Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of specific terms in this Part
1 of this chapter shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º C., expressed
in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility to the
public wastewater facility.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or surface
water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment not within
the definition of an "industrial user (Class III)" and which is connected
to the wastewater facilities.
COUNCIL
The governing body of the Town of Millsboro, Delaware.
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.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the domestic
or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation, cooking and serving
of foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER (CLASS III)
Any nonresidential user identified in Division A, B, D, E or I of
the Standard Industrial Classification Manual. Class III shall also include
any user which discharges wastewater containing toxic or poisonous substances
or any substance(s) which cause(s) interference in the wastewater facilities.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic
or sanitary waste.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater treatment
process, sludge disposal system or their operation, which substantially contributes
to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTION INDUSTRY
As defined in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 35,
Subpart E, § 35.905 (Federal Register of September 27, 1978, page
44051) shall mean
(1)
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of a publicly owned treatment
works which discharges more than the equivalent of 25,000 gallons per day
(gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and
supplemented under one of the following divisions:
(a)
Division A. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
(c)
Division D. Manufacturing.
(d)
Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary
Services.
(2)
Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned treatment works which contains
toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge
of any municipal systems, or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment
process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public
nuisance or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving
any discharge from the treatment works.
MANAGER
The person designated by the Town Council or an authorized designee.
MAYOR
The Mayor of the Town of Millsboro, Delaware.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other body
of surface or ground water.
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, administered
by the State of Delaware.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private property
with wastewater facilities which discharge or will discharge to the town's
wastewater facilities.
PERMITTEE
Any person who has been issued a permit for discharge of industrial
waste by the town.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration,
expressed in grams per liter of solution, as determined by Standard Methods.
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 town's wastewater facilities.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which
applies to industrial users.
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.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Water
Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE
The State of Delaware.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying storm- , surface and other waters, which is
not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds the rate
at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of,
or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, as determined by Standard Methods.
TOWN
The Town of Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware.
TOXICS
Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant
to § 307(a)(1) of the Act.
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 SEWER
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to
collect and transport wastewaters to the treatment facility.
WPCF
The Water Pollution Control Federation.