A.
No person may place, deposit or permit to be deposited any human
or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste on public
or private property within the City in a manner deemed unsanitary
by the Control Authority.
B.
No person may discharge any sewage, industrial waste or other polluted
water into any storm sewer or watercourse within the City or in any
area under the jurisdiction of the City, except as provided by this
regulation or applicable state or federal regulations.
C.
No person may construct and maintain any privy, privy vault or cesspool.
Where no public sewer exists, these facilities shall be abandoned
and replaced with a septic tank system or other disposal system permitted
by the Department of Environmental Protection and approved by the
Control Authority within 60 days of notice to do so. Properties presently
served by privies, privy vaults, cesspools and septic tank systems
and other subsurface disposal facilities, and which are reasonably
accessible to existing public sewers, shall abandon such facilities
and connect to the available sanitary sewer system within 60 days
after receipt of notice from the Control Authority.
(1)
The owner or developer of an improved property may be required to
extend public sewerage facilities to the improved property or development
and connect the property or development to those facilities. All sewerage
extension costs shall be borne by the property owner or developer.
(2)
The Control Authority shall be the sole arbiter of whether public
sewers are reasonably accessible, and that decision shall be binding
and conclusive.
D.
Sanitary facilities.
(1)
The owner of any improved property is hereby required, at his/her
expense, to install complete sanitary facilities, including a flush
toilet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.
(2)
In cases constituting premises accessible to the sewerage system,
such sanitary facilities shall be connected directly with the public
sewerage system in accordance with the provisions of this part within
90 days after the date of official notice to do so. If any owner,
after notified as provided herein, refuses or neglects to connect
such premises with the sewerage system, the City may cause the connection
to be made at the owner's expense.
E.
No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into,
use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without
first obtaining a written permit from the Control Authority.
F.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each
improved property. Each common wall structure having a solid vertical
partition wall shall be considered an individual property requiring
separate building sewers, except as otherwise approved by the Control
Authority. Where premises consist of multiple buildings under single
ownership, concession to allow combined building sewers may be made
at the discretion of the Control Authority.
G.
Where existing building sewers connected to a public sewer or public
storm sewer are to be abandoned by reason of demolition of buildings
and structures or for any other reason, they shall be disconnected
and permanently sealed at the public sewer as directed by the Control
Authority. Existing building sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found after examination and testing
by the Building Inspector to meet all requirements of this part.
H.
The size, slope, alignment and materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
joining, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the
requirements of the Building Code and other applicable rules and regulations
of the City.
I.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at a depth below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any
drain line is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer,
sewage carried by such drain line shall be lifted by an approved means
conforming to the Building Code and discharged to the building sewer.
Exceptions to this requirement shall be requested, in writing, and
approved by the Plumbing Inspector.
J.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer which in turn is connected directly or indirectly
to a public sanitary sewer.
K.
The connections between the building sewer and public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building Code and other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. All such connections shall be made
gastight and watertight and shall not be made except in the presence
of and under the supervision of the Plumbing Inspector. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials shall be approved, in
writing, by the Control Authority before installation.
(1)
The owner of any improved property shall maintain and repair the lateral at his/her own expense and shall remove all trees, tree roots and other obstructions to the lateral. Where such maintenance or repairs are neglected by the owner, the City may, 10 days after mailing written notice pursuant to § 249-13, herein, to the owner, take or cause to be made such maintenance or repairs as may be necessary and charge the owner of such improved property for the cost thereof.
L.
Inspection of building sewers and sewerage. The City, by its agents
and employees, shall have the right at all reasonable times to enter
any premises connected with or about to be connected with the City's
sewer system to inspect building sewers, sources and nature of sewerage
and all fixtures and facilities from which sanitary sewerage may be
discharged into the City sewer system in order to enforce compliance
with the rules and regulations. In connection with any such inspections,
the City, by its agents and employees, shall have the right at all
reasonable times, to utilize video photography and dye testing in
and about the sewer connections, including the sewer laterals, for
purposes of inspecting any and all such building sewers, sources and
nature of sewerage and fixtures and facilities from which sanitary
sewerage or stormwater may be discharged into the City sewer system.
A.
All sewage and authorized industrial waste may be discharged to the
sewerage system, except those which are deemed harmful to the system
by the Control Authority or are specifically prohibited by this part.
B.
