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.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:
A.
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
president, if the industrial user is a corporation;
B.
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship;
C.
The managing member, manager, or other designated chief executive
officer if the industrial user is a limited liability company.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
D.
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation
of the facilities from which the wastewater 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 concentration (mg/l).
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure expressed in
terms of concentration (mg/l).
CHLORINE DEMAND
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to the
water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount or residual chlorine
remaining at the end of a fifteen-minute contact period under standard
laboratory procedure expressed in terms of concentration (mg/l).
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
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.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
Any liquid, gaseous or solid substance, or combination thereof,
resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business
which is discharged to the public sewer system.
INTERFERENCE
A wastewater discharge which, alone or in combination with
other wastewaters, causes or contributes to inhibition or disruption
of the POTW treatment processes or operations resulting in a violation
of any requirement of the Village's SPDES permit. The term includes
prevention of the sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance
with Section 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 sludge disposal or use employed by the POTW.
PASS THROUGH
The discharge of pollutants through the POTW in quantities
or concentrations which, alone or in combination with discharges from
other sources, causes violation of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES
permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, limited
liability 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
PH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any man-made or man-induced solid, liquid or gaseous substance
which alters the chemical, physical, biological or radiological purity
of water.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and radiological purity 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 by manufacturing process changes or by 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 Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned in this instance by the Village
of Cayuga Heights. 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 public sewers used to convey wastewaters to the Village of Cayuga
Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant from persons located outside the
Village.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SUI)
Any industrial user of the Village POTW who:
A.
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday;
or
B.
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the Village's wastewater
treatment system; or
C.
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section
307 of the Act; or
D.
Is found by the Village, state or EPA to have a significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other wastewater discharges,
on the Village POTW, including the quality of the POTW effluent, or
air emissions.
SLUG DISCHARGE
Refers to a short-term wastewater discharge of high volume
and/or pollutant concentration resulting from manufacturing and/or
pretreatment process upsets.
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.
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 Section 307(a) of the Clean
Water Act or other Acts.
USER
Any person who causes or permits the discharge of wastewater
to the Village POTW.
VILLAGE
The Village of Cayuga Heights.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
VILLAGE BOARD
The Cayuga Heights Village Board of Trustees.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried wastes from residential dwellings,
commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, whether
treated or untreated, together with such groundwater, surface water
or stormwater as cannot be avoided, which are discharged to 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.