Town of Abingdon, VA Generally

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 similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation;

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 second quarter 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.

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES or BMPs

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 his designee.

The individuals described in subsections (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 company and the written authorization is submitted to the Town.

Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in Section 74-91 and Section 74-92 [40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b)]. BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND

The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C. expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)).

BUILDING DRAIN

That part of the lowest 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.

BUILDING SEWER

A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the POTW.

CATEGORICAL STANDARDS

The National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or pretreatment standard.

COLLECTION SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT

The person responsible for overseeing the maintenance and operation of the Town's collection system.

COLOR

The optical density at the visual wavelength of maximum absorption, relative to distilled water. 100% transmittance is equivalent to zero optical density.

COMBINED SEWER

A sewer which conveys both sewage and stormwater or other drainage.

COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD⁵), suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria; plus any additional pollutants identified in the Town's treatment facility VPDES permit, or Town's collection system, where the treatment facility is designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by the treatment facility's VPDES permit.

COMPOSITE SAMPLE

The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.

CONTACT COOLING WATER

Water used for cooling which comes in direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product.

CONTROL AUTHORITY

The Town.

COOLING WATER

The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.

DEQ

The Department of Environmental Quality of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

DIRECT DISCHARGE

The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Virginia.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS or DIRECTOR

The director of public works of the Town or the official performing the duties of director of public works or his authorized representative.

DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS or DIRECTOR

The director of wastewater operations of the Town or the official performing the duties of director of wastewater operation or a duly authorized representative.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR

The person designated by the Town to oversee the implementation of the industrial pretreatment program and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities including, but not limited to, issuing permits, conducting inspections, determining compliance, and enforcing this article. The term also means a duly authorized representative of the facility manager.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of such agency.

EXISTING SOURCE

Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication by the EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.

FACILITY MANAGER

The person designated by the Town to supervise the operation of the POTW, and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this chapter, or a duly authorized representative.

GARBAGE

Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

GRAB SAMPLE

A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis without regard to the flow in the waste stream over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.

GREASE

A material composed primarily of fats, oils and grease (FOG) from animal or vegetable sources.

GREASE TRAP or INTERCEPTOR

A passive grease control device identified as a large tank, usually 1,000 gallons or more capacity with various chambers and plumbing components that is installed on the exterior of the FSE. The term can also mean a smaller device usually 35 gallons per minute (gpm) that is used for installation inside an FSE. Both tanks require periodic maintenance for effective operation.

HOLDING TANK WASTE

Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks, grease traps or interceptors, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.

INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

All pollutants other than compatible pollutants as defined in this section.

INDIRECT DISCHARGE

The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants from any source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1317), into the POTW (including holding tank waste discharged into the stream).

INDUSTRIAL USER

A source of indirect discharge, or a nondomestic discharge to a POTW.

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

The liquid waste from industrial or commercial processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT

The maximum concentration (or loading) of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discreet or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.

INTERFERENCE

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 POTW's VPDES Permit or of the prevention of the biosolids 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.

MEDICAL WASTE

Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.

NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR PRETREATMENT STANDARD

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users and which appears in 40 C.F.R. Chapter I, Subchapter N, parts 405 through 471.

NATURAL OUTLET

Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.

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 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;

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 these 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 shall 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 subsections (1)b, or (1)c of this definition but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process of production equipment.

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

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.

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.

NONCONTACT COOLING WATER

Water used for cooling which does not come in direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product.

NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE

Normal sewage in which the concentration of suspended materials and five-day 20° C. BOD does not exceed 250 parts per million and 250 parts per million, respectively.

PASS THROUGH

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 Town's VPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.

PERSON

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.

The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in grams per liter of solution.

POLLUTANT

Any dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical waste, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste, and certain characteristics of wastewater such as pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, odor, etc.

POLLUTION

The manmade and man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water.

POTW TREATMENT PLANT

That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.

PRETREATMENT

The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The 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.

PRETREATMENT EQUIPMENT

Refers to grease, oil, and sand interceptors or traps for food service establishments, oil and water separators for automotive facilities, silver recovery systems for photo-processing and dental facilities and other equipment required for installation as determined by the environmental compliance supervisor or authorized representative.

Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user.

PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS

Prohibitive discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and local limits.

PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD OR STANDARDS

Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in Section 74-92 of this chapter.

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE

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 one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.

PUBLIC SEWER or SEWER MAIN

A common sewer directly controlled by public authority.

PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)

A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1292) which is owned by the Town. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipe, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes of this chapter, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW from persons outside the Town who are, by contract or agreement with the Town, users of the Town's POTW.

RESIDENTIAL USER (CLASS I)

All premises used only for human residency and which are connected to the treatment works.

SAMPLING MANHOLE

A special manhole that will allow sampling of a waste stream without interference or mixing of other waste streams.

SANITARY SEWER

A sewer which carries sewage and excludes stormwater, surface water and groundwater.

SEPTIC TANK WASTE

Any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, and septic tanks.

SERVICE AREA

The Abingdon Service Area as delineated on the Abingdon and Environs Wastewater Service Areas Map generally encompasses the current corporate limits of the Town of Abingdon, the service area of the Wolf Creek Water Reclamation Facility, the "201 Service Area" as more particularly described on a plat bearing that title on file in the office of the Town Clerk, the Exit 22 service area, and the area referred to as the Wilson Subdivision.

SEWAGE

Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

SEWAGE WORKS

All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

SEWER

A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

SEWER LATERAL

That section of the sanitary sewer extending from the public sewer or sewer main to the line of the street easement in which such sewer is located. If there is no specified easement width, the lateral shall be that section extending 10 feet along the lateral from the public sewer.

SEWERAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM

A network of wastewater collection and conveyance facilities, including, but not limited to, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems and pumping stations.

SIC CODE

The standard industrial classification code, a numbering system used to identify various types of industries.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER

A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;

A user that discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling, and boiler blowdown wastewater);

SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE

A user that contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW;

(4)

A user that has significant impact, either singularly or in combination with other significant discharges, on the treatment works or the quality of its effluent;

(5)

A user that is designated as such by the Town 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 subsections (2) through (5) hereof has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Town 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 C.F.R. 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.

An industrial user's violations which meet one or more of the following criteria:

Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter;

Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined as those in which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period equal or exceed the product of the daily average maximum limit or the average limit times the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil, and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);