All users of the Town of Tuxedo Town wastewater treatment plant
will comply with all standards and requirements of the Act and standards
and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act, including but not
limited to 40 CFR Parts 406 through 471.
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any
manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater
which will interfere with the operation or performance of the Town
wastewater treatment plant. These general prohibitions apply to all
such users of a Town wastewater treatment plant whether or not the
user is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards or
any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute
the following substances to the Town wastewater treatment plant:
A. Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or
quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction
with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious,
in any way, to the Town wastewater treatment plant or to the operation
of the Town wastewater treatment plant collection system. At no time
shall both of two successive readings on a flame type explosion hazard
meter at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other point
in the system) be more than 25% nor any single reading be more than
40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly
allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are
not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene,
ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, and sulfides and any other substance
which the Town of Tuxedo, the state, or the EPA has determined to
be a fire hazard or hazard to the Town wastewater treatment plant.
B. Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow
in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater
treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit,
such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with
particles greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues,
paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood,
feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust,
metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains,
spent hops, waste paper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues,
residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud,
or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
C. Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than 10.0, or
wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or municipal employees
or the public.
D. Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat),
to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving
waters of the Town wastewater treatment plant, or exceed the limitation
set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard.
(1) A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant
identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
E. Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which either
singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create
a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent
entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
F. Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes
containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils which become visible solids
when the wastes are cooled to 10° C. (50° F.); any petroleum
oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin,
in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or
pass-through.
G. Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.
H. Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the
treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable
tanning solutions.
I. Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature higher than
65° C. (150° F.); or which raises the Town wastewater treatment
plant treatment plant influent temperature to be greater than 40°
C. (104° F.) The Superintendent reserves the right, in certain
instances, to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum
temperatures are lower than 65° C.
J. Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs,
except by industrial wastewater permit.
K. Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved
by the Superintendent and in compliance with applicable state and
federal regulations.
L. Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates
a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way,
with other wastes.
M. Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140°
F. or 60° C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR Part 261.21.
N. Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors,
or fumes within the Town wastewater treatment plant in a quantity
that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
The Superintendent may impose mass discharge-based limits on
individual users for specific pollutants. Mass base discharge limits
may be imposed for pollutants which may have negative impact on the
Town wastewater treatment plant. The Superintendent shall issue permits
to significant industrial users and may issue permits to other industrial/commercial
users limiting the discharge of these substances. Each permit shall
restrict the discharge from each significant industrial user to a
portion of the total allowance influent loading.
The Superintendent shall have the authority to copy any record
related to wastewater discharges to the Town wastewater treatment
plant.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper
handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable
substances, sand, or other harmful substances, except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or living units.
All interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved by the Superintendent
and shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned, and repaired regularly,
as needed, by the owner, at his expense.
Solid waste grinders at or serving commercial establishments,
institutions or industries shall not discharge into the Town of Tuxedo
Town wastewater treatment plant unless specifically authorized by
the Superintendent.
The Town of Tuxedo Board may reject a user's wastewater, on recommendation of the Superintendent, when it is has been determined that the wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics which have a deleterious effect on the Town wastewater treatment plant and its processes, or on the receiving water, or which constitute a public nuisance or hazard. See §
80-121.