maximum concentration (or loading) 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 which alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources inhibits, damages or disrupts the
North Lebanon Township Municipal Authority Collection System operations.
MANHOLE
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer, large enough to enable a person to gain access to the
latter.
MAY
Permissive. "Shall" is mandatory.
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.
mg/L
Milligrams per liter. Equivalent to parts per million (ppm)
by weight.
NEW SOURCE
A.
Any building, structure, facility or installations from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under § 307(c) of the Act, as amended from time to time,
which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter
promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that:
(1)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
(2)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
(3)
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 activity
at the existing source, should be considered.
B.
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 A(1) or (2) above, but otherwise
alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
C.
Construction of a new source as defined under this section has
commenced if the owner or operator has:
(1)
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
(a)
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment.
(b)
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.
(2)
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 section.
D.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
the discharge of wastes has changed from its previous use.
NLTMA COLLECTION SYSTEM
The series of devices, systems, pumping stations, equipment
and appurtenances owned by North Lebanon Township and/or the North
Lebanon Township Municipal Authority, used in the collection, storage,
transportation, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage, industrial
or commercial wastes and strong wastes of a liquid nature. Any municipalities
having a collection system connected to the Township's and/or Authority's
collection system is considered to be covered by this Part.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
NORMAL STRENGTH WASTE
Sewage when analyzed or caused to be analyzed by the Authority
shows a daily average of not more than 350 mg/L of total suspended
solids, 300 mg/L of BOD5, 16 mg/L of phosphorous,
28 mg/L of ammonia nitrogen, 40 mg/L of fats, oils and grease and/or
1.0 mg/L of sulfide.
OBJECTIONABLE WASTE
Any wastes that can, in the Authority's judgment, harm either
the sewers or sewage treatment process or equipment or, in the judgment
of any municipality where the wastes are being carried, can have an
adverse effect upon its system, can have an adverse effect upon the
receiving stream, can otherwise endanger life, health or property
or which constitutes a public nuisance.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, of any property connected to NLTMA Collection System.
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. This definition includes all federal, state and local
governmental entities.
pH
A measure of 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 (i.e.,
pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, Chemical Oxygen Demand
(COD), toxicity or odor).
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to (or in lieu of) introducing such pollutants
into the NLTMA Collection System. This reduction or alteration can
be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, by process
changes or by other means (except by diluting the concentration of
the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard).
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR
The person(s) designated by the Authority to supervise, implement,
administer and enforce the strong waste management program and charged
with certain duties.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
SANITARY SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system
or usable for sewage collection purposes.
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.).
SHALL
Mandatory. "May" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
A.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
B.
A user that:
(1)
Discharges a monthly average of 25,000 gpd or more of wastewater
to the NLTMA Collection System.
(2)
Is designated as such by the Authority on the basis that it
has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the NLTMA Collection
System's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
C.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the NLTMA Collection
System's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement,
the Authority may at any time on its own initiative or in response
to a petition received from a user (and in accordance with procedures
in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6) and as amended from time to time) determine
that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
This denotes that the circumstances of a particular violation
are severe enough to meet the following criteria for significant noncompliance
(SNC):
A.
Violation of Wastewater Discharge Limits:
(1)
Chronic Violations. Sixty-six percent or more of the measurements
exceed the same daily maximum limit or the same average limit in a
six-month period (any magnitude of exceedance).
(2)
Technical Review Criteria (TRC) Violations. Thirty-three percent
or more of the measurements exceed the same daily maximum limit or
the same average limit by more than the following TRC in a six-month
period.
(a)
Group I for conventional pollutants (B) D, TSS, fats, oil and
grease): TRC = 1.4
(b)
Group II for all other pollutants, except pH: TR = 1.2.
(3)
Any other violation(s) of an effluent limit that the Authority
believes has caused, alone (e.g., slug loads) or in combination with
other discharges, interference or passthrough or endangered the health
of the sewage treatment personnel or the public.
(4)
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment
to human health/welfare or to the environment and has resulted in
the exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge.
B.
Violations of compliance schedule milestones contained in enforcement
orders as well as schedules contained in the strong waste discharge
permits for starting construction, completing construction and attaining
final compliance by 90 days or more after the schedule date.
C.
Failure to provide reports for compliance schedules, self-monitoring
data or categorical standards (baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day
compliance reports and periodic reports) within 30 days from the due
date.
D.
Failure to accurately report noncompliance.
E.
Any other violation or group of violations that the Authority
considers to be significant.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharges standards in §
18-913, Subsection
1, of this Part.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
STRONG WASTE
Any waste having a BOD5, suspended
solids, ammonia nitrogen, fats, oils and grease, sulfide or phosphorus
concentration in excess of that found in normal domestic waste, but
which is otherwise acceptable into a public sewer under the terms
of this Part.
STRONG WASTE PERMIT
A permit to discharge liquid wastes which are not considered
domestic waste to the NLTMA Collection System.
STRONG WASTE SURCHARGE
A charge levied on any user of the treatment works of the
NLTMA Collection System for the additional cost of treating strong
wastes.
SURFACE WATER
That portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface of the ground.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of,
or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
TOTAL SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
or dissolved in water, sewage or other liquids and which are determined
by appropriate procedures found in the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the
American Public Health Association.
TOWNSHIP
Township of North Lebanon and/or the Board of Supervisors
or, in appropriate cases, the North Lebanon Township Municipal Authority.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
One of 126 pollutants or combination of those pollutants
listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by EPA under § 307
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) of the Act and as amended from time to
time.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any noxious and/or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a public nuisance or to create any hazard in
any sewer system or in the receiving stream of the sewage treatment
plant.
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 NLTMA Collection System.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, water-courses, 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.