Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The director of the department of the Borough designated
by the Borough to administer this article or his or her authorized
representatives.
APPROVED TEST PROCEDURE
All analysis shall be performed in accordance with the analytical
test procedures approved under 40 CFR 136. Analysis for those pollutants
not covered therein shall be performed in accordance with procedures
approved by the NJDEP.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of an industrial user may be:
(1)
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2)
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(3)
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated under Subsection A(1) or (2) above, if such representative
is responsible for the overall operation of the regulated facility
(such as a position of plant manager, superintendent or person of
equivalent responsibility).
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter for five days at 20º C expressed in terms of
concentration, i.e., milligrams per liter (mg/l), in accordance with
standard test methods.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Alpha.
[Amended 7-12-1994 by Ord. No. 502]
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER
An industrial user subject to categorical standards in accordance
with the Environmental Protection Agency General Pretreatment Standards
(40 CFR Part 403).
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS
Pretreatment standards as codified in 40 CFR, Chapter I,
Subchapter N, specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants
or pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced to a
POTW by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in water or wastewater expressed as the amount
of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in accordance with an approved
test procedure.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of the NJDEP or his or her authorized representative.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, fecal coliform
bacteria and such additional pollutants as are (or may in the future
be) specified and controlled in the Borough NJPDES permit, where the
POTW is designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does treat
such pollutants to the degree required by the NJPDES permit.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A sample consisting of several aliquots collected during
a specified time period and combined to make a representative sample.
CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT USER
Any participant that conducts a dry operational process,
thereby discharging only domestic wastewater into the sewer system;
however, by means of in-house procedures, has the potential to discharge
wastewater material of a quantity which would impact on the treatment
works.
CONSISTENT REMOVAL
A reduction in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of
the nature of the pollutant by the wastewater treatment system to
a less toxic or to a harmless state, as measured according to the
procedures set forth in 40 CFR 403.7 of the General Pretreatment Regulations
for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
COOLING WATER
Any water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat
and which may contain biocides used to control biological growth or
other additives to protect the system against corrosion, scaling or
other additives.
DISCHARGE
The releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying or dumping of a waste material into the waters of the state
or onto the land or into wells which might flow or drain into said
waters, and shall include the release of any pollutant or waste stream
into a municipal treatment works.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
The liquid-borne waste discharged from residential units,
normally resulting from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and
handling of food wastes from sanitary conveniences.
EMERGENCY
A situation which, in the opinion of the approval authority
or his or her authorized representative, may cause interference and/or
pass-through, damage to the POTW or present a health hazard to personnel,
the general public or the environment.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXEMPT FACILITY
Any participant that conducts a dry operational process and
has no potential to discharge nondomestic wastewater.
GARBAGE
Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, dispensing, handling, storage and/or sale of food.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis without
regard to flow or time.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailer, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT
A permit duly issued by the approval authority, or participant if the program is delegated pursuant to §
403-65H, to any industrial user in accordance with this article. Such permit may establish discharge limitations, monitoring and reporting obligations and other requirements that are more or less stringent than this article.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTEWATER
The liquid waste or liquid-borne waste resulting from the
processes employed by any person identified in the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended
and supplemented under one of the following divisions:
(1)
Division A. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
(3)
Division D. Manufacturing.
(4)
Division E. Transportation, Communications,
Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user which discharges nondomestic wastewater in a quantity
or quality which is determined to have a potential for adversely impacting
the Borough's or the town's sewer system or POTW. Industrial users
are further classified according to the degree of potential as:
[Amended 7-12-1994 by Ord. No. 502]
(1)
(a)
Is subject to Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR 103.6 and 40 CFR Chapter
1, Subchapter N;
(b)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per
day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary,
noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewaters);
(c)
Contributes a process wastestream which makes
up 5% or more of the dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of
the POTW; or
(d)
Is designated as such by the control authority
on the basis that the user has a reasonable potential for adversely
affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard
or requirement [in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)].
(2)
CLASS 2 USERAny user that discharges nondomestic wastewater into the sewer system in amounts that, on a routine basis, have an insignificant impact on the treatment but which may have the potential to impact the collection or treatment system or violate the prohibited discharge limitations in the Borough's Industrial Pretreatment Ordinance. This class also includes any user which presents the potential to cause sewer obstructions, slug loads or chemical spills.
(3)
CLASS 3 USERAny user which has a very small potential to impact the treatment system through the discharge of oil and grease, storage of chemicals, etc., or are otherwise considered to have a minor impact on the treatment system. These users will be checked periodically to determine if there has been any significant change in the quantity or quality of their discharge.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibiting or disrupting the operation of a POTW or its treatment
process so as to contribute to cause or increase a violation of any
condition of a state or federal permit under which the POTW operates;
or discharging industrial process wastewater which, in combination
with existing domestic flows, are of such volume or strength as to
exceed either the industrial user's permit conditions, the concentrations
set forth in Table 1, the requirements approved by the approval authority
or the sewer use article of the participant where the discharge is
located, or any combination of the foregoing; or preventing the approved
use or disposal of sludge produced by the POTW in accordance with
Section 405 of the Act, and regulations criteria or guidelines developed
pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976 (42 U.S.C. § 3251 et seq.), the Federal Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Federal Toxic Substance
Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), Sections 2, 4 and
6 of the State Act and, to the extent practicable, the New Jersey
Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial
Sludges and Septage.
