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§ 52.27 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   The policy is hereby established that the provisions of this subchapter will be enforced to the fullest extent possible. These requirements are in accord with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment of 1972 and pertinent rules and regulations of the State Department of Pollution Control. The standards set forth are minimum requirements to ensure the general health and welfare of the public.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
§ 52.28 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR. The Administrative Director or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative. The Administrative Director is the authorized administration authority of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
   BOARD. South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
   BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
   COLLECTION SYSTEM. The system of public sewers to be operated by a town, city or the county and connected to the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
   DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater derived principally from dwellings, commercial buildings, institutions and industry resulting from household or toilet waste resulting from human occupancy. It may or may not contain ground water, surface water or storm water.
   GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving foods.
   INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE. The liquid wastes from industrial, commercial or institutional processes as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage.
   INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued to control the process flows from industry, commerce or institutions that may be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. This permit is issued in addition to any other types of permits. When issued, the permit will define the characteristics and volume of the flow and acceptance or rejection of individual waste components.
   mg/l. The abbreviation of milligrams per liter or the number of units of minor constituents present with each one million units of the major constituent of a solution or mixture. mg/l shall be considered equivalent to parts per million.
   PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
   pH. Logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
   PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The waste from the preparation, cooking and 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 public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
   PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
   REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant transmission and disposal facilities as operated by the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
   SANITARY SEWAGE. The household and toilet wastes resulting from human occupancy.
   SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
   SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
   SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
   SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
   SHALL. Mandatory; MAY is permissive.
   SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or if quantity of flow exceeds for any period or duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
   STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed STORM SEWER). A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
   STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm water and surface water, street wash and other wash waters or drainage, but excludes domestic wastewater and industrial and commercial waste.
   SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
   TOWN. The Town of Briny Breezes, Florida. TOWN, CITY or COUNTY means all that land and water area included within the boundary of the town, city, county or other political entity in which the city, county or other political entity proposes to acquire, establish, construct, extend, operate and maintain sanitary sewerage facilities, except as follows:
      (1)   All state-owned and federally-owned land and water area located in the town or county, except where the state and federal government consent to the provisions of this subchapter; and
      (2)   All land and water area duly franchised by the town or county to privately-owned sewer utility companies for the provisions of sewer service, except where the privately-owned sewer utility companies consent to the provisions of this subchapter.
   WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater.
   WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
§ 52.29 DISPOSAL OTHER THAN THROUGH REGIONAL FACILITIES.
   (A)   The disposal of sewage by means other than use of the available regional wastewater facilities shall be in accordance with city, county, state and federal law.
   (B)   The disposal of sewage shall be as outlined under this subchapter in the City of Boynton Beach and/or the City of Delray Beach industrial and commercial waste ordinance, or any other duly enacted industrial and commercial waste ordinance which meets or exceeds the City of Boynton Beach and/or the City of Delray Beach industrial and commercial waste ordinance requirements outlined under this subchapter.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
§ 52.30 CRITERIA FOR WASTES DISCHARGED TO REGIONAL PLANT.
   Waste discharge to public sewers which in turn discharge to the regional treatment plant shall meet or exceed the following criteria.
   (A)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
   (B)   Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically approved by the proper town or county official. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the official to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
   (C)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
      (1)   Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
      (2)   Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two mg/l as Cn in the wastes discharged to the public sewer;
      (3)   Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works; or
      (4)   Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand mud, straw, shavings, metal glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, cups, milk containers and the like, either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
   (D)   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the proper Board official that such wastes can harm either the wastewater treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving water body, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance.
      (1)   In forming his or her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the official will give consideration of such factors as the quantities subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the wastewater treatment process, capacity of the wastewater treatment plant, degree of treatability of waste in the wastewater treatment plant, and other pertinent factors.
      (2)   The substances prohibited are:
         (a)   Any liquid having a temperature higher than 150°F (65°C);
         (b)   Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°F and 150°F (0 and 65°C);
         (c)   Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not;
         (d)   Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Board as necessary after treatment of the composite sewage to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters;
         (e)   Any garbage that has not been properly shredded, which shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle size greater than one-half inch of any dimension;
         (f)   Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment or personnel or any waste treatment works;
         (g)   Any waste containing toxic substances in quantities in excess of the following limits and measured at the point of discharge into the sewer system:
Copper, total
0.5 mg/l
Chromium, hexavalent
0.05 mg/l
Chromium, total
0.1 mg/l
Cyanides
0.01 mg/l
Detergents
2.0 mg/l
Sulfides
0.2 mg/l
Zinc, total
1.0 mg/l
or any substance that will pass through the waste treatment facilities and exceed the state and federal requirements for receiving waters.
