(A) Title. This chapter shall be officially known and cited as the Sewer Use Ordinance of Lake County, Illinois. References made herein to "this chapter" shall be interpreted as referring to the Sewer Use Ordinance.
(B) Authority. This chapter is adopted pursuant to the statutory authority conferred by 55 ILCS 5/5-15021.
(C) Applicability and jurisdiction. This chapter shall apply to all premises served directly or indirectly by the public sewerage system owned and operated by Lake County.
(D) Minimum requirements. The standards of this chapter are minimum requirements. The issuance of any permit, certificate or approval in accordance with the standards and requirements of this chapter shall not relieve the recipient of such permit, certificate or approval from the responsibility of complying with all other applicable requirements of any other local, county, state or federal agency, having jurisdiction over the structures or land uses for which the permit, certificate or approval was issued.
(E) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to define and set forth the regulations of the county concerning connection to, use, and maintenance of its public sewerage system and inspection and the required maintenance of all public and private sewer services connected thereto.
(F) Word usage and construction of language.
(1) Meanings and intent. All provisions, terms, phrases and expressions contained in this chapter shall be construed according to the purpose set out in division (E) above.
(2) Headings, illustrations and text. In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any heading, drawing, table, figure, or illustration, the text shall control.
(3) Lists and examples. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, lists of items or examples that use terms such as "including", "such as," or similar language are intended to provide examples. They are not intended to be exhaustive lists of all possibilities.
(4) Computation of time. The time in which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday observed by the county, that day shall be excluded.
(5) References to other regulations, publications and documents. Whenever reference is made to a resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document, that reference shall be construed as referring to the most recent edition of such resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document or to the relevant successor document, unless otherwise expressly stated.
(6) Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision appears requiring the head of a department or another officer or employee of the county to perform an act or duty, that provision shall be construed as authorizing such officer, department head or employee to delegate that responsibility to others over whom they have authority.
(7) Technical and nontechnical terms. Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases that may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.
(8) Public officials and agencies. All public officials, bodies, and agencies to which references are made are those of Lake County, unless otherwise expressly provided.
(9) Mandatory and discretionary terms. The words "shall," "will," and "must" are mandatory, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary. The words "may" and "should" are advisory and discretionary terms.
(10) Conjunctions. Unless the context clearly suggests the contrary, conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) "And" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply; and
(b) "Or" indicates that one or more of the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events may apply.
(11) Tenses and plurals. Words used in one tense (past, present, or future) include all other tenses, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary. The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
(12) Numerical calculations. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, for standards involving the use of numbers, all calculations shall be rounded to the nearest hundredth.
(G) Conflicting provisions.
(1) Conflict with state or federal regulations. If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with those of the state or federal government, the more restrictive provision shall control, to the extent permitted by law.
(2) Conflict with other county regulations. If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with one another, or if they conflict with provisions found in other adopted ordinances or regulations of the county, the more restrictive provision will control. No text amendment, variance or condition of approval placed on a permit or other form of county approval under this chapter shall have the effect of nullifying, abrogating or diminishing the provisions of any other county ordinance.
(3) Violations continue. Any violation of the previous sewer use ordinance of the county shall continue to be a violation under this chapter and shall be subject to penalties and enforcement under § 53.99, unless the use, construction or other activity is consistent with the express terms of this chapter, in which case enforcement action shall cease, except to the extent of collecting penalties for violations that occurred before the adoption of this chapter.
(H) Abbreviations. The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
AIRD | Active interior recovery device |
BMPs | Best management practices |
BOD | Biochemical oxygen demand |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CMOM | Capacity, management, operation, and maintenance |
DFU | Drainage fixture unit |
IEPA | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency |
FOG | Fats, oils, and grease |
FSE | Food service establishment |
gpd | gallons per day |
GRS | Grease removal system |
LCPW | Lake County Public Works |
mg/l | milligrams per liter |
NFD | Non-food service establishment FOG discharger |
NPDES | National pollutant discharge elimination system |
PE | Population equivalent |
PED | Passive exterior device |
PID | Passive interior device |
RCE | Residential customer equivalent |
SSO | Sanitary sewer overflow |
TSS | Total suspended solids USEPA |
POTW | Publicly owned treatment works |
(I) Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ACCESSIBLE. When applied to required pretreatment monitoring or treatment equipment, shall mean direct access without the necessity of removing any panel, door, vehicle, equipment, materials, or other similar obstruction.
ACTIVE INTERIOR RECOVERY DEVICE (AIRD). A GRS that has provision to automatically remove separated FOG and/or settled solids from the tank and collect them for disposal.
ADDITIVE. Any material, in any physical form, put into a GRS or any drain lines or appurtenances discharging to a GRS intended in any way to modify the operation of the GRS.
