Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of specific
terms in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
ACCEPTABLE LIMITS
Those amounts or concentrations of pollutants that will allow
consistent compliance with all SPDES permit limits, residuals disposal
regulations for nonhazardous wastes, and satisfactory operation and
maintenance of the entire City POTW as determined by the City Engineer.
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
ALLOWABLE HEADWORKS LOADING (AHL)
The estimated maximum loading of a pollutant that can be
received at the POTW's headworks that should not cause the POTW
to violate a particular treatment plant or environmental criterion.
AHLs are developed to prevent interference or pass-through.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC),
in the event that the NYSDEC is delegated approval authority responsibility
by the USEPA.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER
May be:
(1)
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice
president if the user is a corporation;
(2)
A general partner or proprietor if the user is a partnership
or proprietorship, respectively;
(3)
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation
of the facilities from which the discharge originates.
BOD (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
CITY
The City of Oswego (incorporated in 1848) or the City Council
of the City of Oswego, or the City's authorized representative.
CITY ENGINEER
New York State licensed professional engineer, full-time
on staff and employed by the City of Oswego, and otherwise qualified
to oversee POTW operations. This definition shall also include his
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Includes a property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of an industrial user (Class III) and which
is connected to the POTW.
COMPLIANCE
Conformance with wastewater discharge permit limits and conformance
with all the terms of this Part 2. Compliance shall be determined
by periodic monitoring by the City and/or self-monitoring, as applicable.
CONTROL MANHOLE
A structure maintained by the owner and approved by the City
Engineer that is continuously and immediately accessible and adequate
for the insertion of a flow metering device and the collection of
samples, and suitable for inspection, observation sampling, testing
and measuring of user discharges.
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
A pollutant that the POTW treatment plants were designed
to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling or refrigeration which does not come into contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or final
product.
DAY
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXISTING SOURCE
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed National
Categorical Pretreatment Standards, which will be applicable to such
source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with
§ 307 of the Act.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable waste resulting from the domestic
or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation, cooking
and serving of foods and from the packaging and canning of food.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream without regard
to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed
15 minutes.
HEADWORKS
The point at which wastewater enters the wastewater treatment
plant. The headworks may consist of bar screens, comminutors, a wet
well or pumps.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any nondomestic
source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INDUSTRIAL CONTRIBUTORY FLOW METHOD BASED LIMIT
The local limit being applied to permitted users based upon
the maximum allowable industrial loading to the POTW and the maximum
daily flow from the permitted users used for the contributory flow.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes, other than sanitary wastewater, resulting
from manufacturing, industrial or other processes.
INFILTRATION
The water entering a sewer system from the ground through
such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections
or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include and is distinguished
from inflow.
INFLOW
The water discharged into a sewer system, building drains
and building sewers from such sources as, but not limited to, roof
leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, drains from
springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm
sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, stormwater, surface runoff,
street wash water or drainage. It does not include and is distinguished
from infiltration.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT
The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged
at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited
sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the
duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge that, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources, inhibits or disrupts any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process, sludge disposal system or their operations and,
therefore, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the City's
POTW SPDES permits (including an increase in the magnitude or duration
of a violation) or of the prevention of sludge disposal by the POTW
in accordance with the statutory provisions and regulations or permits
(or more stringent state or local regulations) referenced by 40 CFR
403.3(I)(2).
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEADWORKS LOADING (MAHL)
The estimated maximum loading of a pollutant that can be
received at the POTW's headworks without causing pass-through
or interference; the most protective (lowest) of the AHLs (See definition.)
estimated for a pollutant.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE INDUSTRIAL LOADING (MAIL)
The estimated maximum loading of a pollutant that can be
received at the POTW's headworks from all permitted industrial
users and other controlled sources without causing pass-through or
interference. The MAIL is usually calculated by applying a safety
factor to the MAHL and discounting for uncontrolled sources, hauled
waste and growth allowance.
MONITORING STATION
A permanent structure constructed, maintained and operated
by and at the owner's expense and approved by the City Engineer
as to design and construction for the express purpose of providing
an accessible point out of the traveled way for metering and sampling
waste discharges continuously into the City POTW system in a safe
and accurate manner.
MUNICIPAL NPDES/SPDES PERMIT
The current State or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Permits, as issued by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
to the City of Oswego POTW.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to a specific category of
users and which appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405
through 471.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NEW SOURCE
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which
there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of
which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards
under § 307(c) of the Act, which will be applicable to such
source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
(1)
The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed
at a site at which no other source is located; or
(2)
The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces
the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants
at an existing source; or
(3)
The production or wastewater-generating processes of the building,
structure, facility or installation are substantially independent
of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these
are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which
the new facility is integrated with the existing plant and the extent
to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity
as the existing source should be considered.
