A.
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed,
directly or indirectly, any pollutant, wastewater or other material
which will inhibit or interfere with the operation or performance
of the Village's sewerage system or the POTW or the use or disposal
of the sludge generated by the POTW or pass through the POTW without
adequate treatment in violation of any applicable federal, state or
local environmental regulation into the receiving waters of the Hudson
River or into the sludge by-product 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.
A user shall not contribute, directly or indirectly,
the following substances to the Village's sewerage system:
(1)
Any liquid, solid or gas which, by reason of its nature
or quantity, is sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other
substances, to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any way
to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall two
successive readings on an explosion-hazard meter at the point of discharge
in the system at or any point in the system be more than 5% nor any
single reading over 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the
meter. Materials prohibited under this subsection include but are
not limited to substance(s) which the Board, the DEC or the EPA has
notified a user pose a fire or explosion hazard to the POTW.
(2)
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction
to the flow in a sewer or other interference with the operation of
the wastewater treatment facilities, such as but not limited to grease,
oil or fat in concentrations exceeding one hundred parts per million
by weight; 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 from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating
oil; mud; or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
(3)
Any wastewater having a pH less than 5.0 or higher
than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structure, equipment or personnel of the POTW.
(4)
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient
quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, so
as to potentially inhibit or interfere with the operations or performance
of the POTW, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic
effect in the receiving waters of the POTW or exceed a limitation
set forth in a National 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 wastes which, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard
to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewer for its
maintenance and repair.
(6)
Any substance which may cause POTW's effluent or any
other product of the POTW, such as residues, sludges or scums, to
be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation
process. In no case shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause
the POTW to be in noncompliance with the sludge use or disposal criteria,
guidelines or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act;
any criteria, guidelines or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal
developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air
Act or the Toxic Substances Control Act; or state criteria applicable
to the sludge management method being used.
(7)
Any substance which may cause the POTW to violate
its State Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit or the receiving
water quality standard.
(8)
Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed
in the treatment process, such as but not limited to dye wastes and
vegetable tanning solutions.
(9)
Any wastewater having a temperature which may inhibit
biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in interference,
but in no case wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into
the POTW which exceeds 40° C. (104° F.).
(10)
Any pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants
(BOD, etc.), released at a flow and/or pollutant concentration which
will cause interference to the POTW. In no case shall a slug load
have a flow rate or contain concentrations or quantities of pollutants
that exceed, for any time period longer than 15 minutes, more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration quantities or
flow during normal operation.
(11)
Any wastewater containing any radioactive waste
or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits
established by the Village in compliance with applicable state or
federal regulations or limits set forth in any applicable federal
or state regulation.
(12)
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids
of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is
required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(13)
Any substance which exceeds a National Categorical
Pretreatment Standard promulgated by the EPA or any other applicable
federal, state or local pollutant discharge regulation.
(14)
Any stormwater, surface water, groundwater,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial
process waters to any sanitary sewer.
C.
The discharge of any of the following materials in
excess of the concentration set forth below is prohibited:
|
Substance
|
Maximum Concentration of Discharge Allowed
into POTW
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Antimony
|
10
| |
|
Ammonia
|
40
| |
|
Oil and grease
|
50
| |
|
Arsenic
|
0.25
| |
|
Boron
|
5.0
| |
|
Cadmium
|
0.25
| |
|
Calcium
|
500
| |
|
Chromium, total
|
1.0
| |
|
Copper
|
1.0
| |
|
Iron
|
5.0
| |
|
Lead
|
1.0
| |
|
Manganese
|
5.0
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.001
| |
|
Nickel
|
3.0
| |
|
Silver
|
0.2
| |
|
Zinc
|
1.5
| |
|
Cyanide, total
|
3.0
| |
|
Phenols
|
5.0
| |
|
Benzene
|
0.1
| |
|
Chloroform
|
1.0
| |
|
Ethylbenzene
|
0.1
| |
|
Methylene chloride
|
1.0
| |
|
Naphthalene
|
1.0
| |
|
1,1,1 trichloroethane
|
1.0
| |
|
Toluene
|
0.1
| |
|
Xylene
|
0.1
| |
|
pH (range)
|
6.5 - 8.5
|
D.
The provisions of Subsection C in no way limit the general regulations contained in Subsections A and B of this section. The Board shall have the power to amend and/or modify the list set forth in Subsection C at such times as the Board deems such an action warranted, as, for example, upon a finding that certain unlisted materials will interfere with the operation of the POTW or will pass through the POTW untreated in violation of any applicable federal, state or local standard or that some unlisted materials will violate any of the terms of Subsection A or B of this section.
(1)
If a majority of the Board determines, at a duly noticed meeting open to the public, that such exigencies exist which warrant the promulgation of additional or amended pollutant discharge limitations, it shall pass a resolution setting forth those limitations. Any resolution of the Board setting local discharge limit(s) in addition or amendment to those set forth in Subsection C of this section shall be set forth as an attachment to this chapter in the official Code Book of the Village which contains this chapter. All industrial users to which such new limitations apply shall be notified of the resolution, in writing, and a summary of the resolution shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper with local circulation.
