If wastewater containing any substance prohibited
in this chapter or containing any substance in concentrations exceeding
limits imposed by this chapter are discharged into the treatment works
of the Authority or any tributary treatment works thereto, the Director
shall take all actions necessary to:
A. Prohibit the discharge of such wastewater;
B. Require a discharger to demonstrate that in-plant
modifications will cause the discharge of such substances to be in
conformance with this chapter;
C. Require pretreatment, including storage facilities,
or flow equalization necessary to ensure complete compliance with
these rules and regulations;
D. Require the person making, causing or allowing the
discharge to pay all the additional cost or expense incurred by the
Authority for handling and treating excess loads imposed on the treatment
works; and
E. Take such other remedial action as may be deemed to
be desirable or necessary to achieve the purpose of this chapter.
Where pretreatment or equalization of wastewater
flows prior to discharge into any part of the treatment works is required,
plans, specifications and other pertinent data or information relating
to such pretreatment or flow control facilities shall first be submitted
to the Authority for review and approval. Such approval shall not
exempt the discharge of such facilities from compliance with any applicable
code, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any governmental authority.
Any subsequent alterations or additions to such pretreatment or flow
control facilities shall not be made without due notice to and prior
approval of the Authority.
Whenever it shall be necessary for the purposes
of these rules and regulations, the Director or his/her representative
upon the presentation of credentials, may enter upon any property
or premises at reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting/copying
any records required to be kept under the provisions of this chapter.
The Director or his/her representative, upon presentation of credentials,
may enter upon any property or premises at any time for the purpose
of inspecting any monitoring equipment or method, and/or sampling
any discharge of wastewater to the treatment works.
Upon written approval of the Authority, certain
wastes which exceed the limits imposed by this chapter may be permitted
to be discharged into the public sewer if a holding tank is employed
and the wastes are released at a constant rate over a twenty-four-hour
period. This only applies to intermittent flows or batch releases
of short duration. Such approval may be rescinded at any time by the
Authority.
When required by the Authority, the owner of
any property served by a building sewer shall install suitable control
structures, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manholes, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Authority. The structures or manholes shall be installed by
the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be
safe and accessible at all times.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Authority, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in Article
III, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Authority and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Authority. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by owner(s)' personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the
characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in
this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition
of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published
by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association
and Water Pollution Control Federation, and shall be determined at
the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said
control manhole. In the event that no special manholes have been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
(The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken.)
No statement contained in this chapter shall
be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between
the Authority and any individual or corporation whereby a waste of
unusual strength or character may be accepted by the municipality
for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the individual or corporate
concern.
If the Authority finds that good reason exists
to believe that the requirements of this chapter have not been or
are not being observed, the Authority may require the owner, tenant
or lessee of the offending property to furnish it with adequate proof
that requirements are met or that said owner or tenant or lessee shall
immediately take steps to provide proper treatment facilities or interceptors,
etc., to correct conditions so that conformance to this chapter will
be observed.