A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within any area under the jurisdiction of the village, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet or watercourse within any area under the jurisdiction of the village, any sewage, pollutant or polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
C. Within the village of Lake Barrington special service area number three, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended to be used for the disposal of sewage.
D. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any public sanitary sewer.
E. Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the superintendent to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
F. 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 sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
3. 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 structures, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works.
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 sewerage works such as, but not limited to: ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
G. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to a public sanitary sewer the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if the superintendent determines that such waters or wastes, singly or by interaction with other wastes, can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment; can cause an adverse effect on the receiving stream in violation of chapter 3 of the water pollution rules and regulations, adopted by the Illinois pollution control board pursuant to section 13 of the Illinois environmental protection act, or in violation of the effluent limitations of the NPDES permit; or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In making his/her determination as to the acceptability of these wastes, the superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of such waters or wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials or construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances prohibited are:
1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (65°C).
2. Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials; or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred milligrams per liter (100 mg/l) or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty two (32) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (0° and 65°C).
3. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the superintendent.
4. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5. Any industrial wastes containing substances exceeding the categorical pretreatment standards for a particular industry as defined in 40 CFR chapter I, or the following maximum concentrations of pollutants, whichever is lowest:
Maximum Concentration Pollutant
(In Milligrams Per Liter (mg/l))
Five day BOD | 300.0 |
Total suspended solids | 350.0 |
Ammonia | 50.0 |
Arsenic | 0.5 |
Cadmium | 1.0 |
Chromium (hexavalent) | 0.5 |
Chromium (total) | 3.0 |
Copper | 3.4 |
Cyanide | 1.2 |
Iron | 10.0 |
Lead | 0.7 |
Manganese | 1.0 |
Mercury | 0.0005 |
Nickel | 4.0 |
Oil (hexane soluble) | 100.0 |
Phenols | 1.0 |
Phosphorous | 25.0 |
Selenium | 1.0 |
Silver | 1.0 |
Zinc | 3.0 |
6. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the village in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
7. Materials which exert or cause:
a. 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);
b. Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);
c. Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works;
d. Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
8. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
H. Decision Of Superintendent: If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sanitary sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in this section and/or which are in violation of the standards for pretreatment provided in 40 CFR, part 403, general pretreatment regulations for existing and new sources of pollution, published in Federal register volume 53, no. 200, Monday, October 17, 1988, and any amendments thereto, or which in the judgment of the Village, 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 Superintendent may reject the wastes; require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sanitary sewer; require control over the quantities and rates of the discharge; and/or require payment to cover the added costs of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges, or under the provisions of this section. If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of wastewater flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws. (Ord. 2012-O-03, 2-7-2012)
I. Interceptors Required:
1. Fats, oil, grease and sand interceptors shall be installed when the Superintendent determines they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing fats, oils and/or grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
2. Without any limitation of the requirements of subsection I1 of this section, each person constructing, operating, or owning a facility within the Village, other than a private residence, which will be used for the manufacture, processing, or preparation of food or food products, shall install and use, at its own expense, a grease trap of adequate capacity and function to prevent a discharge of fats, oils and/or grease to the Village sewers in prohibited concentrations. Grease traps shall be as specified by the Illinois State Plumbing Code, as amended from time to time, and shall be kept clean as required by the manufacturer's written instructions and shall be inspected by a licensed State of Illinois plumbing inspector not less than once per year. The owner of the property and the operator of the facility within which such grease trap is installed shall each be required to provide a copy of all such inspection report(s) of all such grease traps to the Village within five (5) working days after the inspection. A log of the cleaning and inspections of each such installed grease trap shall be kept on site, and the property owner and the operator of the facility within which such grease trap is installed shall each be required to provide to the inspector and to the Village a copy of such log, upon request.
3. The fee for annual inspection and reinspection(s) of required interceptors for fats, oil, grease and sand shall be as specified from time to time in section 1-10-7 of this Code. (Ord. 2018-O-06, 4-3-2018)
J. Maintenance By Owner Or Applicant: Where pretreatment or flow equalizing facilities are provided, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner or applicant at his or her expense.
K. Manholes: The owner or occupant of any property serviced by a public sewer shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Village. The manhole shall be installed by the owner or applicant at his or her expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
L. Measurements And Laboratory Analyses: The owner or occupant of any property serviced by a public sewer shall provide laboratory measurements, tests and analyses of waters and wastes to demonstrate compliance with this title and any special conditions for discharge established by the Village or regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge. The number, type and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed by the owner or applicant, shall be as determined by the Superintendent, but no less than once per year the industry must supply a complete analysis of the constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure that compliance with the Federal, State and local standards are being met. The owner or applicant shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to the Village at such times and in such manner as prescribed by the Superintendent. At such times as deemed necessary, the Village reserves the right to take measurements and samples for analysis. The owner or occupant shall bear the expense of all measurements, analyses and reporting required or collected by the Village.
M. In Accordance With Testing Procedures: All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by the American Public Health Association and USEPA guidelines establishing test procedures for analysis of pollutants, pursuant to 40 CFR part 136, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a 24 hour composite sample or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24 hour composite samples, whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.)
N. Special Agreements And Arrangements: No statement contained in this section shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement by and among the Village, the Village of Fox River Grove, and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village in the public sewer system and by Fox River Grove for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern, provided such payments are in accordance with and in addition to the applicable rates specified in section 13-5-6 of this title.
O. Any user of a public sewer who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the USEPA regional waste management division director, and state hazardous waste authorities in writing of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 CFR part 261. Such notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 CFR part 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). If the public sewer user discharges more than ten kilograms (10 kg) of such waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification shall also contain the following information to the extent such information is known and readily available to the industrial user: An identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes, and estimation of the mass and concentration of such constituents in the waste stream discharged during that calendar month, and an estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following twelve (12) months. All notifications must take place no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the discharge commences. Any notification under this subsection need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged. However, notifications of changed discharges must be submitted under subsection 13-6-6O of this title.
P. Dischargers are exempt from the requirements of subsection O of this section during a calendar month in which they discharge no more than fifteen kilograms (15 kg) of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e). Discharge of more than fifteen kilograms (15 kg) of nonacute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a onetime notification.
Subsequent months during which the public sewer user discharges more than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional notification.
Q. In the case of any new regulations under section 3001 of RCRA identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the industrial user must notify the POTW, the USEPA regional waste management waste division director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of such substance within ninety (90) days of the effective date of such regulations.
R. In the case of any notification made under subsection O, P, or Q of this section, the public sewer user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical. (Ord. 2012-O-03, 2-7-2012)