For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions and abbreviations shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
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.).
APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The Regional Administrator of EPA, Region III.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER.
(1) If the user is a corporation, the AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall be:
(a) The president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer 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
(b) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility, including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions take to gather complete and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, an AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall mean a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
(3) If the user is a federal, state or local government facility, the AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE shall mean a ranking elected official or principal executive official having responsibility for the overall operation and performance of the activities of the principal geographic unit of the government agency.
(4) The individuals described in divisions (1) through (3) above may designate another authorized representative if:
(a) The authorization is made in writing by the individual described above;
(b) The authorization specifies either an individual or a position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the indirect discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and
(c) The written authorization is submitted to the township.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in § 55.02(A). BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions, five days at 20°C, usually expressed as a concentration, milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BMP. Best management practices.
BMR. Baseline monitoring report.
BOD. Biochemical oxygen demand.
CAA. Clear Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.
C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations.
COD. Chemical oxygen demand.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use in the operation of a business enterprise for the sale and distribution of any product, commodity, article or service.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE. The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either time or flow.
CONTROL AUTHORITY. The Township of Antis.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use, such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT. The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where the DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT is expressed in concentration, the daily maximum is the arithmetic average of all measurements taken that day. Where the DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT is expressed in mass, the daily maximum is the total mass discharged over the course of a calendar day.
DEP. Department of Environmental Protection.
DIRECT DISCHARGE. The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Human excrement and gray water (showers, dishwashers, washing machines and the like) from residential households, institutions, commercial and industrial establishments, but excluding industrial wastes.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. Each room, group of rooms, building, house trailer or mobile home connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes, including both public and private schools.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
EPA. (Pennsylvania) Environmental Protection Agency (United States).
EXISTING SOURCE. Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication of proposed federal categorical pretreatment standards which will be applicable to such source if the federal categorical pretreatment standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with § 307(c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317).
FATS, OILS AND GREASES (FOG). Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules, such as rendered animal fat, vegetable shortening and other such oily material used for the purposes of and resulting from cooking and/or preparing food, and is distinct from petroleum or mineral oils.
FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD. Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which applies to a specific category of industrial users and which appears in 40 C.F.R. Chapter I, Subchapter N, §§ 405 through 471.
FOG. Fats, oils and greases.
FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT. Any food service facility that prepares or packages food or beverages for sale or consumption, onsite or offsite, with the exception of private residences. FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS shall include, but are not limited to: food courts, food manufacturers, food packagers, restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, lounges, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, churches and schools.
GPD. Gallons per day.
GRAB SAMPLE. A sample which is taken from a wastestream on a one-time basis, with no regard to the flow in the wastestream and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR. A device located underground and outside of a food service establishment designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from the wastestream while allowing the wastewater to discharge to the sewer system by gravity.
GREASE TRAP. A device located inside a food service establishment or under a sink designed to collect, contain or remove food wastes and grease from the wastestream while allowing the wastewater to discharge to the sewer system by gravity.
HOLDING TANK WASTE. Any waste from holding tanks, such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE. The discharge or the introduction of pollutants from any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) into the POTW, including holding tank waste discharged into the POTW.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system and used or intended for use, in whole or in part, in the operation of a business enterprise for manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any product, commodity or article, or from which any industrial wastewater, as distinct from domestic wastewater, shall be discharged.
INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. A program administered by the township pursuant to this chapter controlling the discharge of industrial waste to the township POTW. This includes, but is not limited to, provisions included in the local pretreatment program in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403 and which have been approved by EPA in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.11.
INDUSTRIAL USER. A source of indirect discharge.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. Any liquid, gaseous or waterborne waste discharged into the sewer system from commercial or industrial establishments, as distinct from domestic wastewater.
INSTANTANEOUS LIMIT. The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly, to the sewer system, including institutional dormitories and educational establishments, which do not constitute a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, causes the inhibition or disruption of 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 or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with any of the following statutory/regulatory provisions or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state and local regulations): § 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act (CAA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act; and any state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV (Subtitle D) of the SWDA applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW.
l. Liter.
LEL. Lower explosive limit.
LOCAL LIMIT. Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the township upon commercial, industrial or institutional facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 C.F.R. § 403.5(a)(1) and (b) and § 55.02(A).
MEDICAL WASTE. Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood byproducts, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, etiologic agents, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
mg. Milligrams.
mg/l. Milligrams per liter.
