The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ACT and THE ACTThe Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §
1251 et seq.
The administrator or other duly authorized official of the Environmental Protection Agency.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days at a temperature of 20° C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)).
BUILDING SEWERA sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter, expressed in mg/l, as determined in accordance with standard laboratory procedure as set out in the latest edition of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
CITYThe City of Racine or its representatives.
CONSISTENT REMOVALThe reduction in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of a pollutant in the influent to a POTW in accordance with the procedures set forth in 40 CFR
403.7 promulgated pursuant to the act.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the state.
DISCHARGE, INDIRECTThe discharge or introduction of nondomestic pollutants from any source regulated under 307(b) or (c) of the act (33 U.S.C. §
1317), into the POTW, including holding tank waste discharged into the system.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, such term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of such agency.
GENERAL MANAGERThe person designated by the utility to supervise the operation of the publicly owned treatment works and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this article, or his duly authorized representative.
GRAB SAMPLEA 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.
INDUSTRIAL USER, AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OFA:
(1) Principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
General partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
Duly authorized representative of the individual designated in Subsections
(1) and
(2) of this definition, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
INTERFERENCEThe inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the utility's WPDES permit. Such term includes prevention of 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), Clean Air Act, Toxic Substances Control Act or more stringent state criteria, including the criteria contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of the SWDA, applicable to the method of disposal of use employed by the POTW.
The communities and/or sanitary districts that are served by the utility interceptor sewers and/or utility wastewater treatment plant.
NEW SOURCEAny building, structure, facility or installation from which there is, or may be, a discharge, the construction of which commenced after the:
(1) Promulgation of categorical pretreatment standards which are applicable to such source; or
Proposal of categorical pretreatment standards which are applicable to such source, but only if the standards are promulgated within 120 days of the proposal thereof.
PERSONThe state, or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership or other entity, including, but not limited to, an association, commission or any interstate body and, including, any officer, or governing or managing body of any municipality, governmental subdivision, or public or private corporation, or other entity.
pHThe logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANTAny dredged spoil, 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.
POLLUTANT, TOXICAny pollutant, or combination of pollutants, listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of 307(a) of the act or other acts.
POLLUTIONThe man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT AND TREATMENTThe 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 process; process changes; or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR
403.6(d).
Any local or state requirements related to pretreatment, other than a categorical pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)Includes the City of Racine Wastewater Treatment Plant. Such term also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant, and includes any sewer that conveys wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the City of Racine who are, by contract or agreement with such city, users of the City of Racine POTW.
SHALL; MAYThe term "shall" is mandatory; and the term "may" is permissive.
SLUGAny discharge that has a flow rate or contains a concentration or quantities of pollutants that exceed, for any time period of time longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the user's average twenty-four-hour concentration, quantities or flow during normal operation or which may injure 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.
STANDARDS, BOARD OFA seven-member board appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council of the City of Racine to provide information and advise the Racine Wastewater Utility.
STORMWATERAny flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSThe 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.
UPSETAn exceptional incident in which a discharger is unintentionally and temporarily in a state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in this article due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the discharger, excluding noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designated treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation thereof.
USERAny person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the utility's POTW.
USER, SIGNIFICANTAny user of the utility's wastewater disposal system, who has:
(1) Discharge flow of 10,000 gallons or more on any day of the year;
In his wastes, toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Wis. Stats. §
283.21, and rules; or
A significant impact, as determined by the general manager, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater treatment system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated by the system.
UTILITYThe City of Racine Wastewater Utility or its delegated representatives.
WASTE, HOLDING TANKAny waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump tank trucks.
WASTEWATERThe 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.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITThe document issued by the utility to the significant users to set forth the requirements and limitations for the industrial user.
WATER, COOLINGThe water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
WATERS OF THE STATEAll 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.
WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMITAny permit or requirement issued by the department of natural resources (DNR) pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §
1251 et seq.), as amended, for the purpose of controlling sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes under the authority of 402 of the act.