Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ACT or THE ACTThe Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the "Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITYThe director of the department of the township designated by the township to administer this chapter or his/her authorized representatives.
APPROVED TEST PROCEDUREAll analysis shall be performed in accordance with the analytical test procedures approved under 40 CFR Part 136. Analysis for those pollutants not covered therein shall be performed in accordance with procedures approved by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USERAn authorized representative of and industrial user who may be:
(1) A principal executive of at least the level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation.
(2) A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively.
(3) A duly authorized representative of the individual designated under A or B, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the regulated facility (such as a position of plant manager, superintendent, or person of equivalent responsibility).
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter for five days at 20° C expressed in terms of concentration i.e., milligrams per liter (mg/1) in accordance with standard test methods.
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USERAn industrial user subject to categorical standards in accordance with the EPA General Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR Part 403).
CATEGORICAL STANDARDSPretreatment standards as codified in 40 CFR, Chapter
1, Subchapter N, specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged or introduced to a POTW by existing or new industrial users in specific industrial subcategories.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in water or wastewater expressed as the amount consumed from a chemical oxidant in accordance with an approved test procedure.
COMMISSIONERThe Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) or his/her authorized representative.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTBiochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, fecal coliform bacteria, and such additional pollutants as are (or may in the future be) specified and controlled in the township's NJPDES permit, where the POTW is designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by the NJPDES permit.
COMPOSITE SAMPLEA sample consisting of several aliquots collected during a specified time period and combined to make as representative sample.
CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT USERAny participant that conducts a dry operational process, thereby discharging only domestic wastewater into the sewer system, however, by means of in-house procedures has the potential to discharge wastewater material of a quantity which would impact on the treatment works.
CONSISTENT REMOVALA reduction in the amount of a pollutant or alteration of the nature of the pollutant by the wastewater treatment system to a less toxic or to a harmless state, as measured according to the procedures set forth in 40 CFR 403.7 of the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
COOLING WATERAny water used for the purpose of carrying away excess heat and which may contain biocides used to control biological growth or other additives to protect the system against corrosion or scaling.
DISCHARGEThe releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping of a waste material into the waters of the state or onto the land or into wells which might flow or drain into said waters, and shall include the release of any pollutant or waste stream into a municipal treatment works.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATERThe liquid-borne waste discharged from residential units, normally resulting from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling of food and wastes from sanitary conveniences.
EMERGENCYA situation which, in the opinion of the approval authority or his/her authorized representative, may cause interference and/or pass-through, damage to the POTW or present a health hazard to personnel, the general public, or the environment.
EPAThe United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXEMPT FACILITYAny participant that conducts a dry operational process and has no potential to discharge nondomestic wastewater.
GARBAGESolid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, dispensing, handling, storage and/or sale of food.
GRAB SAMPLEA sample taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis without regard to flow or time.
HOLDING TANK WASTEAny waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets, camper, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMITA permit duly issued by the approval authority, or participant if the program is delegated, pursuant to §
220-17, to any industrial user in accordance with this chapter. Such permit may establish discharge limitations, monitoring and reporting obligations, and other requirements that are more or less stringent than this chapter.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTEWATERThe liquid waste or liquid-borne waste resulting from the processes employed by any person identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following divisions:
(1) Division A: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing.
(3) Division D: Manufacturing.
(4) Division E: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.
INDUSTRIAL USERAny person who discharges nondomestic wastewater into the treatment works.
INTERFERENCE(1) Inhibiting or disrupting the operation of a POTW or its treatment process so as to contribute to, cause, or increase a violation of any condition of a state or federal permit under which the POTW operates; or
(2) Discharging industrial process wastewater which, in combination with existing domestic flows, are of such volume or strength as to exceed either the industrial user's permit conditions, the concentration set forth in Table I, the requirements approved by the approval authority, or the sewer use Ordinance of the participant where the discharge is located, or any combination of the foregoing; or
(3) Preventing the approved use or disposal of sludge produced by the POTW in accordance with Section 405 of the Act, and regulations, criteria or guidelines developed pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 3251 et seq.), the Federal Clean Air Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), Sections 2, 4 and 6 of the state act, and, to the extent practicable, the New Jersey Guidelines for the Utilization and Disposal of Municipal and Industrial Sludges and Septage.
