Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise,
the meaning of specific terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
The Executive Director or Director of the Department of Environmental
Quality.
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
A principal executive officer of at least the
level of vice president, if the industrial user is a corporation;
or
A general partner or proprietor if the industrial
user is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively; or
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated in Subsection A or B above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge to the POTW originates. The authorization must be submitted to the manager prior to or together with any reports to be signed by the authorized representative.
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility
to the treatment works.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(a) and 307(c) of the Act,
which apply to specific categories of industrial users which appear
in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
A person or persons, firm, company, industry or other similar
sources of wastewater who introduce such into the POTW.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Any industrial establishment, mill, factory, tannery, paper
or pulp mill, mine, coal mine, colliery, breaker or coal processing
operations, quarry, oil refinery, boat, vessel, and each and every
other industry or plant or works the operation of which produces industrial
wastes or other wastes or which may otherwise alter the physical,
chemical or biological properties of any state waters.
Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of
which commenced prior to the publication of proposed categorical pretreatment
standards which will be applicable to such source if the standard
is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking, and serving of foods.
Any water beneath the land surface in the zone of saturation.
The introduction of (nondomestic) pollutants into the POTW
from any nondomestic source regulated under Section 307(b)(c) or (d)
of the Act.
A source of indirect discharge, or a nondomestic discharge
to a treatment works.
Liquid or other wastes resulting from any process of industry,
manufacture, trade or business, or from the development of any natural
resources.
An inhibition or disruption of the POTW, its treatment processes
or operations, or its sludge processes, which clearly causes, in whole
or in part, a violation of any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permit,
including those discharges that prevent the use or disposal of sludge
by the POTW in accordance with any federal or state laws, regulations,
permits or sludge management plans.
The manager of the Town wastewater system(s) or an authorized
designee.
Is permissible; "shall" is mandatory.
A city, county, town, district, association, authority or
other public body created under the law and having jurisdiction over
disposal of sewage, industrial, or other wastes.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any
other body of surface or groundwater.
Shall have the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR Part 403.3(k)
(1990).
The commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, including,
but not limited to, sanitation district commissions and authorities,
and public or private institutions, corporations, associations, firms
or companies organized or existing under the laws of this or any other
state or country, or any person or group of persons acting individually
or as a group.
The discharge of pollutants through a POTW into state waters
in quantities or concentrations which are a cause in whole or in part
of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's VPDES permit, including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency or
group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical waste,
chemical waste, industrial waste, biological materials, radioactive
material, heat wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar
dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial waste, and certain characteristics
of the wastewater (i.e., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD,
COD, toxicity, odor).
Any sewage treatment works that is owned by a state or municipality.
Sewers, pipes, or other conveyances are included in this definition
only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
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 of Stanley treatment
works.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment
imposed on an industrial user, other than a pretreatment standard.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which
applies to industrial users.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in the treatment works, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in
any dimension.
All premises used only for human residency and which are
connected to the treatment works.
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
Shall be defined as follows:
Has a process wastewater (excludes sanitary,
non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater) flow of 25,000
gallons or more per average work day;
Contributes a process waste stream which makes
up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW;
Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
or
Has significant impact, either singularly or
in combination with other significant dischargers, on the treatment
works or the quality of its effluent.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standard in Article V of this chapter or any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge.
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.
The Commonwealth of Virginia.
A sewer for conveying storm, surface, and other waters, which
is not intended to be transported to a treatment works.
All waters which are currently used, were used
in the past, or may be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign
commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb and flow
of the tide;
All interstate waters, including interstate
wetlands;
All other waters, such as inter-/intrastate
lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats,
sandflats, "wetlands," sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa
lakes, or natural ponds, the use, degradation, or destruction of which
would affect or could affect interstate or foreign commerce, including
any such waters:
Which are or could be used by interstate or
foreign travelers for recreational or other purposes;
From which fish or shellfish are or could be
taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce; or
Which are used or could be used for industrial
purposes by industries in interstate commerce.
All impoundments of waters otherwise defined
as surface waters under this definition;
The territorial sea; and
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater as determined by Standard
Methods.
Only those mechanical power-driven devices necessary for
the transmission and treatment of pollutants (e.g., pump stations,
unit treatment processes).
Any devices and systems used for the storage, treatment,
recycling and/or reclamation of sewage or liquid industrial waste,
or other waste necessary to recycle or reuse water, including intercepting
sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems,
pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances, extensions,
improvements, remodeling, additions, or alterations, and any works,
including land that will be an integral part of the treatment process
or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment,
or any other method or system used for preventing, abating, reducing,
storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste or
industrial waste, including waste in combined sewer water and sanitary
sewer systems.
Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant
to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
A source of wastewater discharge into a POTW.
A document issued by the POTW to the user that permits the
connection and/or introduction of wastes into the treatment works
under the provisions of this chapter.
The Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit
program, as administered by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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.
The Water Pollution Control Federation.
Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms in this chapter and not defined in § 157-8 above shall be as defined in the Glossary: Water and Wastewater Control Engineering prepared by Joint Editorial Board of the American Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation, Copyright 1969.