If any proposed or present discharge of waste to the sewerage system containing the substances or possessing the characteristics enumerated in this section which, in the judgment of the Control Authority, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewerage system, receiving waters or sludge management practices or which otherwise creates a hazard to life or constitutes a public nuisance, the Control Authority may, upon giving notice to the discharger as established in § 249-18:
(1)
Reject the waste.
(2)
Require pretreatment to reduce characteristics to maximum limits
permitted by these regulations.
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
(4)
Require immediate discontinuance of the waste discharge until such
time as it meets the requirements of these regulations.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters, swimming pool drainage, condensate, deionized water, noncontact
cooling water, and unpolluted wastewater to any sanitary sewer, unless
specifically authorized by the Director. Where existing surface water
or roof drains are connected to the sanitary sewers, they shall be
removed within six months of receipt of notice from the City to remove
such connection. In the event that such connection is not removed,
the City shall cause it to be removed at the owner's expense. Groundwater
from site contamination cleanup may be authorized by the Control Authority
subject to the sewer system regulations as industrial waste.
D.
General prohibitions. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
introduce or cause or permit to be introduced into the sewerage system
(including any sanitary sewer, storm sewer or combined sewer) any
pollutant or wastewater which causes pass through or interference.
These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether
or not they are subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any
other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
E.
Specific prohibitions. Pollutants, substances, or wastewater prohibited
by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner
that they could be discharged to the POTW. No user shall introduce
or cause to be introduced into the POTW the following pollutants,
substances, or wastewater:
(1)
Has a temperature higher than 150° F. (65.5° C.) or less
than 32° F. (0° C.), or contains heat in amounts which will
inhibit biological activity in the sewer treatment plant resulting
in interference, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperature
of the influent to the sewage treatment plant exceeds 104° F.
(40° C.) or inhibits the biological activity of the sewage treatment
plant.
(2)
Contains more than 300 mg/l of oil and grease, of which no more than
100 mg/l of oil and grease, if the oil and grease is of unknown or
petroleum origin, or more than 200 mg/l of oil or grease, if the oil
and grease is determined to be of an animal or vegetable origin. The
differentiation between oil and grease of animal or vegetable origin
and those of petroleum origin shall be made by the Control Authority
according to approved procedures outlined in 40 CFR Part 136.
(3)
Contains any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products
of mineral oil origin, including but not limited to gasoline, benzene,
naphtha, fuel oil, paint products, acid or other inflammable or explosive
liquids, solids or gases in amounts that will cause interference or
pass through.
(4)
Pollutants which create a fire or explosive hazard in the POTW, including,
but not limited to, waste streams with a closed cup flashpoint of
less than 140° F. (60° C.) as determined by a method listed
under 40 CFR Part 261.21. At no time shall two successive readings
on an explosion hazard meter at the point of discharge into the system
(or at any point in the system) be more than 5%, nor any single reading
over 10%, of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter.
(5)
Contains unground garbage; solid or viscous substances, including
but not limited to ashes, cinders, sand, clay, mud, straw, shavings,
metals, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, entrails,
manure, lye, building materials, rubber, hair, bones, leather, porcelain,
china, or ceramic wastes, in amounts which will cause obstruction
of the flow in the POTW resulting in interference.
(6)
Has a pH, stabilized, lower than 5.5 or higher than 10.0 or has any
other corrosive or scale-forming property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment, bacterial action or personnel
involved with the sewerage facility.
(7)
Contains any pollutant or oxygen demand (biological or chemical)
discharged at such a flow rate that could cause interference or pass-through.
(8)
Pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), released
in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which,
either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will cause
interference with the POTW.
(9)
Pollutants which 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.
(10)
Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the Director in accordance with § 249-17.
(11)
Contains total solids, nonfilterable residue or BOD of such
character or quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials in the sewerage system except as may be authorized
by the Control Authority; may require analytical characterization
to define the nature of the total solids.
(12)
Contains any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, solids, or
other wastewater which, alone or by interaction with other wastes,
is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or preventing
entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair. The discharge
of wastes that result in gases, vapors or fumes in quantities that
could cause worker health or safety problems at the sewer treatment
plant is specifically prohibited.
(13)
Wastewater which imparts color which cannot be removed by the
treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable
tanning solutions, which consequently imparts color to the treatment
plant's effluent, thereby violating the City's NPDES permit.
(14)
Contains radioactive substances and/or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits in compliance with applicable
state or federal regulations.