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USERAny industrial user discharging process wastewater where either:
(1) The discharge is subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
(2) Any other industrial user that discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewaters) to the POTW or that contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
(3) This is designated as such by the approval authority on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTWs operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NJPDES)The New Jersey system for the issuing, modifying, suspending, revoking, reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing discharge permits pursuant to the state act. The term also includes discharge permits (NJPDES) issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
NJDEPThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NONDOMESTICWastewater of a quantity or quality which would have an impact on the treatment works.
PARTICIPANTAll the municipalities, local sewerage authorities, companies or customers that sign a service agreement that provides for the treatment of sewerage by the township's treatment works.
PERMITTED INDUSTRIAL USERAny participant who discharges nondomestic wastewater into the sewer system which is regulated by means of an industrial pretreatment permit.
PERSONAny individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation, association, group or society, including the State of New Jersey and agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created by or pursuant to state law and federal agencies, departments or instrumentalities therefor.
pHThe logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in moles per liter of solution. Solutions with a pH greater than seven are said to be basic; solutions with a pH less than seven are said to be acidic; pH equal to seven is considered neutral. Analysis shall be performed in accordance with an approved test procedure.
POLLUTANTAny dredged spoil, solid waste, holding tank waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive substance, thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste or other substance discharged directly or indirectly into the waters of the state, the introduction of which renders these waters detrimental or immediately or potentially dangerous to the public health or unfit for public or commercial use.
PRETREATMENTThe application of physical, chemical and/or biological processes, except by dilution, to reduce the amount of pollutants in, or alter the nature of the polluting properties of, wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater into the treatment works.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDSAll applicable federal or state rules and regulations implementing Section 307 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) or N.J.S.A. 58:11-49 as well as nonconflicting state or local standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations, the more stringent shall apply.
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORThe Regional Administrator for Region II of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his/her authorized representative.
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION(1) Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined as those in which 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
(2) Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined as those in which 33% or more of all the measurements for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period equal or exceed the product of the daily average maximum limit or the average limit times 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 effluent (daily maximum or longer-term average) that the approval authority determines has caused, along 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 POTWs exercise of authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
(5) Failure to meet, within 90 days after the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in the permit 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, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7) Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
(8) Any other violation or group of violations which the approval authority determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 (as revised), issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
STATEThe State of New Jersey.
STATE ACTThe New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.
STORMWATERAny flow occurring during or immediately following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSThe total nonfilterable residue as defined in Manual of Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes and analyzed in accordance with an approved test procedure.
