For the purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the meaning hereafter designated:
ALCOSAN - Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, including its treatment facility and any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature.
CORROSIVE WASTE - a waste or substance which has any of the following properties:
A. It is aqueous and has a pH of less than or equal to 5 or greater than or equal to 10, as determined by pH meter.
B. It is a liquid and corrodes steel (SAE1020) at a rate greater than 6.35 millimeter (0.250 inch) per year at a test temperature of 55°C (130°F).
REACTIVE/EXPLOSIVE WASTE - a waste or substance which can create an explosion hazard in the sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility; which has any of, but is not limited to, the following properties:
A. It is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating.
B. It reacts violently with water.
C. It forms potentially explosive mixtures with water
D. When mixed with water, it generates toxic gasses, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
E. It is a cyanide or sulfide bearing waste which can generate toxic gasses, vapors or fumes in a quantity sufficient to present a danger to human health or the environment.
F. It is capable of detonation or explosive reaction if it is subjected to a strong initiating source or if heated under confinement.
G. It is readily capable of detonation, explosive decomposition or reaction at standard temperature and pressure.
H. It is a forbidden explosive as defined in 40 CFR 173.51, or a Class A explosive as defined in 49 CPR 173.53 or a Class B explosive as defined in 49 CFR §173.88.
HAZARDOUS WASTE - all wastes that are defined as hazardous under the regulations enacted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (RCRA) as specified in 40 CFR §261 or under the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act as specified in 25 Pa. Code §261.
IGNITABLE WASTE - a waste or substance which can create a fire hazard in the sewage collection system or the ALCOSAN treatment facility which has any of, but is not limited to the following properties:
A. It is liquid with a flash point less than 60°C (140°F) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR §261.21.
B. It is an oxidizer as defined in 49 CFR §173.151.
INTERFERENCE - a discharge originating in the Borough which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
A. Inhibits or disrupts the ALCOSAN facilities, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal.
B. Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of ALCOSAN's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (hereinafter referred to as "NPDES") permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by ALCOSAN in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State or local regulations): §405 of the clean water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (including Title 2 or more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and including State regulations contained in and State Sludge Management Plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act), the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
PASS-THROUGH - the term pass-through shall mean any discharge of a pollutant through ALCOSAN into the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with, other discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the ALCOSAN'S NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON - any, individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or its legal representatives, agents or assigns.
pH - the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions expressed in, grams per liter of solution.
Pollutant - any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, emissions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt or other industrial municipal, or agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTION - the manmade or man-induced alteration, of the chemical, physical, biological and/or radiological integrity of water.
THE ACT - the Federal Water Pollution Act also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.
TOXIC POLLUTANT - any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA pursuant to §307(A) of the Act.
WASTE WATER - the liquid and water carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed directly or indirectly into the facilities of ALCOSAN.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH - all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, water courses water ways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any portion thereof.
(Ord. 770, 2/9/1995, §1)