For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, (Pub. L, 92-500) also known as the Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. (Pub. L. 95-217); as well as any guidelines, limitations and standards promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Act.
ASCE. American Society of Civil Engineers.
ASSISTANT VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR. Operations manager of wastewater treatment plant and sewer systems. Hired by, and reports to, Village Administrator.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (or B.O.D.). Of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes, shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20°C. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
BUILDING (or HOUSE) DRAIN. The lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the foundation wall of the building.
BUILDING DRAIN, SANITARY. A building drain which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage only.
BUILDING DRAIN, STORM. A building drain which conveys storm water or other clean water drainage, but no wastewater.
BUILDING (or HOUSE) LATERAL SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer system or other place of disposal.
BUILDING SEWER, SANITARY. A building lateral sewer which conveys sanitary or industrial sewage only.
BUILDING SEWER, STORM. A building lateral sewer which conveys storm water or other clear water drainage, but no sanitary or industrial sewage.
CFR. Code of Federal Regulations.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (or C.O.D.). Of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes, is a measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS.
(1) Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants if the treatment works was designed to treat such pollutants, and in fact does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. The term substantial degree is not subject to precise definition. Based upon normal domestic waste, substantial degree generally contemplates removals in the order of 80% or greater. Minor incidental removals in the order of 10% to 30% are not considered substantial. Examples of the additional pollutants which may be compatible include:
(a) Chemical oxygen demand;
(b) Total organic carbon;
(c) Phosphorus and phosphorus compounds;
(d) Nitrogen and nitrogen compounds; and
(e) Fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin.
(2) Except as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation of the treatment works.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE. Composite samples shall be comprised of a series of grab samples collected over a 24-hour period and proportionate in volume to the sewage flow rate at the time of sampling. Such samples shall be collected at such times and locations, and in such a fashion, as to be representative of the facility's overall performance.
DAILY DISCHARGE. Discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar for purposes of sampling.
DOMESTIC SEPTAGE. Liquid and/or semi-solid material removed from a septic tank, septic system, cesspool, portable toilet, or other similar treatment or storage works, that is generated only by non-commercial or non-industrial users.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Wastewater from typical residential users and having pollutant characteristics of not greater than 250 mg/l BOD, 250 mg/l total suspended solids, 25 mg/l nitrogen compounds and eight mg/l phosphorus compounds.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT. Water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle, or outlet.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OR EPA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio EPA, or where appropriate the term may also be used as a designation for the Village Administrator or other duly authorized official of said agency.
FECAL COLIFORM. Any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, dispensing, storage, sale, and serving of food.
GRAB SAMPLE. A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
FATS, OILS, GREASES (FOG). A group of substances, including hydrocarbons, fatty acids, soaps, fats, waxes, oils or any other material, that is extracted by a solvent from an acidified sample and that is not volatilized during the laboratory test procedures. Greases and oils are defined by the method of their determination in accordance with Standard Methods.
GREASE AND OIL OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE ORIGIN. Substances of biodegradable nature such as are discharged by meat-packing, vegetable oil and fat industries, food processors, canneries, and restaurants.
GREASE AND OIL OF MINERAL ORIGIN. Substances that are less readily biodegradable than grease and oil of animal or vegetable origin; and are derived from a petroleum or synthetic sources. Such substances include machinery lubricating oils, gasoline station wastes, petroleum refinery wastes, and storage depot wastes.
HOLDING TANK WASTE. Any waste from holding tanks, such as chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks, vacuum pump trucks, and the like.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including non-biodegradable solids.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance or form of energy discharged, permitted to flow, or escape from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or business process, or from the development, recovery, or processing of any natural resource carried on by a person and shall further mean any waste from an industrial user.
INFILTRATION. The water entering a public sewer system, including building lateral sewer service connections, from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW. The total quantity of water from surface and/or ground sources without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW. The water discharged into a public sewer system, including building lateral sewer service connections from such sources as, but not limited to, roof drains, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, cistern overflows, cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface run-off, street wastewaters or drainage. Inflow does not include and is distinguished from infiltration.
INFLUENT. The water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing into a drain, sewer, receptacle, or outlet.
INSPECTION OPENING (CLEAN-OUT). An access point to a sanitary service lateral installed for the purposes of inspecting and cleaning of the sanitary service lateral.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly authorized by the village through the Village Administrator to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the sewage works, its treatment processes or operations, its sludge processes, or its selected sludge use or disposal methods; and
(2) Therefore, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the village's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions, regulations, or permits issued thereunder or more stringent federal, state, or local laws, rules, or 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.
LOCAL LIMIT. Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the Village of Bluffton upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5 (a)(1) and (b).
MAY. Indicates a discretionary condition.
MUNICIPALITY. Means the Municipality of Bluffton, Ohio.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT (NPDES) PERMIT. A permit a permit issued to a POTW pursuant to Section 402 of the Act and R.C. Chapter 6111.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NON-COMPLIANCE FEE. A combined administrative and penalty fee assessed to sewer customers who fail to comply with any corrective action so ordered by the village, or who fail to cooperate with any inspection or investigative actions deemed necessary by the village.
NUISANCE. Anything which is injurious to health or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfort or enjoyment of life or property.
