Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following
terms and phrases, as used in this article, 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.
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
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;
or 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 procedure, 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 or the City Council of Lebanon.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
The "approval authority", defined in subsection (a)(2) hereof
or the Superintendent if the City has an approved Pretreatment Program
under the provisions of 40 CFR, 403.11.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air condition,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State.
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 such 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.
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 nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated under Section 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 Section
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 City'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 Section 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.
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 solution.
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.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of 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 by other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR Section 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 Section 212 of the Act, (33
U.S.C. 1292) which is owned in this instance by the City. This definition
includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant,
but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected
to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes of this article,
"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 City, users of the City's POTW.
SHALL
Is mandatory; "May" is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the City's wastewater disposal
system who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average
work day, or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the City's
wastewater treatment system, or has in his wastes toxic pollutants
as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act of Pennsylvania Statutes
and rules or 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.
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.
STATE
The State of Pennsylvania.
STORM WATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
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 article, or his duly authorized
representative.
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.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations 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 City's POTW.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
which may be present together, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifer, 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.