A.
It is the purpose and intent of the Mayor and Council
of the City of Hagerstown, Maryland:
(1)
To establish uniform requirements for contributors
into the wastewater collection and treatment system owned and operated
by the City of Hagerstown and to enable the City to comply with applicable
state and federal laws and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40
CFR Part 403).
(2)
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the
municipality's wastewater system which will:
(3)
To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim
wastewaters and sludges from the system.
(4)
To provide for equitable distribution of the cost
of the municipal wastewater system.
B.
It is the purpose and intent of the Mayor and Council
of the City of Hagerstown to restore, maintain and protect the chemical,
physical and biological integrity of the waters and watercourses of
the City of Hagerstown and to permit the discharge of sanitary sewage
and of industrial wastes into the sanitary sewer system of the City
of Hagerstown, provided that such discharge does not damage the sewer
system or unduly restrict the capacity of the system to receive sanitary
sewage or adversely affect the wastewater treatment process or in
any other way constitute a detriment to the wastewater collection
system, the wastewater treatment plant or the receiving waters. Further,
it is intended that the sanitary sewer services will be under the
direct control of the Water and Sewer Department, such services to
include but not be limited to sewer extensions, installations of service
connections and the operation and maintenance of the complete water
pollution control system in accordance with the standards set forth
herein.
It is declared to be the purpose of this chapter
to specify the following:
A.
Sewage, waters, wastes and wastewaters, including
industrial sewage, waters, wastes and wastewaters which will be accepted
into the sanitary sewer system of the City of Hagerstown.
B.
Types of sewage, waters, wastes and wastewaters which
will be prohibited from discharge into the sanitary sewer system of
the City of Hagerstown.
C.
Conditions, including but not limited to pretreatment,
under which such sewage, waters, wastes and wastewaters will be accepted
in the sanitary sewer system of the City of Hagerstown.
A.
ACT or THE ACT
ALLOCATION
APHA
APPROVING AUTHORITY
ASTM
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
BYPASS
CITY
CITY ENGINEER or ENGINEER
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD)
COLOR OF SEWAGE, WATER, WASTE AND WASTEWATER
COMBINED SEWER
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
CROSS-CONNECTION
CUSTOMER
DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTE
FEDERAL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INTERFERENCE
(1)
(2)
MANAGER
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW SOURCE
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
PASS-THROUGH
PERMIT
PERSON
pH
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
POLLUTED WATERS
PRETREATMENT
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS
PRIVATE DWELLING OR LIVING UNIT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER
PUBLIC STORM DRAIN
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE CONNECTION
SEVERE PROPERTY DAMAGE
SEWAGE
SEWER
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
SLUG
STATE
STORM DRAIN
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COLLECTION SYSTEM
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
WASTEWATER
WATERCOURSE
WATERS
WEF
WPC COLLECTION SYSTEM (DENOTING "WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COLLECTION
SYSTEM")
WPC DEPARTMENT (DENOTING "WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT")
WPC PLANT (DENOTING "WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT")
Terms defined. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
The allowable quantity and concentrations of sewage, water,
waste and wastewater to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system
by any person, firm, corporation or legal entity as determined by
the approving authority or in accordance with applicable federal,
state, county or City statutes, ordinances or regulations, the more
stringent of which shall govern and control.
The American Public Health Association.
The Manager of the Water and Sewer Department or some other
person or agency as may be designated by the Mayor of the City of
Hagerstown, subject to the approval of the Council.
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
A responsible corporate officer such as a president,
secretary, treasurer or vice president of the corporation in charge
of a principal business function or any other person who performs
similar policy- or decision making functions for the corporation or
the manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation
facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual
sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000, if authority to sign
documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance
with corporate procedures.
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial
user is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively.
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated in Subsection A(1) or (2) above if:
The authorization is made in writing by the
individual described in Subsection A(1) or (2);
The authorization specifies either an individual
or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the
facility from which the industrial discharge originates, such as the
position of plant manager, operator of a well or a position of equivalent
responsibility or having overall responsibility for environmental
matters for the company; and
The written authorization is submitted to the
Control Authority.
If authorization under Subsection A(3) is no
longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility,
a new authorization must be submitted to the publicly owned treatment
works (POTW) prior to or together with any reports to be signed by
an authorized representative.
