No person shall discharge or provide a connection for discharging
or draining into a sewer tributary any stormwater, surface water,
groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling
water or unpolluted industrial process water, nor shall any person
drain any catch basin, lake, swamp, pond or swimming pool, except
with the permission of the Superintendent evidenced by a properly
issued permit or if such connection or drainage is into a designated
storm sewer. Cooling water discharges to the waters of the state require
SPDES permits and are subject to state and federal regulations.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or allow
to run, leak or escape into any public sewer, pipe, channel, sewer
appurtenance or waterway connecting with any public sewer, or into
any private sewer connected with a public sewer, any of the following
described materials, substances or wastes:
A. Any pollutants which create a fire or explosion hazard in the public
sewer, including but not limited to waste streams with a closed cup
flash point of less than 140° F. or 60° C. using the test
methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
B. Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or having a pH higher
than 10.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment or the sewerage systems
or personnel employed in its operation and maintenance.
C. Any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to
the flow in sewers or other interference with proper operation of
the sewerage system. Examples of substances which may cause such obstructions
are construction materials, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, coffee
grounds, fur, wax, cement, hops, spent grain, whole blood and filter
media.
D. Any waters or wastes containing toxic, hazardous or poisonous solids,
liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction
with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create
a public nuisance or to create any hazards in the receiving waters.
E. Any liquid or vapor having heat in amounts which will inhibit biological
activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference or causing
damage, but in no case heat in such quantities that the temperatures
exceeds 65° C. (150° F.) at the discharge point or 40°
C. (104° F.) at the treatment plant.
F. Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral
oil origin in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or in amounts that
will cause interference or pass-through.
The Village of Webster, after a hearing, shall either prevent
the discharge of unacceptable water and wastes or issue a permit which
is properly conditioned upon findings and the standards of safety
prescribed by this Part 2 or the rules and regulations of the Village
of Webster. The rules and regulations of the Village of Webster shall
include surcharges, pretreatment requirements, control over quantities
or rates of discharge, time of discharge and holding facilities and
any measure or combination of measures which are necessary to preserve
the sewerage system, its structures and equipment and the health,
safety and well-being of the employees, the community and the biota
of the receiving waters.
The Superintendent shall take any temporary action necessary
to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing
in the event of any discharge which, in the belief of the Superintendent,
will cause serious, imminent harm or injury or adversely affect the
sewerage system structures or equipment, any person or the biota of
the receiving waters. If possible under the circumstances of the emergency,
the Superintendent will give informal notice of the Superintendent's
emergency action to the affected party. Review of any emergency action
by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine what,
if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Superintendent, acting
upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against
any personal liability that may arise in the performance of the Superintendent's
duties to protect the public health, safety, welfare or property of
the Village of Webster.