A.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms related to water quality shall
be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
The testing procedures for waste constituents and characteristics
shall be as provided in 40 CFR 136 (Code of Federal Regulations).
B.
Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, terms and phrases
as defined in this chapter shall apply.
C.
Words used in this chapter in the singular may include the plural
and the plural the singular. Plural pronouns refer to the singular
if used in reference to a single position.
D.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive or discretionary. "Must"
is mandatory; "can" is permissive or discretionary.
E.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated.
The Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.),
as amended.
International organization that publishes standards for various
materials.
Any person requesting approval to discharge wastewater into
municipal facilities or to facilities which connect to municipal facilities.
The terms "developer" and "subdivider" may also be used interchangeably
with this term. The term "applicant" also applies to those persons
requesting waivers or appeals from certain provisions of this chapter.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
If the discharger is a corporation:
The president, secretary, treasurer, or 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; or
The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating
facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management
decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including
having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment
recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures
to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws
and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established
or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for wastewater
discharge permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents
has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate
procedures.
If the discharger is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a
general partner or proprietor, respectively.
If the discharger 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 individuals described in Subsections A through C, above, may designate a duly authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or has overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the City, and found satisfactory to the Director.
A grease control device capable of automatic collection and
skimming fats, oils, and greases, diverting collected fats, oils,
and greases into a dedicated container.
Daily flow averaged over a thirty-day period.
Daily flow averaged over a thirty-day period, based solely
on number of production days.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 176-5.01 and 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b). BMPs include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, biosolids, waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. BMPs also include alternative means (i.e., management plans) of complying with, or in place of, certain established effluent limits.
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."
Any solid or semisolid from a manufacturing process, utility
service, pretreatment facility, or the like. Biosolids may also be
referred to as "sludge" in this chapter.
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,
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion
of a discharger's treatment facility.
Not only the ability of the treatment works to physically
convey and receive a particular amount of flow per day but also the
ability of the treatment works to properly convey and effectively
treat the flow with all limits of engineering, design, and any federal
and state licensing.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which applies to a specific category of users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
An underground container for the temporary storage of liquid
waste and sewage.
Any change of food types processed or served, processes,
materials processed, or operational procedures that have the potential
to increase the amount of FOG, BOD, TSS, and/or flow generated and/or
discharged by establishments, including other pollutants defined and
yet undefined.
The amount of oxygen required for chemical oxidation of carbonaceous
(organic) materials in wastewater, using inorganic dichromate as oxidants
in a two-hour test, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/L).
The City of Saco, Maine.
The person or firm employed or retained by the City to review
plans, specifications, and other engineering data.
The federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq., also known as the "Clean Water Act"), and any subsequent
amendments thereto.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Individual responsible for, among other things, administering
the pretreatment and FOG program(s), authorized by the Director to
inspect any existing or proposed wastewater generation, conveyance,
processing, and/or disposal facility.
A time composite sample or flow composite collected using
automatic sampling equipment or a minimum of eight equal volume grab
samples collected over equal time intervals for the total period of
discharge not to exceed 24 hours.
The City of Saco Water Resource Recovery Department (WRRD).
The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant
collected during a calendar day.
The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during
a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units
of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the
course of a day. Where daily maximum limit is expressed in terms of
a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement
of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken
that day.
An area of land improved to include residential dwelling
units, streets, landscaping, commercial buildings and services such
as water and sewer.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the State of Maine. For purposes of Article XX of this chapter, "direct discharge" or "point source" shall mean any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.
The Director of the City of Saco Water Resource Recovery
Department (WRRD).
Any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping,
disposing or other addition of pollutants to waters of the state.
Any nonresidential user who discharges into the City WRRF
by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, and force mains.
Wastewater from any residence, building, structure, facility
or installation from which only sanitary sewage will normally be discharged
to the WRRF.
One or more rooms arranged with separate means of ingress
and egress, intended to be used, or is used as a complete housekeeping
unit for one or more individuals with independent living, cooking,
sleeping, bathing and sanitary facilities. One unit equals 185 gallons
per day.
