Unless stated otherwise, the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Ordinance shall be as follows:
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER1. If the user is a corporation: the president, vice-president, or other legally appointed officer of the corporation.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectfully.
If the user is a Federal, State or local governmental facility: a director, or the highest official appointed or designated to directly oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the governmental facilities.
The individuals described in paragraphs (1) through (3) above may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the user, and the written authorization is submitted to the Town when such designation changes.
BOARDThe Board of Selectmen, Town of Hampton, New Hampshire — acting as the Board of Sewer Commissioners.
BOD (denoting "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per liter (m/L).
BUILDING DRAINThat part of the lowest horizontal piping of a piping system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, or other discharge pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer (excludes floor drains and sump pumps). The building drain includes the first five (5) linear feet of plumbing outside of the building as measured from the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWERThe privately-owned portion of the building sewer lateral that connects the building drain to the sewer stub at the property line. This includes the cleanout valve.
BUILDING SEWER SERVICE LATERALThe pipe installed from the building drain to the sewer main to receive the wastewater generated by a building or a household. The building sewer service lateral is comprised of the building sewer (privately owned) and the sewer stub (publicly owned).
BYPASSThe intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a pretreatment or wastewater treatment facility.
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDAny regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) that applies to a specific category of industrial users and that are found in 40 CFR, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
COMBINED SEWERA sewer designed to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.
COMPOSITE SAMPLEThe sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.
CONSERVATIVE POLLUTANTA pollutant that is presumed not to be destroyed, biodegraded, chemically transformed, or volatilized within the POTW. Conservative pollutants introduced to a POTW ultimately exit the POTW solely through the POTW's effluent and bio-solids. Most metals are considered conservative pollutants.
DILUTIONAny increase in the use of water as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a limitation on the discharge of pollutants.
DIRECTORThe Director of the Town of Hampton Public Works Department; any designee, authorized deputy, agent, or representative of the Director.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER OR SEWERAGENormal water-carried household and toilet wastes or waste from sanitary conveniences of residences, commercial buildings and industrial plants that contains no industrial waste, excluding ground, surface or stormwater (see also: Industrial Waste).
EASEMENTAn acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or the Region 1 Water Management Division Director, or other duly authorized official of the agency.
EQUALIZATIONThe process of combining wastewaters to dampen fluctuations in flow or pollutant discharges prior to release of the sanitary sewer or pretreatment facilities. Equalization is normally accomplished in sumps, holding basins, ponds, or tanks.
EXCESSIVEAmounts or concentrations or a constitution of a wastewater which, in the judgment of the Director:
1. May cause damage to the Town wastewater treatment process;
May be harmful to a wastewater treatment process;
Cannot be removed in the Town treatment works to the degree required to meet the limiting stream classification standards of the receiving water and/or EPA effluent standards;
May otherwise endanger life, limb or public property;
May constitute a nuisance.
FLOATABLE OILOil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
FORCE MAINA pipe or conduit constituting a part of the POTW where pumping is required; providing a connection from a pump station to a pump station or gravity sewer, with limited access from individual properties.
GARBAGEAnimal and vegetable waste from the domestic and commercial handling, preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLEA sample that is taken from a waste stream without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes.
GRAVITY SEWERAny pipe or conduit constituting a part of the sewer system used or usable for wastewater collection purposes in which wastewater flows by gravity with no pumping required.
GREASEThat material removed from a grease interceptor or grease trap serving a restaurant or other facilities requiring such a device. Also means volatile and non-volatile fats, fatty acids, soaps, waxes and other similar materials.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR/TRAPA passive device, which may be installed in the kitchen with a rated maximum flow of 50 gpm or less, that is designed to collect, contain, and/or remove food wastes and grease from the waste stream while allowing the balance of the liquid wastes to discharge to the wastewater collection system by gravity; or |
An underground vault, usually having two or three compartments, with a minimum rated capacity of 1,000 gallons or greater to collect, contain, and/or remove food wastes and grease from the waste stream while allowing the balance of the liquid wastes to discharge in the wastewater collection system by gravity. |
The liquid or solid matter discharged from the human intestinal canal or other liquid or solid waste materials that are likely to undergo bacterial decompensation; provided, however, that these terms shall not include refuse as defined in RSA 145-M, or revisions thereto.
IMPROVED PROPERTYAny property located within the Town upon which there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure wastewater will be or may be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT (IDP)The written permit between the Town and an industrial user that discharges wastewater to the POTW, which outlines the conditions under which discharge to the POTW will be accepted.
INDUSTRIAL USERA person who discharges industrial wastes to the sanitary sewer of the Town.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEThe wastewater and waterborne wastes from any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business or from development of any natural resources as distinct from domestic wastewater, sewerage or unpolluted water.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERAny wastewater that contains industrial waste, as distinct from sanitary sewage or unpolluted water.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMITThe maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCEA discharge, which alone or in combination with a discharge or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the Town's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation), or of the prevention of bio-solids use or disposal in compliance with any state or location regulations, or any of the following provisions or permits issued thereunder: Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), any State regulations contained in any State bio-solids management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; and the 40 CFR Part 503 Standards for Sewage Sludge Use and Disposal.
