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 ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
ADMINISTRATOR
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 SEWER
A 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.
CITY
The City of Racine or its representatives.
CONSISTENT REMOVAL
The 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.
DISCHARGE, DIRECT
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the state.
DISCHARGE, INDIRECT
The 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.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
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 MANAGER
The 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 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.
INDUSTRIAL USER, AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
A:
(1)
Principal executive officer of at least the level of vice-president,
if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2)
General partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership
or proprietorship, respectively.
(3)
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.
INTERFERENCE
The 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.
MUNICIPALITY
The communities and/or sanitary districts that are served
by the utility interceptor sewers and/or utility wastewater treatment
plant.
NEW SOURCE
Any 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
(2)
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.
PERSON
The 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.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any 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, TOXIC
Any 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.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT AND 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
process; process changes; or other means, except as prohibited by
40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
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; MAY
The term "shall" is mandatory; and the term "may" is permissive.
SLUG
Any 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 OF
A 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.
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.
UPSET
An 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.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the utility's POTW.
USER, SIGNIFICANT
Any 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;
(2)
In his wastes, toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Wis.
Stats. § 283.21, and rules; or
(3)
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.
UTILITY
The City of Racine Wastewater Utility or its delegated representatives.
WASTE, HOLDING TANK
Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum pump tank trucks.
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.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
The document issued by the utility to the significant users
to set forth the requirements and limitations for the industrial user.
WATER, COOLING
The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
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.
WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (WPDES) PERMIT
Any 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.