(2)
In addition to the notice set forth above, the Board
shall send written notification to all persons and groups that have
notified the Board of their desire to be notified of any hearings
regarding the promulgation of local discharge limitations. Any persons
attending said Board meeting shall be afforded the opportunity to
express their views on the proposed local standards prior to the Board's
voting on the promulgation of such standards.
(3)
Any pollutant discharge limitation set forth in such
a resolution shall be deemed a local pretreatment standard and shall
be subject to all relevant requirements pertaining to such standards
as set forth in this chapter.
Except where expressly authorized by an applicable
pretreatment standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process
water or in any way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or
a complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance
with the federal, state or local limitations contained in this chapter.
lf dilution is allowed, the industrial wastewater discharge permit
may contain mass limitations regarding materials for which dilution
is allowed.
Each user shall provide protection from accidental discharge of substances regulated by this chapter. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited substances shall be provided by and maintained at the owner's or user's own cost and expense. Detailed plans acceptable to the Village and the Board showing facilities and operating procedures to provide this protection shall be submitted to the Village and the Board for review and shall be approved by the Village and the Board before construction of this facility. All existing users shall complete such a plan within six months of the effective date of this chapter. No user who commences contribution to the POTW after the effective date of this chapter shall be permitted to introduce pollutants into the system until accidental discharge procedures have been approved by the Village and the Board. Review and approval of such plans and operating procedures shall not relieve the industrial user from the responsibility to modify the user's facility as necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter or from any of the sanctions set forth in Article XI of this chapter in event of a violation of the terms of this chapter.
A.
Prior to the discharge of effluent to the POTW, all
significant industrial users shall provide wastewater treatment of
their effluent so that the discharge into the POTW not inhibit or
interfere with the operation and will not pass through the POTW and
into the environment either totally or partially untreated in violation
of any applicable federal, state or local standard and so that there
will be total compliance with the terms of this chapter. All significant
industrial users shall achieve compliance with applicable National
Categorical Pretreatment Standards within the time limitation specified
in each of said pretreatment standards. The significant industrial
user shall achieve compliance within three years or such shorter time
as specified in the permit.
B.
Any facilities required to pretreat discharge to the POTW as specified in Subsection A of this section shall be constructed, operated and maintained in good working order satisfactory to the Village and Board at the industrial user's own costs and expense.
C.
Any existing significant industrial user which is
subject to an applicable federal, state or local pretreatment standard
on the effective date of this chapter or which later becomes subject
to such a pretreatment standard(s) and any proposed new source contributor
to the POTW which would be subject to such a pretreatment standard(s)
shall submit detailed plans of its existing or planned, as the case
may be, pretreatment facilities and operating procedures to the Village
and the Board, who shall review such submittals and direct modifications
thereof as they deem necessary to comply with the plans or modified
plans, as the case may be, which were accepted by the Village. Said
pretreatment facilities shall be operated in accordance with the operating
procedures or modified operating procedures, as the case may be, as
accepted by the Village.
D.
Plans and operating procedures for pretreatment facilities
shall be submitted to the Village and Board and approved and/or modified
by them, and said facility shall be constructed and accepted by the
Village and Board as being in accordance with the approved plans thereof,
prior to the connection of the significant industrial user's wastewater
discharge facilities to the POTW in the case of new sources or the
discharge or continued discharge of wastewater to the POTW by the
significant industrial user in the case of existing industrial users,
unless the Village and Board determine, in their discretion, to allow
an extension of time for the completion of such facilities. In no
event shall the extension granted be longer than the compliance date
set forth in the relevant pretreatment standard, or three years if
no time limit is set forth therein.
E.
Noncompliance of a significant industrial user with the accepted construction plans or operating procedures shall be a violation of this chapter and shall subject the significant industrial user to any of the sanctions set forth in Article XI.
F.
The review of such plans and operating procedures will in no way relieve said user from the responsibility to modify or construct and to operate the facility as necessary to comply with the terms of this chapter and any applicable federal and state regulations. Approval of such plans, procedures or facilities by the Village and Board shall not relieve an industrial user from liability as set forth in Article XI of this chapter.
G.
Any changes in the physical facility or in the operating
procedures shall be reported to the Village and Board and be approved
by them prior to effecting said changes.
A.
Any information submitted to the POTW pursuant to
this chapter may be claimed as confidential by the submitter. Any
such claim must be asserted at the time of the submission in the manner
prescribed in the application or instructions or, in the case of submittals
without such a prescription, by stamping the words "CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION" on each page containing such information. If no claim
is made at the time of the submission, the POTW may make the information
available to the public without further notice. Any such request for
confidential treatment of information and for access to such information
shall be acted upon by the Village and Board in accordance with the
procedures set forth in 40 CFR 2. Any information not so marked shall
be available to the public at least to the extent provided in 40 CFR
2.302.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information and data
which is effluent data, such as that identifying the nature and frequency
of discharges to the POTW, shall be available to the public without
restriction.
