Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
The Albany County Sewer District.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Region II Administrator.
The Albany County Sewer District.
If the user is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other
person who performs any policy- or decision-making functions for the
corporation; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual
sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in the second quarter
of 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned
or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general
partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the user is a federal, state or local governmental facility:
a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee
the operation and performance of the activities of the government
facility, or their designee.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. (68° F.), expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurement shall be as set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion
of an industrial user's treatment facility.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1317) which apply to a specific category of users and
which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through
471.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining
at the end of a 20-minute contact period at room temperature.
A sewer designated to receive and transport both surface
runoff and sewage.
Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of "industrial user" and which is connected
to the County's POTW.
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District Commission.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids
in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic substances as
limited elsewhere herein.
The County of Albany.
Any County sanitary sewer district as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators,
water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other
appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Sewer
District.
The Albany County Department of Health.
The use of stormwater and/or demineralizer backwash and/or
boiler blowdown and/or process water and/or any other discharge stream
to dilute a regulated discharge.
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District
or his/her designee.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or duly
authorized official of said agency.
Food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
A sample which is taken from a wastestream without regard
to the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of
the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317), into the POTW (including holding
tank waste discharged into the system).
A source of indirect discharge.
The liquid waste from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The liquid wastes, including suspended solids, resulting
from manufacturing, industrial or other process.
A permit to deposit or discharge industrial wastewater into
any sanitary sewer tributary to the Sewer Authority.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction 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 the District's
NPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal
in compliance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions
or permits issued thereunder, or any more stringent state or local
regulations: Section 405 of the 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
sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control
Act; and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
An industrial waste generated at a municipal landfill located
within the Albany County Sewer District and not on the NYSDEC's list
of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.
Isolation waste, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, pathological waste, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding,
surgical waste, potentially contaminated laboratory waste and dialysis
waste.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source
if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that
section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located; or
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether those
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source, should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing source is located results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection A(2) or (3) above but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source as defined under this definition
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction
program:
Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment;
or
Significant site preparation work, including clearing, excavation
or removal of existing buildings, structures or facilities which is
necessary for the placement, assembly or installation of new source
facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase
of facilities or equipment which is intended to be used in its operation
within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can
be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts
for feasibility, engineering and design studies do not constitute
a contractual obligation under this subsection.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show by weight the following characteristics:
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
or duly authorized official of said Department.
Any wastes that can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment
process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream
or otherwise endanger life, health or property, or which constitutes
a nuisance.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
A discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a
violation of any requirement of the District's NPDES permit, including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity; or their legal representatives,
agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state and
local governmental entities.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
Dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash,
sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, 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).
Any industry which can be reasonably expected to become an
SIU if production processes, raw material or wastewater discharge
flows are changed.
The 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 process changes; or by other
means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless
allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment
standards and local limits.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in the sewer to which it is discharged, with no particle
having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer controlled by a public body.
A "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned by the County. This definition
includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid
nature and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a treatment
plant.
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
The matter collected from privies, septic tanks, cesspools
and chemical toilets, fluid wastes which are nontoxic industrial wastes
and sludge from small sewage treatment plants, all of which are transported
by licensed tank trucks from point of origin to designated discharge
location.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial
wastes and other wastes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers and septic tanks.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial
wastes or other wastes shall also be considered "sewage" within the
meaning of this definition.
The demand payment for the use of the County sewerage system
for handling any sewage, industrial waste or other wastes accepted
for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed
the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; "may" shall mean permissive.
A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
A user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 mgd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blow
down wastewater);
Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plant; or
Is designated as such by the County on the basis that it has
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection B has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the County may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
See § 233-41.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 233-11 of this chapter.
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in 40
CFR Part 136.
Any substances, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which,
when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be
hazardous to sewer district personnel, tend to interfere with any
biological sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to human
beings or animals, to inhibit aquatic life or to create a hazard to
recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment
plant.