OAC. Ohio Administrative Code.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. Costs, including labor, materials, supplies, equipment accessories and appurtenances, required to operate the facilities, keep the facilities in operating condition and maintain the capacity and performance during the service life of the treatment works for which such works were designed and constructed.
ORC. Ohio Revised Code.
OTHER SERVICE CHARGES. Tap charges, connection charges, area charges and other identifiable charges other than user charges, debt service charges and excessive strength surcharges.
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 and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, partnership, co-partnership, joint stock company, trust, estate, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, the State of Ohio, the United States of America, or other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH. The logarithm (to the base ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity of a solution expressed in gram atoms per liter of solution.
PHOSPHORUS. The total phosphorus content of a sample including all the orthophosphates and condensed phosphates, both soluble and insoluble, and organic and inorganic species and referred to in Standard Methods as total phosphorus.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION. An alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects such waters for beneficial uses or facilities which serve such beneficial uses. The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water.
PREMISES. A parcel of real estate, including any single improvement thereon, which is determined by the village to be a single user for purposes of receiving, using, and payment for service. Any additional improvement on the same parcel of real estate which is determined by the village to be a user shall be separately connected to the sewer for the purpose of receiving, using, and payment for service.
PRIVATE SEWER. A pipe or conduit which is not owned by public authority.
PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Procedures executed in a prudent, cost-effective, and workmanlike manner which achieve the highest and/or required effluent quality of industrial discharge attainable in conformance with the best available technology and practices. Proper operation and maintenance requirements include avoidance of operational error, adherence to manual instructions, preventive maintenance, avoidance of careless or improper operation, neat accurate sampling, the handling of chemicals, lubricants, solvents, and the like in a safe and organized manner, avoidance of accidental spillage, keeping operating logs, and any other activities which produce the desired effluent quality.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A pipe or conduit which is owned and controlled by the village and will consist of the following increments:
COLLECTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
FORCE MAIN. A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collector sewers to a treatment facility.
PUMPING STATION. A station positioned in the public sewer system at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). A treatment works owned in this instance by the village, except that it does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. The term includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or compatible industrial wastes. Also referred to as wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
RECEIVING STREAM. The watercourse, stream, or body of water receiving the waters finally discharged from the wastewater treatment plant.
REPLACEMENT COSTS. The expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the sewage works equipment to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
SANITARY SEWER. A pipe or conduit laid for carrying wastewater and to which storm, surface, and ground waters and unpolluted industrial wastewater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater".
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage and sludge.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or storm water.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM. The sewerage system shall be classified as sanitary sewers and storm sewers.
SHALL. Indicates a mandatory condition.
SLUDGE. Any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or any other waste having similar characteristics and effects as defined in standards issued under Section 402 and 405 of the Federal Act and in the applicable requirements under §§ 3001, 3004 and 4004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub. L. 94-580, being 42 USC §§ 6901 et seq.
SLUG. Any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the POTW's regulations, local limits or permit conditions.
STANDARD METHODS. The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
STORM SEWER. A pipe or conduit laid for receiving storm and surface water, street wash, or drainage, but excludes domestic sewage or industrial waste.
STORM WATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). Solids which either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtration. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. Quantitative termination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. Those substances referred to in Section 307 (a) of the Clean Water Act as well as any other known potential substances capable of producing toxic effects.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
UPSET. An exceptional incident in which a user unintentionally and temporarily is in a state of noncompliance with the standards set forth in this chapter due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the user, and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation thereof.
USER. Any person that discharges, causes, or permits the discharge of wastewater into the sewerage system.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of the wastewater treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works pursuant to Section 204(b) of Pub. L. 92-500, being 33 USC § 1284.
USER CLASS. The division of wastewater treatment customers by source, function, waste characteristics, and process or discharge similarities (such as, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental).
COMMERCIAL USER. Any establishment involved in a commercial enterprise, business or service which, based on a determination by the village, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
GOVERNMENTAL USER. Any federal, state or local governmental user of the wastewater treatment works.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any manufacturing or processing facility that discharges industrial waste to a publicly owned treatment works.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. Any establishment involved in a social, charitable, religious and/or educational function which, based on a determination by the village, discharges primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
RESIDENTIAL USER. A user of the treatment works whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for one or more persons, including all dwelling units, and the like.
UTILITY FEE SCHEDULE. A summary of charges and fees relating to the use of the village's utilities.
VILLAGE. The Village of Bluffton, Ohio.
VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR. The administrative head of the village as defined in O.A.C. §§ 735.271 and 735.273.
VILLAGE COUNCIL. The elected legislative authority of the village pursuant to R.C. § 731.09.
VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER. The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 550°C for 15 to 20 minutes.
WASTE. Includes sanitary sewage and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, processing, manufacturing, or industrial operation of whatever nature, including such waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to and for purposes of disposal.
WASTEWATER. The water-carried waste from residences, businesses, and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS. The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological, and radiological parameters, including volume, flow rate, and such other parameters that serve to define, classify, or measure the contents, quality, quantity, and strength of wastewater.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WATERS OF THE STATE. Any water, surface or underground, within the boundaries of the State of Ohio, except confined waters in sewers, tanks, and the like.
WEF. The Water Environment Federation
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