Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meanings of
specific terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
AUTHORITY
The Woodstown Sewerage Authority in the County of Salem,
the State of New Jersey.
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per
liter.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Woodstown in the County of Salem, the State
of New Jersey.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility
to the public wastewater facility.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of an industrial user (Class III), and which
is connected to the wastewater facilities.
DAY
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER (CLASS III)
Any nonresidential user identified in Division A, B, D, E
or I of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office
of Management and Budget. "Class III" shall also include any user
which discharges wastewater containing toxic or poisonous substances,
or any substance(s) which cause(s) interference in the wastewater
facilities.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from domestic or sanitary waste.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process, sludge disposal system or their operation, which
substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTION INDUSTRY [AS DEFINED IN 40 CFR, PART 35,
SUBPART E, § 35.905 (FEDERAL REGISTER OF SEPT. 27, 1978,
PAGE 44051)]:
(1)
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of a publicly owned
treatment works which discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000
gallons per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in
the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management
and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following
divisions:
Division A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
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Division B Mining
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Division D Manufacturing
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Division E Transportation, Communications, Electric,
Gas and Sanitary Services
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Division I Services
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(2)
Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned treatment works
which discharges toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids or
gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems,
or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or
which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public
nuisance or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the
waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other
body of surface or ground water.
NPDES
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit
program, whether administered by the EPA or by the State of New Jersey.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private
property with wastewater facilities which discharge, or will discharge
to the Authority's wastewater facilities.
PERMITTEE
Any person which has been issued a permit for discharge of
industrial waste by the Authority.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or
group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to discharge to the Authority's wastewater facilities.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which
applies to industrial users.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in
any dimension.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
SEWAGE
Wastewater (see definition below).
SEWER
A pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or stormwater.
SEWERAGE
Sewage or wastewater (see definition below).
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association,
Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE
The State of New Jersey.
STORM SEWER
A sewer or conveying storm-, surface and other waters, which
is not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, as determined by
Standard Methods.
TOXICS
Any of the pollutants designated by Federal Regulations pursuant
to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER SEWER
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary
to collect and transport wastewaters to the treatment facility.
WPCF
The Water Pollution Control Federation.