(15)
Has a chlorine demand in excess of 12 mg/l.
(16)
Is prohibited by any permit issued by the Department of Environmental
Protection or the Environmental Protection Agency.
(17)
Contains wastes which are not amenable to biological treatment
or reduction in existing treatment facilities, specifically nonbiodegradable
complex carbon compounds.
(19)
Contains any substance which may cause the sewage treatment
plant sludges or other residues to be unsuitable for reclamation,
reuse or disposal by land application for agricultural utilization
in normal farming operations in accordance with sludge use or disposal
criteria, guidelines or regulations as are currently in effect (or
any future updates or additions thereto) and are applied to or imposed
upon the City by the DEP and/or EPA and applicable to such land application
of sludge or such other sludge management method being used by the
City.
(20)
Local limits:
(a)
The Control Authority is authorized to establish local limits
pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5(c).
(b)
The following pollutant limits are established to protect against
pass through and interference. No person shall discharge wastewater
containing in excess of the following daily maximum limit:
|
Parameter
|
Maximum Daily Limit
(mg/l)
|
|---|---|
|
Arsenic
|
0.3
|
|
Cadmium
|
0.2
|
|
Chromium
|
2.6
|
|
Copper
|
4.8
|
|
Cyanide
|
0.6
|
|
Lead
|
1.2
|
|
Mercury
|
0.002
|
|
Molybdenum
|
0.9
|
|
Nickel
|
3.1
|
|
Fats, oil and/or grease (polar)
|
200
|
|
Oil and grease (petroleum or unknown origin)
|
100
|
|
Selenium
|
0.4
|
|
Silver
|
2.1
|
|
Zinc
|
4.7
|
|
The above limits apply at the point where the wastewater is
discharged to the POTW. All concentrations for metallic substances
are for total metal unless indicated otherwise. The Director may impose
mass limitations in addition to the concentration-based limitations
above.
|
(21)
Contains any substance that will cause the sewage treatment
plant's effluent to violate the NPDES permit under which it operates
or the water quality standards established for the Conestoga River.
F.
Categorical pretreatment standards. Users must comply with the categorical
pretreatment standards found at 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts
405 to 471. Industrial waste may be subject to categorical pretreatment
standards specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or
pollutant properties which may be discharged to the sewerage system
by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories.
These categorical standards, established in separate regulations under
40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 to 471, are hereby incorporated
into these regulations and shall be in addition to any pretreatment
standards and requirements stated explicitly in this regulation. The
Control Authority may apply the following provisions where appropriate
to modify the manner in which the categorical pretreatment standards
are applied.
(1)
Categorical pretreatment standards expressed only in terms of either mass or concentration of a pollutant in waste may be converted to equivalent concentration or mass limits in accordance with the provisions in Subsection F(5) of this section [40 CFR Part 403.6(c)].
(a)
Where a categorical pretreatment standard is expressed only
in terms of either the mass or the concentration of a pollutant in
wastewater, the Director may impose equivalent concentration or mass
limits in accordance with this section.
(b)
When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are expressed
only in terms of mass of pollutant per unit of production, the Director
may convert the limits to equivalent limitations expressed either
as mass of pollutant discharged per day or effluent concentration
for purposes of calculating effluent limitations applicable to individual
industrial users.
(2)
When wastewater subject to a categorical pretreatment standard is
mixed with wastewater not regulated by the same standard, the Director
shall impose an alternate limit in accordance with 40 CFR Part 403.6(e).
(3)
Variance from categorical pretreatment standards may be obtained
in cases of fundamentally different factors regarding limits developed
by EPA, if proven by the user in accordance with 40 CFR Part 403.13.
Such variance may only be granted by the EPA and the user must submit
its request to EPA.
(4)
An industrial user may obtain a net/gross adjustment to a categorical
pretreatment standard in accordance with the following:
(a)
Categorical pretreatment standards may be adjusted to reflect the presence of pollutants in the industrial user's intake water in accordance with this section. Any industrial user wishing to obtain credit for intake pollutants must make application to the City. Upon request of the industrial user, the applicable standard will be calculated on a "net" basis (i.e., adjusted to reflect credit for pollutants in the intake water) if the requirements of Subsection F(4)(b) of this section are met.
(b)
Criteria.