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICSThe following compounds which encompass EPA Method No. 613, 6224 (Parts 601-602), and 625 (Parts 604-12):
Parameter | EPA Method No. |
|---|
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzeno-p-dioxin | 613 |
Purgeables | 624 |
Purgeable Halocarbons | Part 601 |
Includes: | Bromoform | |
| Bromodichloramethane | |
| Bromomethane | |
| Carbon tetrachloride | |
| Chlorobenzene | |
| Chloroethane | |
| 2-Chloroethylvinly ether | |
| Chloroform | |
| Chloromethane | |
| Dibromochloromethane | |
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzenel, 4-Dichlorobenzene | |
| Dichlorodifluoromethane | |
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | |
| 1,1-Dichloroethene | |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethene | |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | |
| cis-1,3-Dichloropropene | |
| trans-1,2-Dichloropropene | |
| Methylene chloride | |
| 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane | |
| Tetrachloroethene | |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | |
| Trichloroethene | |
| Trichlorofluoromethane | |
| Vinyl chloride | |
Purgeable Aromatics | Part 602 |
Includes: | Benzene | |
| Chlorobenzene | |
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | |
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | |
| Ethylbenzene | |
| Toluene | |
Base/Neutral, Acids and Pesticides | 625 |
Phenols | | |
Includes: | 4-Chloro-3-methylphenol | Part 604 |
| 2-Chloropheno | |
| 2-4-Dichlorophenol | |
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | |
| 2-Nitrophenol | |
| 4-Nitrophenol | |
| Pentachlorophenol | |
| Penol | |
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | |
Benzidines | Part 605 |
Includes: | Benzidene | |
| 3,3-Dichlorobenzidene | |
Phthalate Esters | Part 606 |
Includes: | Benzyl Butyl Phthalate | |
| Bid (2-ethylexyl) phthalate | |
| Di-n-butyl Phthalate | |
| Di-n-octyl phthalate | |
| Diethyl phthalate | |
| Dimethyl phthalate | |
Nitrosamines | Part 607 |
Includes | N-nitrosodimethylamine | |
| N-nitrosociphenylamine | |
| N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine | |
Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs | Part 608 |
Includes: | Aldrin | |
| a-BHC | |
| b-BHC | |
| d-BHC | |
| g-BHC | |
| Chlordane | |
| 4,4-DDD | |
| 4,4-DDE | |
| 4,4-DDT | |
| Dieldrin | |
| Endosultan I | |
| Endosultan II | |
| Endosultan Sulfate | |
| Endrin | |
| Endrin Aldehyde | |
| Heptachlor | |
| Heptachlor Epoxide | |
| Toxaphene | |
| PCB-1016 | |
| PCB-1221 | |
| PCB-1232 | |
| PCB-1242 | |
| PCB-1248 | |
| PCB-1254 | |
| PCB-1260 | |
Nitroaromatic and Isphorone | Part 609 |
Includes: | Isophorone | |
| Notrobenzene | |
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | |
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | |
Polynuclean Aromatic Hydrocarbons | Part 610 |
Includes: | Acenapthene | |
| Acenaphythlene | |
| Anthracene | |
| Benzo(a)anthracene | |
| Benzo(b)pyrene | |
| Benzo(b)thuoranthene | |
| Benzo(g)perylene | |
| Benzo(k)fluoranthene | |
| Chrysene | |
| Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | |
| Fluoranthene | |
| Fluorene | |
| Indeno (1,2,3,-cd)pyrrene | |
| Naphthalene | |
| Phenanthrene | |
| Pyrene | |
Haloethers | Part 611 |
Includes | Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether | |
| Bis(2-chloroethoxy) methane | |
| Bis(2-chloroisopropyl) ether | |
| 4-Bromophenyl Phenyl ether | |
| 4-Chlorophenyl Phenyl ether | |
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons | Part 612 |
Includes | Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | |
| Hexachlorobenzine | |
| Hexachlorobutadiene | |
| Hexachloroethane | |
| 1m2-Dichlorobenzene | |
| 1,2,4-Diochlorobenzene | |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzend | |
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | |
| 2-chloronaphthalene | |
TOWNSHIPThe Township of Pohatcong, Warren County, New Jersey.
TOXIC POLLUTANTThose pollutants, or combinations of pollutants, including disease-causing agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, may, on the basis of information available to the Commissioner, cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutants, physiological malfunctions, including malfunctions in reproduction, or physical deformation, in such organisms or their offspring. Toxic pollutants shall include but not be limited to those pollutants designated under Section 307 of the federal act or Section 4 of the state act.
TREATMENT WORKSAny device or system, whether public or private, used in collection, transportation, storage, treatment, recycling, or reclamation of municipal or industrial waste of a liquid nature, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, cooling towers and ponds, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alteration thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply, such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; any other works including sites for the treatment process or ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment.
WASTEWATERThe liquid and water-carried wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the treatment works of the township or any participant.