Any wastewater outflow from a discharger that is discharged
to the wastewater facilities.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or where appropriate
the term may also be used as designation for the Administrator or
other duly authorized official of said agency.
Amounts or concentrations of a constituent of a sanitary
or industrial wastewater which in the judgment of the WRRD: (a) will
cause damage to any facility; (b) will be harmful to a wastewater
treatment process; (c) cannot be removed in the City's WRRF to
the degree required in the City's MEPDES permit; (d) can otherwise
endanger life or property, or (e) can constitute a nuisance.
Any person who is subject to a multisector general permit
for industrial activities, a general permit for construction activity,
a general permit for the discharge of stormwater from the Maine Department
of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer Systems, or a general permit for the discharge of stormwater
from state or federally owned authority municipal separate storm sewer
system facilities; and any nonstormwater permitted under a NPDES permit,
waiver, or waste discharge license or order issued to the discharger
and administered under the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency ("EPA") or the Maine Department of Environmental Protection
("DEP").
Any source of discharge that is not a "new source."
A group of individuals, not necessarily related by blood,
marriage, adoption or guardianship, living together in a dwelling
unit as a single housekeeping unit, sharing common use and access
to all living, eating, and bathroom areas.
Any substance such as a vegetable or animal product that
is used in, or is a byproduct of, the cooking or food preparation
process, and that turns or may turn viscous or solidify with a change
in temperature or conditions.
Any cost charged to a user, applicant, permittee, discharger,
person, corporation, lessee, business, organization, per provisions
of this chapter and City Council's adopted fee schedule for the
WRRD. The term "fee" may be used interchangeably with, and has the
same meaning as: impact fees, user rates, user charges, surcharge
fees, permit fees, pretreatment fees, inspection fees, and any other
fees outlined within this chapter.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved treatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the water resource recovery facilities.
A fixture providing an opening in a floor to allow wastewater
into the sewer system.
Any permanent facility within the boundaries of the City
which prepares and/or packages food or beverages for distribution,
sale, or consumption, on or off site, which has any process or device
that uses or produces FOG. Excluding private residences, FSEs include
but are not limited to food courts, food manufacturers, food packagers,
food processors, restaurants, grocery stores, delis, bakeries, butchers,
hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, churches, and school cafeterias.
A pressurized line delivering wastewater from a pump station
to a point where gravity flow is possible.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
A sample that is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
The material removed from a grease control device serving
a food service establishment, food processing establishment or other
facility requiring a FOG control device. Also means volatile and nonvolatile
residual fats, fatty acids, soaps, waxes and other similar materials.
A device in which the grease in wastewater leaving a structure
is intercepted, congealed by cooling, accumulated, and stored for
pump-out and disposal.
A device designed to retain grease from a single plumbing
fixture.
Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Application. The form
used by licensed site evaluators for designing septic systems, as
prescribed by the MEDEP.
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants
from a source regulated under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act into
the City WRRF.
For purposes of Article XX, "industrial activity" shall mean "activity or activities subject to NPDES industrial permits as defined in 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)."
Nondomestic wastewater originating from a nonresidential
source.
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of and discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and duration
of the sampling event.
A discharge that, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the WRRF, its
treatment processes or operations or its biosolids processes, use
or disposal; and, therefore, is a cause of a violation of the City's
MEPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage 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 RCRA; any state regulations
contained in any state biosolids management plan prepared pursuant
to the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances
Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act.
Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the City upon nonresidential, industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in § 176-5.01 of this chapter.
A pressurized line designed to accommodate individual building
pump stations. A low-pressure force main would not have a single pump
station responsible for transferring the wastewater to the gravity
point.
The State of Maine permit program for discharges to waters
of the U.S.
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.
The sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar
month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that
month.
The highest allowable average of daily discharges over a
calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured
during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges
measured during that month.
A conveyance or system of conveyances designed or used for
collecting or conveying stormwater [other than a publicly owned treatment
works (POTW)], as defined at 40 CFR 122.2, or a combined sewer), including,
but not limited to, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets,
catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, human-made channels or storm
drains owned or operated by any municipality, sewer or sewage district,
Maine DOT, MTA, state agency or federal agency or other public entity
that discharges to waters of the state other than groundwater.