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user discharging industrial process wastewater
where either:
(1)
The discharger is subject to categorical pretreatment
standards;
(2)
Any other industrial user that discharges an
average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater (excluding
sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blow-down wastewaters) to
the POTW or that contributes a process wastewater hydraulic or organic
capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
(3)
That is designed as such by the approval authority
on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for
adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment
standard or requirement.
NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NJPDES)
The New Jersey system for the issuing, modifying, suspending,
revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing discharge
permits pursuant to the State Act. The term also includes discharge
permits (NJPDES) issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water
Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
NJDEP
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NONDOMESTIC
Wastewater of a quantity or quality which would have an impact
on the treatment works.
PARTICIPANT
All the municipalities, local sewerage authorities, companies
or customers that sign a service agreement that provides for the treatment
of sewerage by the Borough's treatment works.
PERMITTED INDUSTRIAL USER
An participant who discharges nondomestic wastewater into
the sewer system which is regulated by means of an industrial pretreatment
permit.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation,
association, group or society, including the State of New Jersey and
agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created
by or pursuant to state law and federal agencies, departments or instrumentalities
therefore.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions in moles per liter of solution. Solutions with a
pH greater than seven are said to be basic; solutions with a pH less
than seven are said to be acidic; pH equal to seven is considered
neutral. Analysis shall be performed in accordance with an approved
test procedure.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, holding tank waste, incinerator
residue, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical waters, biological materials, radioactive substance, thermal
waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and
industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other substance discharged
directly or indirectly into the waters of the state, the introduction
of which renders these waters detrimental or immediately or potentially
dangerous to public health or unfit for public or commercial use.
PRETREATMENT
The application of physical, chemical and/or biological processes,
except by dilution, to reduce the amount of pollutants in, or alter
the nature of the polluting properties of, wastewater prior to discharging
such wastewater into the treatment works.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal or state rules and regulations implementing
Section 307 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) or N.J.S.A. 58:11-49, as well as nonconflicting state or
local standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations,
the more stringent shall apply.
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
The Regional Administrator for Region II of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency or his or her authorized representative.
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION
(1)
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits,
defined as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken
during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum
limit for the same pollutant parameter;
(3)
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent
limit (daily maximum or longer-term average) that the approval authority
determines has caused, along or in combination with other discharges,
interference or pass-through (including endangering the health of
POTW personnel or the general public);
(4)
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused
imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment
or has resulted in the POTW's exercise of its emergency authority
to halt or prevent such a discharge;
(5)
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the scheduled
date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in the permit or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction or attaining
final compliance;
(6)
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the
due date, required reports, such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day
compliance reports and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7)
Failure to accurately report noncompliance;
or
(8)
Any other violation or group of violations which
the approval authority determines will adversely affect the operation
or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1987 (as revised), issued by the Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget.
STATE
State of New Jersey.
STATE ACT
The New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1
et seq.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or immediately following any form
of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total nonfilterable residue as defined in Manual of Methods
for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes and analyzed in accordance
with an approved test procedure.