[1]
Either the applicable categorical pretreatment standards contained
in 40 CFR Subchapter N specifically provide that they shall be applied
on a net basis; or the industrial user demonstrates that the control
system it proposes or uses to meet applicable categorical pretreatment
standards would, if properly installed and operated, meet the standards
in the absence of pollutants in the intake waters.
[2]
Credit for generic pollutants such as biochemical oxygen demand
(BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), and oil and grease should not
be granted unless the industrial user demonstrates that the constituents
of the generic measure in the user's effluent are substantially similar
to the constituents of the generic measure in the intake water or
unless appropriate additional limits are placed on process water pollutants
either at the outfall or elsewhere.
[3]
Credit shall be granted only to the extent necessary to meet
the applicable categorical pretreatment standard(s), up to a maximum
value equal to the influent value. Additional monitoring may be necessary
to determine eligibility for credits and compliance with standard(s)
adjusted under this section.
[4]
Credit shall be granted only if the user demonstrates that the
intake water is drawn from the same body of water as that into which
the POTW discharges. The City may waive this requirement if it finds
that no environmental degradation will result.
(5)
When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are expressed only in terms of pollutant concentrations, an industrial user may request that the Control Authority convert the limits to equivalent mass limits. The determination to convert concentration limits to mass limits is within the discretion of the Control Authority. The Control Authority may establish equivalent mass limits only if the industrial user meets all the following conditions in Subsection F(5)(a)[1] through [5] of this section.
(a)
To be eligible for equivalent mass limits, the industrial user
must:
[1]
Employ, or demonstrate that it will employ, water conservation
methods and technologies that substantially reduce water use during
the term of its control mechanism;
[2]
Currently use control and treatment technologies adequate to
achieve compliance with the applicable categorical pretreatment standard,
and not have used dilution as a substitute for treatment;
[3]
Provide sufficient information to establish the facility's actual
average daily flow rate for all waste streams, based on data from
a continuous effluent flow monitoring device, as well as the facility's
long-term average production rate. Both the actual average daily flow
rate and long-term average production rate must be representative
of current operating conditions;
[4]
Not have daily flow rates, production levels, or pollutant levels
that vary so significantly that equivalent mass limits are not appropriate
to control the discharge; and
[5]
Have consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment
standards during the period prior to the industrial user's request
for equivalent mass limits.
(b)
An industrial user subject to equivalent mass limits must:
[1]
Maintain and effectively operate control and treatment technologies
adequate to achieve compliance with the equivalent mass limits;
[2]
Continue to record the facility's flow rates using a continuous
effluent flow monitoring device;
[3]
Continue to record the facility's production rates and notify the Control Authority whenever production rates are expected to vary by more than 20% from its baseline production rates determined in Subsection F(5)(a)[3] of this section. Upon notification of a revised production rate, the Control Authority must reassess the equivalent mass limit and revise the limit as necessary to reflect changed conditions at the facility; and
[4]
Continue to employ the same or comparable water conservation methods and technologies as those implemented pursuant to Subsection F(5)(a)[1] of this section so long as it discharges under an equivalent mass limit.
(c)
A Control Authority which chooses to establish equivalent mass
limits:
[1]
Must calculate the equivalent mass limit by multiplying the
actual average daily flow rate of the regulated process(es) of the
industrial user by the concentration-based daily maximum and monthly
average standard for the applicable categorical pretreatment standard
and the appropriate unit conversion factor;
[2]
Upon notification of a revised production rate, must reassess
the equivalent mass limit and recalculate the limit as necessary to
reflect changed conditions at the facility; and
[3]
May retain the same equivalent mass limit in subsequent control mechanism terms if the industrial user's actual average daily flow rate was reduced solely as a result of the implementation of water conservation methods and technologies, and the actual average daily flow rates used in the original calculation of the equivalent mass limit were not based on the use of dilution as a substitute for treatment pursuant to § 249-7E of this chapter.
(d)
The Control Authority may not express limits in terms of mass
for pollutants such as pH, temperature, radiation, or other pollutants
which cannot appropriately be expressed as mass.
(6)
The Control Authority may convert the mass limits of the categorical
pretreatment standards of 40 CFR Parts 414, 419, and 455 to concentration
limits for purposes of calculating limitations applicable to individual
industrial users. The conversion is at the discretion of the Control
Authority.
G.
City's right of revision. The City reserves the right to establish,
by ordinance or in individual wastewater discharge permits, more stringent
standards or requirements on discharges to the POTW consistent with
the purpose of this chapter.
