All users of the Village of Rouses Point POTW will comply with all standards and requirements of the Act and standards and requirements promulgated pursuant to the Act, including but not limited to 40 CFR Parts 406 through 471.
A. 
No user shall contribute or cause to be contributed, in any manner or fashion, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW. These general prohibitions apply to all such users of a POTW whether or not the user is subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.
B. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a user may not contribute the following substances to the POTW:
(1) 
Any solids, liquids, or gases which, by reason of their nature or quantity, are or may be sufficient, either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause a fire or an explosion or be injurious in any way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time shall both of two successive readings on a flame-type explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any other point in the system), be more than 25% nor any single reading be more than 40% of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substance which the Village of Rouses Point, the state, or the EPA has determined to be a fire hazard or hazard to the POTW.
(2) 
Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a sewer or otherwise interfere with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities. Unless explicitly allowable by a written permit, such substances include, but are not limited to, grease, garbage with particles greater than one-half-inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass or stone grinding or polishing wastes.
(3) 
Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or greater than 10.0, unless otherwise permitted by the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator.
(4) 
Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants (including heat), to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW or to exceed the limitation set forth in a categorical pretreatment standard. A toxic pollutant shall include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(A) of the Act.
(5) 
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids, or gases which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for their maintenance or repair.
(6) 
Oils and grease. Any commercial, institutional, or industrial wastes containing fats, waxes, grease, or oils that become visible solids when the wastes are cooled to 10º C. (50º F.); any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin, in excess of 100 mg/l or in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(7) 
Any wastewater which will cause interference or pass-through.
(8) 
Any wastewater with objectionable color which is not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes, and vegetable tanning solutions.
(9) 
Any solid, liquid, vapors, or gases having a temperature higher than 65º C. (150º F.); however, such materials shall not cause the POTW treatment plant influent temperature to be greater than 40º C. (104º F.). The DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator reserves the right, in certain instances, to prohibit or limit the discharge of wastes whose maximum temperatures are lower than 65º C.
(10) 
Unusual flow rate or concentration of wastes, constituting slugs, except by industrial wastewater permit.
(11) 
Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes except as approved by the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator and in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
(12) 
Any wastewater which causes a hazard to human life or which creates a public nuisance, either by itself or in combination, in any way, with other wastes.
(13) 
Any wastewater with a closed cup flashpoint of less than 140º F. or 60º C. using the test methods specified in 40 CFR Part 261.21.
(14) 
Any pollutants which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors or fumes within the POTW in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems.
A. 
At no time shall the influent to the POTW contain quantities in excess of those specified below:
Substance
Allowable Influent Loading Average Daily
(pounds per day)
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
2
1,2 Dichloroethane
1
Butanone
58
Methyl[-2-pentanone(MIBK)]
54
Acetone
130
Acetonitrile
56
Ammonia
278
Amyl alcohol
112
Arsenic
0.1
BOD5
2,100
Benzene
12
COD
4,000
Cadmium
0.1
Chlorobenzene
4
Chloroform
3
Chromium (T)
2
Copper (T)
6
Cyanide (T)
5
Diethyl amine
54
Dimethyl Sulfoxide
54
Ethanol
672
Ethyl Acetate
270
Isobutyraldehyde
54
Isopropanol
64
Isopropyl acetate
98
Isopropyl ether
78
Lead
0.5
Mercury
0.02
Methanol
296
Methyl Cellosolve
116
Methyl formate
108
Methylene Chloride
30
Molybdenum
0.11
Nickel
6
Phenol (T)
3
TSS
1,750
Tetrachloroethylene
7
Tetrahydrofuran
28
Toluene
10
Triethyl Amine
54
Xylene
10
Zinc
6
N-Amyl acetate
76
N-Butyl acetate
54
N-Heptane
54
N-Hexane
75
O-Dichlorobenzene
4
B. 
Determination of portion of total allowable influent loading.
(1) 
To assure that none of the above-noted limitations are violated, the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator shall issue permits to significant industrial users limiting the discharge of the substances noted above. Each permit shall restrict the discharge from each significant industrial user to a portion of the total allowable influent loading. In determining what portion of the total of each substance that each significant industrial user shall be allowed to discharge the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator shall consider:
(a) 
The quantities of each substance that are uncontrollable because they occur naturally in wastewater.
(b) 
The quantities of each substance that are anthropogenic but are nonetheless uncontrollable.
(c) 
Historical discharge trends.
(d) 
Past pollution control efforts of each significant industrial user as compared to other significant industrial dischargers of the same substance.
(e) 
Potential for growth in the POTW service area.
(f) 
Potential for more restrictive regulatory requirements to be placed on the POTW discharge or sludge disposal or sludge reuse method.
(g) 
Treatability of the substance.
(2) 
The DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator shall apply a minimum fifteen-percent safety factor to be protective of the POTW.
C. 
Permits issued in accordance with this section may allow for discharges in excess of limitations set forth under § 94-71.
A. 
Limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge contained in this chapter may be supplemented with more stringent limitations when, in the opinion of the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator:
(1) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to protect the POTW;
(2) 
The limitations in this chapter are not sufficient to enable the POTW treatment plant to comply with applicable water quality standards or the effluent limitations specified in the POTW's SPDES permit;
(3) 
The POTW sludge will be rendered unacceptable for disposal or reuse as the Village of Rouses Point desires as a result of discharge of wastewater at the above prescribed concentration limitations;
(4) 
Municipal employees or the public will be endangered; or
(5) 
Air pollution and/or groundwater pollution will be caused.
B. 
The limitations on wastewater strength or mass discharge shall be recalculated not less frequently than once every five years. The results of these calculations shall be reported to the Village of Rouses Point Board of Trustees. This chapter shall then be amended appropriately. Any issued industrial wastewater discharge permits which have limitations, based directly on any limitations, which were changed shall be revised and amended, as appropriate.
The DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator shall have the authority to copy any record related to wastewater discharges to the POTW.
A. 
Except where expressly authorized to do so by any applicable pretreatment standard, no user shall ever increase the use of process water or in any other way attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with a pretreatment standard.
B. 
Dilution flow shall be considered to be inflow.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator, they are necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing excessive amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand, or other harmful substances; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or living units. All interceptors shall be of type and capacity approved by the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator and shall be so located as to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed, by the owner, at his expense.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Rouses Point may reject a user's wastewater, on recommendation of the DPW Superintendent and/or WWTP Chief Operator, when it has been determined that the wastewater contains substances or possesses characteristics which have a deleterious effect on the POTW and its processes, or on the receiving water, or which constitute a public nuisance or hazard. See § 94-99.