The City of Saco, Maine. The City of Saco, Maine is also
referred to as "the City" in this chapter.
A permit issued by the EPA or the DEP that authorizes the
discharge or pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the
permit is applicable to an individual, group, or general area-wide
basis.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, whereas:
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 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 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 subsection
has commenced if the owner or operator has:
Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous onsite 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 are 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 that does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished
product.
Any substance other than human excrement or household gray
water.
Any discharge to an MS4 that is not composed entirely of
stormwater.
Any source of filth, odor, or probable cause of sickness.
(Cross-reference: State of Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System
Rules, definitions).
Those functions that result in expenditures during the useful
life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities and other
items which are necessary for managing and for which such works were
designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" also
includes and may refer to "replacement."
Decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, refuse, ashes,
garbage, offal, oil, tar, chemicals and all other substances except
sewage and industrial wastes.
The person or persons having title to the pumping station
and may include the person or persons having title to the land upon
which the pumping station is located. Includes any person whom property
taxes on a building or parcel are assessed.
The discharge of pollutants through the WRRF into navigable
water in quantities or concentrations which are a cause of or significantly
contribute to a violation of any requirement of the City's MEPDES
permit.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, party, or group. For the purposes of Article XX, "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, municipality, quasimunicipal corporation, state agency or federal agency or legal entity, which creates, initiates, originates or maintains a discharge of stormwater or a nonstormwater discharge.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
For the purposes of Article XX, "point source" shall have the same meaning as "direct discharge."
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage biosolids, munitions, chemical wastes, biological
materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment,
rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, domestic, commercial
or agricultural wastes of any kind.
Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land, whether
improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips,
located within the municipality from which discharges into the storm
drainage system are or may be created, initiated, originated, or maintained.
Any pipe or conduit conveying wastewater from a low elevation
to a higher elevation, and shall include force mains from lift stations,
as well as inverted syphons.
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 the City WRRF.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on a nonresidential discharger of wastewater to the City sewer.
Prohibited discharge standards and local limits.
A subsurface wastewater disposal system or septic system.
Any sewer, not owned by the City, located on private property
or private ways, that collects wastewater from two or more building
sewers and discharges into a public sanitary sewer.
A toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other
building; outhouse.
A person licensed to practice professional engineering in
Maine, pursuant to 32 M.R.S.A., Chapter 19. (Cross-reference: State
of Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Rules, definitions).
Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 176-5.01 of this chapter.
The wastes from 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.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
The City's devices or systems used in the collection,
storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewer pipes and other
conveyances only if these structures convey wastewater to the WRRF.
Equipment designed to provide for the proper flow of sewage
from a lower elevation to a higher elevation for eventual entry into
the public sewer system.
Any watercourse, river, pond, ditch, lake, aquifer, or any
other body of surface water or groundwater receiving discharge of
wastewaters.
Any small MS4 regulated by the State of Maine General Permit
for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm
Sewer Systems ("general permit") latest edition adopted by the Maine
DEP, including all those located partially or entirely within an urbanized
area (UA) and those additional small MS4s located outside a UA that,
as of issuance of the general permit, have been designated by the
DEP as "regulated small MS4s."
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed.
A location approved by the Director, from which wastewater
can be collected that is representative in content and consistency
of the entire flow of wastewater being sampled.
A sewer, which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
An overflow of untreated wastewater from the sanitary sewer
system into the environment.
The liquid waste discharge from a building's or structure's
sanitary conveniences, such as toilets, washrooms, urinals, sinks,
showers, and small laundries free of industrial wastes or toxic materials.
Sanitary wastewater may or may not be discharged separately from industrial
wastewater. For a combined discharge, the WRRD shall determine if
a wastewater discharge meets the definition of "sanitary wastewater."
Waste, refuse, effluent, biosolids and any other materials
from septic tanks, cesspools, or any other similar facilities.
An underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, plastic,
or similar material through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows
for basic treatment.
Substantial physical damage to property, damage to the treatment
facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or substantial
and permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected
to occur in the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not
mean economic loss caused by delays in production.