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS
The following compounds which encompass EPA Method No. 613,
624 (Parts 601-602) and 625 (Parts 604-12):
Parameter
|
EPA Method Number
|
---|
2, 3, 7, 8 - Terchlorodibenzeno-p-dioxin
|
613
|
Purgeables
|
624
|
Purgeable Halocarbons Includes:
|
Part 601
|
|
|
Bromoform
|
|
|
Bromodichloramethane
|
|
|
Bromomethane
|
|
|
Carbon tetrachloride
|
|
|
Chlorobenzene
|
|
|
Chloroethane
|
|
|
2-Chloroethylvinyl ether
|
|
|
Choloroform
|
|
|
Chloromethane
|
|
|
Dibromochloromethane
|
|
|
1, 2-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 3-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 4-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
Dichlorodifluormethane
|
|
|
1, 1-Dichloroethane
|
|
|
1, 2-Dichloroethane
|
|
|
1, 1-Dichloroethene
|
|
|
tans-1, 2-Dichlorethene
|
|
|
1, 2-Dichloropropane
|
|
|
cis-1, 3-Dichloropropane
|
|
|
trans-1, 2-Dichloropropene
|
|
|
Metylene Chloride
|
|
|
1, 1, 2, 2-Tetrachloroethane
|
|
|
Tetrachloroethene
|
|
|
1, 1, 1 Trichloroethane
|
|
|
1, 1, 2-Trichloroethane
|
|
|
Trichloroethene
|
|
|
Trichlorofluormethane
|
|
|
Vinyl chloride
|
|
Purgeable Aromatics Includes:
|
Part 602
|
|
|
Benzene
|
|
|
Chlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 2-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 3-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 4-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
Ethylbenzene
|
|
|
Toluene
|
|
Base/Neutral, Acids and Pesticides
|
625
|
Phenols Includes:
|
|
Part 604
|
|
4-Chloro-3-methylphenol
|
|
|
2-Chlorophenol
|
|
|
2-4-Dichlorophenol
|
|
|
2-Methyl-4, 6-dinitrophenol
|
|
|
2-Nitrophenol
|
|
|
4-Nitrophenol
|
|
|
Pentachlorophenol
|
|
|
Penol
|
|
|
2, 4, 6-Trichlorophenol
|
|
Benzidines Includes:
|
|
Part 605
|
|
Benzyl butyl phthalate
|
|
|
3, 3-Dichlorobenzidene
|
|
Phthalate Esters Includes:
|
Part 606
|
|
|
Benzyl butyl phthalate
|
|
|
Bid (2-ethylexyl) phthalate
|
|
|
Di-n-butyl phthalate
|
|
|
Di-n-butyl phthalate
|
|
|
Diethyl phthalate
|
|
|
Dimethyl phthalate
|
|
Nitrosamines Includes:
|
|
Part 607
|
|
N-nitrosodimetylamine
|
|
|
N-nitrosociphenylamine
|
|
|
N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine
|
|
Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBS Includes:
|
|
Part 608
|
|
Aldrin
|
|
|
a-BHC
|
|
|
b-BHC
|
|
|
d-BHC
|
|
|
g-BHC
|
|
|
Chlordane
|
|
|
4, 4-DDD
|
|
|
4, 4-DDE
|
|
|
4, 4-DDT
|
|
|
Dieldrin
|
|
|
Endosultan I
|
|
|
Endosultan II
|
|
|
Endosultan Sulfate
|
|
|
Endrin
|
|
|
Endrin Aldehyde
|
|
|
Heptachlor
|
|
|
Heptachlor Epoxide
|
|
|
Toxaphene
|
|
|
PCB-1016
|
|
|
PCB-1221
|
|
|
PCB-1232
|
|
|
PCB-1242
|
|
|
PCB-1248
|
|
|
PCB-1248
|
|
|
PCB-1254
|
|
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PCB-1260
|
|
Nitroaromatic and Isphorone Includes:
|
|
Part 609
|
|
Isophorone
|
|
|
Nitrobenzene
|
|
|
2, 4-Dinitrotoluene
|
|
|
2, 6-Dinitrotoluene
|
|
Polynuclear Includes:
|
Aromatic Hydrocarbons
|
Part 610
|
|
Acenaphthene
|
|
|
Acenaphythylene
|
|
|
Anthracene
|
|
|
Benzo(a)anthracene
|
|
|
Benzo(b)pyrene
|
|
|
Benzo(g)perylene
|
|
|
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
|
|
|
Chrysene
|
|
|
Dibenzo, (a,h)anthracene
|
|
|
Fluoranthene
|
|
|
Fluorene
|
|
|
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
|
|
|
Naphthalene
|
|
|
Phenanthrene
|
|
|
Pyrene
|
|
Haloethers Includes:
|
|
Part 611
|
|
Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
|
|
|
Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane
|
|
|
Bis (2-chloroisporopyl) ether
|
|
|
4-Bromophenyl phenyl either
|
|
|
4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether
|
|
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Includes:
|
|
Part 612
|
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
|
|
|
Hexachlorobenzine
|
|
|
Hexachlorobutadiene
|
|
|
Hexachloroethane
|
|
|
1, 2-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 2, 4-Diochlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 3-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
1, 4-Dichlorobenzene
|
|
|
2-Chloronaphthalene
|
|
TOWN
The Town of Phillipsburg.
[Added 7-12-1994 by Ord. No. 502]
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Those pollutants or combinations of pollutants, including
disease-causing agents, which, after discharge and upon exposure,
ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly
or indirectly, by ingestion through food chains, may, on the basis
of information available to the Commissioner, cause death, disease,
behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutants, physiological malfunctions,
including malfunctions in reproduction, or physical deformation in
such organisms or their offspring. Toxic pollutants shall include
but not be limited to those pollutants designated under Section 307
of the Federal Act or Section 4 of the State Act.
TREATMENT WORKS
Any device or system, whether public or private, used in
collection, transportation, storage, treatment, recycling or reclamation
of municipal or industrial waste of a liquid nature, including: intercepting
sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collections systems, cooling towers
and ponds, 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 will facilities; and any other works, including
site for the treatment process or ultimate disposal of residues resulting
from such treatment.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried wastes from dwellings, commercial
buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether
treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter
the treatment works of the Borough or any participant.