1. Purpose and Policy. This part sets forth uniform requirements for users of the publicly owned treatment works for the City of Allentown including sanitary sewer systems which flow into the City of Allentown and enables the City and Township to comply with all applicable State and Federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR, Part 403). The objectives of this Part are:
A. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will interfere with its operation;
B. To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the publicly owned treatment works that will pass through the publicly owned treatment works, inadequately treated, into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the publicly owned treatment works;
C. To protect both publicly owned treatment works personnel who may be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment and the general public;
D. To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and sludge from the publicly owned treatment works;
E. To provide for fees for the equitable distribution of the cost of operation, maintenance and improvement of the publicly owned treatment works; and,
F. To enable the City and Township to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and any other Federal or State laws to which the publicly owned treatment works is subject.
This Part shall apply to all users of the publicly owned treatment works. This Part authorized the issuance of wastewater discharge permits; provides for monitoring, compliance and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
2. Administration. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Township Manager shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Part. Any powers granted to or duties imposed upon the Township Manager may be delegated by the Township Manager to other Township personnel, or to personnel of the City of Allentown.
3. Abbreviations. The following abbreviations, when used in this Part, shall have the designated meanings:
A. BOD - Biochemical oxygen demand.
B. CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
C. COD - Chemical oxygen demand.
D. EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
E. gpd - gallons per day.
F. mg/1 - milligrams per liter.
G. NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
H. POTW - Publicly owned treatment works.
I. RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
J. SIC - Standard industrial classification.
K. TSS - Total suspended solids.
L. USC - United States Code.
4. Definitions. Unless a provision explicitly states otherwise, the following terms and phrases, as used in this Part, shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
ACT or THE ACT—the Federal Water Pollutant 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 111. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF TUE USER
A. If the user is a corporation:
(1) The president, secretary, treasurer or a vice president 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,
(2) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000 (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
B. If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship: a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
C. If the user is a Federal, State or local governmental facility: a director or highest official appointed or designated to oversee the operation and performance of the activities of the government facility, or their designee.
D. The individuals described in the above subsections may designate another authorized representative if the authorization is in writing, the authorization specifies the individual or position responsible for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, and the written authorization is submitted to the Township.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD—the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for 5 days at 200° centigrade, usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/1).
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL 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 apply to a specific category of users and which appear in 40 CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471.
CITY—the City of Allentown or the City Council of Allentown.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA—the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the Regional Water Management Division Director, or other duly authorized official of said agency.
EXISTING SOURCE—any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with § 307 of the Act.
GRAB SAMPLE—a sample which is taken from a waste stream without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period if time not to exceed 15 minutes.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE or DISCHARGE—the introduction of pollutants into the POTW from any nondomestic source regulated under § 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.
INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DISCHARGE LIMIT—the maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composite sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
INTERFERENCE—a discharge, which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore, is a cause of a violation of the Township's NPDES permit or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with any of the following statutory/ regulatory provisions or permits issued thereunder, or any more stringent State or local regulations: § 405 of the Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
MEDICAL WASTE—isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
NEW SOURCE
A. 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 pretreatment standards under § 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that Section, provided that:
(1) The building, structure, facility or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located.
(2) The building, structure, facility or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge of pollutants at an existing source.
(3) 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.
B. 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 subsection (A) (2) or (3), above, but otherwise alters, replaces or adds to existing process or production equipment.
C. Construction of a new source as defined under this subsection has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(1) Begun, or cause to begin, as part of a continuous onsite construction program:
(a) Any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment; or,
(b) 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, or,
(2) 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. 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 subsection.
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.
PASS THROUGH—a discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the United States in quantities of 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 Township'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 their legal representatives, agents or assigns. This definition includes all Federal, State and local governmental entities.
pH—a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, expressed in standard units.
POLLUTANT—dredged spoil waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, treat wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes, and certain characteristics of wastewater (including, but not limited to, pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity or odor).
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, introducing such pollutants into the POTW. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, by process changes or by other means, except by diluting the concentration of the pollutants unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS—any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS—pretreatment standards shall mean prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards and local limits.
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS or PROHIBITED DISCHARGES —absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 18-602 (1) of this Part.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS or POTW—a "treatment works," as defined by § 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the City or any municipality which contributes wastewater to the City's system. This definition includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature and any conveyance which convey wastewater to a treatment plant.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE—any sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septic tanks.
SEWAGE—human excrement and gray water—(household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
A. A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or,
B. A user that:
(1) Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater);
(2) Contributes a process wastestream which makes up five (5) percent or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or,
(3) Is designated as such by the City on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
C. Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in subsection (B) 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 in 40 CFR § 403.8 (f) (6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SLUG LOAD or SLUG—any discharge at a flow rate or concentration which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in § 602(1) of this Part.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC) CODE—a classification pursuant to the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
STORMWATER—any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS—the total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquid, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWNSHIP MANAGER—the Township Manager of Hanover Township who shall be the person designated to supervise the operation of that portion of the POTW owned by the Township, and who is charged with certain duties and responsibilities by this Part, or a duly authorized representative.
USER or INDUSTRIAL USER—a source of indirect discharge.
WASTEWATER—liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and sewage from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed to the POTW.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT PLANT—that portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
(Ord. 339, '7/3/1996, § 4)