Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have
the meaning 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 USERS
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
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).
BOROUGH MANAGER
The person designated by the Borough who is charged with
certain duties and responsibilities by this Part or his duly authorized
representative.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
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 of Pennsylvania.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate,
the term may be also 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.
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 § 307(b) and (c) of the
Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding
tank waste discharge 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 Bristol Borough Water and Sewer 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 Water Air Act, the
Toxic Substance 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.
PASS THROUGH
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, is a cause of 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 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.
POLLUTANTS
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical waste, 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-inducted 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 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
Bristol Borough Water and Sewer Authority. 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.
SHALL
Is mandatory; may is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the Borough'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 that 5% of the POTW's
dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity, or (3) has in his waste
toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to § 307 of the Act
of Pennsylvania Statutes and rules, or (4) is found by the Borough,
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), or the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to have significant impact, either on 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
State of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the Borough 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.
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 CWA 307(a) or other Acts.
USERS
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Borough's POTWS.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes
from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions,
together which may be present, 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, 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.