ADMINISTRATIVE FINE. A punitive monetary charge unrelated to treatment cost, which is assessed by the Director or his or her representative rather than a court.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of "waters of the United States" as defined by the Clean Water Act 40 CFR 230.3. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control water reclamation facility site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of carbonaceous (organic) matter using laboratory procedures as described in Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater, latest approved edition or other methods approved by 40 CFR 136.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (1.4 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall. The BUILDING DRAINS from the ground level or upper floors flows by gravity to the building sewer. The BUILDING DRAINS below the basement floor flow to and ejector pit and is pumped to the building sewer via an overhead sewer.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. Also referred to as the BUILDING'S SEWER SERVICE. The BUILDING SEWER typically exits the structure approximately four feet above the basement floor elevation.
CLEAN-OUT. A pipe that extends from the ground surface to the interior of the passive exterior device (PED), or other GRS device, so as to allow access, maintenance, and inspection of the interior of the device.
CMOM (CAPACITY, MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE). The program that provides direction and sets goals for a collection system operation and maintenance.
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR). The official compilation of rules and regulations of the agencies of the United States government.
COLLECTION SYSTEM. The sewers and appurtenances for collecting, transporting, pumping, metering, sampling, and treating wastewater that are part of the LCPW sewerage system, but are not owned by the county. A lateral and its connection to the LCPW sewerage system are part of a COLLECTION SYSTEM.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE. Sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals based on an increment of either flow or time.
CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure located on a site from which wastewater is discharged through. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an external drop. The purpose of the CONTROL MANHOLE is to provide access for the representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
COUNTY. The County of Lake, a political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
COUNTY SANITARY SEWER. Any sanitary sewer owned and operated by the county.
CUSTOMER. Any person, municipality or user that discharges wastewater into the county sewerage system.
DEMAND INSPECTION. An inspection at any time from an SSO or blockage that occurs at or downstream of a user to determine the cause of the SSO and who is liable for any costs incurred by the county.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Lake County Public Works or his or her duly authorized deputy or designee.
DISCHARGE AUTHORIZATION. A wastewater discharge permit authorizing users to discharge wastewater to the LCPW.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE OR WASTEWATER. The liquid and water borne wastes derived from ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes, and of such character to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment, into the water reclamation facility.
DRAINAGE FIXTURE UNIT (DFU). means a value used to determine the required drainage capacity from the fixtures and their service systems as defined in the Illinois Plumbing Code.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT TEE-PIPE. A tee-shaped pipe extending from the ground surface below grade into the PED to a depth allowing recovery of water located under the layer of fats, oils, and/or greases to be discharged.
EXISTING SOURCE. An existing user who is discharging wastewater prior to the effective date of this chapter.
FATS, OILS AND GREASE (FOG). Refers to the sum of polar hexane extractable material (P-HEM) (polar hydrocarbons such as vegetable oils, animal fats, and other highly biodegradable oils) and of silica gel treated hexane extractable material (SGT-HEM) (non-polar hydrocarbons such as petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil, products of mineral oil origin) as determined by HEM and SGT-HEM analyses. FOG is interchangeable with HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (HEM).
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500 and Public Law 93-243) and the Clean Water Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-217).
FOG HAULER. Any waste disposal firm licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture that hauls and disposes of fats, oils, and grease wastes as described in this chapter.
GALLONS PER DAY (gpd). A rate of water, wastewater or other flow.
GARBAGE. The solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GRAB SAMPLE. A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis without regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
GREASE/GREASES. See FATS, OILS AND GREASE (FOG).
GREASE INTERCEPTOR. Any relatively large in-ground or above-ground tank with internal plumbing and baffling intended to act as a GRS to serve one or more fixtures and which shall be remotely located.
GREASE REMOVAL SYSTEM (GRS). Any device designed for, and intended for, separating, collecting, and removing waterborne FOG and settleable solids prior to discharging to the water reclamation facility. This includes any automatic GRS.
GREASE TRAP. Any relatively small appurtenance with internal configuration and internal or external flow control intended to function as a GRS or automatic GRS.
HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (HEM). The oil and grease extracted from a wastewater sample using USEPA Method 1664 as found in USEPA document EPA-821-B-94-004, October, 1994.
IMMEDIATE SERVICE AREA. The area of a specific residential or nonresidential development delineated on a conceptual, preliminary or final engineering plan proposed to be directly serviced by a specific size and quantity of public sewer connected to an existing or proposed sanitary sewer interceptor. This area is exclusive of the ultimate service area.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER. Any public sewer 12 inches in diameter or larger that collects sewage flows from local sewers and conveys them to the water reclamation facility.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER CAPACITY. The total flow rate through an interceptor sewer segment that the LCPW determines is available for allocation to its customers, expressed in population equivalents.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, either: (1) inhibits or disrupts the water reclamation facility, its treatment processes or operations; (2) inhibits or disrupts its biosolids (sludge) processes, use or disposal; and (3) is a cause of a violation of the county's water reclamation facility 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: Section 405 of the Clean Water Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including Title II commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); any state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.
LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS (LCPW). Lake County (Illinois) Department of Public Works.
LOCAL LIMITS. Limits on specific pollutants in wastewater discharged to local sewers, developed by the LCPW, and applied to the user types.
LOCAL MUNICIPAL SEWER. A sanitary sewer and related appurtenances and facilities, not owned or operated by the county, which is in a municipality or other jurisdiction, and which eventually discharges to a county sanitary sewer or a county water reclamation facility. Also referred to as a MUNICIPAL SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM.
MANIFEST. A log or document record of the hauler name, address, and state license/permit number; and, the volume, date of removal and disposal destination of pumped materials or wastes from a grease trap or other grease interceptor device. (See 415 ILCS 5/22.30(d) and (e).)
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.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l).A unit of concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater analysis.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any non-manmade discharge into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to Section 402 of the Federal Act.
ORDINANCE. The Lake County Sewer Use Ordinance (this chapter) as amended from time to time by Lake County Board.
OVERHEAD SEWER. Piping that conveys pumped flows from the ejector pit below the basement floor level up to the building sewer. All plumbing fixture flows that are collected below the level of the basement or crawl space floor are to be directed to an ejector pit and pumped up the level of the service sewer exiting the house.
PASSIVE EXTERIOR DEVICE (PED). An oil/water separating container with no moving parts that requires pumping and is housed outside a building or structure.
PASSIVE INTERIOR DEVICE (PID). An oil/water separating container with no moving parts that requires normal manual cleaning, by pumping or bailing, and is housed inside a building or structure.
PASS THROUGH. A discharge which exits the water reclamation facility into the receiving water in quantities or 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 county's permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERMITTEE. A person or user given written authorization to discharge into a county sewer.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, 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, or local governmental entities.
pH. The intensity of the acid or base condition of a solution, calculated by taking the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
POLAR HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (P-HEM). Vegetable oils, animal fats, other highly degradable oils and other polar hydrocarbons as determined by subtracting a sample's SGT-HEM content from its HEM content. POLAR FOG is defined as floatable oils, fat or grease of animal or vegetable origin.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, commercial, agricultural waste, or any other contaminate.
POPULATION EQUIVALENT (PE). A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other wastes on a treatment works or stream. ONE POPULATION EQUIVALENT is 100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0.17 pounds of BOD and 0.20 pounds of suspended solids.
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 county's sewerage system. This reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes; by process changes; or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a pretreatment standard, imposed on a user.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS. Any Lake County prohibitive discharge standard as set forth in § 54.05 of this Title V, Lake County specific limitation on discharge as set forth in § 54.05(A) of this Title V, a State of Illinois pretreatment standard, or a national categorical pretreatment standard (when effective).
PRIVATE SEWER. A sanitary sewer not owned by the county or other public agency.
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS or PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in § 54.05(A) of this Title V.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has 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 (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sanitary sewer owned, operated and maintained by a public agency. PUBLIC SEWERS are inclusive of both county sanitary sewers and local municipal sewers.
PUMP-AND-RETURN METHOD. The method of decanting or discharging of removed waste back into the GRS from which waste was removed or to any other GRS or sanitary sewer connection.
RATE ORDINANCE. An ordinance setting charges, fees, and rates for customers served by the county water and sewer system.
RECEIVING WATER. A surface body of water into which wastewater or effluent is discharged.
RECORD. Any material on which written, drawn, printed, spoken, visual, or electromagnetic information is recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which has been created or is being kept by an authority. A RECORD includes, but is not limited to, handwritten, typed or printed pages, maps, charts, photographs, films, recording, tapes (including computer tapes), computer printouts, and optical disks. A RECORD does not include drafts, notes, preliminary computations, and like materials prepared for the originator's personal use, or prepared by the originator in the name of a person for whom the originator is working; materials which are purely the personal property of the custodian, and have no relation to his or her office; materials to which access is limited by copyright or patent; and published materials in the possession of an authority other than a public library which are available for sale, or which are available for inspection at a public library.
RECORD DRAWING. Construction drawings revised to reflect all changes made in the specifications and design drawings during the construction process, and showing the exact dimensions, geometry, and location of all elements of the work completed under the contract.
