As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACT
The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (formerly
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act).
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
The value of the five-day test for biochemical oxygen demand,
as described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," hereinafter "BOD."
BOROUGH
Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
The value of the test for chemical oxygen demand, as described
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater," hereinafter "COD."
COOKING ESTABLISHMENT
Any facility (exclusive of residential facilities) which,
whether or not for profit, engages in some or all of the activities
of cooking, preparing, serving or otherwise making available for human
consumption any form of foodstuff, and which uses one or more of the
following cooking or preparation methods in connection with such activities:
cooking or preparation by frying (all methods), baking (all methods),
grilling, sauteing, rotisserie cooking, broiling (all methods), boiling,
blanching, roasting, toasting, poaching, or any type of cooking or
preparation that produces a hot, nonpotable product in or on a receptacle
that requires washing, rinsing or other form of cleaning. A cooking
establishment includes, but is not limited to, restaurants, cafeterias
contained within a commercial establishment, personal care facilities,
school cafeterias (public and private), and day-care facilities in
which meals for more than six individuals (including staff) are prepared
or otherwise made available for human consumption.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FATS, OILS, AND GREASES (FOG)
Organic, polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant
sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules.
These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test
procedures established in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time
to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as "FOG."
GENERATOR
Any person who owns or operates a grease trap or grease interceptor,
or whose activities or processes produce FOG.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A wastewater pretreatment unit that is installed in a sanitary
drainage system in order to intercept and remove FOG from wastewater
discharge and which is installed outside of the facility.
GREASE TRAP
A plumbing appurtenance or appliance that is installed in
a sanitary drainage system in order to intercept and remove FOG from
wastewater and which is installed inside of the facility.
GREASE WASTE
Material (including solids resulting from dewatering processes)
collected in and from a grease interceptor or grease trap in the sanitary
sewer service line of a cooking establishment.
INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
The Borough's industrial pretreatment program as described
in the most current version of the Borough's Sewer Use Ordinance
or any successor ordinance thereto.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, in whole or in part, inhibits or disrupts
the POTW, its treatment processes, treatment operations, sludge processes,
use or disposal, or is a cause, or potential cause, of a violation
of the NPDES permit.
KITCHEN FACILITIES
Facilities maintained by a cooking establishment which relate
to the preparation or service of foodstuffs and the cleaning or sterilization
of cooking and serving equipment (including without limitation serving
items such as plates, cups, glasses, eating utensils and cooking utensils).
NON-COOKING ESTABLISHMENT
Any person or facility engaged solely in the providing or
preparation of precooked foodstuffs which do not require or involve
any form of cooking and do not generate FOG or grease waste.
NPDES PERMIT
The Part I Water Quality Permit (Permit No. PA0021580) issued
to the Borough of Catasauqua by PADEP.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, limited-liability partnership,
company, limited-liability company, corporation, political subdivision,
municipal authority, agency or instrumentality of the United States,
or agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
or any other legal entity, including, with respect to all of the foregoing,
where applicable, the officers or members thereof.
pH
The measure of the relative acidity or alkalinity of water
and is defined as the negative logarithm (base 10) of the hydrogen
ion concentration.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A sewage treatment plant owned by a state or municipality
as defined by Section 502(4) of the Act, including any devices and
systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation
of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. The POTW
includes also the sewers, pipes and other conveyances that convey
wastewater to the sewage treatment plant. The term includes also the
municipality as defined in Section 502(4) of the Act having jurisdiction
over the indirect discharges to, and the discharges from, such a treatment
works. For purposes of this article, the phrase "municipal sanitary
sewer system" and "POTW" may be used interchangeably.
RESIDENTIAL
A single- or multiple-family dwelling unit(s) within which
cooking facilities are used solely for the preparation of foodstuffs
for private consumption.
SEWER USE ORDINANCE
Borough of Catasauqua Ordinances as codified in Chapter
210 of the Code of the Borough of Catasauqua, as may be amended from time to time, and any successor ordinance thereto.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)
The value of the test for total suspended solids, as described
in the most current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater" or any successor publication thereto. All
are sometimes referred to herein as "TSS."
TRANSPORTER
A person authorized by law to transport, among other things,
grease waste.
USER
Any person who owns or operates a cooking establishment.
This definition includes the owner of any premises on which a cooking
establishment is located.
WASTEWATER
Any liquid waste or liquid-borne waste which contains, in
whole or in part, FOG and, whether treated or untreated, are contributed
to the POTW.
Enforcement of this article shall be in accordance with the
enforcement provisions of the Sewer Use Ordinance.
Except as otherwise stated herein, all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this article are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict. The above notwithstanding,
in the event of a conflict between this article and the Sewer Use
Ordinance, this article shall be interpreted in pari materia with
the Sewer Use Ordinance. Only where there exists a direct conflict
between this article and the Sewer Use Ordinance which cannot be so
resolved shall the Sewer Use Ordinance control.
To the extent that any word, phrase, portion or provision of
the text herein is found by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, void or unconstitutional, such word, phrase, portion or
provision shall, to the extent possible, be deemed to be repealed
and those remaining valid portions of the text shall remain in full
force and effect, provided that the same can be accomplished without
the structure of this article having been destroyed by elimination
of that word, phrase, portion or provision found to be invalid or
void.
This article shall become effective after enactment by the Council
of the Borough of Catasauqua and Mayoral approval.