The value expressing the quantity of oxygen required by the
bacteria to stabilize the organic matter in the wastewater in a test
of five consecutive days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per
liter (mg/l), as determined in accordance with the latest issue of
the APHA's Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
or by a method acceptable to the State Department of the Environment
or the State Department of Natural Resources of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from waste pipes inside the walls of
the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 1.5 meters
(five feet) outside the thinner face of the building wall.
The sewer from the building drain to the service connection.
The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion
of an industrial user's treatment facility.
The City of Hagerstown, Maryland.
The duly designated City Engineer of the City of Hagerstown,
Maryland.
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in water or wastewater. It is expressed as
the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific
test, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l), as determined in accordance
with the latest issue of the APHA's Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater or by a method acceptable to the State Department
of the Environment or the State Department of Natural Resources of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The hue, lightness and saturation of the light transmitted
by the waste solution prior to, during and after removing the suspended
material and the pseudocolloidal particles representing apparent color,
as well as the soluble matter representing true color.
A sewer receiving sewage, water, waste and wastewater, to
include stormwater, groundwater and surface water.
Any structure or any portion thereof intended to be used
wholly or in part for the purpose of carrying on a trade, business
or profession or for social, amusement, religious, educational, charitable
or public uses and which contains plumbing for kitchen, toilet, testing
or washing facilities.
The direct arrangement of any piping, line or hose which
allows the potable water supply to be connected to a drain, tank or
sewer which contains a contaminant.
Includes any person, persons, institution, firm, business,
agency or corporation or legal entity of whatsoever nature or kind,
irrespective of gender, who may be an applicant for or a user in any
manner of the sanitary sewer system of the Water and Sewer Department
of the City. The terms "he," "him," "his" and others that may be used
in the plural or singular vernacular shall be construed as falling
within the above, whether used in the singular or plural case and
regardless of gender.
The act of or point at which sewage, water, waste and/or
wastewater are emptied or released into, permitted to flow into or
escape into manholes, sanitary sewers, storm drains or similar appurtenances
or fixtures thereof or into receiving waters by means of various plumbing
fixtures, piping or channels or in any other manner whatsoever, whether
intentional or otherwise.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance containing only human
wastes and/or household wastes discharged, permitted to flow or escaping
from any residential, industrial, manufacturing, commercial, institutional
or business establishment.
Of or relating to the government or any administrative agency
of the United States of America.
Solid wastes from the domestic or commercial preparation,
cooking and/or dispensing of food or from the handling, storage and/or
sale of produce.
Any structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the
manufacturing, fabricating, processing, testing, cleaning, laundering
or assembly of any product, commodity or article.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy discharged, permitted to flow or escaping from any
industrial, manufacturing, commercial, institutional or business establishment
or process or from the development, recovery or processing of any
natural resource, which substance, during manufacturing or processing,
comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use
of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product
or waste product or which substance possesses any characteristic of
other than a domestic waste nature.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both:
Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment
processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal;
and
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions
and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state
or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred
to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including
state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA); the Clean Air Act; the Toxic
Substances Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries
Act.
The duly appointed Manager of the Water and Sewer Department
of the City of Hagerstown, Maryland, who shall be responsible for
all aspects of the Water and Sewer Department.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any building, structure, facility or installation
from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction
of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment
standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable
to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance
with that section, provided that:
The building, structure, facility or installation
is constructed at a site at which no other source is located;
The building, structure, facility or installation
totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the
discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
The production or wastewater generating processes
of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially
independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining
whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent
to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and
the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general
type of activity as the existing source should be considered.
Construction on a site at which an existing
source is located results in a modification rather than a new source
if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility
or installation meeting the criteria of Subsection A(1)(b) or (c)
of this section but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing
process or production equipment.
Construction of a new source, as defined under
this subsection, has commenced if the owner operator has:
Begun or caused to begin as part of a continuous
on-site construction program any placement, assembly or installation
of facilities or equipment or significant site preparation work, including
clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings, structures
or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly or installation
of new source facilities or equipment; or
Entered into a binding contractual obligation
for the purchase of facilities or equipment which is intended to be
used in its operation with a reasonable time. Options to purchase
or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial
loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering and design studies
do not constitute a contractual obligation under this subsection.
