Definitions. 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.
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 SIGNIFICANT USER
An authorized representative of a significant user may be:
1) a principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president,
if the significant user is a corporation; 2) a general partner or
proprietor if the significant 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.
The signature must conform to requirements set forth in 40 CFR 403.12(1).
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
The Dublin Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of
the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Shall refer to the "approval authority," as defined hereinabove;
or the superintendent if the Borough has an approved pretreatment
program under the provisions of 40 CFR 403.11.
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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EDU
Equivalent domestic unit with the following wastewater characteristics:
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Flow
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250 gpd
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Ammonia - Nitrogen
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25 mg/l as N
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BOD
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300 mg/l
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Phosphate
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10 mg/l as P
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Suspended solids
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350 mg/l
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TKN
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40 mg/l as N
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (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.
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 Borough 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 wastewater
shall be or may be discharged.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of pollutants into the
POTW, including holding tank waste discharged into the system as outlined
in 40 CFR 403.3(g) and §§ 30(b), (c), and (d) of the
Act.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations or its sludge operations which contributes to a violation
of any requirement of the Borough'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 building, structure, facility, or installation 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 which will be applicable to such
source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
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(1)
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The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located.
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(2)
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The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source.
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(3)
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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 type of activity
as the existing source should be considered.
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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 Subsections (2) and (3), above, but otherwise
alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this subsection has
commenced if the owner or operator has:
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(a)
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Begun or caused to begin as part of a continuous on-site construction
program: 1) Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities
or equipment; or 2) 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.
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(b)
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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 subsection.
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NITROGEN — TOTAL KJELDAHL (TKN)
The quantity of total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) expressed in
terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter) as nitrogen
and determined by an analytical method outlined in 40 CFR, Part 136.
NITROGEN AMMONIA (NH3-N)
The quantity of ammonia nitrogen expressed in terms of weight
and concentration (milligrams per liter) as nitrogen and determined
by an analytical method outlined in 40 CFR, Part 146.
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Any structure for continuous or periodic human occupancy
from which sanitary sewage is or may be discharged, and includes,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, dwellings, flats,
apartments, stores, shops, offices, and business or industrial establishments.
OWNER
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial of any improved property.
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, any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents
or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, this
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.
PHOSPHATE (PO4 AS P)
The quantity of phosphate ion (PO4) expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per
liter) as phosphorus and determined by an analytical method outlined
in 40 CFR, Part 136.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged soil, 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 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 STANDARDS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on a significant
user.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
The treatment works as defined by § 212 of the
Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned in this instance by
the Borough 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.
For the purposes of this Part, "POTW" shall also include any sewers
that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the Borough
who are, by contract or agreement with the Borough Authority, users
of the Borough Authority's POTW.
SEWER
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the POTW used
or usable for sewage collection services.
SHALL
Is mandatory; May is permissive.
SIGNIFICANT USER
Any nonresidential 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 than 5% of the flow in
the Borough Authority's wastewater collection and treatment system; or (3) has
in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to § 307
of the Act or Pennsylvania statutes and rules; or (4) is found by
the Borough, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP),
or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to have significant
impact either singly or in combination with other contributing Significant
Users 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
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT
The person designated by the Borough who is charged with
certain duties and responsibilities by this Part, or his duly authorized
representative, deputy or agent.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface 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 EPA under the
provision of CWA 307(a) or other acts.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the 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 POTW. (See §
18-302, Subsection
1, for prohibited substances.)
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and all other bodies or accumulation 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.