LOCAL LIMITSSpecific, enforceable numerical limits on the types and quantities of pollutants that may be discharged to the POTW. Local limits are established by the Town and are distinct from State and Federal limitations on the discharge of industrial wastewater to the POTW.
MAYIs allowed to (permissive); see also "Shall."
MEDICAL WASTEA waste that is generated or produced as a result of diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, medical research, or production or testing of bacteria, viruses, spores, discarded live and attenuated vaccines used in human health care or research. Examples include isolated wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, chemotherapy wastes, surgical wastes and specimens, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, trauma scene wastes, and dialysis wastes.
NATURAL OUTLETAny channel for the passage of surface or groundwater into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
NON-CONSERVATIVE POLLUTANTPollutants that are transformed to non-toxic substances through physical, chemical, or biological processes in the treatment plant or receiving water. These include biochemical oxygen demand, ammonia, and certain other organic compounds.
NON-CONTACT COOLING WATERWater used for cooling that does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product and is not degraded in quality by mixing with or addition of process waste or other pollutants.
OWNERA person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole or partial, or possession of any improved property.
PASS THROUGHA discharge that alone, or in combination with other discharges, exits the POTW in quantities or concentrations that cause a violation of any requirement of the Town's NDPES permit. This includes an increase in the magnitude of a violation.
PERSONAny individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity, or other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. This definition includes all Federal, State, and local governmental entities.
pHThe logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution, expressed in Standard Units. Solutions with pH values greater than 7 are basic (or alkaline); solutions with pH values less than 7 are acidic.
POLLUTANTDredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, garbage, wastewater treatment sludges, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor).
POLLUTION PREVENTIONThe use of processes, practices or products that reduce or eliminate the generation of pollutants and wastes or that protect natural resources through equipment or technology modifications, process or procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control. The term "pollution prevention" does not include any practice that alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant through a process or activity that itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service.
PRETREATMENTThe reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to, or in lieu of, introducing such pollutants into the POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes, by processes changes, or by other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
PRIVATE SEWERAny collector system installed in a private road (not Town accepted) and/or as part of a private subdivision and/or condominium development. "Private sewers" remain the property of the developers, other private parties or their assigns. "Private sewers" shall be constructed in accordance with this Ordinance when connected to the Public Sewer.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGEThe wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWERA sewer controlled by a government agency or public utility.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. section 1292) that is owned by the Town. This includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances that convey wastewater to a POTW.
RECEIVING WATERAny watercourse, river, pond, ditch, lake, aquifer or other body of surface or groundwater receiving discharge of wastewater.
SANITARY SEWAGEWastewater consisting solely of normal water-carried household and toilet wastes or waste (such as human excrement and grey water) from sanitary conveniences of residences, commercial buildings, and industrial plants, as distinct from industrial wastewater and unpolluted water.
SANITARY SEWERA public or private sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions.
SCREENING LEVELA numerical value for a pollutant concentration above which actions are initiated to evaluate, prevent or reduce adverse environmental or health and safety impacts. A screening level may be adjusted upward or downward within a permit to account for site-specific conditions to the point of discharge and administered as a local limit.
SEPTAGEAny liquid, solid, or sludge pumped from chemical toilets, vaults, septic tanks, or cesspools or other holding tanks, which have received only sanitary sewage.
SEWAGEThe spent water of the community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWERA generic term for a pipe or conduit that carries wastewater (including industrial and sanitary wastewater) from any source.
SEWER STUBThe pipe that extends from the public sewer to the building sewer at the property line. The Town is the owner of the sewer stub.
SHALLIs required to (mandatory). See also "May."
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCEAn industrial user is in significant noncompliance if its violation meets one or more of the following criteria:
1. A pattern of violating the same pretreatment standard daily maximum or average limit (any magnitude of exceedance) fifty-five percent (55%) or more of the time in a three (3) month period;
Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the measurements exceed the same pretreatment standard daily maximum limit or average limit by more than forty percent (40%) for BOD, TSS, or oil & grease, or by more than twenty percent (20%) of all other pollutants (except pH), in a three (3) month period;
For pH monitoring, excursions shall be considered significant non-compliances when:
i. An individual excursion from the allowable range of pH values exceeds 60 minutes;
An excursion occurs that the Director believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the public;
Any other discharge violation that the Director believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the public;
Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the Director's exercise of emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
Failure to meet, within sixty (60) days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
Failure to provide within ten (10) days after the due date, any required reports, including permit applications, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
Failure to accurately report non-compliance, or;
Any other violation(s) that the Director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUGAny discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause Interference or Pass Through, or adversely affect the POTW.
STATEThe State of New Hampshire.
STORM DRAINA drain for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
STORMWATERAny flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom, including snowmelt.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" and that is referred to as that fraction not soluble in water. Also referred to as non-filterable residue.
TOWNThe Town of Hampton, County of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire; any duly authorized officer, deputy, agent, or representative of the Town of Hampton.
TOWN MANAGERThe individual duly appointed as the Town Manager for the Town of Hampton by the Board of Selectmen.
UNPOLLUTED WATERWater of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause a violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the POTW.
WASTEWATERThe spent water of a community. Any combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, government facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated that is contributed to the POTW.
WATERCOURSEA natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.