Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this article,
shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
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 in a NPDES state with an approved state pretreatment
program and the Administrator of the EPA in a non-NPDES state or NPDES
state without an approved state pretreatment program.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF USER
(1)
The chief executive officer or the chief operating
officer of the user if the user is a corporation;
(2)
A partner or the general manager of the user
if the user is a partnership;
(3)
The owner or the general manager of the user
if the user is a proprietorship; or
(4)
The person duly designated as the responsible
individual by a corporation, partnership or proprietorship, provided
that such person shall be actually responsible for the overall operation
of the user.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, five days at
20º C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration [milligrams
per liter (mg/l)], as performed in the latest edition of Standard
Methods.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Columbia or the Borough Council of Columbia
or its designated official or officials or employee or employees.
BUILDING SEWER
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user
to the POTW.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is
heat.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP)
The Department of Environmental Protection of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or any department or agency of the commonwealth succeeding
to the existing jurisdiction or responsibility of the Department of
Environmental Protection.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DISCHARGE
The release of, or the act of releasing, wastewater from
the point of generation or the point of storage.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, or, where
appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator
or other duly authorized official of said agency or any agency or
department of the United States succeeding to the existing jurisdiction
or responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency.
GRAB SAMPLE
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and collected
over a period of time not exceeding 15 minutes but shall reasonably
reflect actual discharge conditions for that instant.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge or the introduction of nondomestic pollutants
from any source regulated
under Section 307(b) or (c) of the Act into the POTW, including holding
tank waste discharged into the system.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A user who is engaged in whole or in part in the manufacture,
conversion or assembly of any product, commodity or article or in
a trade, business or profession or which uses or maintains property
for social, religious, educational, charitable or public use; or a
source of indirect discharge which does not contribute a discharge
of pollutants under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of
the Act.
INTERFERENCE
The inhabitation or disruption of the POTW treatment processes
or operations, including, without limitation, any inhibition or disruption
which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Borough's
NPDES permit or which prevents sewage sludge use or disposal by the
POTW in accordance with Section 405 of the Act or any criteria, guidelines
or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act
(SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more
stringent state criteria, including those contained in any state sludge
management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of the SWDA, applicable
to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a standard of
performance under Section 306 of the Act which will be applicable
to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance
with Section 306 of the Act.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents
or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the
singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration
of hydrogen ions expressed in standard "pH" units, as performed in
the latest edition of Standard Methods.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water or any material that, when added to water, shall
render that water (either because of the nature or quantity of the
material) unacceptable for its original intended use.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction
or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes or process changes or other means, except as prohibited
by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT
Any federal, state or local substantive or procedural requirement
related to pretreatment, other than a National Categorical Pretreatment
Standard or National Prohibitive Discharge Standard imposed on an
industrial user.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any National Categorical Pretreatment Standard or National
Prohibitive Discharge Standard or pretreatment requirement whether
now in effect or enacted subsequent hereto, including, without limitation,
all regulations issued by appropriate bodies related to such pretreatment
standard.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A "treatment works" defined by Section 212 of the Act, which
is owned in this instance by the Columbia Municipal Authority. This
definition includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW
treatment plant. For the purposes of this article, "POTW" shall also
include any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW from persons
outside the Borough who are, by contract or agreement with the Borough,
users of the POTW.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the Borough's POTW who has a discharge
flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday; who has a flow
greater than 5% of the flow in the Borough's POTW per average workday;
who has in its wastes toxic pollutants; who is found by the Borough,
the DEP or the EPA to have significant impact, either singly or in
combination with other contributors, on the POTW, the quality of sludge,
the system's effluent quality or air emissions generated by the system;
which is a categorical industry under the regulations promulgated
pursuant to Section 306(b)(1)(H) of the Act and 40 CFR Chapter I,
Subchapter N, as the same may be amended or revised; or who is found
to have violated any standard made applicable by this article by sampling
and monitoring procedures established by the Borough.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, as the same may be revised or amended
from time to time.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter in wastewater that is retained
on a standard laboratory filter after filtration of a well-mixed sample,
expressed in mg/l, as performed in the latest edition of Standard
Methods.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic
in regulations promulgated by the EPA under the provision of Section
307(a) of the Act or other Acts or in any pretreatment standard.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Borough's POTW.
WASTEWATER
The liquid- and water-carried wastes from any structure or
use, including, without limitation, dwellings, commercial buildings,
industrial facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.