All users of the Village POTW shall 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 406 through 471.
A. 
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which may 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 5%, nor any single reading be more than 10% 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, fuel oil, toluene; xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides, sulfides and any other substance which the Village, the state or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or a hazard to the POTW.
(2) 
Solid or viscous substances in such quantities or of such size as to be capable of causing obstruction to the flow in a sewer or interference with the proper operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, such substances include but are not limited to grease, shredded garbage, 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, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud, glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes, paper dishes, cups or milk containers, either whole or ground.
(3) 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 8.5, 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 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 human or animal life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6) 
Oils and grease.
(a) 
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.); or
(b) 
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 at maximum temperatures which are lower than 65° C.
(10) 
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs, except as permitted 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 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.
A. 
No person shall discharge, directly or indirectly, into the POTW wastewater containing any of the following substances in concentrations exceeding those specified below, except by permit or as provided for in this section. Concentration limits are applicable to wastewater effluents at the point just prior to discharge into the POTW (end-of-pipe concentrations).
Substance
Effluent Concentration Limit
(mg/l)
Antimony
0.18
Arsenic
0.1
Barium
2.0
Cadmium
0.2
Chromium (hexavalent)
0.1
Chromium (total)
2.0
Copper
1.0
Cyanide (total)
1.0
Fluorides
5.0
Gold
0.1
Iron
4.0
Lead
0.1
Manganese
2.0
Mercury
0.1
Nickel
2.0
Phenols (total)
0.8
Selenium
0.1
Silver
0.1
Sulfides
3.0
Zinc
1.2
B. 
Except for hexavalent chromium, 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 two or less, without prior filtration.
C. 
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 algicides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides.
(4) 
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
(5) 
Viable pathogenic organisms from industrial processes or hospital procedures.
A. 
Limitations on wastewater strength 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 Village desires, as a result of discharge of wastewaters at the above-prescribed concentration limitations;
(4) 
Municipal employees or the public may be endangered; or
(5) 
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution may be caused.
B. 
The limitations on wastewater strength shall be recalculated not less frequently than once every five years. The results of these calculations shall be reported to the Village. 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.
A. 
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.
B. 
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. However, said interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be so located as to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Said interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his own expense.