A discharge which exists the POTW into waters of the United
States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction
with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a
violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A sanitary sewer connection permit or an industrial waste
discharge permit or an allocation increase permit.
Any individual, firm, public corporation, private corporation,
municipal corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, association,
society, state of the United States of America, political subdivision
or agency of a state, interstate body or any other legal entity of
whatsoever nature or kind.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The duly designated Plumbing Inspector of the City of Hagerstown,
Maryland.
Waters which have been contaminated by the addition of wastewater
or other harmful or objectionable materials or by any man-made or
man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and/or
radiological integrity of water.
Any process whereby undesirable constituents in the sewage,
water, waste and wastewater, including but not limited to soluble
organics, toxic materials, heavy metal ions, color and turbidity,
nutrients, refractory materials, oils, grease and immiscible liquids,
acids and alkalis, organic and inorganic solids, excessive temperatures,
pathogenic wastes and radioactive isotopes, are reduced to levels
deemed acceptable by the Water and Sewer Department before these wastewaters
are admitted to the water pollution control system.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Section
307(b) and (c) of the Act which applies to a specific category of
industrial users.
A structure or dwelling intended to be used as a single-family
residence or an apartment intended to be used as a single-family residence
or any other single-family living unit.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and/or 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 the public sanitary sewers, with no particle greater than 1.27
centimeters (1/2 inch) in any dimension.
A sanitary sewer owned by the City or other government agency
and an integral part of the City's water pollution control system.
A storm drain owned by the City and an integral part of the
City's drainage system.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
That portion of the sanitary sewer between the sewer main
and the curbline, existing or proposed, to which the building sewer
is connected.
Substantial physical damage to property, damage to the treatment
facilities which causes them to become inoperable or substantial and
permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected
to occur in the absence of a bypass. "Severe property damage" does
not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.
Any combination of the water-carried domestic and/or industrial
wastes from various customers, including residences, business buildings,
institutions or industrial establishments, together with such groundwater,
surface water and stormwater as may be present.
A pipe or conduit which carries sewage, water, waste and
wastewater.
Any industrial user who:
Is subject to National Categorical Standards;
Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per
day or more of process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
Contributes a process waste stream that makes
up 5% or more of the hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW; or
Is found by the City, state or EPA to have significant
impact either singly or in combination with other contributing industries
to the POTW, the quality of the sludge, the POTW's effluent quality
or air emissions generated by the system.
Upon a finding that an industrial user meeting
the above criteria of this definition has no reasonable potential
for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any
pretreatment standard or requirement, the City may at any time, on
its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial
user, and in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such
industrial user is not a "significant industrial user."
Any discharge of significant quantities of water, sewage,
industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or
quantity of flow could cause interference of the treatment works,
pass-through the POTW treatment plant, endanger sewer worker safety,
contaminate the sludge or cause a violation of any permit issued to
the POTW.
The State of Maryland or any of its various departments or
administrative agencies.
A pipe or conduit which carries storm- and surface waters
and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than
unpolluted cooling water.
The duly appointed Superintendent of the water pollution
control collection system of the City of Hagerstown, Maryland, who
shall be directly responsible to the approving authority for all aspects
of the water pollution control collection system.
The duly appointed Superintendent of the water pollution
control plant of the City of Hagerstown, Maryland, who shall be directly
responsible to the approving authority for all aspects of the water
pollution control plant.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Any combination of the water-carried domestic and/or industrial
wastes from various customers, including residences, business buildings,
institutions or industrial establishments, together with such groundwater,
surface water and stormwater as may be present.
A channel or conduit in which a flow of water occurs either
continuously or intermittently, whether natural or constructed, coated
or caused by any person as defined herein.
Odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxides
of hydrogen H2O, to include both surface waters
which flow on top of the ground and groundwaters which penetrate into
the soil.
The Water Environment Federation.
All facilities and processes for collecting and transporting
sewage, including but not limited to collectors, interceptors, force
mains, manholes and pump stations, and also including all materials,
equipment and vehicles for its proper operation and maintenance.
The City of Hagerstown, Maryland, the Water and Sewer Department
of the City of Hagerstown, Maryland, or a combination of one or more
thereof, together with their officers, agents and employees.
Any arrangement of structures, devices, equipment, chemicals
and processes used for treating and disposing of sewage.
B.
Word usage. The term "shall" is mandatory; "may" is
permissive.
