A.
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 POTW. These
general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or not the
user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or any other
national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user
may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1)
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 POTW, or to the operation of the POTW. 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 or the state has determined
to be a fire hazard or hazard to the POTW.
(2)
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.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or greater than
10.0, unless the POTW was specifically designed to manage such wastewater,
or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or POTW personnel.
(4)
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 POTW or to exceed the limitation set forth in a Categorical Pretreatment
Standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant
identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
(5)
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.
(6)
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.
(7)
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass
through.
(8)
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.
(9)
Any solid, liquid, vapor, or gas having a temperature
higher than 65° C. (150° F.); however, such materials shall not cause
the POTW 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.
(10)
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting
slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except
as approved by the Superintendent, and in compliance with applicable state
and federal regulations.
(12)
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.
(13)
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.
(14)
Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic
gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute
worker health and safety problems.
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the POTW, wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below on either a daily or an instantaneous basis, except by permit or as provided for in § 120-62. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the POTW ("end of pipe" concentrations).
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Substance
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Aluminum
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Antimony
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Arsenic
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Barium
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Beryllium
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Bismuth
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Bromine
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Cadmium
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Chlorides
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Chlorine
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Chromium (hex)
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Chromium (tot)
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Cobalt
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Copper
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Cyanide (complex)
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Cyanide (free)
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Fluorides
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Gold
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Iodine
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Iron
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Lead
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Manganese
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Mercury
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Molybdenum
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Nickel
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Phenols, total
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Selenium
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Silver
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Sulfates
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Sulfides
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Tin
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Titanium
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Vanadium
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Zinc
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A.
Except for chromium (hex), all concentrations listed
for metallic substances shall be as "total metal," which shall be defined
as the value measured in a sample acidified to a pH value of 2 or less, without
prior filtration.
B.
As determined on a composite sample taken from the user's
daily discharge over a typical operational and/or production day.
C.
As determined on a grab sample taken from the user's
discharge at any time during the daily operational and/or production period.
D.
Other substances which may be limited are:
(1)
Antibiotics.
(2)
Chemical compounds which, upon acidification, alkalinization,
oxidation or reduction, in the discharge or after admixture with wastewater
and its components in the POTW produce toxic, flammable, or explosive compounds.
(3)
Pesticides, including algaecides, fungicides, herbicides,
insecticides, rodenticides.
(4)
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
(5)
Viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes
or hospital procedures.
A.
At no time shall the influent to the POTW contain quantities
in excess of those specified by the Superintendent:
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Substance
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Aluminum
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Antimony
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Arsenic
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Barium
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Beryllium
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Cadmium
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Chromium (hex)
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Chromium (total)
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Cobalt
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Copper
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Cyanide (complex)
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Cyanide (free)
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Gold
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Iron
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Lead
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Mercury
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Nickel
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Phenols (total)
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Selenium
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Silver
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Tin
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Zinc
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B.
To assure that none of the above noted limitations are
violated, the Superintendent shall issue permits to significant industrial
users limiting the discharge of the substances noted above. Each permit shall
restrict the discharge from each significant industrial user to a portion
of the total allowable influent loading. In determining what portion of the
total of each substance that each significant industrial user shall be allowed
to discharge the Superintendent shall consider: the quantities of each substance
that are uncontrollable because they occur naturally in wastewater; the quantities
of each substance that are anthropogenic but are nonetheless uncontrollable;
historical discharge trends; past pollution control efforts of each significant
industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers of
the same substance; potential for growth in the POTW service area; potential
for more restrictive regulatory requirements to be placed on the POTW discharge
or sludge disposal or sludge reuse method; and treatability of the substance.
The Superintendent shall apply a minimum 15% safety factor to be protective
of the POTW.
A.
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge
contained in this chapter may be supplemented with more stringent limitations
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent:
(1)
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to
protect the POTW;
(2)
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to
enable the POTW treatment plant to comply with applicable water quality standards
or the effluent limitations specified in the POTW's SPDES permit;
(3)
The POTW sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal
or reuse as the Town desires, as a result of discharge of wastewaters at the
above prescribed concentration limitations;
(4)
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered;
or
(5)
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be caused.
B.
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge
shall be recalculated not less frequently than once every five years. The
results of these calculations shall be reported to the Town Board. This chapter
shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial wastewater discharge
permits which have limitations based directly on any limitations which were
changed shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
Except where expressly authorized to do so by an applicable pretreatment
standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any
other way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment standard.
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
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.
