No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Town of Rotterdam or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Part
2.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers approved by the Coordinator and Town-designated engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on issuance of a permit, as described in §
230-46 of this chapter, to a storm sewer or combined sewer.
Upon the promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this Part
2 for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this Part
2. The Coordinator shall notify all affected users of the applicable reporting requirements under 40 CFR 403.12.
No person shall discharge substances directly into a manhole
or other sanitary opening in a sanitary sewer, other than through
an approved building sewer.
No person shall discharge any holding tank waste into a manhole
or other opening in a sanitary sewer. All holding tank waste discharged
within the Rotterdam's POTW system shall be discharged at a facility
at locations designated by the Coordinator. Each separate load of
holding tank waste shall be registered with the operator of the treatment
facility. The user shall pay the applicable charges and fees and shall
meet such other conditions as required by the Department. The Department
shall have the right to inquire about the type of waste, the approximate
volumes and the origin of holding tank wastes. The transporter of
such wastes shall also have a waste haulers permit from the NYSDEC.
Where the Town's wastewater treatment system achieves consistent
removal of pollutants limited by federal pretreatment standards, the
Town may apply to the approval authority for modification of specific
limits in the federal pretreatment standards. "Consistent removal"
shall mean 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 harmless state in the effluent which is achieved by
the system in 95% of the samples taken when measured according to
the procedures set forth in 40 CFR 403.7(c)(2), General pretreatment
regulations for existing and new sources of pollution, promulgated
pursuant to the Act. The Town may then modify pollutant discharge
limits in the federal pretreatment standards if the requirements contained
in 40 CFR 403.7 are fulfilled and prior approval from the approval
authority is obtained.
State requirements and limitations on discharges shall apply in any case where they are more stringent than federal requirements and limitations or those in this Part
2.
The Town reserves the right to establish by local law more stringent limitations or requirements on discharges to the wastewater disposal system if deemed necessary to comply with the objectives presented in §
230-8 of this chapter.
No user shall ever increase the use of process water or in any
way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute
for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations
contained in the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards or in
any other pollutant-specific limitation developed by the Town or state.
No connection with or opening into any sewer, manhole or appurtenances
thereto shall be made without the written approval of the appropriate
Town agency. The connection of a building sewer into any Town sewer
shall conform to the requirements of the applicable Town regulations.