 
         (h)   Under no conditions shall industrial or commercial users discharge the waste from sodium-cycle cation exchange (water softening) units;
         (i)   Any water or waste containing suspended solids or color of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the waste treatment facilities without a special permit issued by the Board;
         (j)   Any water or waste with a chlorine demand greater than 15 mg/l;
         (k)   Any radioactive isotopes, without a special permit issued by the town;
         (l)   Under no conditions will the discharge of domestic, sanitary, industrial or commercial waste be permitted into the storm sewer system;
         (m)   Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Board in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
         (n)   Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of (9.5);
         (o)   Materials which exert or cause:
            1.   Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, Fuller’s earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate);
            2.   Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye, wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);
            3.   Unusual chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirement in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the wastewater treatment works; or
            4.   Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting “slugs” as defined herein.
         (p)   Waters or wastes containing substances which are amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment process employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters;
         (q)   Waters or wastes containing suspended solids in excess of 300 mg/l; and
         (r)   Waters or wastes with a five-day, 20°C BOD greater than 300 mg/l.
   (E)   (1)   If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in division (D) above, and which, in the judgment of the Board, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the official may:
         (a)   Reject the wastes;
         (b)   Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
         (c)   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge; and/or
         (d)   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing fees or sewer charges.
      (2)   If the town permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plans and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the town and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws. In addition, any major contributing industry as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 128.124 shall comply with 40 C.F.R. part 128 and any other regulation as shall from time to time be established by EPA or other appropriate regulating governmental agency.
   (F)   Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Board, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Board and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
   (G)   Where preliminary treatment of flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his or her expense.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984) Penalty, see § 52.99
§ 52.31 ADMISSION OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE.
   (A)   The economy and desirability of the combined treatment of industrial and commercial wastes and sanitary sewage is recognized; however, not all types and quantities of industrial and commercial wastes can be so treated. It shall be the policy to admit the types and quantities of industrial and commercial wastes that are not harmful or damaging to the structures, processes or operation of the sewage works or are not specifically prohibited. In all cases, a special permit will be issued which will state specific conditions and requirements to be maintained. It is also recognized that to provide this service, additional facilities and/or treatment are required, and the cost of such must be borne by the user receiving the benefits.
   (B)   (1)   Approval is required for the admission of industrial or commercial wastes into the public sewers having:
         (a)   A five-day, 20°C BOD greater than 300 mg/l; and
         (b)   A suspended solids content greater than 300 mg/l.
      (2)   The user shall provide chemical analyses of the discharge according to a schedule to be established by the Board and continued discharge shall be subject to approval of the Board.
   (C)   In order to identify the point sources, all users of the sewage works who are now discharging industrial or commercial wastes to the public sewers shall, upon request of the town or its designated agent, fill in and file with the requesting official within 90 days a questionnaire which shall furnish pertinent data inclusive of quantity of flow and an analysis of the water discharged to the regional treatment plant. Further, any person desiring to make a new connection to the wastewater system for the purpose of discharging industrial or commercial wastes to the public sewers shall fill in and file with the designated officials above an industrial and commercial waste questionnaire as outlined for existing users.
   (D)   Sample and analysis shall be a 24-hour composite sample collected so as to be a representative sample of the actual quality of the wastes. Sample for analysis may be collected by the user or his or her representative. Analysis shall be made by a registered sanitary engineer or graduate chemist whose qualifications are acceptable to the town or a Class A, B or C wastewater treatment plant operator registered in the state, using the laboratory methods for the examination of wastewater as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Sewage, as published by the American Public Health Association.
   (E)   If it is necessary due to the size or complexity of the waste disposal problem of an establishment, an extension of time may be granted provided it can be shown that it is impractical to meet the schedule imposed in this subchapter. A request for extension must be submitted in writing to the town official identified in division (C) above.
   (F)   When required by the proper town official, any new establishment discharging industrial or commercial wastes into the sewer system shall construct and maintain at his or her expense a suitable control manhole or manholes downstream from any treatment, storage or other approved works to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of all wastes including all domestic sewage from the establishment. The control manhole or manholes shall be constructed at suitable and satisfactory locations and built in a manner approved by the official identified in division (C) above. The manhole shall be maintained by the establishment so as to be safe and accessible at all times. If any establishment wishes to meter its waste discharge into the sewer system to verify in-product water retention or other uses of metered flow, they may install a flow-metering device as approved by the proper Board official or his or her designated agent. The control manhole shall be accessible to town personnel at all times for sampling. All authorized town employees shall be permitted, upon suitable notice to the user, to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
§ 52.32 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE DISCHARGE PERMITS REQUIRED; TERM.
   A special permit will be required for each industrial and commercial establishment which is identified as having other than domestic wastes or waste from sanitary conveniences. The fixed life of a permit is set for one year from date of issue, and a renewed waste discharge permit will have a fixed life of one year. These permits involve the implementation of a formula for surcharges for wastes which exceed the sewage parameters for strength as defined in § 52.31(B).
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
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