For purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the
meanings hereafter designated:
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
Any facility which services motor driven, self-propelled
vehicles and conducts the following operations:
2.
Mechanical repairs which include the use of detergents or solvents
to clean equipment.
3.
Use of grease or lubricants for mechanical parts.
BAKERY
Any facility equipped to bake bread, cookies, cakes, pies,
etc., cooked in dry heat, especially an oven, and goods are sold either
retail or wholesale or nonprofit.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. expressed in milligrams/liter.
BOROUGH
Borough of Homestead or its duly authorized agent(s) or representative(s).
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer.
CLEAN WATER ACT (or ACT)
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law 92-500,
also known as the "Clean Water Act," including the amendments made
by the Clean Water Act of 1977, Law 95-217.
COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY
An establishment where clothes/items are laundered or cleaned
in exchange for a fee.
FLOATING OILS
Oil, 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 oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the wastewater facilities.
FOOD PREPARATION FACILITY
Any food establishment in any building, room or place or
any portion thereof or appurtenant thereto, where human food or drink
is mixed, cooked or otherwise prepared, offered for sale, sold, served
or given, with or without charge to patrons, customers or guests for
consumption on the premises, or to take out; provided, however, that
this does not include the mixing, cooking or other preparation or
serving of food in a single-family dwelling to the resident family
or its guest(s).
GARBAGE
The putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from
handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
An interceptor with a rated flow exceeding 35 gpm and which
is located underground, outside the building.
GREASE TRAP
A trap whose flow rate is 35 gallons per minute (gpm) or
less and which is located inside the building. Grease traps shall
be rated for a minimum of 22.59 gpm.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b),
(c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act that introduces pollutants into
the Borough's sewage disposal system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The water-carried wastes from industrial manufacturing or
industrial processing as distinct from sanitary sewage. It shall include
the trade wastes produced by, but not limited to, food processing
and bottling plants, food manufacturing plants, slaughtering plants,
tallow works, plating works, disposal services, industrial cleaning
plants, fertilizer plants, car and truck washing operations, laundries,
cleaning establishments, cooling plants, industrial plants, factories,
chemical treatment installation, and steel making plants.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both:
1.
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment process, operations
or its sludge process, use or disposal; and
2.
Is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES
permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation)
or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance
with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits
issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations);
§ 403 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly referred to as the "Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RDRA)"] and including state regulations
contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to
Subtitle D of the (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control
Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
MEAL
Generally consisting of courses containing meat or its equivalent,
vegetables, bread, pastry, beverages and accompaniments.
NEW SOURCE
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 the proposed pretreatment
standards under § 307(c) of the Clean Water Act which will
be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated
in accordance with that section.
OWNER or OCCUPANT
The persons using the lot, parcel of land, building, or premises
connected to and discharging sewage into the sewage disposal system
of the Borough, and who pays or is legally responsible for the payment
of sewer user charges made against the said lot, parcel of land, building
or premises, if connected to the sewage disposal, or who would pay
or be legally responsible for such payment.
PERSON
An individual, firm, company, association, governmental agency,
society, corporation, group or political subdivision.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams contained in one liter of solution.
POLLUTANT
Any dredge spoil, solid waste, incineration 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.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PREMISES
All the parcels of land included in the contributory municipalities
or in the service area thereof in a single assessor's parcel number.
PRIMARILY SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
That sewage which is introduced into a building's sewer and
which contains no more than 50% industrial waste, prior to any intentional
dilution.
PROPERLY SEGREGATED DOMESTIC WASTES
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food 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 (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in publicly owned land or easements and controlled
by the Borough.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Clean
Water Act, which is owned in this instance by either ALCOSAN or the
MACM. This definition includes any sewer that conveys wastewater to
the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other
conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
PUMP STATION
A mechanical system used at intervals within a sanitary sewer
system for pumping wastewater or sewage from a lower to higher elevation
or otherwise aiding proper system flow.
R-1 GROUP
This use group shall include all multiple-family dwellings
having four or more dwelling units and shall include all boarding
houses and similar buildings arranged for shelter and sleeping accommodations
in which occupants are primarily not transient in nature.
RESTAURANT
Includes any public eating place where meals are prepared,
offered for sale, sold and served to patrons, customers or guests
for compensation based on the prices charged for and generally paid
at the conclusion of each meal. The words "regular meals" as used
herein mean generally consisting of courses embracing some kind of
meal or its equivalent, vegetables, bread, pastry, beverage and accompaniments,
served at more or less regular intervals.
SANITARY SEWER
The water-carried wastes from residences, hotels, restaurants,
eating houses, or from business establishments or premises engaged
solely in the sale, storage or repair of goods, wares or merchandise,
and which contains garbage, human wastes, or animal wastes.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
All tangible property used or useful to the authority in
the rendering of sewage transportation, treatment and disposal service,
and shall include intercepting sewers, regulator chambers, pumping
stations, force mains, and the sewage treatment plant.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER USER CHARGE
A monthly charge to all users of the sewage disposal system
which is based on sewage volume, strength and/or flow.
The following entities are required to install, operate and
maintain, in strict accordance with this Part, and all other controlling
state and federal laws and regulations, oil/grease interceptors:
2. Food preparation facility.
3. Automotive service (change oil/mechanical
repairs).
4. Sale of gasoline or oil (retail
and bulk).
6. Facility using detergents or
solvents to clean mechanical equipment.
7. Facility using grease or lubricants
for mechanical parts.
9. Any facility involved with the
preparation of food made for human and/or animal consumption.
Due to the extra manpower, expertise, spare parts, and regular repair and maintenance required by sanitary sewer system pump stations, the Borough is hereby authorized to add a surcharge on top of sewer user charge/sewer rental rate imposed pursuant to Chapter
18, Part
5, of the Code of the Borough of Homestead to be assessed on all properties, residential or otherwise, that utilize a portion of the Homestead Sanitary Sewer System that requires the use of a pump station in order to pump wastewater or sewage through the system. Said surcharge shall be set by resolution in an amount calculated to cover all or part of the expense and cost of maintaining the pump station in proper working order.