MGD. Million gallons per day.
MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT. The highest allowable average of daily measurements over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month.
MSDS. Material safety data sheet.
NAICS. North American Industry Classification System.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. A permit issued to control the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable waters, the contiguous zone and the oceans pursuant to § 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342).
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD. Any regulation developed under the authority of § 307(b) of the Act and set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 403.5.
NEW SOURCE.
(1) 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 federal categorical pretreatment standards under § 307(c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) which apply to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section provided that:
(a) The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site which no other source is located;
(b) The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source; or
(c) 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.
(2) 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 divisions (1)(b) or (1)(c) above, but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(3) Construction of a NEW SOURCE as defined under this definition has commenced as if the owner or operator has:
(a) Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
1. Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment; or
2. 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.
(b) Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment, which are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time from the date on which the contract was entered. 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 division (3)(b).
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER. Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product or finished product.
NON-SIGNIFICANT CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (NSCIU). An industrial user subject to federal categorical pretreatment standards that is deemed not a significant industrial user, as defined herein, based on a finding that the IU never discharges more than 100 gallons per day (GPD) of total categorical wastewater (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater, unless specifically included in the pretreatment standard) and the following conditions are met:
(1) The industrial user, prior to the township’s finding, has consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards and requirements;
(2) The industrial user annually submits the certification statement required in § 55.03(E)(3) and under 40 C.F.R. § 403.12(q), together with any additional information necessary to support the certification statement; and
(3) The industrial user never discharges any untreated concentrated wastewater.
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS). A classification system pursuant to the North American Industry Classification System, United States, 2002 Manual, as amended, Office of Management and Budget.
NOV. Notice of violation.
NPDES. National pollutant discharge elimination system.
NSCIU. Non-significant categorical industrial user.
O&M. Operation and maintenance.
PASS THROUGH. A discharge which exits 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.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all federal, state and local governmental entities.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in standard units and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), color, odor, pH, temperature, total suspended solids (TSS), toxicity or turbidity).
POLLUTION. The human-made or human-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
POTW. Publicly owned treatment works.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT. The portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater.
PRETREATMENT. The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to, or in lieu of, discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes; by process changes; or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(d), which prohibits dilution as a substitute for treatment.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on an industrial user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. Prohibited discharge standards, federal categorical pretreatment standards and local limits.
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS or PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 55.02.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the township. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of domestic or industrial wastewater and any conveyances which convey wastewater to a POTW. The term also means the municipality as defined in § 502(4) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1362(4)) which has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works.
RCRA. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.
SEWER DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT. The person designated by the township to supervise the operation of the POTW and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this chapter, or his or her duly authorized representative.
SEWER SYSTEM. All facilities and property owned and operated by the township, including, but not limited to, facilities for collecting, pumping and conveying domestic and industrial wastewater.
SHALL. Mandatory; MAY means permissive.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU).
(1) Except as provided in the definition of “pass through”, any nonresidential user of the POTW who:
(a) Discharges industrial wastewater subject to federal categorical pretreatment standards (also known as a categorical SIU);
(b) Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of industrial wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling water and boiler blowdown wastewater);
(c) Discharges industrial wastewater which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or
(d) Is designated as significant by the township on the basis that the user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW’s operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
(2) Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in divisions (1)(b) through (1)(d) above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW’s operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the township may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, and in accordance with procedures established in 40 C.F.R. § 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user, and may, in accordance with regulations at 40 C.F.R. § 403.3(v) instead be considered a non-significant industrial user.
SIU. Significant industrial user.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG DISCHARGE. Any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, or at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 55.02(A), including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or non-customary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the township sewer use ordinance, local limits or wastewater discharge permit conditions.
SNC. Significant noncompliance.
STATE. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORM WATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SWDA. Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that floats on the surface or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquid, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWNSHIP. The Township of Antis or the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Antis, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP MANAGER. The manager of the Township of Antis.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by EPA pursuant to § 307(a) (33 U.S.C. § 1317) of the Clean Water Act or other acts.
TRC. Technical review criteria.
TSCA. Toxic Substances Control Act. 15, U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.
TSS. Total suspended solids.
USC. United States Code.
USER. Any person who contributes, causes or allows the discharge of wastewater into the POTW.
WATERS OF THE STATE. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulation of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
(Ord. 2-2010, passed 11-4-2010)