OIL AND GREASE
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease and oil in wastewater,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
OTHER WASTES
Properly shredded solid wastes such as garbage, refuse, wood,
egg shells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder,
ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in wastewaters.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private
property which discharges or will discharge to the City's POTW.
PASS-THROUGH
The discharge which exits the City POTW into waters of the
state in quantities which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of
the POTW's SPDES permits (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation).
PERMIT
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the
POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other
actions as authorized by this Part 2.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or
group.
pH
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed
in standard units.
PHOSPHORUS
The total quantity of phosphorus contained in a particular
waste.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
City-licensed master plumber, full-time on staff and employed
by the City, and otherwise qualified to oversee the construction/installation
of sewer systems, building drains and building sewers.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical waters, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
POLLUTANT OF CONCERN (POC)
Any pollutant that might reasonably be expected to be discharged
to the POTW in sufficient amounts to pass through or interfere with
the works, contaminate its sludge, cause problems in its collection
system or jeopardize its workers.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to discharge to the City of Oswego's POTW.
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, production process changes or by other means,
except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a pretreatment standard, imposed on a user.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
Prohibited discharge standards, national categorical pretreatment
standards and local limits established pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5.
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA (after weighing the importance of toxicity, persistence, degradability
and effect on organisms), in accordance with § 307(a)(1)
of the Act.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in
any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works, as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292), which is owned in this instance by the City. This definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purposes of this Part
2, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City's POTW.
RESTAURANTS
Retail establishments selling prepared foods and drinks,
caterers and industrial and institutional food service establishments,
and shall include but not be limited to all establishments with a
Standard Industrial Classification Manual Group No. 58.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants or institutions, essentially free
of industrial wastes or toxic materials.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU)
(1)
A user subject to national categorical pretreatment standards;
or
(2)
A user that:
(a)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater);
(b)
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW
treatment plants; or
(c)
Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a
reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
(3)
Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in Subsection
(2) above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR 403.8(0(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
A user shall be deemed to be in significant noncompliance
if any violation meets one or more of the following criteria:
[Amended 2-27-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
(1)
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken for
the same pollutant parameter during a six-month period exceed (by
any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including
instantaneous limits;
(2)
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as
those in which 33% or more of all of the measurements taken for the
same pollutant parameter during a six-month period equal or exceed
the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including
instantaneous limits, multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC=1.4 for
BOD, TSS, fats, oil, and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants
except pH);
(3)
Any other violation of a pretreatment standard or requirement
(daily maximum, long-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative
standard) that the POTW determines has caused, alone 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 schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism 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, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance
with compliance schedules;
(7)
Failure to accurately report noncompliance;
(8)
Any other violation or group of violations, which may include
a violation of best management practices, which the City Engineer
determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of
the local pretreatment program.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater in which the concentration
of any limited constituent or quantity of flow exceeds, for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation.
SPILL
To allow or to cause, either inadvertently or intentionally,
a substance to escape from its normal container or containment system
and enter the POTW.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS (SICs)
Classifications pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health
Association, Water Environmental Federation and American Water Works
Association.
STATE
The State of New York.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying storm, surface and other waters, which
is not intended to be transported to a wastewater treatment facility.
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
Toxic pollutants as defined by the NYSDEC that will, if discharged
in sufficient quantities, cause significant harm to human health or
the environment.
SUPERINTENDENT
The New York State grade 4-A licensed sewage plant operator,
full-time on staff and employed by the City, and otherwise qualified
to oversee the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid and which
is removable by laboratory filtering.
TOXICS
Those substances as defined and referred to in the Act or
as designated by the Commissioner of the NYSDEC.
UNIFORM CONCENTRATION METHOD BASED LIMIT
The local limit being applied to all permitted users based
upon the maximum allowable industrial loading to the POTW and the
total industrial maximum daily flow from all permitted users.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the City's POTW
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
The permit that shall be required for users as set forth in Article
X of this Part
2 for entry of wastewater into the City POTW and issued pursuant to these regulations and may contain discharge restrictions as deemed appropriate by the City Engineer and limited only by such other bona fide agreements as may exist between the City of Oswego and the user.
WASTEWATER SEWER
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary
to collect and transport wastewaters to the wastewater treatment facility.
WEF
The Water Environmental Federation.