Town of Stratford, CT General Provisions

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part 1, 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.

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)

The amount of oxygen required by bacteria while stabilizing decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions for five days. The determination of "BOD" shall be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.

BUILDING DRAIN

That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building plumbing which received 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.

BUILDING SEWER

The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal; it may also be called a "house connection."

CATEGORICAL STANDARDS

National categorical pretreatment standards or pretreatment standards.

CHLORINE DEMAND

The amount of chlorine which must be added to waters or wastes to produce a residual chlorine in such water or wastes.

COMBINED SEWER

A sewer intended to receive both sewage and storm- or surface water.

COMMISSIONER

The Commissioner of Environmental Protection for the State of Connecticut.

COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

Biological oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria; plus any additional pollutants identified in the water pollution control facilities' NPDES permit, where the water pollution control facility is designed to treat such pollutants to the degree required by the NPDES permit.

COMPOSITE SAMPLE

A mixture of aliquot samples obtained at regular intervals over a time period. The volume of each aliquot is proportional to the discharge flow rate for the sampling interval.

COOLING WATER

Process water in general used for cooling purpose to which the only pollutant added is heat and which has such characteristics that it may be discharged to a natural outlet in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations.

DOMESTIC SEWAGE

Sewage that consists of water and human excretions or other waterborne wastes incidental to the occupancy of a residential building or nonresidential building but not wastewater from water softening equipment, commercial laundry wastewater and blowdown from heating and cooling equipment.

FLOATABLE OIL

Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from sewage by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.

GARBAGE

The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or serving of foods.

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 without consideration of time.

HOLDING TANK WASTE

Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septage hauling trucks.

INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT

All pollutants other than compatible pollutants as defined in this section.

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER

All wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business, and is distinct from domestic sewage.

INTERFERENCE

The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the Town's NPDES permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with Section 405 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1345) 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 SWDA, applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.

NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or PRETREATMENT STANDARD

Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.

NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT

A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act.

NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD

Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 403.5.

NATURAL OUTLET

Any discharge point, including but not limited to discharge points such as storm and sanitary sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.

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 as-signs. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.

The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen-ions, in grams, per liter of solution.

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.

POLLUTION

The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.

PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS

Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.

PRETREATMENT or TREATMENT

The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wash water to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a water pollution control facility. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE

The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.

PUBLIC SEWER

A common sanitary sewer controlled by a governmental agency.

SANITARY SEWER

A sewer which collects and conveys domestic sewage from residences, public buildings, commercial establishments, industries and institutions. A "sanitary sewer" may also collect and convey permitted industrial wastewater and unintentionally admitted ground-storm- and surface waters.

SEPTAGE

The liquids and solids which are removed from a tank used to treat domestic sewage.

SEWAGE

Human and animal excretions and all domestic and such manufacturing wastes as may tend to be detrimental to the public health.

SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM

The structures and equipment required to collect and convey sewage to the water pollution control facility.

SEWER

A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.

SLUG

Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation or which adversely affects the sewage collection system and/or the water pollution control facility.

SOLUBLE OIL

Oil which is of either mineral or vegetable origin and disperses in water or sewage at temperatures between 0° and 65° C. For the purposes of this Part 1 emulsified oil shall be considered as "soluble oil."

STATE

The State of Connecticut.

STORM SEWER

A sewer which collects and conveys stormwater or groundwater.

STORMWATER

Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.

SUPERINTENDENT

The Superintendent of Public Works and/or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS

The solid matter, measured in milligrams per liter which may be in suspension, floatable or settleable and is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater.

TOWN

The Town of Stratford.

TOXIC POLLUTANT

Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provision of Section 307(a) of the Act or other acts.

UNPOLLUTED WATER

Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect of water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.

USER

Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of sewage into the Town's sewer system.

WASTEWATER

The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present.

WASTEWATER FACILITIES

The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.

WASTEWATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant" or wastewater treatment work or publicly owned treatment works (POTW).

WATERCOURSE

A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.

"May" is permissive; "shall" is mandatory.