All users of the City of Port Jervis POTW will comply with all
standards and requirements of the Act and standards and requirements
promulgated pursuant to the Act, including but not limited to 40 CFR
Parts 406 through 471.
A.
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any manner
or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which
will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These
general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or
not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards
or any other federal, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not
contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1)
Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or
quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious,
in any way, to the POTW, or to the operation of the POTW. At no time
shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard
meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other
point in the system) be more than 25% nor any single reading be more
than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly
allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are
not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene,
ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, and sulfides and any other substance
which the City of New York, the City of Port Jervis, the state, or
the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or hazard to the POTW.
(2)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit,
such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with
particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues,
paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood,
feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust,
metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains,
spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues,
residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud,
or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat),
to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving
waters of the POTW, or to exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical
pretreatment standard. A "toxic pollutant" shall include, but not
be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(A)
of the Act.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a).
(5)
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either
singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create
a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent
entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6)
Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes
containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils which become visible solids
when the wastes are cooled to 10° C. (50° F.); any petroleum
oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin,
in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or
pass-through.
(7)
Any wastewater that will cause interference or pass-through.
(8)
Any wastewater with objectionable color that is not removed in the
treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable
tanning solutions.
(9)
Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature higher than
65° C. (150° F.); however, such materials shall not cause
the POTW treatment plant influent temperature to be greater than 40°
C. (104° F.). The Director reserves the right, in certain instances,
to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures
are lower than 65° C.
(10)
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs,
except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved
by the Director, and in compliance with applicable state and federal
regulations.
(12)
Any wastewater that causes a hazard to human life or that creates
a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way,
with other wastes.
(13)
Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140°
F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(14)
Any pollutants that result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors
or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker
health and safety problems.
A.
No user shall discharge, directly or indirectly, to the POTW, wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below, except by permit or as provided for in § 445-85. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the sanitary sewer system ("end of pipe" concentrations).
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Effluent Concentration Limits
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Parameter (1)
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Maximum Concentration (2)
(mg/l)
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Acetone
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20.7
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Aluminum
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1.7026
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Ammonia
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39
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Arsenic
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1.4930
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Barium
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0.2091
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BOD(3)
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500
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Cadmium
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0.0068
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Chromium hexavalent
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0.1089
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Chromium
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0.0340
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Copper
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0.0610
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Cyanide (complex)
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0.2990
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Cyanide (free)
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0.0408
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Ethyl acetate
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20.70
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Iron
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1.8283
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Isopropyl acetate
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20.70
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Lead
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0.1160
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Manganese
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0.6853
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Methyl ethyl ketone
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60
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Methylene chloride
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3.00
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Molybdenum
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12.05
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n-amyl acetate
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20.70
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Nickel
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0.0878
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Oil/grease, polar
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100
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Phenols (total)
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0.0176
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Phenols (chlorinated)
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0.0141
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Silver
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0.2631
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Sulfate
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1,540
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Toluene
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100.00
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Total toxic organics
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2.13
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UOD (3)
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5,600
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Xylene
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0.0788
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Zinc
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0.1750
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NOTES:
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(1)
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All concentrations listed for metallic substances shall be as
"total metal," which shall be defined as the value measured in a sample
acidified to a pH value of 2 or less, without prior filtration.
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(2)
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As determined on a composite sample taken from the user's daily
discharge over a typical operational and/or production day, except
for cyanide, total phenols, pH, oil and grease, which shall be determined
using grab samples.
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(3)
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As determined by an average of composite samples within a one-month
period.
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B.
The limits for pollutants other than those listed in this section
and higher than the minimum detection limits as established by 40
CFR Part 136 and/or the current edition of Standard Methods shall
be set in accordance with the "Guidance Manual on the Development
and Implementation of Local Discharge Limitations Under the Pretreatment
Program USEPA November 1987" or the latest edition of the guidance
document. Other substances which may be limited are:
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Aliphatic and aromatic alcohols and acids
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Aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones
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Aliphatic and aromatic esters
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Aliphatic and aromatic halogenated compounds
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Aliphatic and aromatic nitro, cyano and amino compounds
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Alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
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Antibiotics
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Benzene derivatives
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Chemical compounds which, upon acidification, alkalinization,
oxidation or reduction, in the discharge or after admixture with wastewater
and its components in the POTW, produce toxic, flammable, or explosive
compounds
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Pesticides, including algicides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides,
rodenticides
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Phthalates
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Polyaromatic and polynuclear hydrocarbons
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Total toxic organics, TTO, as defined in 40 CFR 433.11
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Toxic organic compounds regulated by federal pretreatment standards
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Unsaturated aliphatics, including those with an aldehyde, ketone
or nitrile functional group
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Viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes or hospital
procedures
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A.
The Director, in consultation with DEP, may impose mass discharge-based
limits on individual users for specific pollutants. Mass discharge-based
limits may be imposed for pollutants that may have negative impact
on the employees, the POTW or the receiving water. The Director shall
issue permits to significant industrial users and may issue permits
to other industrial commercial users limiting the discharge of these
substances. Each permit shall restrict the discharge from each significant
industrial user to a portion of the total allowable influent loading
to the POTW treatment plant. These mass discharge-based limits shall
be developed in accordance with the "Guidance Manual on the Development
and Implementation of Local Discharge Limitations Under the Pretreatment
Program USEPA November 1987" or the latest edition of the guidance
document.
B.
Permits issued in accordance with this section may allow for discharges
in excess of concentration limitations set forth in this chapter,
if the concentrations and mass discharges do not interfere with the
operation and performance of the POTW as recommended by the DEP and
determined by the Director, and is protective of the water quality
of the receiving water.
A.
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge contained in
this chapter may be supplemented with more stringent limitations when,
in the opinion of the Director and upon recommendation from DEP:
(1)
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to protect the
POTW;
(2)
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to enable the
POTW treatment plant to comply with applicable water quality standards
or the effluent limitations specified in the POTW's SPDES permit;
(3)
The POTW sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal or reuse
as the DEP or the City of Port Jervis desires, as a result of discharge
of wastewaters at the above-prescribed concentration limitations;
(4)
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered; or
(5)
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be caused.
B.
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge shall be
recalculated by the Director not less frequently than once every five
years. The Director shall solicit the recommendations of the DEP in
making these recalculations. The results of these calculations shall
be reported to the City of Port Jervis Common Council and to DEP for
review and recommendations. The Director shall make a calculation
for submission to the Common Council. This chapter shall then be amended
appropriately by the Common Council. Any issued industrial wastewater
discharge permits which have limitations based directly on any limitations
that were changed shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
The Director and DEP shall have the authority to copy any record
related to wastewater discharges to the POTW.
A.
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable pretreatment
standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or,
in any other way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete
substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment
standard.
B.
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Director and at the recommendation of DEP, they
are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive
amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand, or other harmful substances,
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or living units. All interceptors shall be of type and capacity
approved by the Director and shall be so located to be easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected,
cleaned, and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his expense.
Solid waste grinders at or serving commercial establishments,
institutions or industries shall not discharge into the POTW if there
is a combined sewer overflow (CSO) on the sewer lines conveying the
wastes to the POTW treatment plant.
The City of Port Jervis Common Council shall reject a user's wastewater, on recommendation of the Director or the DEP, and when it is has been determined by the Common Council that the wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics that have a deleterious effect on the POTW and its processes or on the receiving water, or which constitute a public nuisance or hazard. See § 445-119.