REMODELED. Any facility that requires a building permit to make planned changes to an existing or a new FOG producing facility.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER EQUIVALENT (RCE). A unit basis for billing sewage collection and treatment service which is equivalent to a single-family residential customer with an average sewage load of two and one-half times that of a "population equivalent", unless defined otherwise by an intergovernmental agreement with the county.
RESIDENTIAL USER. All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, permanent multi-family dwellings.
SAMPLING CHAMBER. A clean out or small sampling box located after the effluent pipe of a GRS that is used to obtain a representative sample of effluent to be used to demonstrate compliance with the local limits of the county.
SANITARY SEWER. Any pipe conduit, or other device used that collects and conveys sewage and polluted industrial wastes and to which stormwater, surface drainage, groundwater or unpolluted wastewater are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW (SSO). Any unplanned discharge from the sanitary sewer system.
SANITARY SEWER/WATER PERMIT. A written permit issued to a customer granting authorization to connect to the LCPW sewerage system.
SEPTAGE. Wastewater from a septic tank, soil absorption field, holding tank, vault toilet, or privy. SEPTAGE does not include the waste from a grease trap.
SEPTIC TANK WASTE. Any domestic and/or residential sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, and septic tanks.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDS. The solids that sink to the bottom of water, wastewater, or other liquid, and which is amenable to measurement by the methods described in Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater, latest approved edition or other methods approved by 40 CFR 136.
SEWAGE. Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, food preparation, and the like).
SEWER SERVICE PIPE. See BUILDING SEWER.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM. All facilities of the county for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and industrial wastes, including sanitary sewers, interceptor sewers, sanitary pumping facilities, and water reclamation facilities.
SILICA GEL TREATED HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (SGT-HEM). The total petroleum hydrocarbons extracted from a wastewater sample using USEPA Method 1664 as found in USEPA document EPA-821-B-94-004, October, 1994.
SLUDGE. Any material or solids, either organic or inorganic, that has settled to the bottom of a grease trap, tank, lagoon, clarifier, and the like.
SOLIDS TRANSFER/GREASE RECOVERY DEVICE. An active automatic pretreatment device, which macerates coarse solids and separates/recovers free floating grease, fats and oils from effluent. The device cleans itself of accumulated grease, fats and oils at least once every 24 hours, utilizing electromechanical apparatus to accomplish recovery and removal.
STATE. The State of Illinois.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A conduit or pipe that conveys stormwater runoff and surface water drainage but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
STORMWATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). 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 and is amenable to measurement by the methods described in Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater, latest approved edition or other methods approved by 40 CFR 136.
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT RULE (25% RULE). The rule by which all grease traps and/or grease interceptors shall be cleaned. For example: If the total depth (TD) of the PED is 40 inches, the maximum allowable depth (d) of floatable grease and settled sludge equals 40 inches multiplied by 0.25 or d = TD x 0.25 = 10 inches. Therefore, the maximum allowable depth of floatable grease and sludge of the vessel should not exceed ten inches.
ULTIMATE SERVICE AREA. The total area delineated in the vicinity of an immediate service area that is tributary to an existing or proposed sanitary sewer interceptor serving the immediate area. This is inclusive of the immediate service area.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the Regional Water Management Division Director, or other duly authorized official of that agency.
USER. The type of user "residential, institutional/governmental, commercial," or "industrial" as defined herein.
Commercial User. Includes transit lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise or rendering services.
Institutional/Governmental User.
1. Includes schools, churches, penal institutions, and users associated with federal, state, and local governments.
2. Includes establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of substance into products. Industrial Users may be classified as follows:
A. CAT IU. Categorical industrial user.
B. FS E. Food service establishment.
C. NS FE. Non-food service establishment.
D. SIU . Significant industrial user. Except as provided in division 3.A.(ii) of this definition below, the term SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER means:
(i) All industrial users subject to Categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR chapter I, subchapter N; and
(ii) Any other industrial user that: discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater); contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant; or is designated as such by the Control Authority as defined in 40 CFR 403.12(a) on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement (in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)).
(iii) Upon a finding that an industrial user meeting the criteria in division 3.D.(ii) of this definition above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Control Authority (as defined in 40 CFR 403.12(a)) may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user or POTW, and in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6), determine that such industrial user is not a significant industrial user.
Residential User. All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, and permanent multi-family dwellings.
WASTE HAULER. Any person or waste disposal firm who transports waste to a receiving station.
WASTEWATER. The combination of the liquid and water carrying industrial or domestic wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions including polluted cooling water, whether treated or untreated.
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. Structures, equipment, and processes required for the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of domestic and industrial wastes and to transport treated effluent to a receiving water.
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY EFFLUENT. The discharge from the county's water reclamation facilities into the receiving water.
(Ord. 19-1394, passed 9-10-2019)