The demand payment for use of a public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes,
or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics
therefor exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal
sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any newly constructed sewer that is to be adopted and maintained
by the WRRD or privately maintained but connected to the City's
water resource recovery facilities.
A structure containing only one dwelling unit for occupancy
by not more than one family.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during
normal operation.
Any substance released in a discharge at a rate and/or concentration
which causes interference to the City WRRF.
Any MS4 that is not already covered by the Phase I MS4 stormwater
program, including municipally owned or operated storm sewer systems,
state or federally owned systems, such as colleges, universities,
prisons, Maine Department of Transportation and Maine Turnpike Authority
road systems and facilities, and military bases and facilities.
The methods and procedures set out in the edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by
the American Public Health Association and current at the time of
any examination of wastewater.
The State of Maine Plumbing Code, as amended from time to
time.
(Sometimes termed "storm sewer") A sewer which carries storm-
and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial
wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
The municipality's regulated small MS4 and all premises.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snow melt. For the purposes of Article XX, stormwater shall mean "the part of precipitation including runoff from rain or melting ice and snow that flows across the surface as sheet flow, shallow concentrated flow, or in drainage ways."
A meter that is permanently installed and hard plumbed that
measures the amount of water used that is not discharged to the sewer.
Any system designed to dispose of waste or wastewater on
or beneath the surface of the earth including, but not limited to,
septic tanks; disposal fields; legally existing, nonconforming cesspools;
holding tanks; pretreatment filter, piping, or any other fixture,
mechanism, or apparatus used for those purposes; does not include
any discharge system licensed under 38 M.R.S.A. § 414, any
surface wastewater disposal system, or any municipal or quasimunicipal
sewer or wastewater treatment system. (Cross-reference: State of Maine
Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Rules, definitions).
A system that is not operating or is not functioning properly,
based on, but not limited to, the following indicators, as determined
by the City's Code Enforcement Department: ponding or outbreak
of wastewater or septic tank effluent onto the surface of the ground;
seepage of wastewater or septic tank effluent into parts of buildings
below ground; back-up of wastewater into the building being served
that is not caused by a physical blockage of internal plumbing; and
contamination of nearby water wells and waterbodies/courses. (Cross-reference:
State of Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Rules, definitions).
The City's design manual, outlining design standards
and specifications for certain development infrastructure requirements.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, wastewater, sewage or other liquids and that are removable
by a standard laboratory filtering procedure, expressed in mg/L.
Any element or compound, alone or in combination, which disrupts
or inhibits the wastewater treatment process or operation or which
causes or contributes to a violation of any requirements of the NPDES
permit.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the U.S. EPA under
the provision of Act 307(a) or other Acts.
Any liquid nonhazardous waste delivered to the water resource
recovery facility by a truck or similar conveyance that has different
chemical constituents or a greater strength than the influent described
on the WRRF's permit. Such wastes may include but are not limited
to septage, industrial wastes or other wastes to which chemicals in
quantities potentially harmful to the WRRF or receiving water have
been added. (State of Maine, DEP Rules Chapter 555, Standard for the
Addition of Transported Wastes to Wastewater Treatment Facilities).
Any devices and systems for storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage or liquid industrial
wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage
collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances;
extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof;
elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as
standby treatment units and clear-well facilities; and any works,
including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part
of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues
resulting from such treatment (including land for composting biosolids,
temporary storage of such compost and land used for the storage of
treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application);
or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste, including waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
An exceptional incident in which a discharger unintentionally
and temporarily is in a state of noncompliance with the standards
set forth in this chapter due to factors beyond the reasonable control
of the discharger and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused
by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate
treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance or careless or
improper operation thereof.
The area of the State of Maine so defined by the inclusive
sum of the 2,000 decennial census and the latest decennial census
(2010) by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
The estimated period during which a treatment work will be
operated.
Any person who discharges or causes a discharge of wastewater
directly or indirectly to the treatment works. "User" shall mean the
same as "discharger." "User" also means the owner of real estate served
by the sewer system or the person against whom taxes on that real
estate are assessed. "User" may also be used interchangeable with
"owner" in this chapter.
COMMERCIAL USERA business establishment that does not produce industrial waste.
