§ 54.007 PRETREATMENT CHARGES AND FEES.

   The town may adopt reasonable fees for reimbursement of the costs of setting up and operating the town’s pretreatment program, which may include:

   (A)   Fees for wastewater discharge permit applications, including the cost of processing such applications;

   (B)   Fees for monitoring, inspection and surveillance procedures, including the cost of collection and analyzing a user’s discharge and reviewing monitoring reports and certification statements submitted by users;

   (C)   Fees for reviewing and responding to accidental discharge procedures and construction;

   (D)   Fees for filing appeals;

   (E)   Fees to recover administrative and legal costs (not included in division (B) above) associated with the enforcement activity taken by the Superintendent to address SIU noncompliance; and

   (F)   Other fees as the town may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this chapter and are separate from all other fees, fines and penalties chargeable by the town.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010)

SEWER USE REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY

§ 54.020 PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS.

   (A)   General prohibitions. No user shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW any pollutant or wastewater which causes pass-through or interference. These general prohibitions apply to all users of the POTW whether or not they are subject to categorical pretreatment standards or any other national, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements.

   (B)   Specific prohibitions. No user shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the POTW the following pollutants, substances or wastewater:

      (1)   Pollutants which create a fire or explosive hazard in the POTW, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed-cup flashpoint of less than 140°F (60°C) using the test methods specified in 40 C.F.R. § 261.21;

      (2)   Wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 or more than 10.0, or otherwise causing corrosive structural damage to the POTW or equipment;

      (3)   Solid or viscous substances in amounts which will cause obstruction of the flow in the POTW resulting in interference, but in no case solids greater than one-half inch in any dimension;

      (4)   Pollutants, including oxygen-demanding pollutants (BOD and the like), released in a discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, will cause interference with the POTW;

      (5)   Wastewater having a temperature greater than 104°F (40°C) or which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment plant resulting in interference, but in no case wastewater which causes the temperature at the introduction into the treatment plant to exceed 104°F (40°C);

      (6)   Petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through;

      (7)   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;

      (8)   Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated by the Superintendent in accordance with § 54.043 of this chapter;

      (9)   Noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, solids or other wastewater which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, are sufficient to create a public nuisance or a hazard to life, or to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance or repair;

      (10)   Wastewater which imparts color which cannot be removed by the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently imparts color to the treatment plant’s effluent, thereby violating the town’s NPDES permit;

      (11)   Wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes, except in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;

      (12)   Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, artesian well water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, swimming pool drainage, condensate, de-ionized water, non-contact cooling water and unpolluted wastewater, unless specifically authorized by the Superintendent;

      (13)   Sludges, screenings or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes;

      (14)   Medical wastes, except as specifically authorized by the Superintendent in an individual wastewater discharge permit;

      (15)   Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction with other sources, the treatment plant’s effluent to fail a toxicity test;

      (16)   Detergents, surface-active agents or other substances that might cause excessive foaming in the POTW;

      (17)   Fats, oils or greases of animal or vegetable origin in concentrations greater than 100 milligrams per liter; and

      (18)   Wastewater causing two readings on an explosion hazard meter at the point of discharge into the POTW, or at any point in the POTW, of more than 5% or any single reading over 10% of the lower explosive limit of the meter.

   (C)   Processing and storage. Pollutants, substances or wastewater prohibited by this section shall not be processed or stored in such a manner that they could be discharged to the POTW.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010) Penalty, see § 54.999

§ 54.021 NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.

   (A)   Users must comply with the categorical pretreatment standards found at 40 C.F.R. Ch. I, Subch. N, parts 405 to 471.

   (B)   When the limits in a categorical pretreatment standard are expressed only in terms of mass of pollutant per unit of production, the Superintendent may convert the limits to equivalent limitations expressed either as mass of pollutant discharged per day or effluent concentration for the purposes of calculating effluent limitations applicable to individual industrial users.

   (C)   When wastewater subject to a categorical pretreatment standard is mixed with wastewater not regulated by the same standard, the Superintendent shall impose an alternate limit in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 403.6(e).

   (D)   Once included in its permit, the industrial user must comply with the equivalent limitations developed in this section in lieu of the promulgated categorical standards from which the equivalent limitations were derived.

   (E)   Many categorical pretreatment standards specify one limit for calculating maximum daily discharge limitations and a second limit for calculating maximum monthly average, or four-day average, limitations. Where such standards are being applied, the same production or flow figure shall be used in calculating both the average and the maximum equivalent limitation.

   (F)   Any industrial user operating under a permit incorporating equivalent mass or concentration limits calculated from a production-based standard shall notify the Superintendent within two business days after the user has a reasonable basis to know that the production level will significantly change within the next calendar month. Any user not notifying the Superintendent of such anticipated change will be required to meet the mass or concentration limits in its permit that were based on the original estimate of the long-term average production rate.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010) Penalty, see § 54.999

§ 54.022 STATE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.

   Users must comply with state pretreatment standards codified at 327 IAC §§ 5-16 to 5-21.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010) Penalty, see § 54.999

§ 54.023 LOCAL LIMITS.

   (A)   The Superintendent is authorized to establish local limits pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 403.5(c).

   (B)   (1)   The following pollutant limits are established to protect against pass-through and interference. No person shall discharge wastewater containing in excess of the following.

Pollutant	Limit
Ammonia	7.0 mg/L
BOD5	200 mg/L
Cadmium	1.0 mg/L
Chromium (hexavalent)	1.0 mg/L
Chromium (total hexavalent plus total trivalent)	3.0 mg/L
Copper	1.0 mg/L
Cyanide (total by distillation)	1.2 mg/L
Lead	0.4 mg/L
Mercury	0.001 mg/L
Nickel	2.4 mg/L
Oil and/or grease (animal or vegetable in origin)	200 mg/L
Oil and/or grease (mineral or petroleum in origin)	100 mg/L
pH	6.0 – 10.0
Silver	0.24 mg/L
Total phenols	1.0 mg/L
Total suspended solids	150 mg/L
Total toxic organics (TTO)	2.13 mg/L
Zinc	2.4 mg/L

 

      (2)   The above limits apply at the point where the wastewater is discharged to the POTW. All concentrations for metallic substances are for total metal unless indicated otherwise. The Superintendent may impose mass limitations in addition to the concentration-based limitations above.

   (C)   The Superintendent may develop best management practices (BMPs), by ordinance or in individual wastewater discharge permits, to implement local limits and the requirements of § 54.020 of this chapter.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010) Penalty, see § 54.999

§ 54.024 TOWN’S RIGHT OF REVISION.

   The town reserves the right to establish, by ordinance or in individual wastewater discharge permits, more stringent standards or requirements on discharges to the POTW consistent with the purpose of this chapter.

(Ord. 7-2010, passed 11-22-2010)