GOVERNMENTAL USERIncludes legislative, judicial, administrative and regulatory activities of federal, state and local governments.
INDUSTRIAL USERA source of indirect discharge or any source which discharges industrial waste to the facility.
An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
An industrial user that:
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the WRRF (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater);
Contributes a process wastestream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the treatment
plant; or
Is designated as such by the WRRD on the basis that it has a
reasonable potential for adversely affecting the WRRF's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
C(1)(b) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely
affecting the WRRF's operation or for violating any pretreatment
standard or requirement, the WRRD may at any time, on its own initiative
or in response to a petition received from an industrial 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.
(Reference: ME DEP Rules Chapter 528.)
INSTITUTIONAL USERIncludes social, charitable, religious and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions, and similar institutional users.
NONRESIDENTIAL USERRefers to any user category that is not residential. The term "nonresidential discharger" has the same meaning as "nonresidential user" and may be used interchangeable with "nonresidential user" throughout this chapter.
RESIDENTIAL USERAny contributor to the City's WRRF whose lot, parcel, real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only, but not including hotels, motels, boardinghouses, tourist homes or bed-and-breakfast establishments.
SEASONAL USERA user who has the water company remove a water meter for any period during the year.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance, replacement and debt service of the WRRF.
Sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid,
gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation or of human
or animal nature, including such wastes placed within containers of
any nature prior to and for the purpose of disposal.
Any person carrying on or engaging in vehicular transport
of waste as part of, or incidental to, any business for that purpose.
Plans or programs intended to reduce or eliminate discharges
to the sewer system or to conserve water, including, but not limited
to, product substitutions, housekeeping practices, inventory control,
employee education, and other steps to minimize wastewater production.
An application form completed by dischargers, used to report
information about the discharger's wastewater and any potential
effects such wastewater may have on the WRRF.
A permit issued by the Director, that establishes regulations
and restrictions on certain users, including but not limited to monitoring,
reporting and inspection requirements.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
Industrial waste or sewage or any waste, including that which
may be combined with any groundwater, surface water or stormwater,
that may be discharged to the City's WRRF.
Maine Water Company.
A device for measuring and recording water volume furnished
and/or installed by a user and approved by the water company or the
Director.
Municipal department charged with operating the City's
sewage collection system and wastewater treatment plants.
Any treatment works, and the sewers and conveyance appurtenances
discharging thereto, owned and operated by the City. The term is used
interchangeably throughout this chapter with the term "publicly owned
treatment works."
For purposes of Article XX, "waters of the state" shall mean any and all surface waters and subsurface waters that are contained within, flow through, or under or border upon the State of Maine or any portion of the state, including marginal and high seas, except such waters as are confined and retained completely upon the property of one person and do not drain into or connect with any other wastes of the state, but not excluding waters susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, or whose use, degradation or destruction would affect interstate or foreign commerce.
The following abbreviations, when used in this chapter, shall
have the designated meanings:
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ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials
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AGRU — Automatic grease recovery unit
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BOD — Biochemical oxygen demand
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BMP — Best management practice
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CFR — Code of federal regulations
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CM — Compliance manager
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COD — Chemical oxygen demand
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EDU — Equivalent dwelling unit
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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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FOG — Fats, oils and grease
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FSE — Food service establishment
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GPD — Gallons per day (peak for design flow)
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mg/L — Milligrams per liter
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MEDEP — Maine Department of Environmental Protection
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MEPDES — Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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M.R.S.A. — Maine Revised Statutes Annotated
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MS4 — Municipal separate storm sewer system
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NPDES — National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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O&M — Operation and maintenance
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POTW — Publicly owned treatment works
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RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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TDCSM — Technical Design Construction Standards Manual
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TR-16 — Technical Report No. 16, Guidelines for the Design
of Wastewater Treatment Works published by New England Interstate
Water Pollution Control Commission
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TSS — Total suspended solids
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U.S.C. — United States Code
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WDP — Wastewater discharge permit
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WEF — Water Environment Federation
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WRRF — Saco Water Resource Recovery Facility, and all
sewer, drains and lines leading thereto and in support thereof
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WRRD — Saco Water Resource Recovery Department
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